2020 EAC Sale

Large Letters. Rare 3-point cud. A little sharper but has some scrapes across the neck and lighter reverse scratches. Dark olive and steel. An elusive

Small Letters. XF40 detail but the obverse was too vigorously brushed and there are light hairlines across that side. Nice surfaces and color otherwis

Large Letters. Choice frosty chocolate brown and tan. Not a single mark to report and just a couple small spots of darker color on otherwise perfectly

Pleasing dark brown surfaces. No distracting marks or spots. Slight frost in the fields. MDS.

A beautiful lustrous cent with just a faint trace of rub on the highpoints. Warm tan and steel brown toning. Short scratch right of ONE is the only ma

Sharpness of AU50. Lightly cleaned and retoned to a brassy golden-tan. No hairlines and decent eye appeal despite looking a bit unnatural. Some frosty

Small 8, Large Stars, Medium Letters. Very nice glossy chocolate brown and tan with some darker brown below and behind the portrait. Faint scratch fro

Small 8, Large Stars, Medium Letters. Similar color scheme to the above. The surfaces here a bit duskier but still nice and problem-free. A few as-str

Large 8, Small Stars, Medium Letters. Nice original light chocolate brown with some darker toning on the face. Nicely free of marks, what look like li

Large 8, Small Stars, Medium Letters. Glossy medium brown with a bit of tan in protected areas. Few light nicks before the face and within the wreath

Large 8, Small Stars, Medium Letters. Choice light chocolate brown with a few small areas of darker reddish-brown on the obverse. Only trivial marks.

Large 8, Large Stars, Medium Letters. A decent dark olive representative of this popular and scarce Red Book variety. Glossy surfaces that are just ba

Large 8, Large Stars, Medium Letters. Nice for the grade with light brown color and some darker woodgrain tone. Planchet lamination under star 8.

Large 8, Large Stars, Large Letters. Pleasing original surfaces, the color a mix of light and medium brown. No problems to report. EDS. Ex Bozarth Num

Small 8, Stars. Decent dark brown surfaces with no serious marks. Traces of roughness in the fields and some brick red patina at S OF. A respectable p

Small 8, Stars. An excellent looking cent with glossy medium brown surfaces and accents of tan, the toning pattern woodgrain-style on the reverse. Rem

Small 8, Stars. A really neat looking error and nice coin for the grade. Shows two centered strikes on the obverse with 110 degree rotation in between

Small 8, Stars. Lovely tan brown surfaces. No marks, just a few spots of darker tone - under the ear and above the base of the wreath. Surfaces origin

Small 8, Stars. Sharpness approaching VF but there is some light, even roughness to the fields on each side. No marks or other damage though and the d

Small 8, Stars. An important example of the variety, this is the finest known of the very rare terminal die state with a retained cud outside star 5.

A neat looking two-sided “brockage” that was made by smashing two coins together with a hammer or vice. Interesting that it

A sharp, slightly prooflike piece that is mint state or very nearly so by wear, but lightly cleaned. There are some faint hairlines visible in the fie

Medium Letters. Frosty chestnut brown and steel with a streak of darker toning above the head and a larger, more subdued streak at the lower reverse..

Medium Letters. Choice lustrous chocolate brown with some bluish-steel iridescence radiating from the slightly prooflike fields. Only trivial abrasio

Medium Letters. Lustrous light brown, a very pretty cent with just a few minor marks - a nick on the cheek most prominently. Full cartwheel frost on e

Head of 1838. Choice light chocolate color and very nice frosty surfaces. Nearly pristine with just a few microscopic contact marks. M-LDS with advanc

Head of 1838. The interesting “Accessory E” variety with a stray E punched in the leaves under the E in AMERICA. Sharpness of XF. Ni

Medium Letters. Choice tan surfaces with a bit of frosty luster in the fields. Some barely noticeable marks around stars 10-12, otherwise pretty close

Medium Letters. A very nice late die state example of this rather scarce variety. Slightly frosty light brown and steel. No marks or spots of any cons

Medium Letters. Glossy light chocolate and olive surfaces. A bit nicked up but not terribly so. E-MDS.

