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