Early Cents Auctions - The Colorado Collection

Glossy olive steel. A small dent under the O of ONE. Scarcer mid-late die state with the rim break over TES, but the top of the S not yet filled in.

Lustrous chocolate brown. One tiny nick up under star 7. Late die state with full rim break over TES.

Very scarce 3 point Pyramid die break. Sharp enough detail, but cleaned bright red with a full complement of marks including a scrape at E of CENT, bu

Medium steel brown. Smooth surfaces. Choice for grade. Scarce die state.

Light brown. A small spot at star 6. First stage rim break at star 13.

Near XF sharpness. Chocolate brown with a sharp strike including all stars. Too many tiny surface marks for the grade. The planchet is hard and glossy

Light brown with some trace of mint frost. Sharp double profile on lips and chin. Well struck.

XF40 Net 35.

Medium brown with some woodgrained tan. Hard smooth surfaces.

Medium tan color. A small bit of crud on reverse devices.

Choice brown with a crescent of tan on the obverse. A frosty golden tan reverse. Great eye appeal.

Medium chocolate steel. Hard smooth surfaces. Sharply struck MDS.

Medium chocolate. Nice smooth surfaces. Free of detracting marks. Comes with Grellman grading card F15+.

Pretty golden tan color, a little bright. Sharp strike. Later die state with strong cracks.

AU50 with lustrous faded gold and steel color. Frosty surfaces. A couple tiny tics on Liberty’s neck. A nice cent.

Medium brown with glossy surfaces. A tiny toning spot before Liberty’s chin.

Reddish brown and chocolate. Some discoloration at LIBE of LIBERTY.

Deep tan and brown with frosty surfaces; may be a bit bright from a light cleaning. Sharply struck. Good eye appeal.

Five points sharper. Lustrous light chocolate. A couple tiny nicks near star 7. Early die state prior to the die rust at UNITED.

MEDIUM LETTERS REVERSE. Date, stars, and legends all clear. Cleaned and retoned. Not well. A clear reddish steel and dark brown. Double profile from f

Chocolate brown. A couple tics at Liberty’s chin. Some rub in the fields. Not sure you could call cleaning. A hard chocola

Medium tan and brown possibly retoned, nicely if so. A couple tiny tics in the obverse field. A short scratch from the ribbon end to the rim.

Strong VG detail. A basically hard, smooth surface, but with a myriad of minute field marks. Nice chocolate brown color.

Chocolate steel color; a bit darker than usual for this variety. There is some kind of repair at the rim K-12 done with remarkable skill, but a signif

Sharper light brown with a hard glossy surface. Some old pinscratches near star 7. EDS prior to the obverse die break. Removed from a PCGS VF30 holder

Dark chocolate with some darker patina. Tiny rim tick reverse K4. Late die state with crack from rim below 1 to Liberty’s

Close to F12+. A hard chocolate surface with many tiny marks perhaps unstruck defects in the planchet. Very early die state with no crack at AMERICA.

Brown and tan. Nicely retoned. A nick at obverse rim K3. Presents better to the naked eye.

A little sharper. A scrape from rim to coronet K11. Smooth surface. Dramatic terminal rim cud K6 to U of UNITED.

Medium tan to brown. Hard glossy surfaces. Nice for this tough variety.

Chocolate and tan with some woodgrain on the obverse.

Frosty light brown with some woodgrain on the reverse. Sharp double profile from chin to forehead.

Chocolate with frosty flowline luster. Some nicks trail from the field in front of Liberty’s chin to star 4. Doubling on L

Medium brown. Hard surfaces. Smooth though peppered with micro marks. Pretty unusual straight graded holder for this variety.

Dark steel with a granular surface. A small nick K-6 obverse. The clear diagnostics for this scarce variety is a plus.

Medium brown with some reddish tan. Some minor dirt in field near star 1. Good eye appeal.

Fully lustrous woodgrained tan and brown. A couple tics in the obverse field K-8. Nice for the grade.

Medium chocolate steel. Hard glossy planchet. Choice for grade.

Medium tan. Some reddish oxidation below star 3. Sharp strike.

Nice tan color. Sharper with an area of oxidation at star 10.

Tan with glossy surfaces. Some nicks hidden in Liberty’s hair K12.

Frosty reddish brown with some carbon mixed with faded color in the fields. Luster sure would improve with a brushing.

Sharper with some micro pitting in fields. Dark chocolate steel color. Interesting intermediate state of obverse crack from rim above star 4 to rim at

Light chocolate and tan. Lustrous surfaces. Intermediate die state. Slightly earlier than above.

Chocolate steel. Fully lustrous.

Olive tan and gold with traces of mint red. There is a tiny nick above Liberty’s eye. Hard to find fault with this pretty

Glossy medium tan. A spot of red oxidation below star 7.

Glossy golden olive tan. Virtually mark free. A microscopic scratch in field left of star 11. Great example for date or type.

Medium reddish tan. A nice hard smooth surface. Removed from a PCGS XF45 holder.

Hard chocolate steel planchet. Defect free.