The 2025 EAC Sale

Date: 1652Light to medium gray and lighter silver. No significant marks, just lightly worn. Weight 78.1 grains. A decent COPY of this iconic early

The T, James Clarke Collection U. S. large cents A. Kosoff 4/1/56 Joseph Early embossed, No 75 of 200, special library edition hard cover

The T.J. Clarke and Thomas Melish Collections A. Kosoff 4/1/56 with 13 plate supplement softcover

Date: 1663Sharpness VF20 where properly struck but the impression is uneven, weak at the bottoms but strong elsewhere. Most of the devices are clear

1958 ANA Convention Sale A. Kosoff 8/1/58 new softcover

Date: 1785Variety with Pointed Rays. Choice glossy brown and light chocolate. Smooth with trivial marks and light wear. A small chip out of the ri

Date: 1776Rather glossy dark olive brown with underlying uniform fine granularity that covers the planchet. No verdigris and the only marks are a li

The Dr. James O. Sloss Collection A. Kosoff 10/1/59 with original photographic plates, ex Abe Kosoff Library (6/1985 Kolbe Sale lot 587 $650, uniqu

The Edward H. Schwartz Collection US Large Cents A. Kosoff 10/1/61 brand new with plates softcover

Date: 1788Choice glossy tan and light brown on the devices blending to light chocolate in protected areas. Smooth and virtually flawless, just worn.

Date: 1786Medium steel brown with slightly darker olive and steel in the fields and protected areas. Glossy on the devices but covered with microsco

1963 ANA Convention Sale AL Overton 8/1/63 new softcover

King Farouk Sale B. Max Mehl 1948 softcover

Date: 1786Glossy medium reddish brown with some darker olive toning left of the shield where there are specks of greenish verdigris. Mostly smooth b

Attribution Guide For United States Large Cents 1840-1857 Bob Grellman 1987 Ex. EAC Sale, 5/12/1990, Lot #10. Copy # 10 of 10. To Dan Holmes from B

Date: 1786A couple points sharper and choice if not for a scratch between the B and S in PLURIBUS. Glossy light to medium brown blending to darker r

Date: 1787Slightly glossy light to medium brown on the devices blending to olive brown in protected areas. Covered with microscopic porosity but the

Provenance Gallery of the year 1794 Boka 2005 Presentation Edition 4 of 25 signed by Al Boka, John Adams and Walt Husak, slipcover hard cover

The Norweb Collection Bowers & Merena Vol 1-3 softcover

Date: 1787Sharpness at least 10 points better but covered with fine granularity and there is an obvious planchet fissure at the end of the plow handl

The Garrett Collection Sales Bowers & Ruddy Vol 1-4 softcover

Date: 1788XF/AU sharpness but lightly cleaned long ago and now medium olive brown and steel with underlying brick red. There are some faint hairline

Date: 1795Glossy brown and chocolate with 20% of the reverse showing mint red. Sharply struck and the only defect is a patch of fine roughness and v

The Louis Eliasberg Sr. Collection Bowers and Merena 5/1/96 signed by Q. David Bowers, Ray Merena, Richard Bagg, Mark Borckardt, Andrew Pollock and

The John W Adams Collection Bowers and Ruddy Limited edition 163 of 256 signed by John Adams, Q David Bowers and Richard Bagg hard cover

Date: 1795Frosty brown with very little wear but softly struck in the centers. A piece that highlights the unfair treatment of returning soldiers wh

Date: 1776Frosty silver with overtones of light bluish steel. Louis XVI on the obverse; bees and sun on the reverse. Weight 118.1 grains.

Lord St. Oswald, M.C Sale Christies 10/1/64 with note to Dan from Del Band softcover

Early Coins of America Crosby 1945 hard cover

Date: 1787Nicely preserved gilding with just hints of the underlying copper on some high points. There are a few marks around the A of COLUMBIA and E

Date: 1794Variety with Small Edge Letters. Very attractive glossy chocolate brown and steel. Sharply struck with smooth surfaces, frost in protecte

Varieties of U.S Large Cents 1795-1803 Denis W. Loring 1976 Signed to Dan Holmes from Denis Loring hard cover

1952 ANA Convention Sale Donald D. D'Amato 8/1/52 softcover

Date: 1794Small Edge Letters. Attractive glossy medium brown and light chocolate with slightly darker steel brown on the highpoints. Smooth except

The Cents of the United States Doughty 1934 new softcover

Date: 1794Small Edge Letters. Sharpness VG10 with light to moderate corrosion in the fields and protected areas. Partly glossy light to medium brow

Penny Whimsy Durst 1990 hard cover

Date: 1794Small Edge Letters. Glossy olive brown and steel with frost in protected areas. No corrosion or verdigris but there are small contact mar

Date: 1794Glossy medium brown with some lighter brown around the portrait. Smooth with minor contact marks. There are some nicks on the neck, one m

Grading Guide for Early American Copper Coins EAC 2014 hard cover

United States Center of Edward Cogan Edward Cogan 1858 Ex Harry W. Bass, Jr Library , Kolbe 9/99 sale lot 155 softcover

Date: 1795Choice frosty light steel brown with generous traces of original mint red remaining on both sides. A sharp, lustrous piece that has great

Date: 1795Dull dark olive brown and steel. Covered with uniform microscopic roughness. No significant marks but there are traces of light greenish

Mortimer Livingston Mackenzie, Esq. Edward Cogan 1869 softcover

The Burton Collection Elliot Woodward October 1881 Ex Charles Davis 2005 Lot 167 softcover

Date: 1795Sharpness F12 overall, stronger on the reverse, weaker on the obverse, but covered with moderate corrosion. No verdigris or marks. Slight

Date: 1797Frosty medium brown and light chocolate with a few small splashes of lighter brown and tan on the reverse. The surfaces are smooth and sat

1954 ANA Convention Sale Federal Coin Exchange 8/1/54 new softcover

1957 ANA Convention Sale Federal Coin Exchange 8/1/57 new softcover

Date: 1797A sharp piece but covered with fine to moderate roughness, and the portrait is covered with scratches. Traces of reddish scale show on the

Date: 1800Lustrous bright original mint red fading to dark steel brown with about 70% of the obverse and 40% of the reverse showing the mint color.

