The first auction offered 709 lots of gold coins and silver crowns and minors from medieval to modern times. The second auction featured 438 lots of Russian numismatic material and one lot of philatelic history.

Fifteen lots were unsold.

Russian coins, including a 1730 silver ruble of Anna struck at the Kadashevsky Mint in Moscow, brought particularly strong results, according to the firm.

The coin sold for 471,500, or about $662,915 in U.S. funds.

The catalogs are posted at the firm's Web site, found online at www.kuenker.de/.

Some highlights:

• Baltic states, Livonia (Livland), circa 1559 to 1561 gold 2½-ducat coin, Gotthard Kettler, Riga Mint, Very Fine to Extremely Fine, 43,700 ($61,441 in U.S. funds).
  
• Prussia, 1851 gold 50-ducat medal, Friedrich Wilhelm IV, designed by F.W. Kullrich, on the accomplishment of the memorial of Friedrich the Great at the boulevard "Unter den Linden" in Berlin, "extremely rare in gold," About Uncirculated, 46,000 ($64,675).
  
• Russia, 1701 silver half ruble (poltina), Peter I, Kadashevsky Mint, Moscow, VF, 155,250 ($218,277).
  
• Russia, 1714 silver medal, Peter I, Courage medal for soldiers in Battle of Hanko, EF, 43,700 ($61,441).
  
• Russia, 1726 silver pattern quarter ruble, Catherine I, St. Petersburg Mint, EF-Uncirculated, 97,750 ($137,434).
  
• Russia, 1729 gold ducat, Peter II, Moscow Mint, EF-VF, 88,550 ($124,499).
  
• Russia, 1763 silver 20-kopek coin, Catherine II, St. Petersburg Mint, "one of five known," EF, 52,900 ($74,376).
  
• Russia, 1825 gold 5-ruble coin, Alexander I, St. Petersburg Mint, AU-Prooflike, 149,500, ($210,193).
  
• Russia, 1841 gold 3-ruble (20-zloty) coin for Poland, St. Petersburg Mint, Proof, 230,000 ($323,373).

Pre-Long Beach sale realizes $5.4 million

Exonumia, U.S. coins and U.S. paper money offered during the Jan. 31 to Feb. 2 auction in Beverly Hills, Calif., by Ira & Larry Goldberg Auctioneers, realized approximately $5,485,888.

The total quoted, which includes a 15 percent buyer's fee added to the hammer price of each coin, is based on preliminary prices realized posted at the firm's Web site.

Based on the preliminary prices realized, approximately 91 percent of the lots sold.

Write to the firm at 350 S. Beverly Drive, Suite 350, Beverly Hills, CA 90212, visit the firm online at www.goldbergcoins.com or telephone the firm at (800) 978-2646.

Some highlights:

• 1800 Conder token, Middlesex, England, political and social series, obverse depicting man attempting to swallow the world, Numismatic Guaranty Corp. Mint State 65 brown, $2,012.50.
  
• 1795 Liberty Cap cent, double struck, Sheldon 78, (Penny Whimsy by William Sheldon), Professional Coin Grading Service Very Fine 30, $8,912.50.
  
• 1843 Coronet, Petite Head, Small Letters cent, Newcomb 2 (United States Copper Cents 1816-1857 by Howard R. Newcomb), Mint State 63, condition census, $2,127.50.
  
• 1914-D Lincoln cent, PCGS MS-64 red, $6,612.50.
  
• 1913 Indian Head, Bison on Mound 5-cent coin, NGC MS-68 H, $9,200.
  
• 1909 Barber half dollar, Proof 68 cameo, highest graded by PCGS, $19,550.
  
• 1882 Morgan dollar, NGC Proof 68, $24,150.
  
• 1889-CC Morgan dollar, NGC MS-61, "untoned," $19,665.
  
• 2000-P Sacagawea dollar and 2000 Lincoln cent, from Cheerios promotion, dollar graded PCGS MS-66 and cent graded PCGS MS-65 red, $3,450.
  
• 1855-D Indian Head gold dollar, NGC MS-64, $97,750.
  
• 1911-D Indian Head quarter eagle, PCGS MS-62, $10,465.
  
• 1879 Flowing Hair Stella gold $4 pattern, PCGS Proof 65, $168,475.
  
• 1795 Capped Bust, Small Eagle gold $5 half eagle, PCGS MS-62, $97,750.
  
