Author: Stack's Bowers Galleries / August 5, 2025

Stack’s Bowers Galleries is proud to announce that their eagerly anticipated Summer 2025 Global Showcase is available for viewing and pre-sale bidding at StacksBowers.com. Encompassing all areas of United States and World numismatics from ancient times to the modern era, over 12,200 lots will cross the block over the course of 23 live and online only auction sessions August 25-30 and September 2-5. Important medals, tokens, colonial, federal, and pattern coins are offered in the main United States coins catalog, led by the John D. Miner, Richard August, Seven Lions, and Steve M. Tompkins collections.

“Year in, year out the Global Showcase Auction brings together thousands of great coins and banknotes, many of which have been off the market in private collections for many years,” said Brian Kendrella, president of Stack’s Bowers Galleries. “This year’s sale is no exception and presents a very interesting mix of popular and historic numismatic items.”

Session 1 features a fantastic selection of historic medals and tokens, with items from the John D. Miner Collection, as well as selections from other important properties, offering many rarities from well known to obscure. Included is an incredible selection of Presidential and Assay Commission medals from the collection of Nellie Tayloe Ross, director of the United States Mint from 1933-1953, which offers for the first time a gold 1945 F.D.R. Inaugural medal. Named consignments also include a delightful assortment of Hobo nickels, the first selection of 40 pieces from more than 500 assembled by Candace D. Kagin. Rounding out the session are colonial era coins, including a historic offering of Fugio cents from the Richard August Collection, which boasts two unique varieties.

Session 1 highlights include:

Lot 1001. 1624 Maurice Prince of Orange, Dutch Victory in Brazil Medal. By Jan Van Bylaer. Betts-22, Van Loon II:155, Forrer I:317, Medallic Illustrations 91. Silver. MS-61 (PCGS).

Lot 1008.  1773 Carib War Medal. Betts-529. Silver, cast, with joined rim and loop. Choice About Uncirculated.

Lot 1016.  “1781” (1783) Libertas Americana Medal. Original. Paris Mint. By Augustin Dupre. Betts-615, Adams-Bentley 15. Silver. MS-62 (PCGS).

Lot 1053. “1776” (ca. 1851) Declaration of Independence Medal. By Charles Cushing Wright. Musante GW-181, Baker-53. Struck Bronze. MS-65 (PCGS).

Lot 1162. 1867 New York State Agricultural Society Award Medal. Harkness Ny-392, Julian AM-61. Gold. Specimen. Unc Details (PCGS).

Lot 1165. NEW YORK. New York. Undated (ca. mid-1890s) Congregation Shaar Hashomayim Medal. Silver. Very Fine.

Lot 1218. California Gold Panner Hobo Nickel. By Steve Campbell. Quality of Work: Superior. Host coin: undated Philadelphia Mint Type II.

Lot 1236. 1652 Oak Tree Shilling. Noe-1, Salmon 1-A, W-430. Rarity-3. IN at Left. AU-58+ (PCGS).

Lot 1261. Undated (ca. 1694) London Elephant Token. Hodder 1-A, W-12000. Rarity-6+. GOD PRESERVE LONDON. Diagonals in Center of Shield. AU-58 (PCGS).

Lot 1266. 1737 Higley Copper. Freidus 1.3-A, W-8125. Rarity-7+. THE VALVE OF THREE PENCE / CONNECTICVT, 3 Hammers. VF-20 (PCGS).

Lot 1373.  1787 Fugio Cent. Pointed Rays. Newman 10-OO, W-6710. Rarity-8+. STATES UNITED, 1/Horizontal 1. VF-30 (PCGS).

Lot 1394. 1787 Fugio Cent. Pointed Rays. Newman 14-X, W-6880. Rarity-8+. STATES UNITED, 4 Cinquefoils. VF-30 (PCGS).

Session 8 offers federal coins from half cents to half dollars, over 580 lots of collector grade rarities and key dates. Included is the Steve M. Tompkins Reference Collection of Early United States Quarters, which comprises many important and rare dates, die marriages, and die states.

Session 10 concludes the live auction of United States coins, starting with silver dollars and continuing through gold, commemoratives, and pattern issues. Many of the pattern coins come from the Seven Lions Collection, an extensive offering that is being sold to benefit the Higgins Museum of National Bank Notes.

