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.

Chocolate with some remaining luster. An area of oxidation between stars 9 & 10.

Sharply struck EDS with a clear overdate. Chocolate steel. A trifle bright. A nice example overall.

Tan and brown with a surface. Minor field marks. Good eye appeal.

Close stars type. Olive brown and tan. Essentially mark free scratches. Choice for the grade. As few as two mint state examples known for this variety

Medium chocolate. A little rubbed on the obverse. Close stars type.

Tan with a hard glossy surface. An area of red oxidation above ON of ONE on the reverse. Sharply struck.

Lustrous light chocolate. Sharply struck for this variety with most stars showing radials. Broken from a PCGS AU53 holder (with tag).

Medium to light brown steel. Some minor granularity distinct from the always present rusted reverse. A decent example of this scarce variety.

Chocolate with hard clean surfaces. A small spot by star one and some discoloration central reverse. EDS.

Lustrous medium chocolate choice surfaces. Sharply struck from an early state of these dies.

Chocolate with a hard glossy surface. A lighter spot in front of Liberty’s neck. A few minor handling marks. Great eye app

Lustrous chocolate with some underlying faded red. The reverse a faded golden tan possibly retoned. A well struck E-MDS with sharp overdate.

Chocolate steel color. A short scratch from Liberty’s nose up into the field K10. Nice smooth surfaces. Sharp overdate.

Sharp dark chocolate with an evenly granular surface.

Nice chocolate color. The surfaces hard and glossy. Some smoothing of the field around ON of ONE on the reverse. Quite scarce in better grades.

Nice light brown with smooth surfaces. Some minute scratches over right side of T in CENT. Less than a dozen known in EF or better.

Choice light olive chocolate and tan with a subtle wood grain affect. Problem free.

Somewhat softly struck on the obverse as is typical of this variety. Dark chocolate and steel with a minutely granular surface.

Sharply struck from early dies. Medium brown color. Some smoothing of the surface visible under magnification.

Light mahogany color. Hard smooth surfaces. A few tics above N of ONE. Nice for grade.

Chocolate and tan. Small scrape in field under stars 9 & 10.

Chocolate and tan with some pitting in the fields and on Liberty’s hairbun.

Medium chocolate. Nicely retoned.

Sharply struck on a hard brown planchet. Three tiny digs near star 3 and other scattered marks reduce the grade.

Medium chocolate with a splash of tan on the reverse.

Sharper steel brown. Surfaces a little bright. Some field nicks. Good well centered strike.

Well struck chocolate steel. Some minor field marks consistent with the grade. A hard glossy planchet.

Lustrous light chocolate with traces of mint color. A few tiny tics on Liberty’s neck. A couple hairlines near star 6.

Choice chocolate brown. A couple microscopic hairlines on Liberty’s neck. Well struck.

Sharper chocolate. Some field marks and a small nick on Liberty’s cheek.

Medium brown. Hard smooth surfaces.

Choice medium chocolate. There is a small nick on the edge at K8. Hardly visible when faced up. A nice example.

Sharpness VF. Some corrosion removed from the obverse field leaving a few tiny pits. Recolored a medium chocolate color. Sharp for this variety and ni

Sharp chocolate steel. A little bright from a light polishing. Looks better. Removed from a PCGS VF35 holder with tag.

Nice medium brown color. Hard glossy fields. Marks consistent with the grade. Surprisingly difficult to find nice.

A couple points sharper. Nice brown color. Small pit under O of ONE.

Strong VG Detail with all the diagnostics of this rare variety. Sharp. Dark evenly corroded surfaces with a long scratch in the obverse field and anot

Glossy medium brown with a trace of mint red. Mark free M-LDS but not the latest. The crack from TE in STATES to the wreath has not yet formed.

Light chocolate with reflective fields. Mark free surfaces. LDS with the crack from rim between TE to wreath fully developed.

Chocolate with a smooth planchet. One mark in obverse field before Liberty’s neck.

Chocolate and tan with evenly granular surface. MDS with two small obverse rim breaks. Looks good in hand. Ideal album coin.

Chocolate and tan. Some surface roughness. Solid VG+ detail. Sharp overdate.

Steel brown. A couple old scratches blend into Liberty’s neck. Sharp overdate. Removed from an NGC VF20 holder with tag.

Attractive medium brown with hard smooth surfaces. Early die state with a sharp strike.

Nice dark chocolate steel color. A few scattered hairlines and some minute surface granularity.

Steel color with a minutely matte surface. Scarce later die state with an intermediate stage of the rim break above stars 8-9.

Brassy tan and brown. A small dig near star 10. Sharp detail.

Sharper light brown from an old cleaning. Sharp early die state.

Glossy brown with a hard glossy surface. A short scratch in field above star 13, a dent on T of CENT. M-LDS with dentil fusing obverse.

Chocolate with some speckling of tan. Lustrous surfaces. No detracting marks. Near choice.