2008 Jan. FUN Signature Coin Auction #454

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1861-D $5 AU58 PCGS3197 - 1861-D $5 AU58 PCGS
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<B>1861-D $5 AU58 PCGS.</B></I> Variety 39-FF. Between January and April of 1861, 1,597 half eagles were struck by the Union. Afte...
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Estimate : 1.00 - 1,000,000.00
Sold to floor for (37,500.00) = 37,500.00
 
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1861-D $5 MS63 PCGS3198 - 1861-D $5 MS63 PCGS
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<B>1861-D $5 MS63 PCGS. CAC.</B></I> Variety 39-FF. This is the first time this phenomenal coin has been offered at public auction...
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Estimate : 1.00 - 1,000,000.00
Sold to floor for (180,000.00) = 180,000.00
 
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1861-D $5 MS63 PCGS3199 - 1861-D $5 MS63 PCGS
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<B>1861-D $5 MS63 PCGS.</B></I> Ex: Harry W. Bass, Jr. Variety 39-FF. This piece is one of only three examples of the 1861-D half ...
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Estimate : 1.00 - 1,000,000.00
Sold to floor for (135,000.00) = 135,000.00
 
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1861-S $5 AU55 NGC3200 - 1861-S $5 AU55 NGC
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<B>1861-S $5 AU55 NGC.</B></I> Uncommonly solid detail with still-lustrous fields that showcase subtle apricot and mustard-gold sh...
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Estimate : 1.00 - 1,000,000.00
Sold to floor for (12,000.00) = 12,000.00
 
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1863-S $5 AU58 PCGS3201 - 1863-S $5 AU58 PCGS
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<B>1863-S $5 AU58 PCGS.</B></I> As with all earlier half eagle issues from the San Francisco Mint, the 17,000 pieces that comprise...
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Estimate : 1.00 - 1,000,000.00
Sold to floor for (16,000.00) = 16,000.00
 
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1866-S $5 No Motto AU58 NGC3202 - 1866-S $5 No Motto AU58 NGC
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<B>1866-S $5 No Motto AU58 NGC.</B></I> Cross-country shipping was a major undertaking in 1866, and before the arrival of With Mot...
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Estimate : 1.00 - 1,000,000.00
Sold to floor for (12,000.00) = 12,000.00
 
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1870-CC $5 XF40 PCGS3203 - 1870-CC $5 XF40 PCGS
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<B>1870-CC $5 XF40 PCGS.</B></I> Though not the lowest-mintage half eagle struck by Carson City, this date poses a considerable ch...
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Estimate : 1.00 - 1,000,000.00
Sold to floor for (16,000.00) = 16,000.00
 
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1873-CC $5 MS62 PCGS3204 - 1873-CC $5 MS62 PCGS
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<B>1873-CC $5 MS62 PCGS.</B></I> Ex: Bass. This is a magnificent coin with full, frosty mint luster and medium orange-gold and yel...
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Estimate : 1.00 - 1,000,000.00
Sold to floor for (87,500.00) = 87,500.00
 
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1875-CC $5 AU55 NGC3205 - 1875-CC $5 AU55 NGC
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<B>1875-CC $5 AU55 NGC.</B></I> In their <I>Encyclopedia of U.S. Gold Coins</B></I>, Garrett and Guth (2006) not...
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Estimate : 1.00 - 1,000,000.00
Sold to floor for (14,500.00) = 14,500.00
 
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1877 $5 MS61 Prooflike NGC3206 - 1877 $5 MS61 Prooflike NGC
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<B>1877 $5 MS61 Prooflike NGC.</B></I> The 1877 is a well-known rarity in the half eagle series, primarily because of the extremel...
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Estimate : 1.00 - 1,000,000.00
Sold to floor for (18,500.00) = 18,500.00
 
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1877-CC $5 AU55 PCGS3207 - 1877-CC $5 AU55 PCGS
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<B>1877-CC $5 AU55 PCGS.</B></I> The 1877-CC half eagle is scarce in all grades. When available, the typical coin grades Very Fine...
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Estimate : 1.00 - 1,000,000.00
Sold to floor for (10,500.00) = 10,500.00
 
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1883-CC $5 MS61 NGC3208 - 1883-CC $5 MS61 NGC
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<B>1883-CC $5 MS61 NGC.</B></I> Variety 1-A. While the usually encountered 1883-CC five is heavily marked, this particular example...
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Estimate : 1.00 - 1,000,000.00
Sold to floor for (15,000.00) = 15,000.00
 
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1890-CC $5 MS64 PCGS3209 - 1890-CC $5 MS64 PCGS
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<B>1890-CC $5 MS64 PCGS.</B></I> Unlike the 1890-CC double eagle, the 1890-CC half eagle is not the first coin one looks for in th...
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Estimate : 1.00 - 1,000,000.00
Sold to floor for (15,000.00) = 15,000.00
 
