article_snippet: On Friday, Sotheby's showed off the jaw-dropping collection at Sotheby's saleroom in New Bond Street, London.
article_snippet: David Redden, Sotheby's vice chairman, said: 'To have the jaw-dropping collection at its saleroom in New Bond Street, London available for viewing and sale in Sotheby's galleries is a huge privilege and a great responsibility. '
article_snippet: The first sale, by Sotheby's and Stack's Bowers Galleries, will be on 19 May and there will be six further auctions with the final sale in May 2017.
highlights_snippet: Each steel die used to strike coins in the early 1800s will be sold in a series of seven auctions in New York and London, beginning on 19 May and culminating in a final sale in May 2017 .