2020 EAC Sale

No Stems. Glossy dark olive brown. A few minor marks - nick under L, scratch left of CENT, and a handful of light rim bumps. Nothing too troubling, ov

Small Date & Fraction. Sharp AU50 detail and nicely struck. Scattered little pit marks on the obverse and a couple on the reverse. No marks of n...

Small Date & Fraction. Good quality medium brown surfaces. Close to VF and only has some minor nicks and scratches. Nice eye appeal for the vari...

Small Date & Fraction. Nice light brown surfaces, very pleasing for the grade. EDS and has a couple strike through impressions on the reverse th...

Small Date & Fraction. An impressive, well struck counterstamp featuring an eagle and U.S. in oval below. Smooth attractive host coin.

Small Date & Fraction. Glossy steel brown and dark chocolate with delicate mint frost in the fields. A few tiny nicks here and there, and some l...

Small Date & Fraction. Nice medium brown color and quality surfaces for the grade. Just a few minor nicks and some brick red patina in front of ...

Small Date, Large Fraction. Lightly cleaned tan and light olive surfaces. Few little scratches in the hair. Decent looking for the grade. Late die sta

Small Date, Large Fraction. Smooth medium brown, just about choice for the grade. Crack above STATE. Uncommon quality and eye appeal for this variety.

Small Date & Fraction. VF detail but granular, rougher on the obverse than the reverse. Obverse a splotchy reddish chocolate and dark olive, the...

Large Date & Fraction. VG10 detail but dark surfaces that are granular in the fields but smoother on the devices. Clear date and fraction. Respe...

Small Date & Fraction. Cleaned to an artificial orange with darker toning in the recesses, otherwise smooth and decent for the grade. The attrib...

Sharpness of F15 but the surfaces are a little porous and have been carefully burnished. Recolored dark olive with light brown devices. A bit weakly s

Nice color on this late die state 1804. G6 detail but very slightly rough and there are tiny nicks around the rims in addition to a punch mark above t

Very nice medium brown surfaces with no roughness or serious marks, but close inspection reveals some of the hair and drapery detail was carefully re-

Lightly porous steel surfaces. A few little nicks, nothing severe in that department. VG10 detail.

Glossy dark brown surfaces. A sharp 30 coin from arm’s length but a glass reveals the obverse was carefully smoothed. Few nicks and scratches

Comet. Sharpness F15 but burnished to minimize roughness, more so on the obverse than the reverse, leaving the former glossy and the latter more granu

Comet. An interesting piece with an end-of-strip planchet clip on the right, undoubtedly mint-made and shows the original metal texture of the strip o

A cool looking error with a large planchet delamination on the lower obverse. The missing metal obscures the date but this may be attributable for som

A nicely struck early die state example made before the date and other detail becomes all mushy. Solid Fine detail but has a dig above the head and so

Large Date. Sharp XF45 detail but has uniform light porosity. Rather lovely despite the roughness, the dark olive surfaces have a bit of a frosty glow

Crosslet 4. Sharpness of VF with minute roughness on the obverse and slightly heavier porosity on the reverse. Smooth devices throughout though and de

Altered date on an 1814 S-295. A determined effort went into the creation of this faux 1811. Not only was the 4 transformed into a 1, but the tooler w

Solid Fine sharpness and decent looking with chocolate devices and darker brown fields. Just a little rough in the fields, nick outside star 7, and a

Dark olive with some mottled reddish tan undertones. About half of the surface is glossy while the other half is a tad rough from a dusting of light v

Glossy medium brown surfaces with some natural mottled tan toning. An attractive piece with just light, even wear and subtle mint frost through the pe

5 points sharper with a few obverse scratches - on the neck and inside star 5. Very nice chocolate brown and golden tan color. Pleasing originality an

Choice lustrous medium brown with bluish-steel overtones and traces of faded mint red in a few of the reverse letters. A lovely cent with extremely we

Glossy dark brown surfaces, the obverse nearly choice, the reverse with a few little scratches and some orange color at the upper wreath. Later die st

Has a handful of light rim bumps on otherwise nice medium brown surfaces. LDS with all rim breaks showing.

