Heritage Auctions, one of the premier coin auction houses, will hold an auction of US Territorial Gold Coins in Chicago on October 11-14.
The auction includes coins from several collectors including the Marcello Collection of rare territorial gold coins. Highlighting the collection is a Kellogg & Co. $50 California gold coin considered the “king” of territorial gold coins.
The auction includes pre-Revolutionary colonial coins from New England, Virginia, and New Jersey as well as rare “Fugio” cents, the predecessor of today’s one-cent coins and discontinued coins like half cents and a variety of 18th and early 19th century US coins.
Details about the auction, including how to register to bid, can be found on the Heritage Auction website.