Superior Santa Clara Elite Coin Auction

This example has shimmering full-blown surfaces and exquisite rainbow toning effects on the obverse (white reverse). A beautiful specimen!

Here we see some lovely shades in a gradient from silvery blue through gold and sunset reds, and then into a purple and steel iridescence. It is hard

A desirable overdate, curiously 1887/6 can also be found in the New Orleans issue this year. A few scattered bagmarks and scrapes on the face limited

Solid heavy white frost with a bit of gold toning in the extremities. Well struck and lustrous with pristine surfaces.

A lovely, frosty Gem, there are no mentionable bagmarks on either side save for a brief graze in the luster above the eyebrow. Fantastic rainbow tonin

The reverse displays warm golds to purple, transitioning to steel with blue iridescence.

A nice blizzard-white tint radiates from this lustrous piece. A few scattered bagmarks, but generally above average in all detail.

Lustrous, satiny surfaces display vibrant white iridescence, with the overall appearance greatly bolstered by cartwheel luster typical of New Orleans

Here again we see what time and nature can accomplish when given a base of glowing 90% silver and 10% copper combined with atmospheric complexities.

A silvery bright specimen glowing with original mint bloom as fresh and careening as though the coin were taken from an original, almost bagmark-free

While roughly half of the survivors of this key date show prooflike tendencies in the fields, this lovely MS64 shines with a creamy white glow with ne

Moderate contrast is achieved between the devices, which are smooth and frosted. The fields, with prooflike reflection, may reflect the fact that thi

Both sides are a pleasing, natural gray with ample evidence of underlying luster and few appreciable surface marks. Among the more popular issues in A

Small rim bump.

A sparkling coin bursting with luster, untoned and white in appearance. The surfaces are clear of marks and ever so choice for this often difficult O-

Sparkling silver gray with a burst of faint mirror reflection in the fields. An unsung lower mintage date, especially when found in prooflike conditio

The wintry blast of white luster is utterly pleasing on the portrait of Liberty; coming as it does with surrounding “watery” reflection from the deep

A sparkling coin billowing with luster on the devices. With mirror reflectivity in the fields, this specimen is untoned and white in appearance. The

Toned.

Crisp freezing white, with undisturbed mint luster that is untoned and bright. A solidly graded, quality Gem coin at this level that displays impressi