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1900 $5 PR68 Deep Cameo PCGS3210 - 1900 $5 PR68 Deep Cameo PCGS
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<B>1900 $5 PR68 Deep Cameo PCGS.</B></I> The proof half eagle issue of 1900 presents a numismatic paradox. Often, numismatists and...
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Estimate : 1.00 - 1,000,000.00
Sold to floor for (190,000.00) = 190,000.00
 
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1906 $5 PR64 Cameo PCGS3211 - 1906 $5 PR64 Cameo PCGS
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<B>1906 $5 PR64 Cameo PCGS.</B></I> A century has passed since the last proof half eagles of the Gobrecht design left the Philadel...
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Estimate : 1.00 - 1,000,000.00
Sold to floor for (24,000.00) = 24,000.00
 
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1908 $5 MS65 PCGS3212 - 1908 $5 MS65 PCGS
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<B>1908 $5 MS65 PCGS.</B></I> This is the first year of the distinctive Bela Lyon Pratt design. The devices are incused, or more c...
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Estimate : 1.00 - 1,000,000.00
Sold to floor for (15,000.00) = 15,000.00
 
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1908 $5 MS65 PCGS3213 - 1908 $5 MS65 PCGS
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<B>1908 $5 MS65 PCGS.</B></I> Though modern sources such as the 2008 <I>Guide Book</B></I> list Bela Lyon Pratt ...
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Estimate : 1.00 - 1,000,000.00
Sold to floor for (16,000.00) = 16,000.00
 
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1908 $5 MS65 PCGS3214 - 1908 $5 MS65 PCGS
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<B>1908 $5 MS65 PCGS.</B></I> After 68 years of production, the Liberty design was retired beginning in 1908. Its replacement was ...
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Estimate : 1.00 - 1,000,000.00
Sold to floor for (15,000.00) = 15,000.00
 
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1908 $5 MS66 PCGS3215 - 1908 $5 MS66 PCGS
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<B>1908 $5 MS66 PCGS.</B></I> As a first-year issue, the 1908 Indian half eagles saw a slight increase in the number of intentiona...
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Estimate : 1.00 - 1,000,000.00
Sold to floor for (28,000.00) = 28,000.00
 
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1908 $5 MS68 NGC3216 - 1908 $5 MS68 NGC
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<B>1908 $5 MS68 NGC.</B></I> Early in 1908, Dr. William Sturgis Bigelow, a close friend of President Theodore Roosevelt, proposed ...
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Estimate : 1.00 - 1,000,000.00
Sold to floor for (97,500.00) = 97,500.00
 
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1908-S $5 MS65 PCGS3217 - 1908-S $5 MS65 PCGS
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<B>1908-S $5 MS65 PCGS.</B></I> The 1908-S five dollar piece, with a low mintage of 82,000 coins, is considered by Walter Breen in...
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Estimate : 1.00 - 1,000,000.00
Sold to floor for (19,000.00) = 19,000.00
 
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1909 $5 MS65 PCGS3218 - 1909 $5 MS65 PCGS
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<B>1909 $5 MS65 PCGS.</B></I> Although not produced in particularly large numbers (627,138 pieces), the 1909 is still one of the m...
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Estimate : 1.00 - 1,000,000.00
Sold to floor for (16,000.00) = 16,000.00
 
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1909 $5 MS65 PCGS3219 - 1909 $5 MS65 PCGS
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<B>1909 $5 MS65 PCGS.</B></I> This highly attractive Gem exhibits vibrant, creamy luster and intricately detailed devices. Lemon-g...
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Estimate : 1.00 - 1,000,000.00
Sold to floor for (15,000.00) = 15,000.00
 
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1909-O $5 AU58 PCGS3220 - 1909-O $5 AU58 PCGS
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<B>1909-O $5 AU58 PCGS.</B></I> With the lowest mintage of any Indian half eagle issue, a mere 34,200 pieces, the 1909-O is alread...
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Estimate : 1.00 - 1,000,000.00
Sold to floor for (15,000.00) = 15,000.00
 
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1909-O $5 AU58 NGC3221 - 1909-O $5 AU58 NGC
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<B>1909-O $5 AU58 NGC.</B></I> Variety Two. Unlike Variety One, the mintmark is sharply punched and shows no signs of doubling. Th...
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Estimate : 1.00 - 1,000,000.00
Sold to floor for (13,000.00) = 13,000.00
 
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1909-O $5 MS61 PCGS3222 - 1909-O $5 MS61 PCGS
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<B>1909-O $5 MS61 PCGS.</B></I> Another key-date issue that needs no introduction, the 1909-O half eagle is a true numismatic oddb...
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Estimate : 1.00 - 1,000,000.00
Sold to floor for (26,000.00) = 26,000.00
 
