2002 September Long Beach Signature Sale Sale #300 - Session 5

1852 $10 Assay Office Ten Dollar--Tooled, Cleaned--ANACS. Unc Details, Net XF45. K-10, R.6. Strong Beads Reverse. This coin offers sharply impressed d

1853 $10 Assay Office Ten Dollar, 900 Thous. AU50 PCGS. Ex: Central America. K-16, Low R.6. Struck between March and April of 1853, the Ten and Twenty

1853 $20 Assay Office Twenty Dollar, 900 Thous. MS61 NGC. K-18, R.2. A remarkable 2.5 million pieces were produced of this variety in a short seven-mo

Baldwin & Company were initially jewelers and watchmakers. They were one of the few firms, which met (and exploited) the demand for a sufficient...

Pioneer gold coinage is uniquely American. The phenomenon of a circulating private gold coinage that resulted from the Southern Appalachia and Western

(1842-52) G$1 A.Bechtler Dollar, 27G. 21C. MS61 NGC. K-24, R.3. Even though many thousands of Bechtler Dollars were produced, very few survived in Unc

(1842-52) G$1 A.Bechtler Dollar, 27G. 21C. MS61 NGC. K-24, R.3. This is a bright and highly lustrous example of this scarce territorial gold issue. Li

(1842-52) $5 A.Bechtler Five Dollar, 134G. 21C. XF45 PCGS. K-27, Low R.5. One of the more available Half Eagles struck by the Bechtlers, this is a ple

(1837-42) G$1 C.Bechtler Dollar, N Reversed--Damaged--ANACS. AU Details, Net VF20. K-4, R.4. Cleaned at one time and now retoning with a bright rose p

(1837-42) G$1 C.Bechtler Dollar, N Reversed AU58 NGC. K-4, R.4. Formerly offered as lot 7877 in our 2002 FUN Sale, where it was described as, "...

(1837-42) $2 1/2 C. Bechtler Quarter Eagle, 64G. 22C. AU53 PCGS. K-11, R.6. Among the most widely respected Territorial mints in U.S. history, the Bec

(1837-42) $2 1/2 C. Bechtler Quarter Eagle, 64G. 22C. MS61 PCGS. K-11, R.6. Another, and even finer Christopher Bechtler Two-and-a-Half, this coin is

(1837-42) $5 C.Bechtler Five Dollar, 134G, With Star XF45 PCGS. K-20, R.4. Formerly offered as lot 6411 in our 1996 FUN Sale, where it was described a

(1837-42) $5 C. Bechtler Five Dollar, 134G, With Star AU50 PCGS. K-20, R.4. Produced during the same era as the Christopher Bechtler Quarter Eagle in

Prior to the turn of the 19th Century, trappers and fur traders told of gold in the South Park area of Colorado. By the mid-1850s, news of gold discov

1860 $5 Clark, Gruber & Co. Five Dollar AU53 ANACS. K-2, R.4. This is a pleasing representative of this elusive Clark, Gruber & Company issu...

1861 $2 1/2 Clark, Gruber & Co. Quarter Eagle MS62 NGC. K-5a, R.7. Just a bit weakly struck in the centers, as one would expect from this issue,...

1861 $10 Clark, Gruber & Co. Ten Dollar--Scratched--ANACS. AU Details, Net XF45. K-7, R.4. The amount of remaining definition and the scarcity o...

1861 $10 Clark, Gruber & Co. Ten Dollar MS60 NGC. K-7, R.4. This is the finest 1861 Clark, Gruber we have handled since the Uncirculated coin in...

1861 $20 Clark, Gruber & Co. Twenty Dollar--Repaired--ANACS. XF Details, Net VF20. K-8, High R.5. This is a seldom-seen Colorado private issue. ...