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Friday, 6th June 2008 (2427 views)

High-grade gold coins from the collection of the Ohringer Family Trust have been sold in an auction that raised an overall total of more than $11.01 million (£5.58 million), it has been reported.

According to Numismaster.com, the coins went under the hammer as part of Larry and Ira Goldberg's auction, which was held from May 25th to May 28th.

Included in the collection was a $20 1930 Saint-Gaudens Double Eagle gold coin, which fetched $130,000.

Meanwhile, a $10 Capped Bust coin dating from 1799 sold for $115,000, the site said. The Goldberg's sale catalogue described the item as being among the "top survivors" of this type of coin.

A Saint-Gaudens Double Eagle from 1932 also broke the $100,000 mark, bringing in $110,000, while an 1899 $20 coin went for $95,000.

A third Saint-Gaudens coin dating from 1907 - the year this type of Double Eagle was introduced - sold for $74,000, the site added.

Saint-Gaudens Double Eagles were designed at the request of President Theodore Roosevelt by the Irish-born sculptor Augustus Saint-Gaudens. The US Mint struck the coins until 1933.

 

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