Superior Galleries Santa Clara Elite Auction

A gleaming gem of the highest quality for this popularly collected Type 1 design. Full cartwheel luster blends smoothly with pale golden highlights on

The satiny golden color is especially vibrant on both sides. A blunt impression is often left by the recoil of the dies that struck business strike bu

Collectors of this series well know that the 1918/7-D is the most eagerly sought variety in the buffalo nickel herd of dates. Research has come to the

Natural original nickel-gray patina. It is the often-seen striking defects, rather than innate rarity, that explains the elusiveness of the 1920-D in

Key date in the series: only 970,000 minted and in increasing demand from new collectors entering the market. A lustrous coin with generally ample det

Sparkling nickel-fresh iridescence imbues this satiny beauty with a life of its own. Add a high degree of luster and the appeal is virtually irresisti

Includes original ANACS photo certification.

Desirable strike with full steps visible on Monticello. A rarity in this grade despite the large mintage.

Silver-white to light gray toned satin frost is boldly hypnotic on this fresh-appearing early bust half dime. Substantial detail to the highpoints of

Sharply struck throughout with excellent blue-toned yet still silvery effervescent luster. A successful strike was left by the rebound of the dies tha

A frosty gem with eruptions of deep gray-brown toning on both sides. Nearly fully struck, however just a hint of limitation in the detail at the eagle

A simply stunning example of the 1837 No Stars Type, the strike is noteworthy for this often poorly preserved type. The focal features are all sharply

The Philadelphia Mint in 1838 added stars to Gobrecht's "starless" motif of 1837 and continuing through November 1840, created the fam...

Deeply toned, yet basically full gem quality in appearance. The few wispy abrasions visible under magnification do not detract from the overall pleasi

This issue's original mintage of 815,000 pieces may be respectable by the standards of the early Seated Half Dime series, but it is still limite...

Lustrous and very attractively toned. Much scarcer by far than the 1841 Philadelphia Mint this year.

Highly lustrous and at first blush this could easily be construed as a full Mint State coin. The 1852-O, as with other New Orleans mint half dimes, is

Another in a very early PCGS holder, pre-1989 (the dot-matrix printed tear-apart label is a dead giveaway). Handsome and original, with light golden b

This boldly struck Gem Proof example is one of a three-year-only type. Both sides display razor-sharpness show from well made dies. Liberty's fe...

This example has shimmering milky surfaces and gorgeous russet brown to blue toning, mainly at the rims. One would be hard put to find a more truly be