2002 November Santa Clara Signature Sale - Session 1

1867 1C--Corroded--ANACS. AU Details, Net XF40. Deeply toned overall with lighter accents over the highpoints. Important notice: We expect to be aucti

1867 1C MS63 Red and Brown, Questionable Color Uncertified. Light gold color, with faint tan freckles on the obverse field. A well struck Cent that ha

1867 1C MS65 Red NGC. Even though 9.8 million pieces were struck of this issue, it remains very elusive with both well preserved surfaces and original

1868 1C MS65 Red and Brown PCGS. Dappled sprays of glossy brown patina drift over otherwise lustrous, orange-red surfaces. The devices are crisply imp

1868 1C MS64 Red PCGS. A sharply struck and lustrous near-Gem with orange and olive colors. The obverse has a few very faint abrasions, while the reve

1869/9 1C VF20 ANACS. The final digit in the date has been repunched south with remnants of the original digit readily evident under a loupe. This is

1869 1C MS65 Red PCGS. Snow-4. Slight repunching is evident above the bottom of the 9, called "very scarce" in the Snow reference. The 186...

1870 1C MS64 Brown NGC. Uncommonly well defined for a business strike Indian Cent from this era, the surfaces are richly toned in reddish-brown colors

1870 1C MS62 Red and Brown ANACS. A lustrous and typically struck Cent that has bright yellow-green color. Impressively preserved for the grade, aside

1871 1C MS60 Red and Brown ANACS. The obverse and much of the reverse has bright orange-gold color. A lustrous, boldly struck, and beautifully preserv

1871 1C MS61 Red and Brown ANACS. Well defined, especially on the obverse, with speckled brown patina over each side.From the Ronald Bozarth Collectio

1871 1C MS65 Red and Brown NGC. Sharply defined throughout, much of the underlying mint red still shows even though most of each side has begun to fad

1872 1C XF40 ANACS. Deep tan-green patina. A problem-free Cent that has faint outlines of a few diamonds visible within the ribbon. The vertical lines

1872 1C MS64 Brown NGC. Widely respected as a semi-key Indian Cent, the present representative displays pleasingly sharp striking detail and rich, ori

1872 1C MS62 Red and Brown ANACS. The chocolate-brown patina is occasionally brightened with hints of original gold color. Somewhat softly struck, and

1872 1C MS65 Red and Brown NGC. Writing in 1992, Rick Snow suggests that many 1872 Cents were melted to provide copper for the Mint's 1873, 1874...

1872 1C MS64 Red PCGS. A lustrous example of this scarce semi-key issue. Only 39 pieces have been certified by PCGS in MS64 with 13 finer (9/02). This

1873 1C Open 3 MS65 Brown PCGS. Well struck and beautifully preserved with rich saddle-brown patina. Hints of the original gold color peer from select

1873 1C Open 3 MS64 Red and Brown PCGS. The borders have gold color, with a blush of lilac patina in the centers. Sharply struck and carefully preserv

1873 1C Open 3 MS65 Red NGC. The Open 3 is the more frequently seen of the two date variants from this year; yet, it is still a conditionally challeng