2007 (ANA) Signature Coin Auction #444

<B>1925-S 5C MS65 PCGS.</B></I> "In combination with their generally mushy appearance, the aesthetic value of this issue is l...

<B>1937-D 5C Three-Legged MS66 PCGS.</B></I> For a key-date issue as perennially popular as is the 1937-D Three-Legged Buffalo, it...

<B>1938-D 5C MS68 PCGS.</B></I> In 1938 when the mandatory 25-year period for new coinage issues had expired, Treasury and Mint of...

<B>1792 H10C Half Disme, Judd-7, Pollock-7, R.4, VF25 PCGS.</B></I> There has been so much written about these coins, incorporatin...

<B>1794 H10C MS63 PCGS.</B></I> V-4, LM-4, R.4. A leaf tip is under the left side of the U in UNITED, and one berry is under the I...

<B>1795 H10C MS62 NGC.</B></I> V-5, LM-8, R.3. Attributed by a die crack from 1 o'clock on the obverse rim to the bridge of th...

<B>1795 H10C MS64 NGC.</B></I> V-5, LM-8, R.3. The V-5 is generally available in all grades short of Mint State, and it ranks amon...

<B>1797 H10C 15 Stars AU58 PCGS.</B></I> V-2, LM-1, R.3. The only 1797 half dime variety with fifteen stars, and the most common v...

<B>1800 H10C MS65 NGC.</B></I> V-1, LM-1, R.3. This variety has LIBERTY spelled correctly. The date is widely and evenly spaced wi...

<B>1801 H10C MS61 NGC.</B></I> V-1, LM-2, R.4. Understating the importance and rarity of this Mint State specimen would be easy. A...

<B>1803 H10C Small 8 XF40 PCGS.</B></I> V-3, LM-1, R.6. The 1803 Small 8 half dime is one of the great unheralded rarities in U.S....

<B>1840-O H10C Drapery MS63 NGC.</B></I> V-7, Small Round O. New hubs were introduced for the dime and half dime in 1840. The firs...

<B>1859 H10C MS68 NGC.</B></I> V-4. All four digits of the date are repunched, boldly on the 189, less obviously so on the 5. This...

<B>1873 H10C PR67 Ultra Cameo NGC.</B></I> Closed 3, V-2. Breen's <I>Proof Encyclopedia </B></I>describes th...

<B>1796 10C AU53 NGC.</B></I> JR-2, R.4. The obverse has star 15 placed next to the bust with a point lightly touching the drapery...

<B>1796 10C AU55 PCGS.</B></I> JR-5, R.5. JR-5 is one of the two 1796 dime varieties to carry an R.5 rarity rating, and it is unus...

<B>1796 10C AU58 NGC.</B></I> JR-6, R.3. On the obverse, a die crack connects the numerals 179 in the date with a branching crack ...

<B>1796 10C MS62 PCGS.</B></I> JR-1, R.3. This is the most common of six varieties recorded for the 1796 dimes. Although at least ...

<B>1796 10C MS63 NGC.</B></I> JR-3, R-5. This amazing dime is the finest of just two known examples of the terminal die state with...

<B>1796 10C MS65 PCGS.</B></I> JR-1, R.3. LIBERTY is medium wide and unevenly spaced, with recutting showing on the left sides of ...

<B>1796 10C MS66 NGC.</B></I> JR-1, R.3. 1796 was a watershed year for the fledgling U.S. Mint, as it expanded its portfolio of co...

<B>1798/97 10C 16 Stars on Reverse MS62 PCGS.</B></I> JR-1, R.3. Four die varieties of 1798 dimes are known, and each are also lis...

<B>1801 10C XF45 PCGS.</B></I> JR-2, R.5. This is the scarcer of the two varieties of the year, and might best be attributed by th...

<B>1803 10C --Cleaned--ANACS. AU55 Details.</B></I> JR-2, R.6. Ex: Lovejoy. The JR plate coin for this variety and as such probabl...

