Ira and Larry Goldberg Present The Millennia Collection – For Auction May 2008
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- October 29, 2007
Ira and Larry Goldberg take great pleasure in announcing the auction of the Millennia Collection, to be sold on May 24-28, 2008. The auction will take place during the same period as the Goldberg’s Pre-Long Beach Sale #46 in May. Many predictions suggest that when the Millennia Collection sells, it will become the most valuable collection of world coins ever sold.
Selected examples from the collection formed the raison d’etre for Whitman’s recent award winning "Money of the World: Coins That Made History," a gorgeous, full-color coffee table book co-edited by Ira and Larry Goldberg. The National Literary Guild awarded “Best World Coin Book” for 2007. This book presents coins as objects of purpose and importance, as well as having a fascinating history attached to them. The entire Millennia Collection far exceeds the hundred or so coins presented within this book, however; it is with nearly a century’s worth of cumulative collecting effort and skill that this astonishing array of over a thousand numismatic treasures have come to light.
Millennia - meaning more than a thousand years - was chosen, as the collection begins with the earliest coinage of the 6th century BC and terminates with World War I. The collection begins with more than 150 Greek and Roman coins. Among the Greek coins are impressive examples of silver dekadrachms, golden octadrachms, and much more. The Millennia Collection also boasts a splendid set of 12 Caesars in silver and gold, and continues with most of the Roman Emperors being represented by a superb quality gold coin. Included are such extraordinary rarities as a Brutus gold aureus, and the excessively rare Coliseum gold aureus of Severus Alexander, both among the finest specimens known.
For collections of Mideaval monies, the Anglo-Saxon section is surely the epitome. It features a Hiberno-Norse Analf V 1029-1030 Penny, the only known specimen in Analf’s name; a coin so rare, it is not even mentioned in Spink and North. The section also contains an Aethelred 959-975 S-1141 Penny, one of only three known. Another Penny, this one from East Angelia, Beonna of 749-760, is one of six known, and the only example of this coin in private hands.
In English Coinage, the most impressive aspect of this collection is its broadness of scope - from the kings of Northumbria in the 8th century, to Queen Victoria. Both silver and gold are present, with emphasis on quality and diversity. Many numismatists believe the Queen Anne 1703 VIGO Five Guineas to be among the most desirable of all English gold coins. Of the few specimens known, the MS-61 Prooflike specimen featured here is reputedly the finest. Early pennies, important hammered and milled gold, major silver crowns, and a wide variety of incredible proofs provide something for every serious collector of English coinage.
It would be nearly impossible to duplicate the European Section of The Millennia Collection for either its broadness of scope or its outstanding preservation and attention to quality. Early talers - one of which, the first-dated Taler, 1486 of Austria- and a highly-select group of Denmark’s coinage begin the section. French coins follow, including the Leopard d’ Or of Edward III “The Black Prince”, and the 60 Sols of Louis XIII, the First Ecu of France. Over forty different Germanic issuing duchies, counties, and free cities are represented, with many rarities included. A Double Ducat of Augsburg of 1672 and a Cassa Taler of Berg are two of the highlights. The Italian city states are prominently represented in the collection., with many examples virtually unknown in the incredible states of preservation found here. Russian rubles of Peter the Great in gold (one of only two known) and a fabulous Dossier silver Ruble of Elizabeth should draw considerable interest. A very rare 320 Reales of Joseph Napoleon of Spain represents a fine selection of Napoleonic coinage. Swiss coinage is also well-represented by one of the finest-known specimens of an early 1494 Guldiner of Bern, and Two Zurich Guldiners of 1512 are just some of the many highlights of this exciting group of European coins.
The New World section is filled with choice rarities and jewel-like works of art. Of special note is the Coquimbo Volcano Peso of 1828. Not one, but two Greenland Pillar Dollars are present, dated 1771 (a specimen strike in astonishingly impeccable condition!), and an especially choice example of the 1777 date. This section also features the (1535-6) 8 Reales “Discovery Dollar”, the first dollar struck in the New World (one of three known), as well as the finest-known example of the (1568-71) 8 Reales of Peru, the first silver dollar of South America. In addition, superb quality Pillar Dollars struck at the various mints along the “Spanish Main” should attract considerable interest. To further compliment this fabulous section are 8 Escudos from virtually every Latin-American Country.
Rounding out the Millennia Collection is a section consisting of Asian, African, and Australian coins. Within this section is the first round dollar of the Orient - the 1645 Kroon of the Netherlands East India Co. A New South Wales Holey Dollar of 1835, an Adelaide Pound of Australia, and a German New Guinea 20 Marks are just a few of the important items found here, bringing an exciting finish to a collection that will not soon be forgotten.