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1909-O $5 MS63 PCGS3223 - 1909-O $5 MS63 PCGS
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<B>1909-O $5 MS63 PCGS.</B></I> Ex: Cherny. Variety One: The mintmark is weakly impressed and shows doubling on its left side. In ...
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Estimate : 1.00 - 1,000,000.00
Sold to floor for (80,000.00) = 80,000.00
 
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1912-S $5 MS64 PCGS3224 - 1912-S $5 MS64 PCGS
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<B>1912-S $5 MS64 PCGS.</B></I> Few 20th century gold coins are so tantalizing as the 1912-S five dollar piece. Garrett and Guth (...
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Estimate : 1.00 - 1,000,000.00
Sold to floor for (27,000.00) = 27,000.00
 
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1913 $5 MS65 PCGS3225 - 1913 $5 MS65 PCGS
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<B>1913 $5 MS65 PCGS.</B></I> Indian half eagles are readily obtained in typical Mint State grades, but the type becomes condition...
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Estimate : 1.00 - 1,000,000.00
Sold to floor for (17,000.00) = 17,000.00
 
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1913-S $5 MS64 PCGS3226 - 1913-S $5 MS64 PCGS
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<B>1913-S $5 MS64 PCGS.</B></I> The 1913-S half eagle is one of the scarcest issues in this challenging 20th century gold series. ...
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Estimate : 1.00 - 1,000,000.00
Sold to floor for (26,000.00) = 26,000.00
 
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1914-D $5 MS65 NGC3227 - 1914-D $5 MS65 NGC
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<B>1914-D $5 MS65 NGC.</B></I> From a mintage of just 247,000 coins, the 1914-D is considered a scarce date in the series of India...
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Estimate : 1.00 - 1,000,000.00
Sold to floor for (17,000.00) = 17,000.00
 
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1914-D $5 MS66 PCGS3228 - 1914-D $5 MS66 PCGS
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<B>1914-D $5 MS66 PCGS.</B></I> Although not a San Francisco Mint product, the 1914-D is nonetheless a scarcer issue among the Ind...
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Estimate : 1.00 - 1,000,000.00
Sold to floor for (87,500.00) = 87,500.00
 
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1916-S $5 MS65 NGC3229 - 1916-S $5 MS65 NGC
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<B>1916-S $5 MS65 NGC.</B></I> The 1916-S half eagle, with a mintage of 240,000 pieces, is generally available in the lower grades...
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Estimate : 1.00 - 1,000,000.00
Sold to floor for (19,000.00) = 19,000.00
 
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1916-S $5 MS66 PCGS3230 - 1916-S $5 MS66 PCGS
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<B>1916-S $5 MS66 PCGS.</B></I> With the buildup to the Great War and the beginning of hostilities, international trade stilled, a...
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Estimate : 1.00 - 1,000,000.00
Sold to floor for (50,000.00) = 50,000.00
 
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1929 $5 MS63 PCGS3231 - 1929 $5 MS63 PCGS
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<B>1929 $5 MS63 PCGS.</B></I> The absolute scarcity of the 1929 half eagle is hardly in dispute, and in circulated grades, the fin...
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Estimate : 1.00 - 1,000,000.00
Sold to floor for (24,000.00) = 24,000.00
 
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1908 $5 PR66 PCGS3232 - 1908 $5 PR66 PCGS
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<B>1908 $5 PR66 PCGS.</B></I> While the 1908 proof Indian half eagle is not the highest-mintage specimen issue for the series (tha...
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Estimate : 1.00 - 1,000,000.00
Sold to floor for (52,500.00) = 52,500.00
 
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1909 $5 PR66 NGC3233 - 1909 $5 PR66 NGC
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<B>1909 $5 PR66 NGC.</B></I> A decade or so after matte proof gold coins became the rage in the European capitals of London and Pa...
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Estimate : 1.00 - 1,000,000.00
Sold to floor for (42,500.00) = 42,500.00
 
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1912 $5 PR66 NGC3234 - 1912 $5 PR66 NGC
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<B>1912 $5 PR66 NGC.</B></I> After the Mint returned to the matte process of proofing in 1911, the gold coins from 1912 continued ...
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Estimate : 1.00 - 1,000,000.00
Sold to floor for (40,000.00) = 40,000.00
 
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1795 $10 13 Leaves--Reverse Graffiti, Improperly3235 - 1795 $10 13 Leaves--Reverse Graffiti, Improperly
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<B>1795 $10 13 Leaves--Reverse Graffiti, Improperly Cleaned--NCS. VF Details.</B></I> Breen-6830, Taraszka-2, BD-2, High R.4. The ...
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Estimate : 1.00 - 1,000,000.00
Sold to floor for (13,000.00) = 13,000.00
 
