Recently, Heritage Auction Galleries released an interesting top ten list for the highest valued US Coins sold by Heritage with a details grade of AG or lower. (For collectors that don’t know, a coin assigned a grade and details like “AG details”, for example, is a coin that would grade AG but it has been cleaned or has an altered surface.)
The ten highest valued US coins sold by Heritage with a details grade of AG3 or lower:
1802 H10C NCS. AG Details, sold for $25,300.
1797 50C Fair 2 PCGS, sold for $20,701.
1794 1C Starred Reverse. S-48, B-28, R.5. AG3 NGC. Good 4 EAC, sold for $20,700.
1794 1C Head of 1794 AG3 PCGS, sold for $19,550.
1796 1/2 C With Pole AG3 PCGS, sold for $16,675.
1849 $5 Oregon Exchange Co. Five Dollar Fair 2 PCGS, sold for $14,950.
1796 1/2 C With Pole NCS. Fair Details, sold for $12,650.
1796 10C Fair Details, NCS. JR-7, R.8, sold for $11,500.
1802 H10C AG3 Details, NCS, sold for $10,350.
1802 H10C Fair Details, Net Poor 1, sold for $10,062.
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