2007 (ANA) Signature Coin Auction #444

<B>1860 $20 Clark, Gruber SP64 PCGS.</B></I> <B>Special Strike.</B></I> The historical associations of many rare...

<B>1851 $50 LE Humbert Fifty Dollar, 887 Thous. 50 Rev.--Repaired--NCS. AU Details.</B></I> K-4, High R.5. The production of these...

<B>1851 $50 LE Humbert Fifty Dollar, 887 Thous. 50 Rev. MS60 NGC.</B></I> K-4, High R.5. This is an important example of Californi...

<B>1851 $50 RE Humbert Fifty Dollar, 887 Thous.--Improperly Cleaned--NCS. AU50 Details.</B></I> K-6, R.4. Blame it on the Committe...

<B>1852 $10 Humbert Ten Dollar MS61 NGC.</B></I> K-10a, High R.6. Ranked among the more commonly seen issues of California gold pi...

<B>1852 $50 RE Humbert Fifty Dollar, 887 Thous.--Repaired--NCS. AU Details.</B></I> K-11, R.5. In 1851 commerce in California was ...

<B>1852 $50 Assay Office Fifty Dollar, 887 Thous. MS62 NGC.</B></I> K-13, R.5. In 1852 John L. Moffat sold his interest in Moffat ...

<B>1853 $10 Assay Office Ten Dollar, 884 Thous. AU53 PCGS.</B></I> K-15, R.7. Walter Breen classified the issues of Augustus Humbe...

<B>1853 $20 Assay Office Twenty Dollar, 900 Thous. MS63 NGC.</B></I> K-18, Breen-7723, R.2. The privately minted issues of gold co...

<B>1849 $2 1/2 Mormon Quarter Eagle AU53 PCGS.</B></I> K-1, High R.5. The Mormons under their leader, Brigham Young, played an int...

<B>1850 $5 Mormon Five Dollar XF45 PCGS.</B></I> K-5, High R.5. The iconography of the various Mormon gold issues is, well, confus...

<B>1850 $5 Mormon Five Dollar AU58 NGC.</B></I> K-5, High R.5. The Mormon coinage began in late 1848 with ten dollar gold pieces d...

<B>1860 $5 Mormon Five Dollar AU55 PCGS.</B></I> K-6, High R.5. Although the earlier (1849-1850) Mormon gold coinage, produced fro...

<B>1849 $5 Norris, Gregg, & Norris Five Dollar, P.E. AU55 PCGS.</B></I> K-2, R.5. This rare variety has the period after ALLOY...

<B>1849 $5 Norris, Gregg, & Norris Five Dollar R.E. AU53 PCGS.</B></I> K-4, R.4. Period after ALLOY. The Norris, Gregg, & ...

<B>1852 $10 Wass Molitor Ten Dollar, Small Head XF40 NGC.</B></I> Small Head. K-3, R.7. This is a very rare variety at all grade l...

<B>1852 $10 Wass Molitor Ten Dollar, Large Head, Wide Date AU55 NGC.</B></I> K-4, R.5. Large Head. Short Neck, Pointed Bust, Wide ...

<B>1855 $10 Wass Molitor Ten Dollar AU55 NGC.</B></I> K-6, High R.5. After the federal branch mint in San Francisco opened in Apri...

<B>1855 $10 Wass Molitor Ten Dollar AU58 NGC.</B></I> K-6, High R.5. The San Francisco Mint opened in 1854, but it was a cramped f...

<B>1855 $10 Wass Molitor Ten Dollar MS60 Rim Filed, Cleaned Uncertified.</B></I> K-6, High R.5. At one time, this variety was cons...

<B>1855 $20 Wass Molitor Twenty Dollar, Small Head, AU50 Cleaned Uncertified.</B></I> K-7, R.6. The coin was harshly cleaned at on...

<B>1855 $50 Wass Molitor Fifty Dollar VF30 PCGS.</B></I> K-9, R.5. These fifty dollar "slugs," as they were nicknamed, w...

<B>1855 $50 Wass Molitor Fifty Dollar--Damaged, Tooled--NCS. XF Details.</B></I> K-9, R.5. When S.C. Wass and A.P. Molitor set up ...

<B>1855 $50 Wass Molitor Fifty Dollar--Reverse Damage, Improperly Cleaned--NCS. XF45 Details.</B></I> The establishment of Wass, M...

<B>1855 $50 Wass Molitor Fifty Dollar AU50 PCGS.</B></I> K-9, R.5. The firm of Wass, Molitor was adaptable to the needs of commerc...

