Federal coins bring $26 million at NY auction

NEW YORK (AP) -- A New York auction of American coins from 1792 to the 1830s fetched $26 million on Wednesday. The auction was held jointly by Stack's Bowers and Sotheby's. The 105-coin sale was the second of five auctions of federal coinage from the D. Brent Pogue Collection. Among the stars of the sale was a 1794 Flowing Hair Silver Dollar, known as the Lord Saint Oswald specimen. It sold for nearly $5 million, in line with its high presale estimate. The coin was acquired in Philadelphia after...