2002 September Long Beach Signature Sale Sale #300 - Session 4

1874 $3 AU55 ANACS. The legends and devices are bathed in bright luster. The hair below the crown has the expected light rub, but this coin is attract

1878 $3 MS61 PCGS. Rich honey-gold color. A nicely struck and lustrous representative that has a few wispy handling marks in the fields. The final com

1878 $3 MS62 PCGS. An always-popular date among type collectors, the present BU representative displays an overall sharp strike and dominant reddish-g

1878 $3 MS64 PCGS. A bright honey-gold near-Gem that has pleasing luster and a well preserved reverse. Well struck on the portrait, date, and denomina

1878 $3 MS64 PCGS. Highly lustrous, as usually seen on high grade Threes, each side shows a significant overlay of light reddish patina. A few small m

1882 $3 AU58 Prooflike ANACS. Breen-6396. The 2 in the date is repunched, with suggestions of extra metal are noted both above and below the center st

1883 $3 AU58 PCGS. A rare issue, as the business strike production of 900 pieces is among the lowest in the series. A number of these coins were set a

1884 $3 AU58 PCGS. Flashy reflective fields, with a touch of frost on the devices, has produced a nicely contrasted coin that is not quite cameo. This

1887 $3 MS62 PCGS. The 1887 is one of the more frequently encountered dates in the series with 6,000 pieces originally struck. The surfaces are bright

1889 $3 MS63 PCGS. A razor-sharp representative of this final issue. The surfaces have no mentionable abrasions, and the clean cheek has good eye appe

1884 $3 PR63 Cameo PCGS. Warm olive-gold color blankets both sides of this Select quality Three. The fields shimmer with appreciable reflectivity as t

1884 $3 PR65 Deep Cameo PCGS. Brilliant, flashy yellow surfaces and boldly struck throughout. Both sides are extremely smooth, and the mirror fields a

1889 $3 PR64 Ultra Cameo NGC. The Mint only produced 129 proofs of this issue, but apparently quite a few were melted (along with some undistributed b

1800 $5 AU50 ANACS. B. 1-D, Miller-44, R.4. Blunt 1 in date, distant from curl, with a short spine (as struck) from the lowest olive leaf. The present

1802/1 $5--Ex: Jewelry--ANACS. AU Details, Net XF40. B. 1-C, Miller-46, R.5. The surfaces are roughened from many years service in a jewelry setting a

1803/2 $5 AU50 PCGS. B. 2-D, Miller-58, R.4. All 1803/2 Half Eagles are overdates. Four die varieties are known, but Miller-58 provides the only pairi

1803/2 $5 AU50 PCGS. B. 1-C, Miller-56, R.4. Four varieties of 1803 Half Eagles are known, all of which have the 3 in the date punched over a 2. The p

1806 $5 Round Top 6, 7x6 Stars MS61 NGC. B. 5-E, Miller-84, R.3. An unusual variety that crowds six stars between LIBERTY and the bust, while the firs

1806 $5 Round Top 6, 7x6 Stars MS64 PCGS. B. 5-E, Miller-84, R.2. Round Top 6 1806 Half Eagles are the most commonly encountered coins of this denomin

1807 $5 Bust Right MS61 NGC. B. 2-C, Miller-88, R.7. A lustrous green-gold example of this scarce variety. Well struck, with especially sharp definiti

1807 $5 Bust Left AU55 PCGS. B. 5-D, Miller-101, R.3. Mint engraver John Reich was the designer of the Capped Bust Left Half Eagle, which made its deb

1807 $5 Bust Left MS61 NGC. B. 5-D, Miller-101, R.3. A boldly struck piece that has bright and extensive Mint luster. A pair of tiny contact marks beh

1807 $5 Bust Left MS64 NGC. B. 5-D, Miller-101, R.3. A splendid near-Gem of this scarce type, which was introduced with this Miller variety in 1807. T

1810 $5 Large Date, Large 5 MS65 NGC. B. 1-A, Miller-109, R.2. A lustrous Gem that has immaculate surfaces and luster. Well struck on the stars and pe

1812 $5 XF40 PCGS. B. 1-A, Miller-117, R.4. The scarcer of the two varieties of the year, which has the 5D of the denomination closely spaced. A lovel

