Early Cents Auctions - The Colorado Collection

Two leafs on edge. Nice chocolate color. A smooth surface with only a trace of underlying granularity. There is an old worn scratch in the field obver

A nice electrotype of an XF or better coin. Nice smooth brown surface. Some old pinscratches from Liberty’s forehead to ca

Chocolate with tan devices. The fields are covered with microscopic roughness while devices are mostly smooth resulting in an attractive cameo effect.

Medium chocolate brown with a hard glossy surface. There are some old pinscratches hidden in the hair and a tiny dig at the nine. Good eye appeal. Cer

Choice lustrous chocolate with a hard glossy planchet. A few minute handling marks and a light microscopic scratch in the lower hair. Sharply struck w

Glossy olive and chocolate on a hard smooth planchet. Struck on an incomplete planchet with missing metal over UN of UNITED as struck. There are some

Dark chocolate steel sharply struck from an earlier die state. There is some minute granularity on the obverse though it presents a hard glossy appear

Frosty reddish brown and chocolate. Full EF sharpness . A couple fine scratches in the obverse field K2 and a small rim mark K5. The planchet is hard

Chocolate with steel devices. Hard glossy surface. There are some striations through the fraction. A couple tiny rim marks. Great color and surfaces.

Medium olive brown to tan. A nice smooth surface. Some weakness central reverse typical of this variety. PCGS says cleaned. If so very lightly. Good e

Struck 20% off center. Medium chocolate brown color. Old pinscratch run down portrait to the rim. Only remnants of the tops of the date are visible, b

Deep chocolate with an overall smooth surface. There is an old scratch from Liberty’s shoulder to her neck. Another near t

Chocolate brown. The surfaces even with a smooth appearance though there is some granularity on Liberty’s neck. A tiny tic

Light brown and tan with smooth problem free surfaces. A nice example.

Fully lustrous light chocolate and olive. There is a minor scratch in the obverse field K-8 that extends to Liberty’s hair

Dark chocolate with a waxy surface. An old pinscratch in obverse field before Liberty’s neck.

Slightly sharper, lustrous chocolate. Tiny nick under star six. Old PCGS green.

Medium chocolate brown. Some old micro pitting on Liberty’s lower neck and into the field. Good eye appeal for this scarce

Medium to light brown. A trace of mint color reverse.

Frosty light brown, some darker tone reverse. A minute lamination on wreath under 2nd T of STATES.

Glossy chocolate with some minute scratches and a puff of orange color on the reverse. Some lustrous surface with great eye appeal.

Light chocolate with a hard glossy surface. A few handling marks. Scarce E-MDS.

Sharpness extra fine. Bluish steel color recovering from an old cleaning. Two obverse rim breaks. Smooth surfaces.

Sharp medium chocolate. Some caked verdigris at U of UNITED. EDS with sharp dentilation.

Slightly sharper with choice medium chocolate color. Virtually mark free, but with a spot of red oxidation at star 3.

Sharp with a hard smooth surface, but cleaned orange and steel.

Light chocolate steel with a hard glossy surface. A tiny tic at Liberty’s neck. Defect free. A difficult variety to find n

Tan and chocolate with lustrous surfaces. A short scratch on Liberty’s neck. A couple hairlines in obverse field K-4. Good

Perfect obverse. Dark brown with some scattered corrosion obverse and a thoroughly corroded reverse. With a notable dig central reverse. Rare perfect

Nice chocolate color. The surfaces smooth, but some old crud in devices. Full mouse break.

Choice medium chocolate color. Nice full mouse break.

Chocolate steel color. Smooth with some areas of micro-granularity. LDS.

Lustrous tan faded from mint color. A tiny spot near star 12, another under Liberty’s ear. Great eye appeal.

Chocolate steel. A short scrape in obverse field K-10. Hard smooth planchet.

Frosty medium chocolate brown. More sharply struck than most. Close to mint state with a small spot of oxidation right of star 4.

Lustrous chocolate brown. There are a few hairline scratches in the field by star 5. Great eye appeal overall. Popular 15 star variety. M-LDS.

Dark chocolate with some micro-porosity of the planchet. Good appearance over all with no detracting marks. Unusual early die state with a very faint

Olive brown surfaces with some areas of light porosity. Strong VF detail. E-MDS with more advanced crack through TATES. Decent eye appeal for this tou

Light brown with some uniform light roughness to the surface. There is an old scratch from the rim through star 2 to Libertyâ€

Choice lustrous light brown. Free of distractions. Somewhat scarce in nice condition.

Medium chocolate brown. Mid to late die state.

Choice medium chocolate brown. E-MDS.

Medium chocolate. Smooth save for a patch of oxidation near star 9. Early Die State.

Medium chocolate brown. Interesting transitional die state.

Close stars variety. Chocolate steel. Sharp, but a spot before Liberty’s chin and some erosion. NITE reverse.

Dark chocolate and steel. The surfaces appear glossy but are microscopically rough under a glass. Sharp appearance for this scarce variety

Choice glossy chocolate olive. Problem free. Struck very slightly out of alignment on the obverse.

Full cartwheel luster. Light chocolate with some tan and blue steel on the reverse. Sharply struck.

Sharp early die state recovering from an old cleaning.

Chocolate brown with a hard smooth surface. E-MDS. Hair buns fused, but prior to rim breaks.