Highlights of Sessions 8 and 10 include:

Lot 4007.  1835 Classic Head Half Cent. C-1. Rarity-1. MS-66 RB (NGC).

Lot 4012.  1797 Draped Bust Cent. S-140, B-22. Rarity-1. Reverse of 1797, Stems to Wreath. AU-55 (PCGS).

Lot 4082. 1873 Silver Three-Cent Piece. Close 3. Proof-66 (PCGS). CAC.

Lot 4132.  1795 Flowing Hair Half Dime. LM-8, V-5. Rarity-3. AU-58 (NGC).

Lot 4283.  1822 Capped Bust Quarter. B-2. Rarity-5. 25/50 C. AU Details (PCGS).

Lot 4284. 1823/2 Capped Bust Quarter. B-1. Rarity-5+. EF Details (PCGS).

Lot 4481. 1861-O Liberty Seated Half Dollar. Confederate States Issue. W-15. Rarity-2. Speared Olive Bud. MS-64 (PCGS). CAC.

Lot 6004. 1798 Draped Bust Silver Dollar. Heraldic Eagle. BB-113, B-27. Rarity-2. Pointed 9, Close Date. AU-53 (NGC).

Lot 6018. 1859 Liberty Seated Silver Dollar. Proof-63 (PCGS).

Lot 6028. 1870-CC Liberty Seated Silver Dollar. OC-9. Rarity-4-. AU-50 (PCGS).

Lot 6201. 1886 Gold Dollar. MS-66 PL (PCGS). CAC.

Lot 6483. 1926 Saint-Gaudens Double Eagle. MS-66 (PCGS). CAC.

Lot 6657.  1880 Pattern Metric Dollar. Judd-1648, Pollock-1848. Rarity-7-. Silver. Reeded Edge. Proof-63 (PCGS).

Lot 6684.  1968-S Kennedy Half Dollar. Struck on a Copper-Nickel Clad Quarter Planchet, Close Overlap Double Strike. Proof-67 Cameo (PCGS).

In addition, three internet only sessions of United States coins will be held during the first week of September. For more regarding the varied offerings in the Summer 2025 Global Showcase, see previous press releases for U.S. Coins Rarities Night, The Rick Springfield Collection, and U.S. Currency (including the first ever U.S Currency Rarities Night). All lots in the Stack’s Bowers Galleries Summer Global Showcase are online and available for bidding at StacksBowers.com. To consign to a Stack’s Bowers Galleries auction, call 800-458-4646 or email [email protected].

About Stack’s Bowers Galleries

Stack’s Bowers Galleries conducts live, internet and specialized auctions of rare U.S. and world coins and currency and ancient coins, as well as direct sales through retail and wholesale channels. The company’s 90+ year legacy includes the cataloging and sale of many of the most valuable United States coin and currency collections to ever cross an auction block — The D. Brent Pogue Collection, The John J. Ford, Jr. Collection, The Louis E. Eliasberg, Sr. Collection, The Harry W. Bass, Jr. Collection, The Joel R. Anderson Collection, The Norweb Collection, The Cardinal Collection, The Sydney F. Martin Collection and The Battle Born Collection — to name just a few.

World coin and currency collections include The Pinnacle Collection, The Louis E. Eliasberg, Sr. Collection of World Gold Coins, The Kroisos Collection, The Alicia and Sidney Belzberg Collection, The Salton Collection, The Wa She Wong Collection, the Augustana Collection of gold rarities from across western Europe, the Richard Margolis Collection of world coins and medals and The Thos. H. Law Collection. Recently the firm was awarded the privilege of bringing the most valuable world coin collection to auction – the L. E. Bruun Collection.

Stack’s Bowers Galleries is headquartered in Costa Mesa, California, which is also the location of Griffin Studios, the firm’s custom-built, broadcast-ready auction and event facility. In addition, the company has galleries in New York, Boston, Miami, and Philadelphia, as well as offices in New Hampshire, Oklahoma, Copenhagen, Hong Kong, Paris and Vancouver. Stack’s Bowers Galleries hosts a Global Showcase each summer as an Event Auctioneer Partner of the ANA World’s Fair of Money, a sale that features United States coins and currency, Ancient coins and World coins and currency. They are also the Official Auctioneer for several important numismatic events, including the New York International Numismatic Convention, the Whitman Spring, Summer and Winter Expos, the Spring and Fall Hong Kong shows, and the Maastricht Paper Money shows.