2003 May St. Louis, MO (CSNS) Signature Sale - Session 3

1926 $2 1/2 MS62 NGC. The medium gold surfaces are pleasingly frosted with a bright, shimmering sheen. Scattered abrasions seem to account for the gra

1926 $2 1/2 MS64 PCGS. Well struck and nicely conserved, with attractive pink-gold toning, there are only a handful of trivial surface blemishes on ei

1927 $2 1/2 MS62 ANACS. Bright yellow-gold color on the obverse, but slightly more subdued and green-gold on the reverse, still a sharply struck and a

1928 $2 1/2 MS64 PCGS. Sharply struck and nicely preserved. Premium color and luster for the grade, but a few bothersome marks are seen on either side

1928 $2 1/2 MS65 ICG. Praiseworthy for the issue, this coin is free of bothersome striking incompleteness with an overall bold impression. Both sides

1854 $3--Cleaned--ANACS. AU Details, Net XF40. A somewhat glossy piece with noticeable luster and light wear on Liberty's hair curls. The inaugu...

1854-D $3 AU50 Cleaned Uncertified. Winter 1-A, the only known dies. The '54-D is a rarity of legendary proportions in the 19th century U.S. gol...

1854-O $3 XF45 NGC. Only 24,000 pieces were struck of the 1854-O, the only New Orleans mint Three Dollar. Evenly worn over the highpoints of the desig

1858 $3 AU50 Whizzed Uncertified. A boldly detailed piece that is presentable despite the lightly reworked surfaces. The upper right obverse has a fai

1859 $3--Cleaned--ANACS. XF Details, Net VF30. A glossy example with mild highpoint wear and a few unimportant abrasions near the reverse center. Less

1859 $3 MS64 PCGS. The 1859 Three Dollar has an original mintage of 15,638 pieces, ninth highest in the series, and one would expect there to be quite

1860 $3 AU55 PCGS. One of just 7,155 pieces produced, this green-gold coin is a lightly worn survivor that retains an overall bold appearance. Some of

1870 $3 AU50 ANACS. Bright and lustrous with reflective surfaces. A reverse copper spot is seen by the D in DOLLARS and a small tick is noted on Liber

1873 $3 Closed 3 AU50 Hair Tooled Uncertified. Under a strong lens, short pinscratches emerge on the top and bottom of Liberty's tresses. The de...

1874 $3 AU58 PCGS. Bright luster outlines the legends and devices. The fields have honey-gold patina. Sharply struck aside from the ribbon on the wrea

1874 $3 MS62 PCGS. Rich reddish patina overlays each side of this Mint State example. A trifle softly struck on the plumes of the headdress and also o

1877 $3 AU50 Graffiti Uncertified. The initials JA (?) are crudely but faintly scratched into the upper left obverse field. Very close to Uncirculated

1878 $3 AU58 NGC. This orange-gold type candidate is partially lustrous in the more protected areas and lightly rubbed over the higher points of the d

1878 $3 MS61 PCGS. Sharply struck with bright yellow-gold and pink-gold color, with just a few too many shallow surface blemishes to grade any higher.

1878 $3 MS63 ICG. Bright, yellow-gold surfaces with mint frost that shows no trace of the semi-prooflikeness that is often seen on other dates in this

1878 $3 MS66 PCGS. The 1878 boasts the second highest mintage (82,324 pieces) in the Three Dollar Gold series. As one might suggest, it is among the m

1881 $3 MS60 Cleaned Uncertified. Unlike many other Three Dollar gold issues from this era, the 554-piece 1881 delivery apparently saw some circulatio

1883 $3 MS60 PCGS. This is an obviously important Mint State survivor of a Three Dollar gold piece with a paltry original mintage of 900 business stri

1881 $3 PR62 Cameo PCGS. An immensely desirable issue, the 1881 Three Dollar boasts a limited mintage of 500 business strikes and 54 proofs. Surviving

1795 $5 Small Eagle AU55 NGC. B. 6-F, Miller-9, R.5. There are two major varieties of the 1795 Capped Bust Right Five Dollar: Small Eagle and Heraldic

