2007 Sept. Long Beach Signature Coin Auction

<B>1909-D $5 MS64 ANACS.</B></I> The surfaces are a lovely red-gold, with hints of hazel near the peripheries. This issue is surpr...

<B>1909-O $5 XF45 NGC.</B></I> An always-popular issue as the key date in the Indian Head half eagle series as well as the last O-...

<B>1909-O $5 MS60 NGC.</B></I> The '09-O five appeals to many with its historical and numismatic significance. Struck during t...

<B>1910 $5 MS62 NGC.</B></I> Bright peach-gold surfaces display well struck design elements, except for minor softness on the eagl...

<B>1910 $5 MS62 ANACS.</B></I> Boldly struck with lovely red-gold surfaces that show soft, pleasing luster. Light, scattered abras...

<B>1910-D $5 MS62 PCGS.</B></I> The heavy production of 1909-D half eagles led to a surfeit of the coins, and in 1910, Denver stru...

<B>1911 $5 MS62 PCGS.</B></I> Boldly impressed with subtly lustrous, lightly abraded orange-gold surfaces. An unworn and desirable...

<B>1911 $5 MS62 NGC.</B></I> This attractive type piece shows better-than-average luster and excellent detail. The lightly abraded...

<B>1911 $5 MS64 PCGS.</B></I> A nice piece for a type set, with softly lustrous greenish-gold surfaces and a representative of one...

<B>1911-D $5 AU55 ANACS.</B></I> The 1911-D Half Eagle is a scarce date from a low mintage of just 72,500 coins. Slight wear is ev...

<B>1912 $5 MS63 NGC.</B></I> Rich rose-gold coloration adorns both sides of this matte-like example. A pleasing Mint State specime...

<B>1913 $5 MS62 PCGS.</B></I> The fields have a dusky orange appearance, while the centers have lighter yellow-gold color. This mi...

<B>1913 $5 MS64 NGC.</B></I> A substantial number of high-end About Uncirculated and lower-level Mint State coins are known of the...

<B>1914 $5 MS63 NGC.</B></I> The luster is stronger and more frosty than ordinarily seen on any Indian Head half eagle issue. This...

<B>1914-S $5 MS62 PCGS.</B></I> The peach-gold surfaces on this 1914-S five dollar have above-average luster, and the design featu...

<B>1915 $5 MS64 NGC.</B></I> The 1915 is one of the more attractive issues of the Indian Head five dollar series (Jeff Garrett and...

<B>1915 $5 MS64 NGC.</B></I> This shimmering caramel-gold near-Gem has a sharp strike with nearly absolute definition within the I...

<B>1915 $5 MS64 PCGS.</B></I> The half eagles of 1915 would be the last examples of that denomination struck at Philadelphia until...

<B>1916-S $5 MS61 NGC.</B></I> A boldly impressed and slightly brassy example of the penultimate half eagle issue intended for cir...

<B>1795 $10 13 Leaves AU50 PCGS.</B></I> Breen-6830, Taraszka-1, BD-1, High R.3. It is always an interesting pursuit to seek the o...

Breen-6834, Taraszka-8, BD-2, High R.4. In their Early U.S. Gold Coin Varieties (2006), Harry W. Bass, Jr. and John Dannreuther identify th

<B>1799 $10 Small Stars Obverse--Repaired, Whizzed, Rim Filed--ANACS. AU50 Details.</B></I> Breen-6840, Taraszka-20, BD-8, R.5. Th...

<B>1799 $10 Small Stars Obverse--Cleaned, Rim Damage--ANACS. AU55 Details.</B></I> Irregular Date, Small Stars, Breen-6840, Tarasz...

<B>1800 $10 --Damaged--ANACS. VG8 Details.</B></I> Breen-6842, Taraszka-23, BD-1, High R.3. Here is a chance to buy an early eagle...

<B>1800 $10 --Cleaned--ANACS. AU53 Details.</B></I> Breen-6842, Taraszka-23, BD-1, High R.3. A middle die state with die cracks at...

