2002 November Santa Clara Signature Sale - Session 1

1875 5C MS66 PCGS. This issue has a respectable original mintage of 2 million coins, but it is not at all common in Mint State. After the 1880 and 187

1876 5C MS65 PCGS. Lovely apricot patina dominates, although the upper left obverse has blushes of violet and yellow-green color. A lustrous Gem with

1879 5C MS66 NGC. A lustrous and exquisitely preserved Gem with a magnificent strike and pleasing dusky gray-gold patina. The reverse has a tiny planc

1882 5C MS64 PCGS. Satiny luster with excellent nickel "sheen" particular to these coins. The reverse displays a pair of skittering luster...

1882 5C MS65 NGC. A well struck Gem that has magnificently preserved surfaces. Lustrous with faint green-gray patina. Curiously, the denticles attenua

1883 5C MS64 NGC. A well struck near-Gem that has light golden-gray patina. Both sides show numerous but extremely faint die cracks, as struck at the

1883 5C MS65 PCGS. A lovely satiny Gem, with above average luster. The central devices are nearly entirely struck up. Die cracks are seen on the perip

1883 5C MS66 PCGS. The margins have powder-blue patina, while the centers have green-gray color. Boldly struck aside from the left arrow feather. A lu

1883 5C MS66 NGC. Lightly toned, with a blush of dusky gold color in the center of the reverse. A boldly struck Gem that has flashy and mildly proofli

1883 5C MS66 PCGS. A brilliant and highly lustrous example. The center of the left side of the shield has a few unobtrusive pinscratches, and the bott

1883 5C MS67 NGC. As so often happens with final-year issues, the 1883 Shield Nickel was saved in significant numbers at the time of delivery. Even th

1866 5C Rays PR65 PCGS. The fields are nicely reflective but somewhat subdued by the light, hazy overlay of pinkish-gray toning that covers each side.

1866 5C Rays PR65 NGC. Well struck and beautifully preserved with silver-gray color and mild cameo contrast. Several of the stars are recut. Both side

1866 5C Rays PR66 Cameo PCGS. We have handled several PR66 Cameo representatives of this first-year proof Nickel over the last several months. One sho

1867 5C No Rays PR63 ANACS. A lightly toned and well struck example that has lovingly preserved surfaces. Although priced as a type, this proof issue

1867 5C No Rays PR64 NGC. A well struck and immaculate near-Gem that has dusky gray patina and a few miniscule carbon flecks. Curly lintmarks (as stru

1868 5C PR65 NGC. Breen-2475. The date is lightly repunched south, visible on all digits except for the 6. Dusky yellow-gray patina. A well struck and

1869 5C PR64 NGC. A well struck near-Gem that has milky brown patina and a few speckles of deep russet color within the peripheral legends. The obvers

1869 5C PR65 NGC. A boldly struck Gem that is endowed with light golden-brown color in the centers. A curly lintmark (as struck) is below the left arr

1869 5C PR66 NGC. Light gold patina. A boldly struck and immaculately preserved Gem. The obverse has mild cameo contrast. NGC has encapsulated a lengt