(FUN) Signature Sale - Session 6

1866 $3 MS62 PCGS.<p>With a low mintage of only 4,030 coins, it is little surprise that the 1866 $3 becomes a rare and very difficult variety ...

1868 $3--Cleaned--ANACS.<p>AU Details, Net XF40. Both sides are toned in rich reddish-gold shades that highlight the ample remaining definitio...

1868 $3 MS61 NGC.<p>Light, milky patina over both sides, with faint scuffiness in the more exposed areas of the otherwise reflective fields. A...

1869 $3 AU53 NGC.<p>This lot represents an important opportunity to acquire an About Uncirculated survivor of this low mintage (2,500 business...

1870 $3 AU55 NGC.<p>The Philadelphia Mint produced just 3,500 business strike and 35 proof Three Dollar gold pieces in 1870. This Choice AU su...

1871 $3--Ex: Jewelry, Cleaned--ANACS.<p>AU Details, Net VF20. A former jewelry piece, both sides have been polished with a bright, honey-gold ...

1874 $3 AU53 ANACS.<p>Still quite lustrous, with mushiness beyond wear on the tips of the headdress and at the base of the wreath. Important ...

1874 $3 MS61 NGC.<p>This is a well struck and attractive example of this popular date, with good luster for the grade and only modestly abrade...

1874 $3 MS62 PCGS.<p>Among the more common issues in this series, the present example would fit comfortably into a Mint State type set. This r...

1878 $3 AU58 NGC.<p>Mild golden luster can still be seen in the fields on this coin despite its use in circulation. The highpoints of the elem...

1878 $3 MS63 PCGS.<p>Lightly abraded, the surfaces are heavily frosted and each side shows a light accent of reddish patina. Important notice...

1880 $3--Reverse Repaired--ANACS.<p>AU Details, Net VF20. Both sides are bright with ample remaining evidence of a prooflike finish. Sharply s...

1883 $3--Ex: Jewelry, Cleaned--ANACS.<p>AU Details, Net VF20. The glossy textured surfaces are curiously bright with olive-gold color and hazy...

1888 $3--Ex-Jewelry, Cleaned--ANACS.<p>Unc Details, Net XF40. Both the luster and color appear to be a trifle "off" as a result of t...

1888 $3 MS64 PCGS.<p>With an extant population of perhaps 500 coins, the 1888 is one of the more easily obtainable Three Dollar gold pieces de...

1889 $3--Ex: Jewelry, Cleaned--ANACS.<p>AU Details, Net VF20. Green-gold in color, the reverse contrasts with the golden-rose obverse. The obv...

1887 $3 PR65 PCGS.<p>An instantly appealing proof Three Dollar the fields have an unfathomable depth of mirrored reflectivity and provide a &q...

1887 $3 PR65 Cameo NGC.<p>A lovely golden-orange example with medium cameo contrast. The strike is razor sharp, and only after close inspectio...

1887 $3 PR66 Cameo PCGS.<p>Formerly offered as lot 6640 in our 1999 ANA National Money Sale, where it was described as, "Only 160 proofs ...

1795 $5 Small Eagle AU55 NGC.<p>B. 8-I, Miller-12, R.7. This variety was once designated R.8, but a few more example have surfaced since Breen...

1802/1 $5 MS61 NGC.<p>B. 2-I, Miller-54, R.4. This is an exceptionally well struck coin with boldly separated hair strands on the obverse port...

1803/2 $5 VF35 PCGS.<p>B. 1-D, Miller-57, R.2. This is a pleasing coin for the grade that would fit nicely into a mid-grade type set. Neither ...

1803/2 $5 AU55 NGC.<p>B. 2-C, Miller-58, R.7. A much scarcer die variety with a wholly different underdigit beneath the 3 in the date than the...

1803/2 $5 AU55 ANACS.<p>B. 2-C, Miller-58, R.7. Much prooflike luster is extant. A sharply struck coin with more detail present than is often ...

1803/2 $5 AU58 NGC.<p>B. 1-D, Miller-57, R.2. The 1803/2 is similar in rarity to the 1806 Round Top 6, and both issues are highly favored amon...

