2002 November Santa Clara Signature Sale - Session 3

1911 $10 MS63 NGC. A bright and highly lustrous coin with impressive preservation and a splendid strike. A seemingly conservatively graded example. Im

1911 $10 MS64 PCGS. STATES OF has minor softness of strike, but the major devices are boldly defined. A lustrous and impressively preserved near-Gem t

1912-S $10 XF45 ANACS. Mint luster glows from the legends and protected areas of the devices. The upper reverse field and the portrait have a few triv

1912-S $10 AU50 NGC. Golden-brown patina. The highpoints have light rub, but the abundant luster partly extends into the fields and there are no heavy

1913 $10 MS63 PCGS. Boldly struck aside from slight weakness of detail on the lower half of the date. A carefully preserved piece with rich luster and

1913 $10 MS63 PCGS. A well struck example that has good luster and generally unabraded surfaces. A faint horizontal scratch rests above the date, and

1913 $10 MS63 NGC. Well struck and highly lustrous with bright olive-gold color. A faint luster graze below the M in UNUM provides the only distractio

1913-S $10 AU53 NGC. While the devices have light rub, much luster persists, and the surfaces are surprisingly free from relevant abrasion. Just 66,00

1914 $10 MS61 NGC. A boldly struck piece that has good luster and an unblemished portrait. Nicely preserved aside from a short scratch near the first

1914-D $10 MS64 PCGS. A good bit scarcer than the three most common dates in the series, the 1932, 1926, and 1910-D. This piece has thick mint luster

1914-S $10--Scratched, Cleaned--ANACS. Unc Details, Net AU55. A well struck example that has just a trace of rub below the B in LIBERTY and on the eag

1915 $10 MS63 NGC. A well struck and flashy example. The surfaces are impressive aside from a pair of small contact marks below the motto. Important n

1915-S $10--Scratched--ANACS. AU Details, Net AU50. Both sides have wispy slide marks, but there are no individually mentionable abrasions despite the

1926 $10 MS64 ANACS. The fields have bright yellow-green color, while the devices have suggestions of pinkish patina. A well struck and flashy near-Ge

1932 $10 MS62 NGC. Nice orange-gold color and clean surfaces but not especially lustrous. Important notice: We expect to be auctioning lots at the rat

1932 $10 MS66 NGC. The otherwise even orange-gold color gives way to golden-rose shadings in isolated areas toward the upper obverse and lower reverse

1850 $20--Tooled--ANACS. AU Details, Net AU50. Not to disagree with ANACS, but the surfaces appear to be lightly cleaned rather than tooled. A few sho

1850-O $20 AU50 ANACS. The premier Double Eagle from the New Orleans Mint, the 1850-O was produced to the extent of 141,000 pieces. It is the third mo

1852 $20--Scratched--ANACS. AU Details, Net XF45. A vertical scratch across the cheek of Liberty is a distraction, but bold and bright example has lit

1852 $20 AU58 NGC. An exceptionally sharply struck coin that has pleasing eye appeal due to its refreshingly unabraded surfaces. The bright luster is

1853 $20 AU53 PCGS. Bright luster outlines the stars and legends. A tiny contact mark on the rim above the O in OF is the only remotely mentionable ab

1853 $20 MS61 NGC. In Uncirculated grades, the 1853 is definitely scarcer than the 1851 and 1852 issues which precede it. Only a couple of dozen piece

1854-S $20 MS62 NGC. This is a conditionally scarce survivor of the premier Liberty Double Eagle from the San Francisco branch mint. The strike is exp

1855-S $20--Rim Damaged, Cleaned--ANACS. AU Details, Net XF40. A lightly hairlined representative with a minor obverse rim ding at 3 o'clock and...

1855-S $20 AU58 NGC. This is a conditionally rare offering from the second year of Double Eagle production at the San Francisco branch mint. The surfa

1857-S $20 MS64 PCGS. Ex: S.S. Central America. There is something about these Central America coins that have an unreal quality. Type One Twenties ju

1857-S $20 Bold S MS64 PCGS. Ex: S.S. Central America. 20B. This coin possesses the rich, swirling mint frost and orange-gold color that have come to

1858-S $20 VF35 NGC. A moderately abraded specimen that has bold star centrils and surprisingly abundant golden-brown luster. Important notice: We exp

1859-S $20 AU55 NGC. The base of the 18 in the date is lightly repunched. The borders have abundant bright luster, and the devices and stars are boldl

1861 $20--Cleaned--ANACS. Unc Details, Net AU50. The left obverse field and the portrait are faintly hairlined. The luster is extensive, and the devic

1861-S $20--Cleaned--ANACS. AU Details, Net XF40. A bold but hairlined Double Eagle that has a few minor abrasions on the cheek and chin of Liberty. S

1861-S $20 XF45 PCGS. A richly detailed piece that has no shortage of bright luster. The obverse has a few wispy slide marks, but is free from the hea

1862-S $20--Reverse Rim Damaged--ANACS. AU Details, Net XF40. The reverse rim has a few depressions, the most noticeable of which is below the first T

1862-S $20 XF45 NGC. The bright luster is especially pervasive on the reverse. A moderately circulated but refreshingly unabraded specimen. Important

1865-S $20--Scratched, Cleaned--ANACS. AU Details, Net XF40. The base of the 1 in the date is repunched. An abrasively cleaned example with a pair of

1866-S $20 No Motto XF40 ANACS. Struck prior to the arrival of the new Type Two dies from the Philadelphia Mint, the 1866-S No Motto is, after the 186

1866 $20 AU55 NGC. The 1866 is an important first year of issue for the With Motto series. It is also conditionally challenging with most examples see

1868 $20 AU58 PCGS. The 1868 is an underrated issue among Type Two Twenties. Most of the remaining pieces from the original mintage of 98,600 pieces a

1868-S $20--Cleaned--ANACS. AU Details, Net XF40. A hairlined representative that has a few pinscratches below RIC in AMERICA, and a small scrape in t

1869-S $20 XF45 PCGS. Abundant luster swirls across the stars, legends, and devices. The stars are softly struck, but the centers have rich details. A

1869-S $20 AU53 PCGS. A few of the stars are softly struck, but the central devices are bold. The abundant bright mint luster adds to the eye appeal,

1870-S $20 XF45 PCGS. There are remnants of original luster on both sides of this richly colored, olive-gold and reddish tinged example. A little glos

1871 $20 AU55 PCGS. Luminous luster dances across the stars, legends, and devices. Boldly detailed and without any obtrusive abrasions. A pleasing exa

1872 $20 MS61 NGC. At the MS61 level, the 1872 qualifies as a Condition Census issue. This is an especially attractive piece. The fields are semi-proo

1872-S $20 AU55 NGC. Prooflike luster glimmers from protected areas of the design. The reverse has some dirt on the E in AMERICA and between NI in UNI

1872-S $20 AU58 NGC. Significant portions of mint luster remain on each side of this attractive orange-gold example. A few abrasions are scattered ove

1873 $20 Open 3 MS60 ICG. A lustrous piece that has a few faint slide marks but is generally unabraded for the grade. Well struck aside from a pair of

1873 $20 Open 3 MS62 NGC. Both sides display rich, orange-gold color. The surfaces are frosty, if not especially vibrant, with appreciably sharp defin

1873-S $20 Closed 3 AU50 PCGS. A nice type candidate for the AU collector, the mostly amber-gold surfaces reveal considerable mint luster in the more

1873-S $20 Open 3 AU55 PCGS. Luster rolls readily across the stars, legends, and devices. Boldly detailed, and relatively unabraded for the grade. Sig