Generally smooth, attractive, and original dark brown surfaces. No marks and only microscopic porosity in a few places visible under a glass. This is

Sharpness near XF but the surfaces are slightly rough in texture from light oxidation. No serious marks, just some tiny scratches at stars 4-5. Olive

Glossy chocolate brown with some reddish-tan undertones and a few areas of darker tone on the reverse. Minor scratches inside stars 1-2, otherwise pro

A very sharp, early die state example with lustrous tan and steel surfaces. Full cartwheel on both sides. Solidly mint state and has excellent quality

Frosty chocolate brown with some tan at the peripheries where the original mint color has only lightly toned down. Nicely lustrous, probably never cir

Glossy medium brown with a bit of tan mixed in. Just a few obverse nicks and light rim bumps, but overall pleasing quality for the grade. Ex CVM FPL 9

15 Stars. Gorgeous example of this popular variety. Smooth, glossy chocolate brown with some tan undertones. A few tiny edge disturbances but the fiel

Terminal die state of the variety with the full cud over NITED. Decent steel brown surfaces for the grade, just microporous in the fields.

Another example of this impressive die state, this one a little sharper than assigned grade with some heavier roughness to the surfaces and build up a

Sharp AU50 detail but hairlined and lightly porous in the fields. Mix of steel, light olive brown, and tan toning. No serious circulation marks. E-MDS

Lovely choice XF with glossy chocolate brown and tan surfaces. A few specks of darker tone at stars 1 and 13 are the only minor thing that catches the

Nice glossy chocolate brown surfaces. A few off-color toning patches on the obverse and tiny digs at N in ONE are the only minor flaws. E-MDS. Ex Rod

Large Date. A prooflike early die state specimen. Flashy mirror surfaces and sharp date repunching still showing. Very little wear, just the usual blu

Small Date. Dark olive surfaces aglow with frosty luster. Only trivial marks. Just barely worn on the highpoints. A premium cent. E-MDS. Removed from

Small Date. Choice light chocolate brown and tan. Original surfaces with no notable marks or spots. Traces of luster linger in a few of the stars and

Small Date. 10 points sharper but lightly cleaned and almost fully retoned to a pleasing light olive brown, just a streak of artificial orange color r

Small Date. Nice original olive brown surfaces. A little roughness at stars 3-4 is the only minor blemish. LDS, capping off a nice die state set of 18

Small Date. A nicely struck early die state piece with great chocolate brown color and no condition issues. A little dirt built up around some of the

Small Overdate. A dazzling mint state cent with bold cartwheel luster and lots of mint red - about 15% on the obverse and over 90% on the reverse. Whe

Large Date. Mid-VF sharpness but the dark surfaces are microporous and there is some intentional damage at the E of CENT.

Large Date. An attractive mint state example most likely from the Randall Hoard. Satiny cartwheel luster covers steel brown surfaces that retain some

Large Date. Steel brown surfaces with a few spots and scratches on the obverse. Fine detail. Rather large curved planchet clip, an interesting error n

Large Date. Nice medium brown surfaces. Close to VF25 but has some minor marks - a few rim ticks on the obverse, scratches by some of the stars, and n

Large Date. Glossy olive brown. Similar VF sharpness to the preceding lot, the obverse is quite nice but there are a few scratches above and below the

Attractive chocolate brown and tan surfaces. Only minor blemishes including some ticks by stars 7-9 and a patch of light porosity between UNITED and S

A beautiful golden tan and chocolate piece with boldly struck detail from an early state of the dies. Hardly any marks, just a couple spots of darker

Olive brown and steel with some blue and golden-tan iridescence. The color a bit unnatural, probably having recovered from an old, gentle cleaning, bu

Sharpness of VF20. Light scratches on the obverse and some pitting running from the chin down to the 22. Reverse nicer. Steel brown.

Bright olive brown and steel, cleaned and there are some patches of hairlines in the fields, most notably above ONE. Sharpness not far from XF. Remove

Significant grade for this variety, condition census level. Solid XF45 detail but carefully smoothed on the obverse to remove roughness, most notably

Certainly not the prettiest cent in this sale but will be one of the most hotly contested nevertheless. One of the Big 3 middle date varieties along w

A decent, original example of this important date. Steel brown and chocolate surfaces with just some minor circulation marks, a rim bump right of the

Glossy dark olive and steel. The surfaces are hard and smooth and there are very few marks. A nice coin for the grade.