1804 $5 Small 8 MS64 PCGS.<p>B. 2-C, Miller-63, R.7. This beautiful early Half Eagle is from the rare Small Date, Large Berries variety. A hai...

1805 $5 AU58 PCGS.<p>Unlisted in Breen, Miller-74, R.7. A rare variety that features a close date and an arrowhead on the reverse that nearly ...

1805 $5 MS64 PCGS.<p>Unlisted in Breen, Miller-74, R.7. This scarce variety is distinguished by the presence of die rust (as struck) throughou...

1806 $5 Round Top 6, 7x6 Stars--Cleaned--ANACS.<p>AU Details, Net XF40. B. 5-E, Miller-84, R.2. Well struck with a few tiny abrasions and heav...

1807 $5 Bust Right MS60 ANACS.<p>B. 1-B, Miller-86, High R.5. As an issue, the 1807 is one of the more easily obtainable Capped Bust Right Hal...

1807 $5 Bust Left MS62 PCGS.<p>B. 5-D, Miller-101, R.3. This year witnessed the eclipse of Robert Scot's Capped Bust Right Half Eagle by J...

1808 $5--Cleaned--ANACS.<p>AU Details, Net XF40. B. 4-B, Miller-107, R.3. This variety is often found die clashed and in higher grades, but t...

1810 $5 Large Date, Large 5 AU58 PCGS.<p>B. 1-A, Miller-109, R.2. This pleasing, lightly circulated Capped Bust Half Eagle has much remaining,...

1811 $5 Tall 5--Scratched--ANACS.<p>AU Details, Net XF40. B. 1-A, Miller-115, R.4. Both sides retain ample mint frost with green-gold color. S...

1813 $5--Ex.<p>Jewelry, Tooled--ANACS. AU Details, Net VF30. The first and most available date of this scarce type, this is a bright and attra...

1823 $5 MS62 NGC.<p>B. 1-A, Miller-146, the only known dies, High R.5. The Capped Head Right Half Eagles of 1813-1829 are the most challenging...

1834 $5 Plain 4--Rim Filed, Tooled--ANACS, XF Details, Net VF20, both sides exhibit olive-gold color with scattered abrasions and smoothed over fields

1834 $5 Plain 4--Cleaned--ANACS.<p>AU Details, Net XF40. This well detailed example exhibits not unattractive green-gold color. Lightly abrade...

1834 $5 Plain 4--Rim Filed--ANACS.<p>AU Details, Net XF45. Both sides are mostly lustrous with a bright, satiny finish. The overall definition...

1834 $5 Plain 4 AU58 PCGS.<p>Bright, semi-reflective surfaces exhibit relatively sharp definition in the centers. Some crimson-red color is sc...

1834 $5 Plain 4 MS61 NGC.<p>The first year of the Classic Head design, the 1834 Plain 4 is a popular issue among Mint State type collectors. A...

1834 $5 Plain 4 MS63 PCGS.<p>The Mint Act of June 28, 1834 reduced the weight of all gold coins, thereby making them worth more in face value ...

1838-D $5 MS61 NGC.<p>Although less rare than its mintage of 20,583 pieces might suggest, this issue is the first D-mint half eagle and, as su...

1840 $5 Narrow Mill AU58 PCGS.<p>This early Liberty Half Eagle has plenty of luster and sharp detail, with light rub in the fields accounting ...

1840 $5 Narrow Mill MS61 NGC.<p>Well struck for this early date, with the stars fully detailed and slight weakness of strike only on the arrow...

1842-D $5 Large Date XF40 NGC.<p>The 1842-D Large Date was considered by Akers to be the rarest Dahlonega Half Eagle and he stated some twenty...

1842-D $5 Large Date AU53 ICG.<p>A second and even finer representative of this elusive issue, this is a sharply defined piece that shows espe...

1843 $5 AU53 PCGS.<p>Exceptionally sharp with crisp detail overall and an abundant amount of luster remaining. Important notice: We expect to...

