Early Cents Auctions - The Colorado Collection

Dark chocolate brown. Some granularity under a glossy waxy surface PCGS chose to call environmental damage. There is a nick on the reverse near rim K-

Steel and tan possibly retoned. Micro pitting in the fields. Sharp early state. Looks better.

Frosty chocolate and reddish steel. Sharply struck E-MDS. Just a trace of rub from mint state.

Light chocolate. A tiny tic above and left of Liberty’s ear. Another on the right base of the six. Excellent eye appeal.

Medium brown. Choice for the grade.

Nice mottled woodgrain of tan and brown. Virtually mark free.

Attractive light brown. There are some handling marks and a patch of light pinscratches above ONE on the reverse. Sharp early state with radials in mo

Choice olive brown with a hard smooth surface. Early die state. Removed from ann ANACS EF40 holder.

Medium chocolate. Probably retoned. Some minor nicks on obverse. Nice tan reverse. Scarce variety.

Lustrous tan with outstanding eye appeal. A cluster of pin scratches nestled under the line below CENT blend in somewhat. The overall appearance is ex

Well struck chocolate with some tan luster on the reverse. Great eye appeal.

Medium chocolate walnut color. EAC grade very close to slab grade. Good eye appeal.

Glossy deep chocolate. An old worn down scratch above Libety’s hairline the only mark worth noting. Sharply struck.

A trifle sharper. Smooth medium brown. Small bump at K11 obverse. Comes with a Grellman grading card G4.

Chocolate and steel. Hard smooth surfaces. A couple tiny nicks on Liberty’s neck probably forgivable in this grade.

Brown with a hard smooth surface. Some minute marks.

Sharp detail, but cleaned a brassy tan color. Diagnostics sharp.

Chocolate and tan with a finely granular surface. The cameo appearance balances off some of the granularity.

Medium brown, slightly sharper. A small rim tic over second T of STATES.

Very sharp with an even well centered strike. Nice brown color. Not entirely glossy, but smooth attractive surfaces.

Steel a brown with some faded mint color. There is the normal field rust, but also a few too many tiny nicks for the grade. A spot of oxidation at the

Brown with a few rim marks.

Glossy light olive and chocolate. Nicely recovered form an old cleaning. A spot of darker crud at second A of AMERICA.

A couple points sharper. Dark chocolate and steel in a cameo effect.

Light brown with a hard smooth surface. No defects worth mentioning. Tough to find nice.

Chocolate and mottled tan. There are some nicks hidden in Liberty’s hair. Still a bit scarcer as a variety.

Olive and tan with a hard glossy surfaces. Choice for the grade.

Light tan. Probably retoned, but attractive.

Choice light brown. A few field marks, but really excellent eye appeal for a circulated example of this variety. Scarce and popular wheelspoke variety

Chocolate steel. Possibly retoned. Well done if so. Early die state.

Nice light brown with smooth glossy surfaces. Choice for grade. Removed from a PCGS holder VF20.

Medium brown with an above average strike for this variety.

Olive and tan with a hard glossy surface. Choice for the grade.

Slightly sharper with choice medium brown color. A tiny rim tic K5 obverse. Some heavy clashmarks inside the upper wreath. Nice smooth surfaces.

Golden olive and steel with fully lustrous surfaces. Some darker toning near star 12. Fine double profile on nose and chin.

Medium or small letters reverse. Medium to light reddish brown. Somewhat flatly struck as usual. Little in real wear. A popular Redbook variety.

Medium tan. Somewhat glossy over rough surfaces. The date, stars, and all legends are readable. Not a beautiful cent, but possibly a good compromise b

Chocolate with a hard smooth surface. There are some old pinscratches in the field before Liberty’s portrait. A small bump

Hard to grade as the brown fields with tan devices present a much greater appeal to the naked eye than the technical grade. The surfaces are rough and

Five points sharper with medium brown color. Some dull crud in fields. Well struck for the variety. Good eye appeal. Reverse rotated 100 degrees CW.

Choice tan with hard smooth surfaces.

A very nice glossy tan coin. Some evidence of an old cleaning. A few scattered carbon spots in the field. There is a tiny scratch under Liberty

Chocolate with a hard smooth surfaces. A few nicks in obverse field from Liberty’s chin to third star. Good eye appeal.

Lustrous golden tan; a bit bright from an old cleaning. There is a group of old scratches in front of Liberty’s forehead a

Choice lustrous light brown. A couple nicks in field under E of CENT. Else, virtually flawless. Lots of mint frost. Sharp. Early die state.

Chocolate and tan. Early die state with light crack TED ST.

Light chocolate with smooth surfaces. Scarce mid-late die state with strong retained cud die break TED S.

Dark brown with porous surfaces, but very scarce late die state with full cud over TED S.

Medium chocolate brown. Rim break K2 obverse.

Golden tan with lustrous surfaces. An almost invisible scratch under star 5. Obverse defect free. Struck from earlier dies with a faint crack through

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.