2002 September Long Beach Signature Sale Sale #300 - Session 2

1927-S 5C MS64 NGC. Considerably easier to locate in high grades and with better striking details than previous S-mints, this piece is well (but not f

1928 5C MS65 PCGS. Icy blue patina with some flashes of orange. Some very slight orange peel texture is evident in a couple of areas. The devices rema

1928 5C MS66 PCGS. Lustrous with yellow and faint blue shimmering across its otherwise steely surfaces. A wonderful Gem example with wonderful eye app

1928 5C MS66 NGC. Golden hued with some slight ice-blue flashes. This Gem has sharp legends and good detail in the forward portion of the bison with p

1928-D 5C MS65 PCGS. Pearly white luster with a few underlying hints of yellow. A very light planchet streak exists directly behind the bison's ...

1928-S 5C MS64 PCGS. Nicely struck and lustrous with pleasing surfaces. The fields have a wavy texture as they approach the rim, as made due to worn d

1928-S 5C MS64 NGC. Crimson honey color overlays this coins very smooth surfaces. This near-Gem is somewhat weakly struck along the obverse but holds

1928-S 5C MS65 PCGS. This is an especially well struck example of this scarce S-mint Nickel, a trait not found on many examples of this issue. Beautif

1929 5C MS65 PCGS. Lustrous and well preserved with only a very faint haze overlying the obverse. An above average strike, especially on the reverse d

1929-D 5C MS66 PCGS. This Denver Nickel is scarcer than its Philadelphia and San Francisco counterparts in Mint State grades. And in MS66 grade it is

1929-S 5C MS65 NGC. Well struck and lustrous with golden toning and only a few light marks visible on close examination.From the Jim Joyner Collection

1929-S 5C MS66 PCGS. Pleasing lavender, gold, violet, and green-gray patina. A lustrous Gem with beautiful preservation and a decidedly above average

1929-S 5C MS66 PCGS. An attractive golden-hued Nickel. Strong legends and only slight softness in the Indian's hair braid. The reverse shows goo...

1930 5C MS66 NGC. A rich peripheral band of golden-brown patina surrounds the blue-green centers. Typically struck on the braid and the bison's ...

1930 5C MS66 NGC. Brilliant lustrous surfaces with a subtle golden undertone. A couple of trivial marks on the bison's front leg are visible und...

1930-S 5C MS65 NGC. Rich turtle-green and lavender patina. A typical strike in the centers, while the borders, portrait, and bison's head are sh...

1930-S 5C MS65 PCGS. Golden hued branch mint Nickel with the common soft strike. The legends are strong none the less, and the fields are distraction

1931-S 5C MS65 PCGS. Faint blue and crimson patina highlights this Gem coin. There are few largely undistracting grade limiting blemishes on the rever

1931-S 5C MS66 PCGS. Milky peripheral apricot patina surrounds the lavender devices. A lustrous Gem with nearly pristine surfaces. The strike is sligh

1931-S 5C MS66 PCGS. Faint traces of blue and light red on this coin's shimmering surfaces. Though somewhat softly struck along the Indian's...

1934 5C MS65 PCGS. Lustrous with only a very slight warm cast. A few small wispy abrasions sit on the devices. Very sharply struck legends. Important

1934 5C MS66 PCGS. Beautifully toned in shades of lilac, orange, and green-gray. The strike is certainly above average, and the surfaces are not far f

1934 5C MS66 PCGS. Subdued green and red luster on this well preserved Gem. The surfaces are virtually distraction free.From the Chesapeake Collection

1934-D 5C MS65 PCGS. Muted silver with slight rose flashes. Better then average obverse strike, with sharp legends on all but the denomination. Import

1934-D 5C MS65 PCGS. A Gem branch mint issue. Brilliant satin like fields with only a slight hint of color. A very small amount of strike weakness in

1934-D 5C MS65 NGC. Burnt orange with some violet iridescence along the Bison. Above average strike with very attractive and clean fields.From the Jim

1934-D 5C MS66 PCGS. Superb overall quality with bright, satiny mint luster. Light golden toning covers each side. Population: 9 in 66, 0 finer (7/02)

1935 5C MS66 PCGS. Icy patina with very slight golden hues near the obverse devices. A couple of small carbon specks dot the obverse of this well pres

1935-D 5C Nickel MS64 PCGS, typically struck in the centers but nearly pristine and with vivacious golden-brown and lavender patina; and an 1881-S Sil

1935-D 5C MS65 NGC. Russet with swirling hues of crimson, greens, and oranges. Softly struck face, but with sharp legends.From the Jim Joyner Collecti

1936 5C MS66 PCGS. Lustrous shimmering golden patina. A couple of very tiny spots visible under close examination are the only distractions in the oth

1936-D 5C MS66 PCGS. Scintillating mint luster bursts through warm orange-gold patina. A hint of powder-blue color overlays the central obverse, but w

1936-D 5C MS66 PCGS. A sharply struck and lustrous Gem that has virtually pristine surfaces. A few miniscule carbon flecks do not disturb the eye appe

1936-S 5C MS66 PCGS. Icy patina with a few small areas of peach wash. A few small toning spots, but otherwise a sharper then average very appealing Ge

1937 5C MS66 PCGS. A nicely struck Gem with pleasing luster and seemingly pristine fields. The portrait has a couple of trivial toning flecks, and the

1937 5C MS67 PCGS. Light silver-gray color. A nicely struck Superb Gem with impressive luster and nearly pristine preservation. Important notice: We e

1937 5C MS67 PCGS. Brilliant and highly lustrous with good reverse detail.From the Chesapeake Collection. Important notice: We expect to be auctioning

1937-D 5C MS66 PCGS. Lustrous well preserved surfaces with only the slightest hint of color. A moderately well struck example with above average detai

1937-D 5C Three-Legged--Cleaned--ANACS. AU Details, Net XF40. A sharply detailed steel-gray example. Lightly hairlined, but still a respectable specim

1937-D 5C Three-Legged--Scratched, Cleaned--ANACS. AU Details, Net XF40. Green-gray and lilac patina. The Indian has a faint horizontal pinscratch on

1937-D 5C Three-Legged--Cleaned--ANACS. AU Details, Net XF45. A steel-gray example with a bold strike and relatively unabraded surfaces. Although ligh

1937-D 5C Three-Legged--Scratched--ANACS. AU Details, Net XF45. Deep orange-brown patina. The reverse has a few light pinscratches, while the portrait

1937-D 5C Three-Legged AU55 PCGS. Mostly slate-gray in color with hints of golden-brown color. Nicely preserved with modest luster. A problem-free exa

1937-D 5C Three-Legged MS61 NGC. FS-020.2. With exceptionally sharp definition and no bothersome carbon, this Three-Legged Nickel possesses significan

1937-D 5C Three-Legged MS62 NGC. Attractive burnt orange with some crimson iridescence. A good amount of orange peel texture exists on this specimen,

1937-D 5C Three-Legged MS63 NGC. FS-020.2. This Mint State representative is uncommonly attractive for the assigned grade. True, the surfaces are a li

1937-D 5C Three-Legged MS64 PCGS. Excessive die polishing that was meant to remove clashmarks created this, one of the most popular errors in U.S. num

1937-D 5C Three-Legged MS64 NGC. A sharply struck example of this enormously popular error. This is one of the finest specimens we have handled in som

1937-S 5C MS66 PCGS. Even golden hue with a few flashes of light crimson. Well struck for a branch mint issue, with strong legends and good detail in

1938-D 5C MS67 PCGS. Lustrous with a very slight burnt orange patination. Exceptionally well struck with good detail throughout. A Superb Gem example