Classic US Silver Coins In Winthrop's Type Set Fare Well At Coin Auction

The following is an article excerpt from Coinweek

On Friday, Feb. 6, in New York, Stack's-Bowers sold Stephen Winthrop's collection, as part of an annual "Americana Auction" that featured a wide variety of coins, medals, tokens and related items. Information about Winthrop himself and the 1900-O Barber quarter in this set may be found in my pre-auction discussion two weeks ago. (Clickable links are in blue.) Now, the auction results for the classic U.S. silver coins in Winthrop's collection are being reviewed.

Winthrop's extended type set, commemoratives and mint errors altogether realized more than $1.4 million. Stack's-Bowers "donated in excess of $75,000 from its fee" and, "over $1.3 million," almost all of the "proceeds, will be given to the Stephen VanR. Winthrop ALS Fund at Harvard University," according to a public statement by the auction firm on Feb. 10.

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