History will be made in Heritage’s FUN Signature Auction when they hold the first ever Pattern Night on Wednesday, January 7, 2009 — an extraordinary event offering more than 550 American coin patterns. These wonderful pieces of numismatic history range from coins that might have been, to off-metal strikings of familiar series, to preliminary designs for collecting specialties. The heard of Pattern Night will be the incredible collection of 475 different patterns that comprise The Lemus Collection - Queller Part Two, assembled by the Queller family over many decades and named to honor Mrs. Queller’s special collecting efforts in this intriguing area. The Queller Family, who made numismatic history when they auctioned their $10.3 million silver dollar collection in our Central States auction in April, has consigned another world-class collection of numismatic masterpieces.

Just a few of the outstanding pieces to be offered at Pattern Night are:

• 1792 Birch Cent, Judd-5, R.8, Fair 2 NGC., detailed below.
• 1872 Half Dollar, Judd-1200, Pollock-1340, Low R.7, PR64 NGC.
• 1872 Amazonian Ten Dollar, Judd-1246, Pollock-1388, Low R.7, PR62 Gilt NGC.
• 1877 Morgan Half Dollar, Judd-1512, Pollock-1676, High R.7, PR62 NGC.
• 1877 Fifty Dollar, Judd-1547, Pollock-1720, Low R.7, PR65 Gilt NGC.
• 1882 Shield Earring Quarter Dollar, Judd-1698, Pollock-1900, Low R.7, PR67 NGC.
• 1882 Shield Earring Half Dollar, Judd-1700, Pollock-1902, Low R.7, PR64 Cameo NGC.
• 1915 Panama-Pacific Half Dollar, Judd-1960 (formerly Judd-1793), Pollock-2031, High R.8, PR64 NGC.
• 1916 Walking Liberty Half Dollar, Judd-1994, formerly Judd-1801, Pollock-2059, R.8, PR64 NGC.

This auction will open for bidding in mid-December. Previews of many coins in this auction are available now, with images and descriptions — and more coins — being added all the time!