The Dr. Greg Pineda Philippine Collection is without doubt the finest collection of rare Philippine notes, coins, medals, and historical documents ever assembled. I just spent the last six and a half hours glued to my computer participating in the auction via Knight Live and was blown away by the many unique and Top Pop specimens.

The Notes and Spanish-Philippine coins included many rare museum quality specimens and the U.S. Philippine coins and medals were truely unbelievable.

The highlight of the sale was the unique 1907(P) Peso which sold for $189,750.00, a Gold Wilson Dollar (one of only 4 known specimens) which sold for $41,400.00, and an AU58 1906-S Peso which sold for $23,000.00.

In addition to these ultra rarities there were multiple high grade examples of the 1918-S Five Centavo Mule, 1928-M Twenty Centavo Mule, and 1918-S Large S Centavo.

The large selection of U.S. Philippine Proof coins included many breathtaking, gorgeous and absolutely stunning Top Pop PR67 Plus, Proof 67, and Proof 66 coins.

Although I was unsuccessful in most of my bids I was fortunate to be the high bidder on four exceptional lots of U.S. Philippine Proof coins. I can hardly wait for them to arrive so that I can add them to my registry sets.

Over the next few days I will followup with additional Journal entries with photos and descriptions my new acquisitions.

To give everone an idea of the beauty and quality of the coins in this auction I am attaching a photo from the auction web site of one of the coins that I was outbid on a Top Pop 1906 Twenty Centavos which was graded PCGS PF67 Plus.

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