2020 EAC Sale

LIHERTY. VG10 detail with lightly rough fields, some scrapes on the portrait, and a small punch mark between B and E of LIHERTY. Steel brown color. Fu

Draped Bust, Reverse of 1794. Lightly cleaned but the surfaces are smooth and hard, very nice for the date. Light olive brown. Full date and legends.

Draped Bust, Reverse of 1794. G6 detail but a bit fuzzy from light porosity. Nice color though - medium brown with chocolate devices. The date and leg

Draped Bust, Reverse of 1794. Sharp VF30 detail but the surfaces are dark and granular - not ideal but also not uncommon for ’96 Busts. The r

Draped Bust, Reverse of 1797. One of the toughest Sheldon numbers of the date for which G6 is actually a significant grade. This piece has a pleasing

Draped Bust, Reverse of 1797. Another toughie and again a very respectable piece. Sharpness at least VF20 but corroded and burnished. Color turned out

Reverse of 1797, Stems. A dramatic looking double strike with bold remnants of the first strike visible on the left side of both obverse and reverse -

Reverse of 1797, Stems. A late die state example with a strong obverse die crack and swelling above it. Decent brown surfaces for the grade with just

Reverse of 1797, Stems. Glossy medium brown surfaces. Nice overall quality and eye appeal. Scrutiny reveals just some minute marks and a couple tiny s

Reverse of 1797, Stems. Another late state 140, this one appears to be even later than the preceding lot but this could just be a function of wear. Gl

Reverse of 1797, Stems. Smooth dark brown surfaces and strong detail. A premium example of this better variety whose only drawback is some traces of o

Style 1 Hair. Original, problem-free steely brown surfaces. Only minor marks consistent with the grade. Surprisingly nice for a lower grade 147.

Dark olive surfaces are fairly smooth with just a touch of microporosity in the fields. Full date and legends and the overdate detail is strong. Doubl

Medium brown, no roughness, just a handful of small rim bumps. Nice bold date. Notable as a clear example of the terminal state of these dies with adv

Style 1 Hair. Solid Fine example of this attractive die pair. Steel brown surfaces with just a few light scratches on the obverse and minor rim bumps

Reverse of 1795. Pleasing color is one’s first impression of this cent - chocolate brown contrasted by darker olive in the fields. Few minor

Style 1 Hair. Sharpness F15 but lightly porous throughout. No serious marks. Steel brown in color. Late die state with a bold cud above LI.

Style 1 Hair. G6+ by detail and decent looking for that grade. Just a bit dull and microporous. Only a few tiny marks. Thin laminations at the border

Style 1 Hair. 2 obverse stains, otherwise nice smooth light olive brown surfaces. LDS, Breen VIII, with the cud above ATES, but a bit of the dentils s

Style 1 Hair. VF detail but lightly granular. Retains some eye appeal thanks to the lack of marks and color not being overly dark.

Style 2 Hair. Sharpness VF25 or so but burnished and the hair detail was re-engraved. A few scratches across the obverse are the only marks. Recolored

Style 2 Hair. Lightly cleaned, now a bluish-steel. Rims a bit banged up and a few marks elsewhere. VG8 detail. Nice full date and legends. MDS with th

Style 2 Hair. Nice smooth olive brown surfaces. No real problems, just some minor nicks here and there. MDS, Breen state V, with the break starting at

Style 2 Hair. Smooth steel brown surfaces. There are some light scratches on the obverse, most notably above the date and from the neck into the right

Reverse of 1795. A nicely detailed example of this key 1798 variety. Strong Fine detail overall, just a little weaker, as usual, on the reverse. Light

Style 2 Hair. A high end, well-pedigreed example of the variety. Sharp XF detail and nice olive brown surfaces, some scratches between ONE and CENT ac

Style 2 Hair. Sharp XF45 detail but lightly burnished and recolored to a deep olive brown with some reddish undertones. No notable marks or other dama

Style 2 Hair. Nice steel brown surfaces, smooth and free from roughness and serious marks. Just a few little ticks can be found. A pleasing mid-grade

Steel surfaces with some light granularity in the fields and scattered nicks and scratches. Overall decent quality and appearance for the grade. The p

Technical sharpness probably F12 but pitted on each side, weakening the overall definition. The date is fairly bold though and enough other detail rem

Appears to be made from a Style 1 Hair 1798 but we’ll leave the fun of making an exact attribution to the buyer. Decent date re-working. Reas

Style 1 Hair. A wonderful example of this tough overdate variety. Hard, glossy steel brown surfaces with tan undertones. No roughness and only trivial

Style 2 Hair. Glossy chocolate brown with some mottled darker undertones. Impressive quality for this variety with no roughness and just a handful of

Style 2 Hair. Choice, smooth surfaces and excellent chocolate brown color. Superb quality and eye appeal for the variety and grade. MDS, slightly late

A point sharper with some patches of roughness and minor raised corrosion on the obverse. Slightly glossy overall and dark olive and steel in color. B

Pleasing light brown color. A tad rough in the fields, but smooth overall appearance, and no serious marks. Quite nice for the grade. Fairly advanced

Attractive dark olive and steel brown surfaces with just some very light roughness in the fields. Nicely free of marks. F15 detail. Later die state wi

Sharpness close to VF but burnished to minimize porosity. Recolored to a reddish chocolate brown on the obverse and dark olive reverse. Similar late d

Slightly lustrous dark chocolate brown surfaces with no marks of consequence and just a dusting of trivial roughness at the lower reverse. Hardly any

A strong VF example with a fairly smooth dark olive brown obverse, just a nick on the drapery and small areas of very minor roughness on that side. A

Pleasing chocolate brown surfaces. Quite nice for this tough variety that seems to always come dark and rough. Just minor nicks and some faint scratch

A point or two sharper but granular. Weak date due to die state and roughness. Dark olive with some scaly green patina.

1/000. Very nice glossy medium brown. Just a few little nicks and no roughness. Date bold, legends worn a bit, fraction mostly visible. Rare terminal

Slightly granular steel brown surfaces but decent for the grade. MDS, Breen III, with the cud above AME.

Frosty steel brown with some mottled chocolate and olive undertones. Quite a bit of luster and only the faintest trace of rub. AU with a slight deduct

Glossy dark brown, a nice 35 coin with just a little roughness built up around the portrait and wreath. Blunt strike on the face and opposing leaves o

Sharpness VF35 but cleaned and retoned a brassy olive brown with blue and red toning at the peripheries. Nice surfaces otherwise. Later die state with

Nice chocolate brown with darker olive outlining the devices. Problem-free with only grade-consistent circulation marks. Fairly early die state.

Re-engraved portrait and wreath detail. The work was accomplished with a good bit of skill and attention to detail actually. Late die state.

Lovely chocolate brown surfaces with tan undertones. No marks or roughness. A premium quality example of the date and variety.