2002 November Santa Clara Signature Sale - Session 3

1884 50C MS62 Deep Mirror Prooflike ANACS. Only 5,275 business strikes were produced of this scarce issue. Sharply struck and deeply mirrored.From the

1885 50C AU53 NGC. Yellow-green, powder-blue, and violet colors appear when the coin is rotated under a light. Nicely struck with lightly abraded fiel

1886 50C MS63 NGC. A prooflike specimen that has pleasing contrast between the bright and frosty devices and the reflective fields. Struck from clashe

1887 50C--Cleaned--ANACS. Unc Details, Net AU55. A scarce P-mint from the 1880s with only 5,000 pieces produced. This example is sharply defined throu

1888 50C AU50 ANACS. The periphery has outrageous bands of aqua, rose-violet, and gold patina. A lightly circulated example that has only modest high

1889 50C AU53 NGC. Original golden-brown and lilac patina. Just 12,000 pieces were struck.From the Ohio Collection. Important notice: We expect to be

1890 50C AU55 Prooflike ANACS. Sharply defined with golden and turquoise toning surrounding the peripheries.From the Ohio Collection. Important notice

1891 50C MS62 ANACS. The dusky mauve patina becomes lighter in the centers. Well struck and carefully preserved, but the luster lacks the intensity re

1891 50C MS65 PCGS. The 1891 is curiously scarce in Gem condition, even though it is the final year of issue for the Seated design. This is a lovely a

1860 50C PR63 PCGS. Intense electric-blue and golden-brown colors appear when the coin is rotated under a light. A razor-sharp and carefully preserved

1862 50C PR61 PCGS. Steel-gray and golden-rose toning covers each side (to varying degrees) with bright mirrors that flash forcefully through the colo

1864 50C--Cleaned, Retoned--ANACS. Proof, Net PR55. Harshly cleaned and then very darkly retoned, there is a planchet flaw in the exergual area to the

1864 50C PR64 Cameo NGC. The 1864 is one of the heavily melted and exported issues from the Civil War and as such is one of the scarcest P-mint issues

1866 50C PR62 ANACS. Sharply impressed in all areas, the glossy textured surfaces shine through curious, somewhat mottled, charcoal and copper-olive t

1869 50C PR64 NGC. Rich golden-brown and electric-blue patina. Well struck with a nearly pristine reverse, while the right obverse field has a trivial

1870 50C PR66 NGC. Although they are often called upon to substitute for rare Mint State 1870 Seated Halves, proofs of this date are also elusive at t

1871 50C PR66 NGC. Ex: P. Kaufman. Despite a sizeable (for the era) original mintage of 1.2 million coins, the 1871 is not at all common in Mint State

1873 50C No Arrows PR66 PCGS. Closed 3. Formerly sold as lot 8172 in our recent New York Sale, where it was described as, "Only 600 proofs were...

1875 50C PR64 PCGS. A brilliant and sharply struck near-Gem that is well preserved aside from a short faint pinscratch near star 4. Stars 11 and 12 ar

1878 50C PR64 Cameo PCGS. The lovely golden-brown patina is especially rich at the borders. A sharply struck near-Gem with definitive cameo contrast a