1804 10C 13 Stars on Reverse--Scratched--ANACS. AU55 Details. JR-1, R.5. This is an extraordinary and extraordinarily well-provenanced example of thi

<B>1804 10C 14 Stars on Reverse AU50 Corroded, Cleaned Uncertified.</B></I> JR-2, R.5. The 1804 dime is a major rarity in the seri...

<B>1804 10C 14 Stars on Reverse AU58 NGC.</B></I> Ex: James A. Stack. JR-2, R.5. This piece is <B>likely the finest known ex...

<B>1807 10C MS63 PCGS.</B></I> JR-1, R.2. This is the only variety for the year. From 1796 to 1805, the Mint produced 304,406 dime...

<B>1807 10C MS65 NGC.</B></I> JR-1, R.2. Even though 165,000 dimes were minted in 1807, JR-1 is the only die pairing utilized for ...

<B>1814 10C Large Date MS65 NGC.</B></I> JR-2, R.3. A deeply toned Gem with intermingled ivory, golden-brown, and steel toning ove...

<B>1814 10C Large Date MS65 NGC.</B></I> JR-3, R.2. The curl extends to the right edge of the second 1 in the date, and there is t...

<B>1846 10C AU58 NGC.</B></I> Though the 1844 received the catchy sobriquet of "Little Orphan Annie," numismatists today...

<B>1858-O 10C MS66 NGC.</B></I> The 1858-O is a scarce date overall, despite the 290,000-piece mintage. Indeed, NGC and PCGS combi...

<B>1873-CC 10C Arrows XF40 PCGS.</B></I> The 1873-CC Arrows, with a mintage of 18,791 coins, is one of the key dates to the Seated...

<B>1874-CC 10C Arrows Good 6 PCGS.</B></I> Although it is noticeably worn, this is a pleasing example with original medium gray pa...

<B>1874-CC 10C Arrows XF40 Scratched, Environmental Damage Uncertified.</B></I> The 1874-CC Arrows dime ranks among the rarities i...

<B>1898-S 10C MS66 NGC.</B></I> The 1898 dime from San Francisco has the lowest mintage of the three mints producing this denomina...

<B>1902-O 10C MS67 NGC.</B></I> Ex: Pittman Collection: The 1902-O Barber dime is a very scarce issue that is much more difficult ...

<B>1909-S 10C MS66 PCGS.</B></I> With a mintage of exactly 1 million pieces, the 1909-S is the demarcation point for the Barber di...

<B>1898 10C PR68 PCGS.</B></I> Precious few Barber dimes of <I>any </B></I>date are graded PR68. As of this writ...

<B>1916-D 10C AU58 Full Bands PCGS.</B></I> As an ever-popular example of the undisputed key date to the Mercury dime series, and ...

<B>1916-D 10C MS62 Full Bands NGC.</B></I> Like most other key date coins, the 1916-D dime continues to appreciate in value. Paul ...

<B>1916-D 10C MS63 Full Bands NGC.</B></I> Nearly every series of U.S. coinage has its key date issue or issues. A key date is the...

<B>1918-D 10C MS65 Full Bands NGC.</B></I> Even though more than 22 million pieces were struck, the 1918-D is generally acknowledg...

<B>1919-D 10C MS65 Full Bands PCGS.</B></I> Both sides of this impressive Gem have fully brilliant and frosty silver luster beneat...

<B>1919-D 10C MS65 Full Bands PCGS.</B></I> The 1919-D is one of the great condition and strike rarities in the Mercury dime serie...

<B>1942/1 10C MS65 PCGS.</B></I> The 1942/1 Philadelphia dime was identified early on after production, unlike its 1942/1 cousin f...

<B>1876 20C PR68 NGC.</B></I> Of the odd denomination minor coinage issues of the United States, the twenty cent piece is by far t...

<B>1877 20C PR66 Cameo NGC.</B></I> The 1877 twenty cent piece is a proof-only issue with a mintage of just 350 coins. In his disc...

<B>1878 20C PR65 Cameo NGC.</B></I> While the 2008 <I>Guide Book</B></I> reports the 1878 twenty cent proof-only...