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1795 $10 13 Leaves XF40 PCGS3236 - 1795 $10 13 Leaves XF40 PCGS
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<B>1795 $10 13 Leaves XF40 PCGS.</B></I> Breen-6830, Taraszka-1, BD-1, High R.3. An early die state without the cracks from star 5...
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Estimate : 1.00 - 1,000,000.00
Sold to floor for (52,500.00) = 52,500.00
 
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1795 $10 13 Leaves XF45 PCGS3237 - 1795 $10 13 Leaves XF45 PCGS
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<B>1795 $10 13 Leaves XF45 PCGS.</B></I> Breen-6830, Taraszka-2, BD-2, High R.4. BD-2 shares a reverse die with BD-1, and an obver...
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Estimate : 1.00 - 1,000,000.00
Sold to floor for (42,000.00) = 42,000.00
 
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1795 $10 13 Leaves--Repaired--NCS. AU Details3238 - 1795 $10 13 Leaves--Repaired--NCS. AU Details
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<B>1795 $10 13 Leaves--Repaired--NCS. AU Details.</B></I> Breen-6830, Taraszka-1, BD-1, High R.3. Most students of the series beli...
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Estimate : 1.00 - 1,000,000.00
Sold to floor for (19,000.00) = 19,000.00
 
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1795 $10 13 Leaves AU53 PCGS3239 - 1795 $10 13 Leaves AU53 PCGS
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<B>1795 $10 13 Leaves AU53 PCGS.</B></I> Breen-6830, Taraszka-1, BD-1, High R.3. Although he was already in frail health, scientis...
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Estimate : 1.00 - 1,000,000.00
Sold to floor for (60,000.00) = 60,000.00
 
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1795 $10 13 Leaves AU55 ANACS3240 - 1795 $10 13 Leaves AU55 ANACS
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<B>1795 $10 13 Leaves--Tooled, Polished--ANACS. AU55 Details.</B></I> Breen-6830, Taraszka-2, BD-2, High R.4. The lowest left palm...
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Estimate : 1.00 - 1,000,000.00
Sold to floor for (18,000.00) = 18,000.00
 
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1796 $10--Damaged, Whizzed--NCS. AU Details3241 - 1796 $10--Damaged, Whizzed--NCS. AU Details
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<B>1796 $10 --Damaged, Whizzed--NCS. AU Details.</B></I> Breen-6832, Taraszka-6, BD-1, R.4. The only known die pair. Most of the 4...
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Estimate : 1.00 - 1,000,000.00
Sold to floor for (27,500.00) = 27,500.00
 
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1797 $10 Large Eagle VF25 NGC3242 - 1797 $10 Large Eagle VF25 NGC
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<B>1797 $10 Large Eagle VF25 NGC.</B></I> Breen-6834, Taraszka-12, BD-4, High R.4. The only obverse used with the Large Eagle reve...
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Estimate : 1.00 - 1,000,000.00
Sold to floor for (15,000.00) = 15,000.00
 
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1797 $10 Large Eagle XF45 PCGS3243 - 1797 $10 Large Eagle XF45 PCGS
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<B>1797 $10 Large Eagle XF45 PCGS.</B></I> Breen-6835, Taraszka-11, BD-3, R.5. The stars are arranged 10 x 6, the only obverse use...
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Estimate : 1.00 - 1,000,000.00
Sold to floor for (30,000.00) = 30,000.00
 
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1799 $10 Large Stars Obverse AU53 PCGS3244 - 1799 $10 Large Stars Obverse AU53 PCGS
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<B>1799 $10 Large Stars Obverse AU53 PCGS.</B></I> Breen-6841, Taraszka-22, BD-10, R.3. This honey-gold early ten has an exacting ...
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Estimate : 1.00 - 1,000,000.00
Sold to floor for (22,000.00) = 22,000.00
 
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1799 $10 Small Stars Obverse AU50 PCGS3245 - 1799 $10 Small Stars Obverse AU50 PCGS
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<B>1799 $10 Small Stars Obverse AU50 PCGS.</B></I> Breen-6838, Taraszka-16, BD-4, R.7. With less than 12 examples of 1799 BD-4 ten...
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Estimate : 1.00 - 1,000,000.00
Sold to floor for (18,000.00) = 18,000.00
 
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1799 $10 Small Stars Obverse AU55 PCGS3246 - 1799 $10 Small Stars Obverse AU55 PCGS
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<B>1799 $10 Small Stars Obverse AU55 PCGS.</B></I> Breen-6838, Taraszka-16, BD-4, R.7. Since Bass had a lone example of BD-4 to ex...
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Estimate : 1.00 - 1,000,000.00
Sold to floor for (22,000.00) = 22,000.00
 
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