2007 (ANA) Signature Coin Auction #444

<B>1903 G$1 McKinley PR65 Cameo NGC.</B></I> "This is to certify that the accompanying Louisiana Purchase Exposition gold dol...

<B>1925 Medal Norse Gold PR65 NGC.</B></I> Minneapolis Seventh District Congressman O.J. Kvale was the driving force behind the is...

<B>1851 $50 LE Humbert Fifty Dollar, 880 Thous. 50 Rev. MS62 NGC.</B></I> Lettered Edge, With 50 on Reverse, K-1, High R.6. Of the...

<B>1851 $50 LE Humbert Fifty Dollar, 880 Thous. MS63 NGC.</B></I> Lettered Edge, No 50 on Reverse, K-2, R.5. The supply of circula...

<B>1851 $50 LE Humbert Fifty Dollar, 887 Thous. 50 Rev.--ASSAYER Inverted--VF35 PCGS.</B></I> K-4, High R.5 for the variety, altho...

<B>1851 $50 LE Humbert Fifty Dollar, 887 Thous. 50 Rev.--AUGUSTUS Inverted--MS60 NGC.</B></I> Lettered Edge, K-4, High R.5, althou...

1851 $50 LE Humbert Fifty Dollar, 887 Thous. 50 Rev. MS62 NGC. Lettered Edge, With 50 on Reverse, K-4, High R.5. This piece comes from early in the r

<B>1851 $50 RE Humbert Fifty Dollar, 880 Thous. AU58 NGC.</B></I> Reeded Edge, Target Reverse, K-5, Low R.5. This is the first of ...

<B>1851 $50 RE Humbert Fifty Dollar, 887 Thous. MS61 NGC.</B></I> Reeded Edge, K-6, R.4. The Kagin-5 and Kagin-6 varieties are the...

<B>1851 $50 RE Humbert Fifty Dollar, 887 Thous. AU58 NGC.</B></I> K-7, R.7 (?). This is listed as the rarest of the Humbert fifty ...

<B>1851 $50 RE Humbert Fifty Dollar, 887 Thous. AU50 NGC.</B></I> K-7, R.7 (?). This is an example of the very rare K-7 Kagin vari...

<B>1852 $50 RE Humbert Fifty Dollar, 887 Thous. MS61 NGC.</B></I> Reeded Edge, K-11, R.5. Moffat & Co. principal John L. Moffa...

<B>1852 $50 Assay Office Fifty Dollar, 887 Thous. MS62 NGC.</B></I> K-13, R.5. The newspaper <I>Alta California </B>&l...

<B>1852 $50 Assay Office Fifty Dollar, 900 Thous. AU58 NGC.</B></I> K-14, High R.5. From January 1851 through late in 1852, the U....

<B>1852 $50 Assay Office Fifty Dollar, 900 Thous. MS60 NGC.</B></I> K-14, High R.5. As late as December 1851, the federal governme...

<B>1855 $50 Kellogg & Co. Fifty Dollar PR63 PCGS.</B></I> K-4, Breen-7921, High R.6. Ex: Frank J. Heim. In the 1830s and early...

<B>1855 $50 Wass Molitor Fifty Dollar MS60 NGC.</B></I> K-9, R.5. The surviving gold coins manufactured during the short boom peri...

<B>1877 $50 Fifty Dollar, Judd-1547, Pollock-1720, Low R.7, PR63 Gilt NGC.</B></I> A William Barber design with a large head of Li...

<B>1851 $10 Baldwin Ten Dollar MS62 NGC.</B></I> K-4, High R.6. The California firm of Baldwin & Co. produced a limited number...

<B>A.Bechtler $5 Restrike PR63 PCGS.</B></I> K-30, High R.7. Struck from the same die pair used to produce K-29, but with a proof ...

<B>(1837-42) G$1 C. Bechtler Dollar, N Reversed MS62 NGC.</B></I> <B>(1837-42) G$1 C.Bechtler Dollar, N Reversed MS62 NGC.&l...

<B>(1837-42) G$1 C. Bechtler Dollar, N Reversed MS63 PCGS.</B></I> K-4, R.4. This variety, with the reversed N in ONE, is the most...