Medium Letters. Attractive light reddish-tan, the surfaces hard and smooth with very few marks, a slight rim bruise below U is the only thing worth m

A sharp piece with only lightly worn highpoints and traces of luster in the fields. Steely olive-tan, a bit darker on the reverse. No marks or spots t

Glossy medium brown with minor circulation marks. Decent sized curved clip from below the end of the date to under star 13.

Choice original light chocolate brown. A very nice coin devoid of marks. Some tiny laminations at stars 1 and 5 are the only anomalies, but they are a

Mostly chocolate brown with some dark olive toning covering much of the portrait. Little scratch off the browlock and a few reverse rim ticks. Origina

A sharply struck, unworn cent. Color fairly dark and a bit unnatural, possibly recolored. Dark chocolate obverse with some splotchy reddish-tan, the r

Sharpness VF30 but has some scratches on the obverse, running from stars 6-8 down across the portrait to under the date. Glossy dark olive with steely

A well worn but nice for the grade 1838 cent that had an 1848 cent smashed into its obverse slightly off center. Makes for a neat looking thing but ob

A decent looking example of this important overdate variety. Detail of a strong VG, slight deduction for a lightly rough brick red patina on the rever

Booby Head. Very nice glossy chocolate brown. Light scratch across the chin on what are otherwise choice surfaces.

Booby Head. Lovely dark chocolate with bluish-steel overtones and subtle woodgrain effect on the reverse. Full frosty luster and no trace of wear, a s

Large Date. Lustrous dark chocolate with traces of mint red outlining some of the details, most noticeably on the reverse. High quality surfaces with

Large Date. Bold cartwheel luster on each side and pleasing chocolate brown color. A lovely mint state example of this less commonly seen 1842 variety

Petite Head, Small Letters. Nice glossy medium surfaces with traces of frost through the flowlines. Problem-free and attractive for the grade with no

Petite Head, Small Letters. A newly discovered example that sits right up among the finest known of the variety. Intense cartwheel luster and signific

Dark olive surfaces with a bit of frosty luster in the fields. Sharp and attractive overall with just a few tiny marks on the spots and specks of crud

Nice light brown with olive toning in the protected areas and slight woodgrain pattern on the obverse. No consequential marks or spots. MDS (b). An at

Small Date. 5 points sharper with trace roughness in the fields and little scrapes on the rim over the first S of STATES. LDS (e) with cuds over TES a

Small Date. Unworn and lustrous but with unnatural color, having been dipped and retoned a dark reddish-brown and steel. No notable marks or spots. M-

Small Date. Chocolate brown, the fields frosty and devices glossy. Almost full luster, just lightly rubbed on the highest points. Handful of tiny nick

Small Date. Original medium brown surfaces that are a little dirty but not rough. Some stains on the reverse rim. Rare LDS (b) with rim cuds from star

Medium Date. Interesting counterstamp on the reverse - a large iron cross of sorts with numbers 1,6,0,0 interspersed around. Smooth medium brown host

Tall Date. Sharpness VF25 with some light roughness in the fields and a scratch on the hair. Dark olive and steel. LDS (i) and an excellent example of

Tall Date. Nice glossy surfaces, a mix of light and medium brown. Small patch of roughness and little scratch by star 8, otherwise choice. LDS (c) wit

Has the appearance of a red & brown, choice mint state cent, especially on the obverse, but the overall color is a bit unnatural and suggests a ...

Beautiful lustrous medium brown with a bit of prooflike flash thanks to a fresh die lapping. Generous mint red remains in the fields, about 15-20% ove

The rare latest die state of the variety, state (e), with 3 rim cuds on the reverse. Reddish dark chocolate color indicative of having been recolored,

A well known and desirable New York City counterstamp, James C. Cooper and Garrett Brinckerhoff Demarest had a daguerreotype business in lower Manhatt

Very nice light brown with darker chocolate toning in the recesses of the detail. Small rim bumo over IT is the only notable mark. An excellent lookin

Sharpness higher in the VF range, technically higher than it may appear due to the always blunted appearance to the devices on this variety due to hea

Nice light chocolate brown with darker brown toning in the obverse recesses and across a greater portion of the reverse. Only tiny abrasions, a notice

Another high quality example of the variety. Dark brown with some splotchy reddish-tan in a few places. Sharp detail, not far from AU. No roughness, j

An interesting looking piece with silvered surfaces - the finish has an antique look and was probably done not long after the coin was made. Sharply s

Attractive chocolate brown with slightly reddish-tan undertones. Very little wear but slightly subdued luster. Totally free of marks. MDS (b).

