2002 November Santa Clara Signature Sale - Session 1

1914-S 5C AU58 ANACS, pastel green and lavender colors, immaculately preserved with minor weakness of strike in the centers; 1915 MS62 ANACS, sharply

1914-S 5C MS66 NGC. Striking quality varies widely with this issue, as does the quality of the luster. This piece has the best of both worlds. It is a

1915 5C MS65 NGC. An uncommonly well produced and appealing early Buffalo. As befits the gem grade level, the surfaces are placid and the features are

1915-D 5C MS64 PCGS. Milky lavender and copper-gold patina. A sharply struck near-Gem with a nearly pristine reverse. The upper portion of the Indian

1915-D 5C MS65 PCGS. Sharply struck throughout with little of the central striking softness that is often found on this issue. The surfaces show brigh

1915-S 5C MS65 PCGS. According to Lange, "This is perhaps the first date in the series that will be truly difficult to locate...Most seen are A...

1916 5C MS65 PCGS. The fields have light gold patina, while the devices have blushes of lilac color. A lustrous Gem with a good strike and exquisitely

1916 5C MS65 NGC. Light green-gold color dances about the pale lavender devices. A lustrous Gem with a reasonable strike and immaculate surfaces. Impo

1916 5C MS66 PCGS. A sharply struck Gem with light champagne toning that enhances the mark-free surfaces. One light carbon fleck is visible on the obv

1916-D 5C AU55 ANACS. The tan-gray surfaces are originally and carefully preserved (for the grade) with no singularly distracting abrasions or carbon