RAGO HOLDS 200 LOT COLLECTIBLE COINS, CURRENCY AND STAMP AUCTION ON SEPTEMBER 10, 3 PM.

Lambertville, NJ: The Rago Arts and Auction Center will hold a Coins, Currency and Stamps auction on Thursday, September 10, at 3 p.m., with over 200 lots of fine rare collectible U.S. and foreign coins and currency, collectible stamps, and U.S. and world medals and medallions, featuring the world stamp collection of Dr. Robert Peter Turk. Preceding this sale at 10 a.m. is a live, online only auction of Asian art held exclusively on Bidsquare.com. And on Friday, September 11, Rago will hold its first Great Estates auction of the season.

The auction of coins, currency and stamps begins with some 50 lots of world stamps with a detailed focus on India and British colonies from the collection of Dr. Robert Peter Turk, a distinguished soldier, a committed physician, a scholar, and an outstanding educator.  Stamps in his collection hail from British and French colonies and Protectorates, Falkland Islands, Barbados, Mauritius, Natal, St. Helena, Ascension Island, South Africa, Niger Coast, Sierra Leone, British Somaliland, Senegal, Afghanistan and Iran, Oman, Aden, Egypt, Cyprus, Turkey, Bulgaria, Germany, Greece, Belgium, Malta, Gibraltar, India, Pakistan, North Borneo, Ceylon, French Oceania, New Zealand, Australia, and Papua New Guinea. The collectible 19th and 20th century world coins for sale come from India, Korea, China, Morocco, South Africa, Thailand, Egypt, United Arab Emirates, Philippines, Fiji, Polynesia, and Malaya, Australia, Curacao, Bermuda, Bahama, France, Italy, Turkey, England, Netherlands, Switzerland, Hungary, Norway, Sweden, Finland, Greece, Portugal, Spain, Romania, Poland, Bulgaria, Germany, Austria, Czechoslovakia, Serbia, Lithuania, Ecuador, Uruguay, Columbia, Venezuela, Brazil, Honduras, Panama, Guatemala, Peru, Canada, and Mexico. There are medals depicting Napoleon, George Washington, Wells Fargo, and Haverford College, as well as Liberty Gold Medals. U.S. coins and tokens include Liberty, St. Gaudens Indian Head gold coins, Eagle coins, Confederate Colonial Currency, U.S. currency, U.S. proof coins, Buffalo nickels, Mercury coins, Morgan silver dollars, U.S. Peace silver dollars, and Washington, Franklin, and Kennedy silver coins.

Auction Exhibition/Preview

• September 5–8, 12–5:00 pm or by appointment. Closed Monday, September 7 for Labor Day. September 9, 12 noon–7:00 pm. Doors open September 10 and 11 at 9:00 am.
• Open House with Guest Speaker Stephen Perloff, founder and editor of The Photo Review. Tuesday, September 8. The auction house opens at noon, reception at 5 pm, lecture at 6 pm. RSVP: 609.397.9374 ext. 119 or raac@ragoarts.com.
• Rago’s is located midway between New York City and Philadelphia. Directions online at ragoarts.com.
• Telephone/absentee/online bidding available at www.ragoarts.com and www.bidsquare.com for those unable to attend.

Catalogues

• Online at ragoarts.com as of August 20.
• Catalogues are $20. Available by calling 609.397.9374 or emailing a request to info@ragoarts.com.  

SELECT HIGHLIGHTS

Lot 3000: Stamps of Falkland Islands, $2,000-2,500

Lot 3025: Stamps of Great Britain Colonies and Protectorate, $3,000-5,000

Lot 3128: U.S. 1652 Pine Tree Shilling, $3,000-5,000

Lot 3129: U.S. 1797 Bust $1.00 Coin, $1,500-2,000

Lot 3177: U.S. 1870 $1.00 Coin, $1,200-1,500

Lot 3198: U.S. Peace Silver $1.00 Coins, $600-800

Lot 3048: Rupee Coins of India, $1,000-1,500

Lot 3078: Coins of France, Italy, Turkey, England, etc., $700-800

Lot 3092: 1765 Hungary 2 Ducats, $800-1,200

Lot 3131: Conseil des Anciens Medal, $500-700

NOTES FOR THE EDITOR

• High-resolution images available.

• Rago is a leading U.S. auction house with $30 million in annual sales. It serves thousands of sellers and buyers yearly with a singular blend of global reach, personal service and competitive commissions for single pieces, collections and estates. Rago holds auctions of 20th/21st c. design, fine art, decorative arts, furnishings, jewelry, Asian, militaria, coins and currency, silver, historic ephemera, and ethnographic property. Rago also provides a range of appraisal services conducted by USPAP (Uniform Standards of Professional Appraisal Practice) compliant appraisers, performed to the highest standards set by the IRS, insurers and the Appraisers Association of America. Rago is located in New Jersey, midway between New York City and Philadelphia.

• Consignments invited for all of Rago’s Auctions. Please call 609.397.9374 or email info@ragoarts.com.

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