Reddish medium brown surfaces that are a bit subdued and have a slightly matte-like texture, but also retain some frosty cartwheel luster. Unworn and

Virgin, partially red surfaces with nice cartwheel luster beneath the somewhat dusky patina. Light olive brown and steel where toned. Above average su

A bit sharper but lightly cleaned and there is some orangey color on the reverse. Otherwise nice smooth surfaces and almost fully retoned. LDS (c), ol

Glossy chocolate brown, nice eye appeal for the variety and grade. Rim bump left of the date is the only notable mark. LDS (b).

A nice merchant counterstamp on an attractive host coin. Alfred Woodham was in the firearms business and operated in New York circa 1850-1870.

Neat counterstamp from Maine gunsmith Henry H. McKenney who was in operation in Biddeford circa 1855-1870. An 1851 cent is not listed as a known host

A nicely done hammer or vice job with strong, well-centered impressions. Surfaces have an old-time look to them and even some red corrosion on the rev

Extremely rare intermediate die state (b) with the obverse rim cud only halfway advanced, down to star 11. Seldom seen or offered, this appears to be

Frosty medium-brown and steel. An unworn 60 coin but there are many planchet voids around the reverse rim. These are as-struck, but somewhat distracti

Beautiful near Gem cent with highly lustrous surfaces and booming cartwheel thanks to the flowlines. The obverse is olive brown with bluish-steel over

A pretty cent with interesting coloration and full satiny luster. About three quarters of the surfaces are toned to medium brown with steel-blue and s

Chocolate brown with reddish-tan undertones. Problem-free and close to AU. LDS (e) with rim cuds seen from stars 10-12.

A fantastic pictorial counterstamp and this 1853 cent is the only specimen listed in Brunk. Nice smooth host coin.

Frosty light olive brown and steel. Nice luster and eye appeal. Little spots inside stars 2 and 3 and a nick on the nose, reverse choice. MDS (b) and

Flashy steel with some overtones of light olive and pretty blue and rose highlights on the obverse. Very clean, two tiny nicks on the nose and cheek a

Choice frosty light brown. Perfectly even color and has the soft glow of flowline luster in the fields on each side. Only microscopic abrasions. An id

Frosty chocolate brown and steel. A nicely struck, unworn coin. Full luster and some mellowed mint red lingers around a few of the reverse letters. Ma

A lustrous red & brown 63 coin with a deduction for a short but deep scratch over CENT. Still an impressive coin that would have been borderline...

Upright 55. Very attractive light brown with bluish steel outlining much of the detail. Full frosty luster and no distracting marks or spots. M-LDS (c

Knob on Ear. XF40 detail but very dark and has some roughness and verdigris built up in the fields. Small planchet clip outside star 11 and clear weak

Slanted 5. Frosty medium brown and steel with some faded mint red visible on the right side of both obverse and reverse. Nicely free of marks and spot

Large Date. A premium example of the ever-popular last year of issue. A sharply struck early die state piece with crisp die lines and mispunched date

Small Date. Surfaces aglow with frosty cartwheel luster and partial mint red, the obverse retaining more than a third its original mint color, less on

Small Date. Pleasing original surfaces. Mostly chocolate brown with a bit of orange, steel, and maroon mixed into the reverse toning. MDS (b). Comes w

Includes the two-volume 1986 first edition Grellman/Reiver reference on late dates (the three-ring binder version) along with a 1986 Durst reprint of

Special deluxe edition, hardbound with brown leather spine and corners. Gilt lettering on spine. Limited to 10 copies. All proceeds to EAC.