Pleasing, problem-free olive brown surfaces. Really nothing in the way of marks or roughness, a little scratch left of star 7 and another on the neck

Smooth chocolate brown and steel surfaces that are problem-free and very attractive for the grade. Clear overdate. Just a bit worn into the reverse le

Medium brown with an arc of tan at the upper obverse. Very nice original surfaces that are smooth and free from serious marks. E-MDS. Removed from a P

Glossy dark brown surfaces that are attractive if not perfectly smooth. Trace of microporosity between stars 6 and 7, between STATES OF, and more triv

Lustrous reddish-tan with bluish-steel and sea-green overtones. Nearly mint state but the surfaces are lightly oxidized, impairing the luster in place

A second opportunity at a high end example of this die variety. Dark bluish-brown surfaces that may have been lightly cleaned and retoned but present

Frosty medium brown and tan. A pleasing cent despite a few blemishes - several little ticks on and around Liberty’s neck and face, and a remo

Choice tan brown with lots of frosty luster in the fields. Some microscopic nicks on the obverse, the reverse is just about flawless. A lovely example

Very attractive chocolate and tan surfaces. Choice for the grade with no notable flaws. MDS. Ex Dick Punchard 7/30/1989 - Dan Holmes - 2015 EAC Sale,

Obverse of 1827 N-4 or N-5. Reverse planed off and skillfully engraved with an impressive floral bouquet surrounded by rays.

Predominantly tan with some spots of darker tone on the obverse and evidence of tooling on the larger spot between stars 10 and 11. No marks of conseq

Smooth and attractive chocolate brown and steel with reddish tan undertones. No marks or roughness. Fantastic appearance for the grade. MDS. Ex Ron Ta

Sharpness of VF20 but has dark fields that are slightly rough and devices rubbed to orange.

Glossy chocolate brown with some reddish-tan in protected areas. Some light contact marks on the portrait and elsewhere but nothing too distracting an

Sharp XF detail but cleaned and there are hairlines crisscrossing each side and artificial orange where not retoned to a decent chocolate brown. A few

Nice original chocolate brown and tan. 5 points sharper with a few scratches by star 7 and a bit verdigris on a patch of darker toning on the E of ONE

Medium brown and steel surfaces. No roughness just a few marks - rim bumps over star 7, N in UNITED, and ER in AMERICA, as well as a handful of minor

Steel brown surfaces with no corrosion but a slightly rough texture in the fields from myriad little contact marks. Scratch at central reverse. G6 det

Smooth chocolate brown surfaces. Lightly cleaned but still very attractive for the grade. Very few marks. E-MDS.

A bit sharper but has some nicks on each side and slightly rough texture otherwise. Fairly glossy medium brown. M-LDS.

Struck 10% off center to 9 o’clock. Dark brown and steel with patches of porosity. No serious marks. Neat to find a fairly significant error

Large Narrow Date. Nice dark brown surfaces and well struck detail. A few little scratches above the head and tiny marks on the cheek - all minor and

Large Narrow Date. Very attractive reddish-tan color and good quality surfaces with just some light nicks on the obverse. MDS.

Large Narrow Date. 5 points sharper but has some little tick marks in places on the obverse in addition to the as-struck die rust, most noticeably bet

Large Narrow Date. A bit softly struck on the portrait but the sharpness is nearly XF and there are even traces of luster on the obverse. Many little

Small Letters. An unusual fully struck example with excellent definition on the hair and leaves. Sharpness of VF30 with finely granular dark olive sur

Small Letters. Excellent surfaces for the grade without really a single notable mark, a tiny tick on the outside rim between stars 1 and 2 is the only

Large Letters. VF detail with trace roughness in the fields. Dark olive color. LDS with the crack through star 2 and a chip out of one of the points o

Large Letters. Frosty tan with dark chocolate toning on the upper half of the reverse. A few darker toning spots but no distracting marks. Nice origin

Large Letters. Glossy light chocolate brown with reddish-tan and steel undertones. Only minor marks, nice quality for the grade. MDS. Ex Doug Bird 5/2

Large Letters. Impressive heraldic eagle stamp on the obverse with U.S. below. Smooth light brown host coin with some graffiti and altered E in CENT.

Large Letters. Choice light reddish-brown, the surfaces smooth and glossy and retain traces of mint frost in the fields. A very attractive cent. M-LDS

Large Letters. Nice reddish-tan with steel devices, the surfaces original and problem-free. Nicely struck E-MDS. Removed from a PCGS AU50 holder and t

Large Letters. A fully lustrous mint state coin whose toning, while attractive, suggests a light cleaning long ago. Dark olive brown with overtones of

Large Letters. Glossy, original medium brown. Just minor circulation marks, very nice for the grade.

Large Letters. Lightly cleaned steel brown surfaces that aren’t bad looking for the grade, just show some hairlines at the upper obverse. G6