The 2024 EAC Convention Auction

Glossy medium steel gray with smooth but lightly abraded surfaces. Quality comparable to the Ford example of the variety (Stack's 10/18/2005:5)...

(1652-74) St. Patrick Farthing, Martin 1a.1-Ca.4, Griffee 1-0/1b, Breen-208, R7 PCGS graded F15. Type with "Nothing Below King." Glossy l...

(1652-74) St. Patrick Farthing, Martin 1b.1-Ba.1, Griffee 1-2/0e, Breen-208, R6+ PCGS graded XF40. Choice glossy medium brown with chocolate in protec

(1652-74) St. Patrick Farthing, Martin 1c.21-Ba.21, Griffee 1-4/0l(L), Breen-208, R7 PCGS graded XF40. Very attractive glossy light brown on the devic

(1652-74) St. Patrick Farthing, Martin 1c.28-Ca.21, not in Griffee, Breen-208, R7 PCGS graded VF20. Variety with small letters in REX. Glossy light

(1652-74) St. Patrick Farthing, Martin 3g.2-Db.2, Griffee 31-7/4a, Breen-212, R7 PCGS graded XF40. Glossy medium brown and light chocolate with a subt

(1652-74) St. Patrick Farthing, Martin 4c.4-Cb.2, not in Griffee, Breen-213, R7 PCGS graded F15. Type with "Sea Beasts Below King, Stars in Leg...

(1652-74) St. Patrick Farthing, Martin 8a.1-Ba.3, Griffee 81-2/0a, Breen-218, R5+ PCGS graded VF30. Type with a "Martlet Alone Below King."...

(1652-74) St. Patrick Farthing, Martin 9a.1-Fc.10, Griffee 75-6/5a, Breen-216, R7 PCGS graded VG10. Type with "Two Annulets Below King." ...

Choice glossy medium chocolate brown with lighter brown toning on the devices on the reverse. Smooth and very attractive with just a light touch of f

Attractive glossy chocolate brown and steel. Smooth with light wear and only trivial marks including a couple tiny rim nicks under the date and a cou

Ten points sharper but there is a thin fissure in the planchet from the rim at the top of the obverse through the nose into the field below. A corres

A variety with 7 harpstrings. Frosty medium steel brown with generous traces of mint red showing, particularly on the reverse. Satiny and very nice,

A bit sharper but the surfaces are dull from microscopic roughness and there is a narrow planchet void at the top of the head. Grayish chocolate and

Glossy chocolate brown and steel. The date and legends are clear and there is an impressive set of die cracks on the upper reverse. Weight 96.9 grai

Frosty olive and steel brown with lighter reddish brown in protected areas on the reverse from an old cleaning. Attractive with very little wear but

Ten points sharper but covered with fine granularity and parallel planchet striations on both sides. No marks or verdigris, but there are two curved

Sharpness VF30 but covered with fine to moderate roughness with traces of a greenish patina in some protected areas. No planchet flaws and the only c

Glossy reddish brown with frosty luster in protected areas. Just a touch of wear on the devices but there is a smooth planchet void at the top of the

Several points sharper but covered with fine to moderate roughness in the fields and protected areas. No marks or verdigris. Slightly glossy olive b

Slightly glossy chocolate brown and steel with some lighter brown on the reverse. Mostly smooth but there is minor roughness on the reverse. There i

Rather glossy olive brown and steel. No defects, just trivial planchet chips and a tiny planchet clip at the end of the bust (as struck). The planch

Mostly glossy medium brown with splashes of darker olive brown crud on the reverse. Looks smooth but a glass reveals microscopic roughness in the fie

Frosty tan with darker steel brown toning on the highpoints. No marks, roughness, or planchet flaws, just light wear on the devices. Late die state

Glossy medium brown and chocolate. Smooth and free of marks, just worn. A very nice mid-grade example. Weight 69.1 grains

Ten points sharper but there is a horizontal scratch through the hand holding the arrow, a couple more in the field right of the feet, and a dull scra

Sharpness EF40 but covered with microscopic granularity under glossy dark olive brown and chocolate toning. No marks or verdigris. Nicely struck wit

Frosty olive brown and steel with slightly lighter toning on the highpoints. There are numerous microscopic planchet chips on both sides but no corro

Glossy medium brown with darker olive brown in protected areas. Mostly smooth with nice eye appeal for the grade, but a glass reveals microscopic rou

Attractive medium brown with slightly darker steel brown on the highpoints. No roughness or verdigris, only light contact marks. A small planchet ch

Sharpness VF30 but covered with very fine hairline scratches, all blended into the attractive frosty light chocolate and steel toning. The best ident

