NGC is proud to have been selected exclusively to certify the Millennia Collection in its entirety. This gallery presents just a small sampling of the variety and extraordinary rarities that were included. Ira & Larry Goldberg Coins & Collectibles conducted the auction on May 24-28, 2008, in Beverly Hills, California. It became the most valuable collection of World coins ever to cross the auction block.
Ancient Greek and Roman Coins
Alexander III, the Great, 336-323 BC.
Gold Distater struck c. 324-318 BC.
NGC Choice About Uncirculated
Peloponnesos. Elis. Stater (11.91 g),
struck c. 432 BC., the 87th Olympiad
NGC Extremely Fine
Imperatorial Rome. Julius Caesar, d. 44 BC.
Denarius, struck Jan-Feb 44 BC.
NGC Choice About Uncirculated
Imperatorial Rome. Brutus, d. 42 BC.
Gold Aureus, struck Summer / Fall 42 BC
NGC Choice About Uncirculated
Rome. Severus Alexander, 222-235 AD.
Gold Aureus, The Colluseum 223 AD.
NGC About Uncirculated
Anglo-Saxon
Hiberno-Norse Analf V 1029-1030 Penny,
the only known specimen in Analf’s name;
NGC MS 61
Aethelred 959-975 S-1141 Penny,
NGC AU 55
EastAngelia, Beonna Pennyof 749-760.
NGC AU 55
English Coinage
Mary Tudor Gold Fine Sovereign of 1553
NGC MS 62
1644 Oxford Charles I Triple Unite,
NGC MS 61
Queen Anne 1703 VIGO Five Guineas
NGC MS 61 Prooflike
1839 “Una & Lion” 5 Pounds
NGC PF 64 Ultra Cameo
European
First-dated Taler, 1486 of Austria
NGC AU 50
Leopard d' Or of Edward III “The Black Prince” 1327-1377
NGC AU 58
1642 60 Sols of Louis XIII, the First Ecu of France.
NGC MS 62
Double Ducat of Augsburg of 1672
NGC MS 63
Peter the Great Gold Rouble (one of only two known) 1682-1725
NGC MS 63
Dossier silver Rouble of Elizabeth 1741-1762
NGC MS 64
Very Rare 320 Reales of Joseph Napoleon of Spain 1808-1814
NGC AU 55
Switzerland 1494 Guldiner of Bern
NGC XF 45
Coins of the New World
Coquimbo Volcano Peso of 1828.
NGC PF 64
2 Greenland Pillar Dollars:
1771 NGC MS 66 & 1777 NGC AU 55
8 Reales “Discovery Dollar”, the first dollar struck
in the New World (one of three known)
NGC XF 40
8 Reales of Peru, the first silver dollar of South America.
NGC AU-55
Asia, Africa and Oceana
1645 Kroon of the Netherlands East India Co.
NGC XF 45
New South Wales Holey Dollar of 1813
NGC XF 45
1895-A German New Guinea 20 Marks
NGC PF 67 CAMEO
