Important Coins and Collections Handled By Hancock & Harwell

• The famous and unique pattern Indian Head Double Eagle, U. S. Gold Pattern (Judd 1776), when purchased by Hancock & Harwell in 1981, set a world’s record price at public auction ($475,000).
• Eleven Templeton Reid $2 1/2 Gold Coins, of which 24 are known, with 10 in institutions and 14 privately held.
• Three Templeton Reid $5 Gold Coins, of which 6 are known, with 3 in institutions and 3 privately held.
• The finest known Templeton Reid $10 Gold Coin Ex. Brand
• The Duke’s Creek Collection of Templeton Reid Coinage, is the finest outside of The Smithsonian Institute’s, set of Templeton Reid Coinage. The Duke’s Creek collection includes a PCGS Mint State Quarter Eagle ($2 1/2), a PCGS XF 40 Half Eagle ($5), ex Virgil Brand and the Finest Known PCGS XF 45, Dated Half Eagle ($10), ex. Virgil Brand
• When major Dahlonega Gold Coin collections are built, Hancock & Harwell, helps to build them:
  • The finest known set of Dahlonega Gold Coins, Sold, Arthur L. Montgomery Collection Stacks’s Auction 84.
  • George Elliott Collection of Dahlonega Gold Coins, Sold, Mid American Rare Coin Auctions, 1987, F.U.N. Sale.
  • Billy Fuller Collection of Dahlonega Gold Coins, Sold, Hertage Numismatic Auctions, 1993 ANA.
  • Richard Harris Collection of Dahlonega Gold Coins, Sold, Private Treaty.
  • Bill Clary Collection of Dahlonega Gold Coins, Sold, Private Treaty.
  • House Collection of Dahlonega Gold Coins, Intact.
  • The Georgia Collection of Dahlonega Gold Coins, Sold, Private Treaty.
  • The Gainesville Collection of Dahlonega Gold Coins, Intact.
  • The Michigan Collection of Dahlonega Gold Coins, Sold, Private Treaty.
  • The North Georgia Collection of Dahlonega & Charlotte Mint Gold Coins, sold by Heritage Auctions, January 8, 1999 and private treaty. Total price realized for the collection: more than $3.5 million.
  • The Duke’s Creek Collection of Dahlonega and Georgia Gold Coins, solid privately in 2004.
  • The finest known set of Dahlonega gold coins (The Farmer Collection Private Treaty October, 1995 in excess of $1 million).
• The finest known set of Charlotte gold coins (Elrod Collection / Private Treaty sale).
• Client base has over 90% of the finest known Dahlonega Gold Coins currently in PCGS holders.
• Finest Known Specimen of only 6 Known 1865 Proof No Motto Double Eagles PCGS Proof 65. Private Collection; ex: Hancock & Harwell, Kingswood Coin Auctions, 12/97, ($166,100); Bowers & Ruddy Galleries, John Work Garrett Collection, 2/80, ($80,000).
• A superb hoard of 19,000 Mint State silver dollars with most of the coins grading in the MS 63-68 range. The transaction was in excess of $1.4 million dollars.
• Many of the finest known gold and silver type coins and commemoratives, Morgan and Peace dollars in grades 65 through 68 in both mint state and proof condition.