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

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