The obverse is choice glossy medium chocolate brown with smooth surfaces. The reverse is medium olive brown with fine verdigris covering the fields a

At least 5 points sharper but there are a few planchet flaws on an otherwise very nice planchet. A thin fissure from the back of the head to the rim

Variety with the ASYLUM edge device. Glossy light chocolate with frosty tan in protected areas. Smooth with just light friction on the devices. The

Very attractive glossy brassy tan blending to brown in protected areas. Traces of frost show in protected areas on the reverse. Sharply struck and t

Very attractive tan and light reddish brown. Sharply struck in high relief. No spots, stains, or marks. Dated 1790 but struck circa 1858. Removed

Slightly glossy chocolate and golden brown, Attractive and free of defects showing only light friction on the highpoints of the devices. Admiral Kep

Slightly glossy light olive and steel brown. There is a scuff of fine hairline scratches on the forehead and a couple tiny depressions in the right o

Sharp but the obverse (Admiral Vernon side) was lightly cleaned. The obverse is golden tan; the reverse is frosty light brown with brassy tan in prot

Rather glossy dark olive brown and steel. A nicely executed electrotype copy of this famous early American medal. Peeps of undertype base metal can

Frosty with just a touch of rub that exposed the base metal on the highest points of the devices. Ex 2023 EAC Sale, Early Cents Auctions 6/24/2023:24

Glossy chocolate brown. The surfaces are a bit uneven but this electrotype copy is essentially as made. An original of this CONFEDERATIO copper is n

Lustrous mint red. A well executed copy produced circa 1948 by Henry Evans for the Tatham Stamp & Coin Company. Ex Harold Hess-2020 EAC Sale, ...

Sharpness VF35 or better, essentially as made, but there is a patch of dark carbon centered on the T in CENT. The copies do not have the silver cente

Frosty light silvery gray with a few patches of darker crud in protected areas on the obverse. The date and legends are complete and clear. A type o

Smooth with strong details but both sides have been burnished and the rim over IBE has been smoothed. Otherwise nice with a strong date and devices a

Dull reddish brown and steel mixed with medium steel brown. Covered with fine to moderate roughness and there are traces of dark scale on the cheek a

Very slightly sharper, especially on the obverse, but there is a scuff of light scratches on the 94 in the date and a dent over the T in CENT. Slight

Sharpness VF20 but covered with fine to moderate granularity under slightly glossy dark olive brown and steel toning. The highpoints on the obverse a

Thin Planchet with Lettered Edge. Sharpness VF25 but dark olive and steel with patches of pitting on the obverse and fine granularity elsewhere. No

Slightly sharper but covered with fine roughness mixed with a couple stronger patches of corrosion on the obverse. The area at IBER is distorted by t

Sharpness near VF20 but burnished and partly retoned glossy golden tan blending to light olive and reddish brown in protected areas. The planchet is

Struck over a TAL Cent. Glossy medium chocolate brown and steel. Smooth with trivial contact marks. Undertype from the TAL Cent is clearest in the

Slightly glossy olive brown with lighter steel brown on the devices. Smooth and void of marks, just worn. Nice for the grade. EDS before any swelli

Sharpness F12 but there are several old scratches on both sides including one on the cap, a few more on the neck and hair, and a curved one over the C

Glossy medium chocolate brown and steel. The fields and protected areas show microscopic granularity and there are a couple minor marks at the back o

Frosty medium brown and light chocolate. There are some microscopic hairlines on the obverse but to call this piece "Cleaned" appears off...

Glossy olive and steel brown. Smooth and very attractive, just worn. The only marks, and they are insignificant, are a small nick on the bust and an

Lightly corroded and burnished, the smoothing strongest on the portrait in an attempt to eliminate a few vertical scratches that are faint now. No ve

Slightly sharper with three tiny ticks in the field before the mouth. Very lightly cleaned. Frosty medium steel brown. EDS, Manley state 1.0. Shar

Slightly glossy dark chocolate and steel. Covered with fine granularity that has been lightly burnished leaving a frosty appearance. No marks or ver

Slightly sharper with a few hairline scratches on the portrait. The scratches are barely visible with a glass and the eye appeal of this piece is nic

Glossy steel brown and light chocolate. Smooth and very nice for the grade, just worn. A dull nick hidden in the hair right of the hair ribbon is th

Slightly sharper but covered with fine roughness. No verdigris but there are a half dozen fine scratches on the obverse and a couple more on the reve

Glossy light olive brown and chocolate. No roughness or verdigris, only minor contact marks. A thin nick over the hair ribbon and another hidden in

Ten points sharper but both sides show many small nicks, none notable but far too many for the sharpness grade. Glossy medium chocolate brown with fr

Slightly sharper but lightly cleaned and very nicely retoned glossy light olive and tan blending to light chocolate brown. Smooth and attractive show

Five points sharper with a few small contact marks including a tiny scratch in the drapery above the 0 and a couple dull ticks under the U in UNITED.

