GFRC Online Auctions

The Connoisseur's Auction Sale Series

The White Pine Liberty $5 CAC Approved Gold Rarities

and

The Island City 18th and 19th Century Type Set Collection

October 11 - 18, 2025

Lot Viewing - Private Lot Consultations Only

Call Gerry at 207-329-9957 to Schedule

Welcome to a GFRC Online Auctions Connoisseur's Series auction sales featuring two numismatically significant consignments from long term clients. The White Pine Collection (Roger Terry) has been a GFRC consignor since mid-2017 with a constant flow of premium Liberty Seated coinage culminating in the release of his carefully assembled $5 Liberty collection. As often mentioned client relationship, many see the consignor "moving up the ladder" and they progressively release more substantial holding. The reasons can be two-fold for this behavior. First is gaining trust within the dealer relationship to release top shelf holdings. Second is the collector's difficulties in the releasing the better pieces back into the market place. This White Pine release is truly special with consistent CAC approval across a host of Charlotte branch mint and Civil War rare dates leading to a not to be missed opportunity for gold specialists.

Our second Connoisseur auction sale client is the Island City (Chip Nimsgern). Chip's GFRC tenure as a client originated during 2019 with the construction of a complete Standing Liberty quarter collection which was subsequently sold via the GFRC Online Auctions platform. While assembling the Standing Liberty quarters series, Chip was also keenly focused on amassing a differentiated 18th and 19th century type set in copper, silver, and gold metals. CAC approval was mandatory during this acquisiiton process and will serve out client well during the forthcoming auction.

Both the White Pine and Island City Collection consignments were insourced at the Oklahoma City ANA with a desire for a near term auction prior to placing unsold lots onto the retail price list. This quick auction preparation does not allow for formal lot viewing at a national coin show. Rather, regular GFRC clients can employed my photography and the Len Augsburger authoritative descriptions to assesing these offerings. Furthermore, I will be offering private phone consultations to review specific lots. Clients have found these consultation to be useful in formulating their bidding strategies.

GFRC Online Auctions will continue to offer three payment lay-a-ways for auction winnings over $3000 moving forward. To take advantage of this payment option, bidders must registered with Gerry prior to the auction open and confirm their lay-a-way requirement. Those that don't confirm prior to the auction will not be afforded this privilege. Please contact me at Gerry@seateddimevarieties.com or 207-329-9957.

The GFRC Online Auctions application was designed with simplicity for bidders given the No Buyer's Fee policy. Bidders do not need to contemplate the Buyer's Fee percentage when placing bids. Every bidder is free to bid what they wish to pay for a lot. This fact become measurably important during the final hour of the auction sale whereby bidders can stay focused on determining their auction ending bidding strategy without factoring in a Buyer's Fee.

The GFRC Online Auctions platform has become yet another divestment option for collectors along with the regular price list consignments. I've seen the GFRC community become incrementally comfortable with taking holdings onto an auction platform for upside bidding potential and increased prices realized. Again, with a simplistic No Buyer's Fee structure, collectors can easily calculate their proceeds using the final bid and GFRC regular commission rates. All lots that do not meet reserves are posted on the 30 Day Price List after auction end along with the well known Collectors Corner numismatic marketplace. Our goal is to promptly sell you coins across multiple marketing channels.

Good luck with bidding.

Thank-you, Gerry

Bidding Instructions

Existing GFRC clients and those who have registered can submit bids by selecting the bidding icon. Those who have yet to register can participate in this eagerly awaited GFRC Online Auctions offering by contacting Gerry Fortin at gerry@seateddimevarieties.com.

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