2007 Sept. Long Beach Signature Coin Auction

<B>1874 $3 --Cleaned--ANACS. AU53 Details.</B></I> This lightly hairlined chestnut-gold type coin continues to exhibit flashy lust...

<B>1874 $3 --Cleaned--ANACS. MS60 Details.</B></I> This unworn type piece is pleasingly detailed overall, though the knot of the b...

<B>1874 $3 MS62 NGC.</B></I> The 1874 three dollar piece, with a mintage of 41,800 circulation strikes, is plentiful today, with a...

<B>1874 $3 MS63 NGC.</B></I> With a mintage of 41,800 bushiness strikes, the 1874 three dollar is relatively plentiful today. This...

<B>1878 $3 --Reverse Cleaned--ANACS. MS60 Details.</B></I> A piece that displays beautifully, this well struck type example has sw...

<B>1878 $3 MS62 PCGS.</B></I> The shining surfaces of this predominantly lemon-gold example display elements of pale emerald. Well...

<B>1878 $3 MS64 PCGS.</B></I> Rich yellow and orange-gold patina is laced with mint-green, and lays over highly lustrous surfaces....

<B>1878 $3 MS64 PCGS.</B></I> Jeff Garrett and Ron Guth (2006) write that the 1878 three dollar is the most common date of the ser...

<B>1879 $3 AU58 ANACS.</B></I> From a tiny issue of 3,000 pieces comes this attractive, briefly circulated golden beauty. The fiel...

<B>1879 $3 MS61 PCGS.</B></I> Although it had a 36-year history, the three-dollar denomination never really caught on like other g...

<B>1882 $3 --Damaged--NCS. AU Details.</B></I> Lightly bent from a dull, depressed mark above the 3 in the denomination. Considera...

<B>1883 $3 AU58 NGC.</B></I> Although a small hoard of these coins was found in the late 1930s and another in the 1960s, this extr...

<B>1886 $3 AU55 ICG.</B></I> The three dollar gold denomination continued its death spiral through the 1880s, and in 1886, the bus...

<B>1886 $3 --Cleaned--ANACS. AU58 Details.</B></I> Only slight wear is present on Liberty's curls, but the semi-prooflike fiel...

<B>1886 $3 MS62 Prooflike NGC.</B></I> Three dollar gold pieces from near the series' end--1889--are frequently found with pro...

<B>1888 $3 AU58 NGC.</B></I> This high-end AU three dollar piece displays pleasing field-motif contrast, and is sharply struck, ex...

<B>1888 $3 MS64 PCGS.</B></I> The three dollar series abounds with low mintages, and many of those coins have not survived. While ...

<B>1889 $3 MS61 PCGS.</B></I> Coming from a mintage of 2,300 business strikes, 1889 three dollar Mint State coins are elusive (Dav...

<B>1889 $3 MS62 NGC.</B></I> This MS62 three dollar gold specimen yields a relatively high degree of field-motif contrast when it ...

<B>1889 $3 MS64 PCGS.</B></I> In this last year of the three dollar gold denomination, the mintage fell to 2,300 coins. Jeff Garre...

<B>1871 $3 PR63 Cameo NGC.</B></I> Although 30 proofs were minted, few have survived. Although Dave Bowers estimated 15 to 20 know...

<B>1886 $3 PR64 Cameo NGC.</B></I> Discussing the 1886 three dollar piece in his <I>United States $3 Gold Pieces</B>&l...

<B>1879 $4 Flowing Hair, Judd-1635, Pollock-1833, R.3, PR66 Cameo NGC.</B></I> The successful introduction of a more unlikely coin...

<B>1799 $5 Large Stars Reverse--Improperly Cleaned--NCS. XF Details.</B></I> BD-5, High R.5. The variety is confirmed by a wide da...

<B>1800 $5 --Cleaned--ANACS. AU55 Details.</B></I> BD-4, R.4. The M in AMERICA is widely repunched. From early dies with no sign o...

<B>1802/1 $5 AU55 PCGS.</B></I> Breen-6440, BD-8, R.4. A middle die state with several die cracks (but no cuds) throughout UNITED....

<B>1802/1 $5 MS62 PCGS.</B></I> Breen-6440, BD-8, R.4. The terminal die state for the variety with a prominent die break, or cud, ...