<B>1800 $10 --Ex-Jewelry--ANACS. AU55 Details.</B></I> Breen-6842, Taraszka-23, BD-1, High R.3. A single die pair is known. This p...

<B>1801 $10 --Improperly Cleaned--NCS. XF Details.</B></I> Breen-6843, Taraszka-25, BD-2, R.2. Luster beckons from Liberty's h...

<B>1801 $10 --Ex-Jewelry, Tooled--ANACS. XF Details.</B></I> Breen-6843, Taraszka-25, BD-2, R.2. Star 8 has two points to the cap,...

<B>1801 $10 --Damaged--NCS. AU Details.</B></I> Breen-6843, Taraszka-25, BD-2, R.2. The reverse rim has a small ding at 6:30, and ...

<B>1801 $10 AU55 PCGS.</B></I> Breen-6843, Taraszka-25, BD-2, R.2. The common 1801 eagle variety with star 8 close to the Liberty ...

<B>1801 $10 MS63 NGC.</B></I> Breen-6843, Taraszka-25, BD-2, R.2. One of two varieties of the year. This Wide Date variant is dist...

<B>1803 $10 Small Stars Reverse MS60 NGC.</B></I> Breen-6844, Taraszka-28, BD-3, R.4. This impressive apricot-gold representative ...

<B>1838 $10 VF20 NGC.</B></I> The warm honey-gold surfaces of this moderately circulated piece remain surprisingly luminous. Faint...

<B>1838 $10 XF40 PCGS.</B></I> The 1838 is significant for at least three reasons. It has a very low mintage of 7,200 pieces. It i...

<B>1838 $10 AU55 NGC.</B></I> The 1838 is significant as the first ten dollar piece issued since 1804. It is also quite rare, sinc...

<B>1839 $10 Type of 1838, Large Letters VF35 PCGS.</B></I> Mislabeled on the insert as a Type of 1840. This is definitely a Type o...

<B>1839 $10 Type of 1838, Large Letters AU53 PCGS.</B></I> The Type of 1838, with a smaller portrait than the subsequent Type of 1...

<B>1839 $10 Type of 1840, Small Letters XF45 ANACS.</B></I> With a mintage of slightly less than half of its Large Letters counter...

<B>1841 $10 MS60 NGC.</B></I> Like the other early Coronet eagle issues, the 1841 is a condition rarity in strict Mint State. Thou...

<B>1842 $10 Large Date AU55 NGC.</B></I> The more available of the two 1842 logotype varieties, but a scarce item in any grade, si...

<B>1842 $10 Small Date AU53 NGC.</B></I> A partly lustrous and typically abraded straw-gold No Motto eagle. The obverse rim has a ...

<B>1843 $10 AU58 NGC.</B></I> Breen-6861, his "very rare" triple-punched date. <I>Coin World's Coin Values<...

<B>1844-O $10 AU58 NGC.</B></I> While a relatively common coin in VF and even XF condition, the '44-O gold eagle is a conditio...

<B>1845 $10 --Graffiti--NCS. Unc Details.</B></I> This crisply struck, if lightly abraded earlier Coronet eagle has no trace of we...

<B>1846/5-O $10 AU50 NGC.</B></I> Certified as a Normal Date variety by NGC, but the present lot is the variety listed in the <...

<B>1847-O $10 AU55 NGC.</B></I> The lightly abraded surfaces display traces of luster in the protected areas, and the solidly stru...

<B>1847-O $10 AU58 NGC.</B></I> Ex: S.S. Republic. Breen-6881. Listed on the NGC holder as "Doubled 1," although the bas...

<B>1847-O $10 MS60 NGC.</B></I> Although the date is a high mintage issue and commonly seen in nearly all grades below Mint State,...

<B>1848-O $10 AU55 NGC.</B></I> A clean straw-gold example with only a single identifying mark, found beneath the T in UNITED. Poc...

<B>1849 $10 AU58 NGC.</B></I> A modestly reflective yellow-orange example, well struck with a measure of friction on the devices. ...