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Ira and Larry Goldberg take great pleasure in announcing the auction of the Millennia Collection, to be sold on May 24-28, 2008. The auction will take place during the same period as the Goldberg’s Pre-Long Beach Sale #46 in May. Many predictions suggest that when the Millennia Collection sells, it will become the most valuable collection of world coins ever sold.
Selected examples from the collection formed the raison d’etre for Whitman’s recent award winning "Money of the World: Coins That Made History," a gorgeous, full-color coffee table book co-edited by Ira and Larry Goldberg. The National Literary Guild awarded “Best World Coin Book” for 2007. This book presents coins as objects of purpose and importance, as well as having a fascinating history attached to them. The entire Millennia Collection far exceeds the hundred or so coins presented within this book, however; it is with nearly a century’s worth of cumulative collecting effort and skill that this astonishing array of over a thousand numismatic treasures have come to light.
Millennia - meaning more than a thousand years - was chosen, as the collection begins with the earliest coinage of the 6th century BC and terminates with World War I. The collection begins with more than 150 Greek and Roman coins. Among the Greek coins are impressive examples of silver dekadrachms, golden octadrachms, and much more. The Millennia Collection also boasts a splendid set of 12 Caesars in silver and gold, and continues with most of the Roman Emperors being represented by a superb quality gold coin. Included are such extraordinary rarities as a Brutus gold aureus, and the excessively rare Coliseum gold aureus of Severus Alexander, both among the finest specimens known.
For collections of Mideaval monies, the Anglo-Saxon section is surely the epitome. It features a Hiberno-Norse Analf V 1029-1030 Penny, the only known specimen in Analf’s name; a coin so rare, it is not even mentioned in Spink and North. The section also contains an Aethelred 959-975 S-1141 Penny, one of only three known. Another Penny, this one from East Angelia, Beonna of 749-760, is one of six known, and the only example of this coin in private hands.
In English Coinage, the most impressive aspect of this collection is its broadness of scope - from the kings of Northumbria in the 8th century, to Queen Victoria. Both silver and gold are present, with emphasis on quality and diversity. Many numismatists believe the Queen Anne 1703 VIGO Five Guineas to be among the most desirable of all English gold coins. Of the few specimens known, the MS-61 Prooflike specimen featured here is reputedly the finest. Early pennies, important hammered and milled gold, major silver crowns, and a wide variety of incredible proofs provide something for every serious collector of English coinage.
It would be nearly impossible to duplicate the European Section of The Millennia Collection for either its broadness of scope or its outstanding preservation and attention to quality. Early talers - one of which, the first-dated Taler, 1486 of Austria- and a highly-select group of Denmark’s coinage begin the section. French coins follow, including the Leopard d’ Or of Edward III “The Black Prince”, and the 60 Sols of Louis XIII, the First Ecu of France. Over forty different Germanic issuing duchies, counties, and free cities are represented, with many rarities included. A Double Ducat of Augsburg of 1672 and a Cassa Taler of Berg are two of the highlights. The Italian city states are prominently represented in the collection., with many examples virtually unknown in the incredible states of preservation found here. Russian rubles of Peter the Great in gold (one of only two known) and a fabulous Dossier silver Ruble of Elizabeth should draw considerable interest. A very rare 320 Reales of Joseph Napoleon of Spain represents a fine selection of Napoleonic coinage. Swiss coinage is also well-represented by one of the finest-known specimens of an early 1494 Guldiner of Bern, and Two Zurich Guldiners of 1512 are just some of the many highlights of this exciting group of European coins.
The New World section is filled with choice rarities and jewel-like works of art. Of special note is the Coquimbo Volcano Peso of 1828. Not one, but two Greenland Pillar Dollars are present, dated 1771 (a specimen strike in astonishingly impeccable condition!), and an especially choice example of the 1777 date. This section also features the (1535-6) 8 Reales “Discovery Dollar”, the first dollar struck in the New World (one of three known), as well as the finest-known example of the (1568-71) 8 Reales of Peru, the first silver dollar of South America. In addition, superb quality Pillar Dollars struck at the various mints along the “Spanish Main” should attract considerable interest. To further compliment this fabulous section are 8 Escudos from virtually every Latin-American Country.
Rounding out the Millennia Collection is a section consisting of Asian, African, and Australian coins. Within this section is the first round dollar of the Orient - the 1645 Kroon of the Netherlands East India Co. A New South Wales Holey Dollar of 1835, an Adelaide Pound of Australia, and a German New Guinea 20 Marks are just a few of the important items found here, bringing an exciting finish to a collection that will not soon be forgotten.
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