<B>1803/2 $5 MS63 PCGS.</B></I> Breen-6441, BD-4, R.4. The only 1803-dated variety with a perfect T in LIBERTY. The usual die stat...

<B>1804 $5 Small 8 MS60 PCGS.</B></I> Breen-6443, BD-2, High R.4. The obverse has a bisecting crack from 12 to 6 o'clock, and ...

<B>1806 $5 Round Top 6, 7x6 Stars--Cleaned--ANACS. AU58 Details.</B></I> Breen-6448, BD-6, R.2. The variety is attributed by the k...

<B>1806 $5 Pointed Top 6, 8x5 Stars--Damaged--NCS. AU Details.</B></I> Pointed Top 6, 8x5 Stars, Breen-6445, BD-2, High R.5. This ...

<B>1807 $5 Bust Left--Cleaned--ANACS. AU55 Details.</B></I> Breen-6453, BD-8, R.2. The 1807 Bust Left half eagle is among the most...

<B>1810 $5 Small Date, Tall 5 AU53 NGC.</B></I> Breen-6462, BD-1, High R.3. The Small Date, Tall 5 variety is considerably scarcer...

<B>1810 $5 Large Date, Large 5 MS63 NGC.</B></I> Breen-6459, BD-4, R.2. A simply splendid example of this early gold type coin, th...

<B>1811 $5 Small 5--Scratched, Cleaned--ANACS. AU Details, Net XF40.</B></I> Breen-6464, BD-2, R.3. A crisply struck and lightly c...

<B>1811 $5 Small 5--Improperly Cleaned--NCS. AU Details.</B></I> Breen-6464, BD-2, R.3. Luster glimmers from the borders and devic...

<B>1812 $5 MS63 PCGS.</B></I> Wide 5D, Breen-6466, BD-1, R.3. Final year of the Capped Bust Left type and one of the most frequent...

<B>1812 $5 MS63 NGC.</B></I> Breen-6466, BD-1, R.3. There are two varieties of the 1812 half eagle, both of which have the same ob...

<B>1813 $5 MS60 NGC.</B></I> Breen-6467, BD-1, R.2. An impressive piece, fully Mint State, with excellent green-gold luster and fa...

<B>1813 $5 MS64 NGC.</B></I> BD-1, R.2. The first S in STATES is over the right side of the E in the motto. The 1813 half eagle is...

<B>1831 $5 --Scratched, Improperly Cleaned-NCS. XF Details.</B></I> Small 5D, Breen-6493, BD-1, High R.6. Perhaps no series in num...

1834 $5 Plain 4--Cleaned--ANACS. XF45 Details. No Motto. First Head, Breen-6501, McCloskey 3-B, R.2. The devices are bold and lustrous, but this first

<B>1834 $5 Plain 4 AU55 PCGS.</B></I> Second Head, Breen-6502, McCloskey 2-A, R.2. The 4 in the date is triple punched, with a scr...

<B>1834 $5 Plain 4 AU55 NGC.</B></I> Second Head, Breen-6502, McCloskey 2-A, R.2. While the curls just below Liberty's ribbon ...

<B>1834 $5 Plain 4 AU58 NGC.</B></I> First Head, Breen-6501, McCloskey 3-B, R.2. Later than the usual die state, with a "Scar...

<B>1834 $5 Plain 4 AU58 NGC.</B></I> First Head, Breen-6501, McCloskey 3-B, R.2. Slight friction is noted on Liberty's tresses...

<B>1836 $5 AU50 PCGS.</B></I> Small Head, Large Date, Breen-6508, McCloskey 5-D, R.3. This green-gold example has the unscrubbed &...

<B>1836 $5 AU55 ICG.</B></I> Breen-6510, Third Head, McCloskey 3-C, R.2. Ample bright luster illuminates the devices and legends. ...

<B>1837 $5 XF45 ICG.</B></I> Large Date, Large 5, Breen-6512, McCloskey 2-B, R.3. Primarily light tan-gold with some deeper toning...

<B>1837 $5 AU58 NGC.</B></I> Small Date, Breen-6513, McCloskey 3-C, R.4. Luster fills the borders and devices of this pleasing Bor...