Superior Santa Clara Elite Coin Auction

Sharp-edged devices and lettering throughout. Both sides display an exceptional frosty sheen and dazzling satiny brilliance, being predominately yello

An incredibly bright and highly lustrous gem, a benchmark for other examples that share this lofty MS66 grade. While the strike is bold and crisp, it

Fulsome mint frost and pulsating yellow-gold to orange-gold color throughout for a visual cornucopia. The devices were, like the 1925 before it in thi

An incredibly gorgeous and densely matte surface gem, this beauty is a benchmark for other Proof 1911 examples that share this lofty grade. While the

A satiny matte-like delight with strong underlying luster and faint coppery golden highlights. Nicely struck with no sign of weakness anywhere on eith

Heart-stopping quality. Each side has a beaming yellow-gold surface that is surrounded by a nice margin of semi-prooflike to satiny mix. Sharp strike.

A satiny gem with richly imbued luster that graces the frosty bright golden surfaces. Nicely struck for the date, indeed, about as fine as this date i

This $10 specimen displays light reddish gold surfaces, with expected abrasions and hairlines (though far fewer than usually encountered). Wear from

Delightful design with a petite head of Liberty facing left surrounded by small, irregular stars, with the whole ensemble set in a prooflike field. Fr

Rudimentary (but not unattractive) head of Liberty on this version in which the reverse wreath has the berries distributed 6 left and 7 right, with a

Variety with 12 stars around Liberty, struck from repolished dies with the fraction bar almost invisible from this repolishing. Scarce but not rare.

A handsome specimen, this type has a well-formed Liberty head. A large D stands for Deviercy, the manufacturer, and the variety is BG-421, identified

A stunningly beautiful design with a picture-perfect bust of Liberty--this time from slightly repolished dies to remove die crumbling seen on BG-428.

Though similar overall to BG-429, this obverse's stars are close under the bust point and at the coronet point. Nicely struck for the issue and ...

Another handsome example of the style showing a very small 1856 date, and HALF DOL spelled out along the left hand curve. Semi-prooflike field.

Here is a popular and well-executed A. L. Nouizillet variety (the minter’s small “N” mark can be found on the reverse at the bottom between two stars)

A very presentable example of this scarcer One Dollar denomination, the most difficult denomination to acquire in the extensive California Fractional

Scarce Nouzillet & Routhier issue from the 1854-56 emission, and struck from a repolished obverse leaving incomplete lips and other blank areas ...

On the reverse there are seven berries and no fraction bar separating the 1 and 4 of the denomination. This interesting variety is choice and brillian

One of the interesting groups of the Robert B. Gray types, this has a plain edge coronet on Liberty, round border beads and 15 stars. The minter’s in

Ex Jay Roe Collection, and a well struck example from this unknown manufacturer. The Indian's features are much clearer and firmly impressed tha...

Wholly prooflike and well-struck on the Indian’s portrait and headdress, this beauty's date is placed low, and the 7th star is small to fit into...

A handsome, well-formed coin by this unknown minter, the obverse has normal, large stars. Prooflike surfaces glitter on both sides--this is a top-not

The reverse “C” is like that in 799L with a berry at the tail of the R in DOLLAR. These attractive Indian heads were manufactured by an unknown minter

Stars arranged 8 + 5 on this prooflike variety, a strong resemblance to others of its Type and believed to have been struck by Brand, although no reco

This is the first issue by Frontier & Deviercy using dated reverses (1859-71). BG-801 incorporates a large, rudimentary head surrounded by 10 t...

The luster is truly superior for the issue, and nice bright fields peer through rich flaming-gold color. Though a common enough variety in lesser grad

Another of the prolific Robert B. Gray types (G below bust), this crude-head Liberty obverse is mated to a reverse that has a single bow in which the

Another of the carefully preserved Robert Gray types, this quarter dollar features clear repunching on the G beneath the bust. Liberty is high in the

From the repolished die by this Robert B. Gray issuer, this quarter dollar has extensive die breaks on the reverse, almost in a “spoke” pattern around

As is almost always the case with these delightful Indian round quarters, the fields are prooflike while the portrait stands in frosted relief, with o

Minimally frosted but definitely Uncirculated, the various devices show indifferent to weak strike as often found with this type (the high relief of t

Desirable squat Liberty head variety with no berries on the wreath. Frosty golden color.

This transition piece carries the G logo but was struck by the successor to Robert Gray, the California Jewelry Company. The head is rather crude and

This boldly detailed representative of the Indian head style is mostly bright gold in color with sleek, bright metallic frosted features. Could easily

Struck by an unknown manufacturer, this is part of an extensive series of Indian head pieces struck in the Second Period. On BG-1060, the date is low

Color is mostly bright yellow-gold in shade, but flickers of prooflike tinted iridescence can be found in the fields, offset by strikingly attractive

A lovely coin featuring bright surfaces, crisp detail and a clear date. In this variety there is a period after the date, a small star below DOLLAR, a