Ableauctions - Goldberg Coins' Pre Long Beach Auction Realizes over $800,000 to the Internet and Attracts over 900 Registered Bidders.BEVERLY HILLS Beverly Hills, city (1990 pop. 31,971), Los Angeles co., S Calif., completely surrounded by the city of Los Angeles; inc. 1914. The largely residential city is home to many motion-picture and television personalities. , Calif. -- Ableauctions.com (AMEX AMEX See: American Stock Exchange :AAC (Advanced Audio Coding) An audio compression technology that is part of the MPEG-2 and MPEG-4 standards. AAC, especially MPEG-4 AAC, provides greater compression and better sound quality than MP3, which also came out of the MPEG standard. ) announced that the Goldberg Coins and Collectibles "Pre Long Beach" auction realized over $800,000 in Internet sales and attracted over 900 registered bidders. Ira Goldberg, co-owner of Goldberg Coins and Collectables, stated: "This was a very successful sale for us. The total revenue realized from the auction exceeded $17 million. Internet bidding, particularly with our copper coin sessions, played a key role and added much to our sale." Highlights of the auction included the following Internet sales: 1854 O Liberty Seated Half Dollar Arrows NGC NGC New General Catalogue (of Nebulae and Star Clusters; astronomy) NGC National Geographic Channel (TV) NGC National Guideline Clearinghouse MS-68- $57,500.00 1937 D Buffalo Nickel 1. A United States five-cent coin minted from 1913 to 1937 having an image of an American bison ("buffalo") on its reverse, and an American Indian on the obverse. 3 legs NGC MS-66- $34,000.00 1839 Liberty Seated Quarter Dollar NGC MS-66- $46,000.00 1797 Draped Bust "Draped Bust" was the name given to a design of United States coins. It appeared on all regular-issue copper and silver United States coinage from 1795-1808. The denominations that featured the Draped Bust design included the half cent (1800-1808), large cent (1796-1807), half dime Half Dollar NGC VF-30- $62,500.00 1811 Capped Bust Half Dollar NGC MS-68- $60,000.00 Ira and Larry Goldberg Coins & Collectables, Inc., is located in Beverly Hills, California. Co-owners and professional numismatists Ira and Larry Goldberg have countless achievements to cite. They have set world records for both the first gold coin Gold coins are one of the oldest forms of money. The first gold coins in history were coined by the Lydian king Croesus in about 560 BC, not long after the first silver coins were minted by king Pheidon of Argos in about 700 BC. , a $20 gold 1907, to realize over one million dollars at public auction, as well as participating in the group that purchased the largest numismatic nu·mis·mat·ic adj. 1. Of or relating to coins or currency. 2. Of or relating to numismatics. [French numismatique, from Late Latin numisma, numismat-, purchase of all time, the S.S. Central America Central America, narrow, southernmost region (c.202,200 sq mi/523,698 sq km) of North America, linked to South America at Colombia. It separates the Caribbean from the Pacific. treasure, valued at over 100 million dollars. In addition to these successes, Larry and Ira Goldberg marketed and sold the King of Siam Set in November 2005 for $8.5 million. Also noteworthy are their contributions to two of the most popular numismatic reference books in the industry, The Guide Book of United States United States, officially United States of America, republic (2005 est. pop. 295,734,000), 3,539,227 sq mi (9,166,598 sq km), North America. The United States is the world's third largest country in population and the fourth largest country in area. Coins ("The Red Book") and The Handbook of the United States Coins ("The Blue Book"). 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