<B>Unmarked Kellogg & Humbert Gold Ingot MS Uncertified.</B></I> The most unusual aspect of this ingot is the lack of an assay...

<B>Kellogg & Humbert Gold Ingot.</B></I> When the formation of Kellogg & Humbert was announced in early April 1855, the co...

<B>1853 50C Arms of California 50 Cents, BG-435, Low R.5, MS63 PCGS.</B></I> One of the most famous varieties within the entire Ca...

<B>1883 25C Hawaii Quarter MS67 PCGS.</B></I> Of the official Hawaiian silver issues, the quarter is by far the most available iss...

<B>1805 Five Dollar, Judd-37, Pollock-6115, R.8, PR65 Brown NGC.</B></I> A private striking made from scrap dies of the regular is...

<B>Undated (1840) P25C Quarter Dollar Master Die Impression, Judd-110, Pollock-123, Unique, and A Companion White Metal Hub Trial Piece PR64 N...

<B>1857 E1C One Cent, Judd-186, Pollock-222, High R.7, PR65 PCGS.</B></I> The head of Liberty faces left and wears a coronet, 13 s...

<B>1858 P1C Flying Eagle Cent, Judd-193, Pollock-236, R.5, PR65 PCGS.</B></I> Snow-PT11. The obverse is identical to the regular i...

<B>1866 5C Shield Five Cents, Judd-499, Pollock-584, High R.7, PR65 Brown NGC.</B></I> Shield nickel pattern with the motto in sma...

<B>1867 $1 Dollar, Judd-593, Pollock-657, High R.7, PR64 PCGS.</B></I> The obverse and reverse are struck from the regular issue d...

<B>1870 $1 Standard Silver Dollar, Judd-1000, Pollock-1132, R.8, PR64 PCGS.</B></I> William Barber's Seated Liberty design, in...

<B>1871 $1 One Dollar, Judd-1148, Pollock-1290, R.6-7, PR64 Red and Brown PCGS.</B></I> Longacre's design features Liberty sea...

1872 25C Quarter Dollar, Judd-1195, Pollock-1335, Low R.7, PR64 PCGS. William Barber's Amazonian design with Liberty seated, facing left, her r...

1872 T$1 Commercial Dollar, Judd-1214, Pollock-1355, High R.7, PR62 PCGS. William Barber's lower relief copy of James Longacre's famous In...

<B>1873 T$1 Trade Dollar, Judd-1315, Pollock-1458, R.4, PR66 NGC.</B></I> <B>1873 $1 Bailly's Seated Liberty Trade Dolla...

<B>1873 $5 Five Dollar, Judd-1338, Pollock-1482, R.7, PR66 Red and Brown PCGS.</B></I> A William Barber design with Liberty facing...

<B>1874 $10 Bickford Ten Dollar, Judd-1374, Pollock-1519, Low R.6, PR65 Brown PCGS.</B></I> The obverse depicts a bust of Liberty ...

<B>1876 $1 Sailor Head Dollar, Judd-1463, Pollock-1613, R.6-7, PR66 Red and Brown PCGS.</B></I> William Barber's Sailor Head m...

<B>1878 $1 Morgan Dollar, Judd-1565, Pollock-1732, High R.7, PR65 Red and Brown PCGS.</B></I> The obverse is very similar to the i...

<B>1879 10C Morgan Ten Cents, Judd-1589, Pollock-1782, R.7, PR64 Red and Brown PCGS.</B></I> The obverse features the same portrai...

<B>1879 25C Washlady Quarter Dollar, Judd-1590, Pollock-1783, High R.6, PR68 Ultra Cameo NGC.</B></I> The Washlady obverse design ...

<B>1879 25C Morgan Quarter Dollar, Judd-1593, Pollock-1787, Low R.7, PR66 Cameo PCGS.</B></I> The Morgan design as adopted for the...

1884 G$1 Gold Dollar, Judd-1733, Pollock-1944, R.7-8, PR64 Red and Brown PCGS. A regular die trials piece for the 1884 gold dollar. Struck in copper

<B>(1999) Martha Washington "Dollar," Judd-2185, Low R.7, MS66 NGC.</B></I> 8.2 gm. The 1759-dated obverse has a portrai...

<B>1863 1C Indian Cent--Reverse Die Cap--MS66 PCGS.</B></I> The olive-tinged golden-brown surfaces of this bold reverse die cap ar...