Glossy dark steel and olive brown. Smooth with only minor marks including a small tick on top of the 0 in the date, a light scratch in the field left

Sharpness VF35 but there is microscopic granularity and fine verdigris near the rims on the obverse, strongest behind the portrait. The reverse is ni

Five points sharper with a few faint hairlines in the field before the portrait. Otherwise smooth and choice with attractive frosty medium brown and

At least 5 points sharper with a few hairline scratches hidden in the flowlines in the field before the portrait. Otherwise just a couple tiny scratc

Glossy steel brown blending to olive brown and chocolate in protected areas with subtle overtones of light bluish steel. The surfaces are smooth and

Sharper but there is a shallow scratch in the field off the chin. Otherwise choice with very little wear on the devices. Frosty light olive and stee

Glossy light olive and steel brown. Smooth with trivial marks including two barely visible hairline scratches on the portrait. The date and legends

Steel brown and light olive with lighter brown in protected areas and darker steel brown on the highpoints. No corrosion or verdigris, only light con

Sharper but covered with tiny nicks, none notable but too many for the sharpness grade. The only notable defects are a small planchet void at the d

Slightly sharper with a hairline scratch from the nose to the shoulder and a couple even lighter ones hidden in the hair. Frosty steel brown and ligh

The host half cent may have graded Good or so before being rolled out at the convention. The date of the hair cent can just be made out and much of t

Slightly glossy dark olive brown and steel with lighter steel brown toning on the devices. The highpoints are smooth but the rest is covered with fin

Glossy light to medium brown with chocolate brown on the highpoints. Mint frost shows through in the protected areas and this piece has great eye app

Lustrous chocolate and lighter brown. Just a touch of friction on the highpoints. LDS with the reverse rotated 45 degrees CCW.

Glossy olive brown and steel with frost in protected areas. No marks, just light wear on the devices. EDS, Manley state 1.0. Removed from an NGC sl

Frosty light olive brown with golden tan in protected areas. Very attractive with just a touch of wear. The only mark is a dull, light scratch over t

Sharpness F15 but there are a few minor marks on otherwise very attractive surfaces. The notable marks are a collection of microscopic pits or planch

Sharpness EF45 but lightly whizzed and very nicely retoned frosty dark steel brown and chocolate with slightly lighter brown in some protected areas.

Slightly glossy dark steel brown and olive with lighter chocolate on the devices. Looks smooth but a glass reveals extremely faint roughness in the f

Several points sharper but there are a half dozen old scratches hidden in the toning on the obverse. The planchet is covered with very fine roughness

Slightly glossy olive brown with lighter steel brown toning on the devices. The two-tone contrast accents the details and adds to the eye appeal. Th

Frosty steel brown and chocolate with luster in protected areas on the reverse. Sharp with just light friction on the highpoints. EDS, Manley state

Lustrous reddish steel brown with light bluish steel overtones. A sharp, attractive piece but the color is not original. There is a light touch of r

Glossy chocolate and olive brown. Light wear and trivial marks, none notable. MDS, Manley state 2.0. The fields are hard and slightly reflective th

At least 5 points sharper but a glass reveals a few small patches of microscopic roughness, mostly at AT in STATES. Otherwise quite nice with just mi

Lustrous light to medium olive with peeps of faded mint red on both sides. Just a hint of rub on the highpoints and no notable marks. MDS. Ex 2016

Frosty light olive and steel. Satiny and attractive with trivial marks. LDS, Manley state 4.0. Ex Jan Casagrande, 2006 EAC Sale, McCawley & G...

Lustrous medium brown with wisps of olive brown on the obverse. Bluish steel overtones show on both sides and there are traces of faded mint red on t

Glossy medium brown and light olive blending to light chocolate on the reverse. Smooth and void of marks--other than those resulting from the flipove

Frosty steel brown with lighter brown in protected areas. A small area of darker toning at the top of the ear and some reddish carbon under the D in

Glossy medium brown and light olive with frosty lighter brown in protected areas. No defects, just very light friction on the highpoints. Sharply st

Glossy mix of light and medium brown tones. Light wear on the devices and trivial ticks including a small one in the field before the mouth. Later d