1825/1 $5--Repaired, Cleaned--ANACS. AU Details, Net VF30. B. 2-A, Miller-149, R.6. All 1825 Half Eagles are overdates. The 1825/4 is extremely rare,

1834 $5 Plain 4--Scratched, Cleaned--ANACS, XF Details, Net VF30, First Head, McCloskey 1-A, R.3, a polished example with heavy obverse die cracks and

1834 $5 Plain 4 AU55 NGC. First Head, Breen-6501, McCloskey 3-A, R.3. An attractive coin that has a good strike and ample mildly prooflike luster. A b

1834 $5 Plain 4 AU55 PCGS. First Head, Breen-6501, McCloskey 3-C, R.6. A scarce variety that features a recut base to the M in AMERICA. Light rub on t

1834 $5 Plain 4 AU58 NGC. Breen-6501, McCloskey 3-B, R.2. Breen's First Head, which has a prominent curve to the bust truncation. The end of the...

1834 $5 Plain 4 AU58 NGC. Breen-6502. Second Head, McCloskey 2-A, R.2. A lightly circulated representative that has yellow-green color and no mentiona

1834 $5 Plain 4 MS62 PCGS. First Head, Large Plain 4, Breen-6501, McCloskey 3-B, R.2. The striking details are uncommonly strong on this popular first

1835 $5--Cleaned--ANACS. AU Details, Net XF45. Breen-6504, First Head, McCloskey 1-A, R.3. The yellow-green surfaces are perhaps unnaturally bright. T

1835 $5 XF45 PCGS. Breen-6504, First Head, McCloskey 1-A, R.3. A golden-brown example that has hints of luster and only light wear on the brow and win

1836 $5 XF40 ANACS, Breen-6509, Second Head, McCloskey 4-C, R.3, a relatively sharp example with no heavy abrasions and subdued hints of luster; and a

1836 $5 AU55 NGC. Breen-6510, Third Head, McCloskey 3-C, R.2. A briefly circulated piece with a decent strike and light rub on the highpoints. A presu

1836 $5 AU58 NGC. Breen-6509, Second Head, Large Date, McCloskey 4-C, R.3. The strike is above average on the devices, while stars 1 through 8 are fla

1836 $5 AU58 NGC. Second Head, Breen-6509, McCloskey 4-D, R.3. A sharply struck coin that has bright luster across the devices. The fields are extreme

1837 $5 AU53 NGC. Large Date, Large 5, Breen-6512, McCloskey 2-B, R.3. A minor obverse rim ding at 5 o'clock, but the surfaces are otherwise onl...

1838 $5 XF45 ANACS. Breen-6515, Small Arrows, Large 5, McCloskey 2-B, R.2. A premium XF example that has a reasonable strike and ample remaining luste

1838 $5 AU58 PCGS. Large Arrows, Small 5, Breen-6514, McCloskey 1-A, R.2. A well struck example that has flashy luster at the margins and relatively u

1838 $5 MS60 NGC. Breen-6514, McCloskey 1-A, R.2. The variety with large arrowheads and a small 5 in the denomination. Surprisingly unabraded for the

1838-D $5 XF45 ICG. The '38-D is the third rarest issue in the Classic series, trailing only the Crosslet 4 1834 and the '38-C in overall ra...

1838-D $5 XF45 PCGS. While 1838 was the final year of issue for the Classic design, this was the first year of issue (and only year) the Classic desig

1839-D $5--Damaged, Cleaned--ANACS. XF Details, Net VF20. The eagle has sharp details, but unfortunately this coin has been brutally cleaned. The oliv

1839-D $5 AU55 NGC. Winter 2-A. This is the more common of the two known die marriages of the '39-D Five. Of course, with just 18,939 pieces pro...

1839-D $5 AU55 NGC. One of two AU55 examples of this scarce issue, this is quite a rare event itself to be able to select between two high grade examp

1840 $5 Large Diameter AU55 NGC. 22.0 mm. This is the first AU Broad Mill 1840 we have seen in a couple of years. As specialists know, beyond being an

1840 $5 Narrow Mill AU58 NGC. An excellent companion piece to the AU55 Broad Mill offered above, this example has strong striking definition on each s

1840 $5 Narrow Mill AU58 NGC. While the more frequently encountered of the two varieties of the year, high grade examples of the Narrow Mill are very