1844-O $5 XF45 ANACS, a nice coin with good luster and detail for the grade, the reverse has a die crack (as struck) from the rim to the eagle's...

1846 $5 Small Date MS60 NGC.<p>Writing in 1988, Breen notes that the Small Date variety of this issue is "prohibitively rare above VF.&qu...

1846-D/D $5 XF45 ANACS.<p>A pleasing example of this popular variety with a repunched mintmark that is easily visible to the naked eye. This l...

1846-O $5 AU58 NGC.<p>Despite a higher original mintage, the 1846-O (58,000 pieces produced) is scarcer than the 1845-O (41,000 pieces produce...

1847 $5 AU58 NGC.<p>The central regions exhibit some typical softness of strike, but the luster is essentially complete. Important notice: We...

1850-C $5 XF45 ICG.<p>Hints of rose color enliven the upper obverse of this example, from a low mintage Charlotte Mint variety. It has a typic...

1851 $5 AU58 NGC.<p>Boldly impressed with almost complete original mint luster. Important notice: We expect to be auctioning lots at the rate...

1851-C $5 VG10 ANACS.<p>A well worn survivor of this popular Charlotte Mint variety, but with some feather detail still remaining. Despite the...

1851-D $5 AU58 NGC.<p>This is a legitimately rare coin. Only 62,710 1851-D half eagles were produced, and the average grade among survivors is...

1852 $5 MS60 NGC.<p>Among the more common Half Eagles from the 1850s, this suitable Mint State representative is toned in golden-rose and oran...

1852-D $5--Cleaned--ANACS.<p>AU Details, Net XF40. Along with the 1853-D and 1854-D, the 1852-D is among the more common D-mint Half Eagles wi...

1853-D $5 XF45 ANACS.<p>One of the more available D-mint fives, this example shows typical even wear for the grade. An ideal type coin. Impor...

1854-C $5 AU50 Cheek Tooled, Cleaned, Uncertified.<p>This coin exhibits light wear on the highpoints, with a pale green-gold tint. Unlike a nu...

1854-D $5 Weak D XF40 Cleaned, Uncertified.<p>One of the more commonly encountered Dahlonega half eagles, this '54-D shows surprising shar...

1854-O $5 AU58 NGC.<p>The '54-O is a scarcer and often overlooked New Orleans Half Eagle. It is conditionally challenging above XF with hi...

1855-C $5 AU55 ICG.<p>This C-mint Half Eagle owes its rarity to a limited original mintage of 39,789 pieces and heavy circulation throughout t...

1855-D $5 AU53 ICG.<p>Reddish-gold patina is draped over both sides of this not excessively abraded D-mint Half Eagle. Of course, there are sc...

1855-D $5 AU55 ICG.<p>A second About Uncirculated example of this difficult Southern issue of just 22,432 pieces. Both sides of the still lust...

1856 $5 AU53 PCGS.<p>Ex: S.S. Central America. An important opportunity for the collector of more modest means to acquire a selection from the...

1856 $5 MS60 Cheek Tooled, Uncertified.<p>Not often found in Mint State, this piece is well struck on the obverse with some softness on the re...

1856-C $5 VF30 PCGS.<p>Surprisingly sharp and free of mentionable abrasions for the grade, with muted mint luster in the legends on both sides...

1856-C $5 AU55 ICG.<p>A date most difficult to find in such high grade, to a degree not always appreciated by collectors (surprisingly in such...

1856-O $5 AU55 PCGS.<p>A scarce, low mintage Half Eagle whose mintage of only 10,000 pieces is second lowest of all New Orleans fives. This is...

1857-D $5--Cleaned--ANACS.<p>AU Details, Net XF40. The surfaces are slightly dull resulting from the obvious cleaning. Still, a pronounced gre...

1857-D $5 MS62 NGC.<p>This desirable coin is well struck for the variety, with excellent peripheral details and only modest weakness in the fo...

1858-D $5 AU55 PCGS.<p>An elusive, late-date Dahlonega Five Dollar that is normally seen with weak central details and mushy rims. This lustro...