• 1812 Capped Draped Bust, Wide 5D. half eagle, NGC MS-65, $9,085.
  
• 1799 Capped Bust, Small Obverse Stars gold $10 eagle, NGC About Uncirculated 58, $18,400.
  
• 1892 Coronet gold $20 double eagle, PCGS Proof 66 deep cameo, "tied for finest," $120,750.
  
• 1907 Saint-Gaudens, High Relief Roman Numerals, Wire Rim double eagle, NGC Proof 67 H, $157,550.
  
• 1907 Saint-Gaudens, High Relief, Roman Numerals, Flat Rim double eagle, PCGS MS-66, $59,800.
  
• 1921 Saint-Gaudens double eagle, NGC MS-62, $143,750.
  
• 1930-S Saint-Gaudens double eagle, PCGS MS-65, $161,000.
  
• Obverse die for 1885-CC Coronet eagle, X-canceled across face, die for a coin never struck, includes two die splashers (copper and white metal) and a collar, no grades given, $2,156.25.

1907 double eagle tops bidding in sale

The Scotsman Auction Co., Saint Louis, held its 2010 Midwest Winter Sale at the Saint Louis Marriot Hotel-Airport Feb 12.

Scotsman's auction brought total prices realized of $859,134.35, with 708 of the total lots, or 74 percent, reported sold.

The prices realized include the 15 percent buyer's fee added to the final hammer bid.

Among the standout lots sold was a 1905 Lewis and Clark Exposition gold dollar, listed as the "highest graded prooflike example" and graded Mint State 66 prooflike by Numismatic Guaranty Corp. It sold for $21,275.

Another standout was a 1907 Saint-Gaudens, High Relief, Wire Rim, Roman Numerals gold $20 double eagle, graded MS-63 by Professional Coin Grading Service, that sold for $24,150.

Write Scotsman at 11262 Olive Blvd., Saint Louis, MO 63141-7653, visit www.scoins.com or call the firm at (800) 642-4305.

Some highlights:

• A.D. 14 to 37 Roman Empire, Tiberius gold aureus, Lugdunum Mint, NGC choice About Uncirculated H, 5/5 for strike, 4/5 for surface, $8,165.
  
• A.D. 307 to 337 Roman Empire, Constantine I "the Great" gold solidus, Nicomedia Mint, NGC Mint State, 5/5 for strike, 4/5 for surface, $9,890.
  
• 1776 Continental dollar, currency spelling, pewter, NGC Authentic, Very Good Details, corrosion, bent, $8,337.50.
  
• 1796 Liberty Cap cent, PCGS Extremely Fine 40, $4,887.50.
  
• 1800 Draped Bust cent, PCGS AU-53, $5,175.
  
• 1801 Draped Bust, Normal Reverse cent, PCGS AU-58, $6,325.
  
• 1916-D Winged Liberty Head dime, PCGS Genuine, $7,187.50.
  
• 1818/5 Capped Bust quarter dollar, NGC MS-63, $5,175.
  
• 1923-S Standing Liberty quarter dollar, NGC MS-65.
  
• 1865 Seated Liberty half dollar, NGC Proof 65, $5,750.
  
• 1795 Flowing Hair, Two Leaves, Head of 1795 dollar, NGC Very Fine 30, $7,015.
  
• 1795 Flowing Hair, Three Leaves, Head of 1795 dollar, PCGS VF-30, $6,325.
  
• 1798 Draped Bust, Small Eagle, 15 Stars dollar, PCGS VF-30, $8,912.50.
  
• 1803 Draped Bust dollar, NGC EF-45, $5,290.
  
• 1879-CC Morgan dollar, Clear CC dollar, General Services Administration packaging, MS-63, $6,900.
  
• 1895-S Morgan dollar, , PCGS MS-65, $5,060.
  
• 1905 Lewis and Clark Exposition gold dollar, "highest graded prooflike example," NGC MS-66 prooflike, $21,275.
  
• 1872 Coronet gold $2.50 quarter eagle, PCGS AU-58, $3,335.
  
• 1902-S Coronet gold $5 half eagle, NGC MS-66, $5,405.
  
• 1915 Indian Head gold $10 eagle, NGC MS-65, $8,625.
  
• 1907 Saint-Gaudens, High Relief, Wire Rim, Roman Numerals gold $20 double eagle PCGS MS-63, $24,150.