2002 July New York, NY Signature Sale - Day 3

1842 S$1--Cleaned--ANACS,<p>XF Details, Net VF30, mottled lavender patina, sharp but with some abrasions in the fields that are faded beneath ...

1842 S$1--Cleaned--ANACS,<p>AU Details, Net XF45, richly detailed but somewhat glossy, a planchet streak (as struck) below the eagle, the uppe...

1842 S$1 MS61 NGC.<p>Light olive-gray in color. The luster is extensive and creamy. The obverse is well struck, while the reverse has slight s...

1843 S$1 XF40 ANACS,<p>the fields are lightly abraded, LIBERTY is complete, the devices are worn but much luster persists; and an 1849 VF35 AN...

1843 S$1 AU55 ANACS.<p>A mildly prooflike example that has rich golden-brown patina at the borders. The fields are moderately abraded, but the...

1843 S$1 MS63 NGC.<p>Despite its status as the most easily obtainable Seated Dollar from the 1840s in circulated grades, the 1843 (165,100 pie...

1844 S$1 XF45 ICG.<p>Doubled Die Obverse. The shield is doubled, which is diagnostic for the business strikes of the year. Only 20,000 pieces ...

1844 S$1 XF45 ANACS.<p>Doubled Die Obverse, plainest at the shield. Medium gray surfaces display a modest rim bruise at 8 o'clock. Just 20...

1844 S$1 AU50 ANACS.<p>Breen-5431, "Quad Stripe" variety. A sharply detailed example that has medium lavender-brown patina. The fiel...

1845 S$1 AU55 ANACS.<p>Even though we have three high grade AU examples of this issue, it actually is quite elusive in the better grades of Al...

1845 S$1 AU58 ANACS.<p>Only 24,500 pieces were struck of this scarcer No Motto issue, and we feel very fortunate to have two AU58 examples in ...

1845 S$1 AU58 PCGS.<p>A third high grade example of this conditionally challenging issue. This piece is not quite as well defined as the coin ...

1846 S$1 XF40 ANACS.<p>Pale violet and coppery-gold toning forms in the recesses. Important notice: We expect to be auctioning lots at the ra...

1846 S$1 AU58 NGC.<p>Silver-gray in color, with some charcoal patina within the obverse shield. Well struck except for portions of the left le...

1846-O S$1--Cleaned--ANACS.<p>AU Details, Net XF40. The cleaning, which can be more accurately be described as "whizzed", has stripp...

1846-O S$1--Corroded, Scratched--ANACS.<p>AU Details, Net XF40. Deep gunmetal color on each side masks the effect of peripheral corrosion and ...

1846-O S$1 AU58 PCGS.<p>Light lemon-gold patina. Generally sharply struck, but several upper and right side stars are flat. The fields have th...

1847 S$1--Cleaned--ANACS.<p>AU Details, Net AU50. Very well struck beneath a suspicious, irregular coating of violet-gray and copper-gold toni...

1847 S$1 AU58 ANACS.<p>A mildly prooflike Seated Dollar that has blushes of gold and gunmetal-gray patina. The strike is above average, with s...

1848 S$1 AU55 ANACS.<p>Attractive lavender-violet and gold patina. A lightly abraded coin that has extensive luster on the devices. Nicely det...

1849 S$1--Cleaned--ANACS.<p>AU Details, Net AU50. Both sides have faint milky spots, but no obvious hairlines. There is a short pinscratch bet...

1849 S$1 MS60 NGC.<p>Although most of the stars are somewhat flatly struck, the centers of the devices have sharp details. The fields are mode...

1850 S$1 AU55 PCGS.<p>Only 7,500 pieces were struck of the 1850-P Seated Dollar, and when located, examples are seldom found above the VF-XF g...

1850 S$1 MS61 NGC.<p>A second and even finer representative of this sought-after, limited mintage date. Both sides are free of toning that wou...

1850-O S$1--Cleaned--ANACS.<p>XF Details, Net VF20. A lightly polished example that has hairlined fields and tiny speckles of charcoal patina....

