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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.

The very last circulating pennies, or "cents," sold for over $16.76 million in a special auction by Stack's Bowers Galleries on Thursday, December 12, 2025, presented on behalf of the United States Mint. Included in the sale were 232 three-coin sets featuring one each of the 2025 penny struck at the Philadelphia Mint, the 2025-D penny struck at the Denver Mint, and a historic 2025 penny struck in 24-karat gold also at the Philadelphia Mint. Each of these special coins exhibits a small "Ω" privy mark of the final Greek letter Omega, indicating their role as the capstone to a two-centuries-long legacy that first began in 1793 with the Chain Cent.

A magnificent Republic Chang Tso-lin silver Specimen Pattern Dollar Year 16 (1927) graded PCGS SP63, from the Peh Family Collection, Part III, soared to a record $4.32 million to lead Heritage Auctions’ Dec. 6-9 HKINF World & Ancient Coins Platinum Session® and Signature® Auction to $39,522,122.

After months of anticipation and speculation, on December 9, 2025, Stack’s Bowers Galleries auctioneer Chris Ortega finally dropped the gavel on the newly discovered James A. Stack, Sr. Class III 1804 dollar, along with other rarities that have been off the market since before James A. Stack, Sr.’s death in 1951. Graded PCGS PR65 with a CMQ sticker, the Stack 1804 Draped Bust Dollar brought $6 million, surpassing pre-sale estimates and setting a new world record for the issue. It nearly tripled the previous record for a Class III 1804 dollar of $2.3 million, set in 2009.