2003 May St. Louis, MO (CSNS) Signature Sale - Session 1

1857 1C MS65 NGC. Not only is this a solid Gem representative of the type, but its honey-golden surfaces could hardly be more sharply defined, with ev

1857 1C MS65 PCGS. Satiny and very well defined for this popular, briefly issued design, with bits of lilac toning over appealing golden surfaces. A f

1857 1C MS66 ICG. Doubled Die Obverse. FS 1C-002, Breen-1928, Snow-4. The importance of the die marriage aside, this is a very appealing coin with smo

1858 1C Large Letters--Cleaned--ANACS. Unc Details, Net AU55. Although faintly hairlined above the date, this mildly prooflike and crisply struck Cent

1858 1C Large Letters MS66 NGC. A stellar representative of this short-lived, yet attractive type, both sides are predominantly orange-tan in appearan

1858 1C Small Letters MS64 NGC. Bright luster with a golden tint and an unusually strong strike for this often weak small cent. A couple of shallow ma

1858 1C Small Letters MS64 PCGS. Well struck for the issue, as the wingtips, tail feathers, and wreath all have bold definition. A nicely preserved ne

1858/7 1C MS64 NGC. Snow-1. This coin is an intermediate die state between Die Stage B and Die Stage C. In layman's terms, this means that remna...

1856 1C PR20 PCGS. Snow-9. Although moderately worn, this coin is still attributable by the reverse center dot and traces of the obverse die line at t

1856 1C PR62 PCGS. Snow-9. Traces of modest, shimmering brightness are noted as the coin rotates under the light, but the outward appearance is one of

1856 1C PR63 PCGS. Snow-9. This is the most prevalent variety of the 1856 Flying Eagle Cent. Snow-9 is technically a restrike that, according to Rick

1856 1C PR63 PCGS. Snow-9. Several examples of the prized 1856 Flying Eagle Cent in this sale came from the same consignor, the present specimen being

1858 1C Small Letters PR65 NGC. High Leaves Reverse. Snow-PR1. The Small Letters variant of the 1858 Flying Eagle Cent is believed to have been the wo

1859 1C MS66 PCGS. With the Indian Cent design as adopted on Cents from 1860 through 1909 on the obverse, and the laurel wreath reverse that was only

1860 1C Pointed Bust MS66 PCGS. The Pointed Bust design had been in use on patterns since 1858, but was changed early in the year, possibly to increas

1860 1C MS66 PCGS. Commonly called the Type Two Obverse, the bust is on this hub type is broader. This change and the deeper sinking of the central he

1861 1C MS66 PCGS. Second year of issue for the copper-nickel type, the 1861 has the lowest mintage in this short and highly collectible series. As wi

1862 1C MS66 PCGS. Once again, as in 1861, most business strike 1862 Cents are a bit softly defined on the feather tips but show strong detailing on t

1863 1C MS66 PCGS. The 1863 had the largest mintage of business strikes of the type with almost 50 million pieces produced. In fact, this number would

1864 1C Bronze MS65 Red PCGS. Snow speculates that there may be a large number of fully struck 1864 Bronze Cents because the Mint used the same striki