Core Insights - A-Mark Precious Metals, Inc. successfully auctioned seven year 2000 Sacagawea 22 karat gold dollars, achieving a total of $3.28 million in sales during a live auction held on September 12, 2025 [1][4] Company Overview - A-Mark Precious Metals is a fully integrated precious metals platform founded in 1965, offering a range of products including gold, silver, platinum, palladium, and copper bullion, as well as numismatic coins [5] - The company operates through three segments: Wholesale Sales & Ancillary Services, Direct-to-Consumer, and Secured Lending [5][11] - A-Mark has a nearly 40-year relationship with the United States Mint and is a leading Authorized Purchaser of precious metals [4] Auction Details - The auction featured the use of patented Coins in Motion technology, enhancing the presentation of the coins [5] - Two of the auctioned half-ounce coins sold for $550,000 each, marking them as the most valuable U.S. gold coins struck since the Civil War, with sale prices nearly 300 times their bullion content [4] Subsidiaries and Operations - Stack's Bowers Galleries, a subsidiary of A-Mark, is America's oldest collectible coin and currency auction house, conducting various types of auctions [15] - A-Mark's Direct-to-Consumer segment operates multiple online platforms targeting specific niches within the precious metals retail market [10] - The company also has a significant presence in Asia through its subsidiary LPM Group Limited, one of the largest precious metals dealers in the region [8]
A-Mark Precious Metals’ Stack’s Bowers Galleries Subsidiary Selected by the United States Mint to Auction Seven Sacagawea Gold Dollars that Orbited Earth Aboard the Space Shuttle Columbia in July 1999