1850-O S$1--Cleaned--ANACS.<p>AU Details, Net XF40. A rather harsh cleaning seems all the more tragic on this conditionally scarce New Orleans...

1850-O S$1 AU55 NGC.<p>The '50-O is a scarce New Orleans issue. Only 40,000 pieces were struck and it is seldom located in high grades. Th...

1853 S$1 MS61 ANACS.<p>A well struck coin that has deep lavender patina. The luster is abundant but is somewhat subdued. The fields are only l...

1854 S$1 AU53 ANACS.<p>The mintage for the 1854 is 33,140 pieces. This is not an especially low production run; however, 10,000 pieces were sh...

1855 S$1 AU55 ANACS.<p>Even though 26,000 pieces were produced of this issue, it is seldom located in high grade, collectible condition. Weakl...

1856 S$1--Cleaned--ANACS.<p>AU Details, Net AU50. A softly struck Borderline Unc with coppery-gold and violet accents about the peripheral dev...

1857 S$1--Cleaned--ANACS.<p>AU Details, Net XF45. The borders have green-gray patina. Harshly cleaned, and the reverse devices are outlined wi...

1859 S$1--Cleaned--ANACS.<p>AU Details, Net XF45. Some light hairlines are evident beneath the variegated golden-gray and ivory-rose toning th...

1859 S$1--Graffiti, Cleaned--ANACS.<p>Unc Details, Net AU50. Light golden-brown patina. The fields are lightly hairlined, and a simpleton has ...

1859 S$1 AU55 PCGS.<p>Deep milky green-gray patina. A pinscratch connects the O in OF to the eagle's neck, and the first A in AMERICA has ...

1859 S$1 MS62 PCGS.<p>With more than a quarter million pieces produced of this issue, one would think that quite a few might have survived tod...

1859-O S$1 XF45 ANACS.<p>Deep gray and blue toning surrounds the devices with silvery-brilliantish highlights over the highpoints of the devic...

1859-O S$1 XF45 ANACS.<p>Light golden-gray toning is evenly distributed across both sides, except for a small untoned area on the reverse abov...

1859-O S$1 MS61 PCGS.<p>A lustrous example that has attractive gold patina at the borders. The surfaces are bagmarked, but not to an unsightly...

1859-O S$1 MS61 PCGS.<p>Most likely from the Treasury hoard releases of the early 1960s, this otherwise frosty example exhibits modest hints o...

1859-O S$1 MS62 PCGS.<p>A well struck and flashy Seated Dollar that has freckles of russet patina within the reverse legends. The fields are m...

1859-S S$1--Corroded, Cleaned--ANACS.<p>XF Details, Net VF20. Heavily hairlined from a rough handling and with traces of minor corrosion, this...

1859-S S$1 AU50 ANACS.<p>The San Francisco Mint produced 20,000 Silver Dollars in this, its first of production for the denomination. An immen...

1860 S$1 MS61 PCGS.<p>Light gold patina at the margins. A lightly abraded Seated Dollar that has extensive luster. Well struck, and scarce in ...

1860-O S$1 VG8 ANACS,<p>scuffy light gray surfaces; and an 1870 VF20 ANACS, traces of luster cling to the devices and some discoloration is no...

1861 S$1 MS63 PCGS.<p>Fully struck, the surfaces are remarkably clean for the grade, but the coin is kept at the MS63 level by the presence of...

1862 S$1 MS62 ANACS.<p>The modestly prooflike fields are deeply toned, with much lighter patina on the devices. When the coin is tilted under ...

1862 S$1 MS64 NGC.<p>Even though 11,540 business strike Seated Dollars were struck in this year, very few survived the meltings that occurred ...

1863 S$1 AU55 ANACS.<p>Deep brown-gray patina. A nicely struck example that has light rub on the thigh of Liberty. The fields have faint slide...

1865 S$1--Cleaned--ANACS.<p>Unc Details, Net AU50. The bright surfaces display a slight trace of wear on the highest points, and each side pos...