Superior Galleries Santa Clara Elite Auction

Desirable Type 2 issue and one that also happens to have the lowest mintage in the 1854-58 design: 139,000. This is an especially frosty coin whose ch

Dappled silvery gray and blue, the toning rests upon gemmy original surfaces unmarred by meaningful marks or hairlines. A strong strike as well, makin

Second to final year of this diminutive Type and a low mintage issue that should have bidders sitting in their seats at attention. Production for 1872

A choice, well toned example. The mintage of three-cent silvers started off in the 1850s with reasonably large numbers, but then declined steadily int

Typically frosty for the issue, the ice-white surfaces are nearly pristine with few singularly distracting bagmarks and would be considered "br...

Pleasant silver-gray satin surfaces display lots of luster. Since our observation is that this 1872 issue is rarely fully struck, then this sharp coin

The year 1879 inaugurates a long and uninterrupted span extending to the end of the series in 1889 in which Proof three-cent nickels are all readily c

Fully original and brilliant throughout with no distracting abrasions present, in brief, a jewel. Probably a good many are not as carefully struck as

Fully original, the surfaces display few noticeable abrasions and just simply gorgeous original nickel-gray patina. Struck with scientific exactness t

A lustrous example that has dazzling golden orange toned and thoroughly original brilliance. The devices were struck smack on the dot at the required