1860-C $5 VF30 Uncertified.<p>This coin displays the usual striking characteristics for this date which are on the weak side, particularly on ...

1860-C $5 AU50 PCGS.<p>The 1860-C boasts the lowest mintage of any C-mint Half Eagle produced after 1846 with the notable exception of the fin...

1860-D $5 VF30 Cleaned Uncertified.<p>Well struck for the issue, a quality that is less rare on the 1860-D than on the D-mints that immediatel...

1861 $5 MS64 PCGS.<p>No Motto Half Eagles are very elusive at the near-Gem level, but here is a lovely example that is fully deserving of such...

1861-C $5 AU50 PCGS.<p>This is a popular, rare, and important issue with a limited original mintage of 6,879 pieces. It is believed that 887 c...

1862 $5 AU55 NGC.<p>The '62-P is an elusive issue as one might expect from its small mintage of only 4,430 pieces. Just a few dozen surviv...

1866-S $5 Motto AU50 PCGS.<p>Struck in the transitional year between No Motto and With Motto coinage and a conditionally rare issue in XF and ...

1867-S $5 AU50 NGC.<p>The 1867-S ranks in the top 10% of the Liberty Half Eagle series in terms of overall rarity. Only 29,000 pieces were pr...

1869-S $5 VF20 ANACS.<p>A well circulated representative of this scarcer S-mint issue. Important notice: We expect to be auctioning lots at t...

1870-S $5 XF45 ANACS.<p>Similar in rarity to the 1873-S, the 1870-S is more difficult to locate in all grades than the 1868-S, 1869-S, 1871-S,...

1871-CC $5 Fine 15 ANACS.<p>Considered scarce in all grades with a mintage of only 22,770 pieces, this example exhibits typical wear for the g...

1872-S $5--Cleaned--ANACS.<p>XF Details, Net VF20. A conditionally scarce San Francisco five that displays remarkable sharpness for the issue,...

1877-S $5 AU50 PCGS.<p>A very scarce With Motto half eagle that is seldom seen in any grade but is especially elusive better than XF. This is ...

1879-S $5 AU58 NGC.<p>Lustrous and bright with a few light abrasions. This slightly scarcer date is a oh-so-close to Mint State. Important no...

1881 $5 MS60 Uncertified, the orange-gold color deepens toward the borders of this originally preserved and frosty textured example; 1906-D AU50 Uncer

1881 $5 MS62 NGC.<p>This is a well frosted coin for the grade with original orange-gold color that deepens around the peripheries. Sharply str...

1881 $5 MS63 NGC.<p>Both sides are richly frosted with deeply set, orange-gold color that deepens slightly toward the rims. Lightly abraded on...

1881-CC $5--Cleaned--ANACS, XF Details, Net VF20, a typical strike and with suspicious iridescent colors, but much luster remains and the surfaces are

1882 $5 XF40 ANACS, lightly abraded; 1892 MS60 ANACS, satiny and well struck; and an 1899 AU58 ANACS, sharply defined.<p>From the David Bruce ...

1882-CC $5 XF45 ANACS.<p>One of the most common CC Half Eagles struck prior to 1891, this example displays an especially clean appearance for ...

1884 $5 MS63 PCGS.<p>Sharply defined and fully lustrous, an ideal type coin. Important notice: We expect to be auctioning lots at the rate of...

1891-CC $5 MS62 NGC.<p>This is a colorful coin with alternating orange-gold and olive-gold shadings. Fully struck, the surfaces display no mor...

1891-CC $5 MS63 ICG.<p>Bright yellow-golden color and typical marks for the grade. An affordable Mint State example of this available CC Half ...

1891-CC $5 MS65 NGC.<p>Mint State examples of this heavily produced (at least by Carson City standards) issue of 208,000 pieces are normally s...

1893 $5 Half Eagle MS62 Uncertified; 1892 Eagle MS62 Uncertified; and a 1900 Double Eagle MS61 Uncertified.<p>This lot offers three well frost...

1893-S $5 MS63 ICG.<p>A coin with flashy luster, a nearly full strike, and minor abrasions that are consistent with the Choice designation. I...