1798 $5 Large Eagle, Small 8 AU53 PCGS. B. 6-H, Miller-31, R.6. One of three Small 8 die marriages for the year, and much scarcer than Miller-29, whic

1802/1 $5 AU53 PCGS. B. 1-D, Miller-47, R.4. All 1802-dated Half Eagles are overdates, although the eight die varieties known share two different over

1807 $5 Bust Right XF45 PCGS. B. 4-C, Miller-90, High R.5. Pleasingly original in appearance, the green-gold surfaces display overall light wear. The

1811 $5 Small 5 MS64 PCGS. B. 1-B, Miller-116, High R.3. Better date type collectors would be wise to take full advantage of the bidding opportunity t

1834 $5 Plain 4--Cleaned--ANACS. AU Details, Net XF40. Second Head, McCloskey 2-A, R.2. Nicely struck with golden-brown color and ample luster. Hairli

1834 $5 Plain 4--Cleaned--ANACS. AU Details, Net XF40. First Head, McCloskey 3-B, R.2. The obverse has a faint patch of hairlines above the date and i

1835 $5 MS61 PCGS. McCloskey 1-A, R.3. Breen-6504. First Head. Classic Half Eagles are highly collectible in AU condition and quite a challenge at tha

1838 $5--Cleaned--ANACS, XF Details, Net VF20, Large Arrows, Small 5, McCloskey 1-A, R.2, nicely detailed but with dull fields, hints of luster persis

1840 $5 Narrow Mill MS62 PCGS. This second-year Liberty Half Eagle from the Philadelphia Mint is most often seen in Narrow Mill format and at the VF o

1840 $5 Narrow Mill MS63 PCGS. A generally bold strike with rich lemon-gold color along with a pleasing mixture of cartwheel and semi-reflective luste

1842-D $5 Small Date AU58 PCGS. Winter 6-E, the only known dies. This variety (37,917 pieces produced) is more readily obtainable than its similarly d

1844-O $5 AU58 NGC. The 1844-O is the most obtainable O-mint Half Eagle in the No Motto series and is often used as a type coin. This is a splendid pi

1846 $5 Small Date AU58 NGC. A sharply struck and somewhat prooflike Half Eagle with an attractive reverse. The obverse has a couple of contact marks

1847/7 $5 AU53 NGC. The peak of the 7 in the date is recut. A boldly struck Half Eagle with extensive bright luster and refreshingly unabraded surface

1853 $5 AU50 PCGS. Well made and still fully detailed, with just the barest trace of rub on the central high points. Quite a few superficial tick mark

1854 $5--Sea Salvaged--ANACS. Unc Details, Net AU50. A well struck Half Eagle that has the unnatural appearance of a matte proof due to the faintly et

1854 $5 MS61 NGC. Even though 160,675 pieces were struck of the 1854, it is considerably scarcer than other P-mint Half Eagles from this decade and it

1855 $5 MS62 PCGS. Well detailed with pleasing rose colored accents. A few short pinscratches are concentrated about the date. Much rarer in Mint Stat

1855-C $5 AU55 NGC. Winter 23-J, the only known dies. In high grades (AU-Mint State), the 1855-C is similar in rarity to the 1854-C. The former issue

1855-C $5 MS61 NGC. Winter 23-J. While the 1855-C is one of the easier Charlotte Half Eagles to obtain in lower grades with some 140-150 pieces known,

1856-C $5 XF45 NGC. Winter 24-J, the only known dies. This is an uncommonly high grade survivor of this underrated C-mint rarity. The 1856-C (28,457 p

1859-S $5 Fine 12 ANACS. A typically struck piece that has a few unimportant contact marks in the fields. Just 13,220 pieces were struck, and survivor

1860 $5 AU55 NGC. Somewhat subdued, but with a fair degree of remaining mint luster, the well struck surfaces are rather scratchy, apparently from the

1862-S $5 Good 6 PCGS. The date and all obverse stars are bold, while the bottoms of UNITED and FIVE D have begun to blur into the rim. The reverse ap

1862-S $5 VF25 NGC. The rarity of this S-mint Liberty Half Eagle permeates the grading scale. Although the Philadelphia Mint shipped two 1862-dated Ha