<B>(1834-37) G$1 C. Bechtler Dollar, 28G. Centered AU58 PCGS.</B></I> K-3, R.6. Christopher Bechtler, a German immigrant, struck g...

<B>(1834-37) G$1 C. Bechtler Dollar, 28G. Centered MS61 NGC.</B></I> K-3, R.6. Two gold dollar varieties were produced as part of ...

<B>(1834-37) G$1 C. Bechtler Dollar, 28G. High MS64 NGC.</B></I> K-2, R.6. A lovely near-Gem of this rare Bechtler variety. Caroli...

<B>(1831-34) G$1 C. Bechtler Dollar, 30G. MS63 PCGS.</B></I> K-1, R.4. The Philadelphia Mint and its branches did not begin striki...

<B>(1837-42) $2 1/2 C. Bechtler Quarter Eagle, 67G. 21C. AU55 PCGS.</B></I> K-10, R.5. Part of the fifth series of Bechtler coinag...

<B>(1837-42) $2 1/2 C. Bechtler Quarter Eagle, 67G. 21C. MS62 PCGS.</B></I> K-10, R.5. Less than 200 Bechtler $2.50 gold pieces st...

<B>(1837-42) $2 1/2 C. Bechtler Quarter Eagle, 70G. 20C. AU55 PCGS.</B></I> K-13, R.6. An important part of the seventh and final ...

<B>(1837-42) $2 1/2 C. Bechtler Quarter Eagle, 70G. 20C. MS62 NGC.</B></I> K-13, R.6. The four letter As on the obverse are all in...

<B>(1837-42) $2 1/2 C. Bechtler Quarter Eagle, 64G. 22C. MS60 NGC.</B></I> K-12, High R.6. Breen-7757. GEORGIA GOLD, even 22. Deep...

<B>(1837-42) $2 1/2 C. Bechtler Quarter Eagle, 64G. Even 22C. MS61 PCGS.</B></I> K-12, High R.6. Not identified as the scarcer Eve...

<B>(1837-42) $2 1/2 C. Bechtler Quarter Eagle, 64G. 22C. MS62 NGC.</B></I> K-11, R.6. Breen-7756. GEORGIA GOLD, uneven 22. From th...

<B>(1831-34) $2 1/2 C. Bechtler Quarter Eagle, Circle Center AU50 PCGS.</B></I> K-8, R.7. This is rare Bechtler variety, of which ...

<B>(1837-42) $5 C. Bechtler Five Dollar, 134G, With Star AU58 NGC.</B></I> K-20, R.4. Don Kagin's variety 20 is the single mos...

<B>(1837-42) $5 C. Bechtler Five Dollar, 134G, With Star MS61 PCGS.</B></I> K-20, R.4. Since Bechtler coins lack motifs, the selec...

<B>(1834-37) $5 C. Bechtler Five Dollar, RUTHERF: MS61 NGC.</B></I> K-23, R.6. This is an impressive Mint State example of the Geo...

<B>(1834-37) $5 C. Bechtler Five Dollar, 140G. 20C. MS61 PCGS.</B></I> K-17, R.5. Plain edge. The upper right portion of the obver...

<B>(1834-37) $5 C. Bechtler Five Dollar, 20 Distant MS61 NGC.</B></I> K-19, High R.6. The present lot is the single finest certifi...

<B>(1831-34) $5 C. Bechtler Five Dollar, 150G. 20C. MS62 PCGS.</B></I> K-15, R.7. The Rarity-7 rating assigned by Don Kagin indica...

<B>C. Bechtler $5 Restrike PR65 PCGS.</B></I> K-31, High R.7. This is a muling of two different Bechtler five dollar dies. The die...

<B>1860 $5 Clark, Gruber & Co. Five Dollar MS64 PCGS.</B></I> While the centers of this issue are usually found weakly struck,...

<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...

<B>1920-? 5C Buffalo Nickel--40% Off Center on Cent Planchet--MS64 Brown PCGS.</B></I> Struck widely off center toward 2 o'clo...

<B>1942 50C Walking Liberty Half--Struck on Silver Quarter Planchet--MS65 PCGS.</B></I> For the collector who desires knowledge ab...

<B>1880-S $1 Morgan Dollar--Off-Center, Counting Wheel Damage--ANACS. Unc Details, Net AU55.</B></I> The 1880-S, considered one of...