The United States Center 1796 Gilbert/Elder 1909 softcover

The United States Center 1796 Gilbert/Elder 1909 looks to be a rare hardcovers hard cover

Date: 1800Glossy medium chocolate brown and steel with frost in protected areas, particularly on the reverse. Lightly worn and choice except for a t

Dan Holmes Collection of Late Date Large Cents - Part IV Goldbergs 1/11/25 Hardcover , new wrapped in plastic hard cover

Date: 1800Slightly sharper and quite attractive but there is a fine horizontal scratch in the field off the chin. Otherwise choice with great eye ap

Dan Holmes Collection of Early Date Large Cents - Part I Goldbergs 1/11/25 Hardcover , new wrapped in plastic hard cover

Date: 1802Slightly glossy light olive brown and chocolate. The planchet is covered with fine roughness but there is no notable verdigris, only a few

Date: 1803Frosty golden tan with steel brown toning on the highpoints. Sharp with great eye appeal and just a light touch of friction on the highpoi

The Ted Naftzger Collection Middle Dates Part II Goldbergs 2/9/25 limited edition hardcover , signed to Dan from Larry Goldberg hard cover

The Ted Naftzger Collection Middle Dates Part II Goldbergs 2/9/25 hard cover

Date: 1803Frosty golden tan and steel brown, the reverse a few shades lighter than the obverse. Very attractive with just a light touch of friction

Date: 1803Frosty dark steel brown and chocolate with hints of lighter brown and tan on both sides. Doesn't look cleaned but there are fine scr...

Samuel A. Bispham Collection H.H. Chapman 1890 softcover

The Jefferson Head Cent Sale Harmer Rooke 10/1/76 softcover

Date: 1803Frosty light olive and steel brown with hints of very faded red in protected areas. Just trivial marks including a very light scratch on t

Date: 1804Glossy chocolate and olive brown with slightly lighter chocolate toning on the portrait. Satiny mint frost shows in protected areas on the

Penny Whimsy Harper Row 1958 Dan's working copy with sheets of notes, signed to him by Sheldon and Walter Breen hard cover

Howard R. Newcomb Collection J. C. Morgenthau 2/1/45 hard cover

Date: 1804Light greenish olive blended with lighter and darker olive tones on the reverse. The reverse was lightly cleaned causing the lighter highp

Date: 1804Frosty steel and lighter reddish brown with darker steel brown toning on the highpoints. Traces of lighter steel brown show in protected a

1950 ANA Convention Sales James Kelly 8/1/50 new softcover

1951 ANA Convention Sale James Kelly 8/1/51 new softcover

Date: 1804Very attractive lustrous light to medium brown with an arc of frosty darker olive brown and steel toning at MERICA. No roughness or carbon

Date: 1804VG sharpness but cleaned and now toned faded orange and bluish steel with notable dents on the portrait, lower reverse, and around the rims

Varieties of U.S Large Cents 1793-1794 John Adams 1976 Signed to Dan Holmes from John Adams hard cover

The Philip Van Cleave Collection Kagin's 2/1/86 Special limited edition, 30 of 300, signed by Van Cleave, Art Kagin and George Fuld hard cover

Date: 1804Slightly sharper but there are microscopic hairlines on the obverse. The only notable contact mark is a diagonal nick in the hair at the f

United States Large Cents 1793-1857 Lapp - Silberman 1971 71 Quarterman, signed by Lapp and Silberman hard cover

Date: 1804Frosty chocolate brown and steel with peeps of lighter steel brown in protected areas. Slightly dull from a thin coat of natural oxidation

Date: 1804The obverse is choice lustrous golden tan with hints of underlying mellowed mint red and satiny surfaces. The reverse is a relatively dull

Mackenzie Catalogue 1869 Leavitt, Strebeigh and Co 6/1/69 hard cover

Louis Helfenstein Collection of Large Cents Lester Merkin 8/1/64 softcover

Date: 1804Frosty reddish brown with darker steel brown toning on the highpoints. No roughness or verdigris, and the only notable marks are a fine ha

Date: 1804Lustrous tan and light steel brown with hints of very faded underlying mint color, mostly on the reverse. Both sides show numerous small,

The Walter Dudgeon Sale McCawley-Grellman 6/1/94 Dan's copy with handwritten prices realized to lot 227 softcover

1794 Large Cents Morley 1979 hard cover

Date: 1804Glossy chocolate brown and steel with frost in protected areas, mostly on the reverse. No roughness but there are a few marks including a

Date: 1805Sharp and attractive with just a trace of wear on the highpoints. Frosty light olive and steel brown with flowline luster in the fields an

The Aristocrat, The Story of the 1793 Sheldon 15 Neiswinter 2013 signed to Dan from Jim with correspondence from them hard cover

Ted Naftzger 1973 New Nethwrlands Sale New Netherlands 11/1/73 softcover

Date: 1805Attractive glossy olive brown and chocolate with traces of flowline frost in protected areas. The color is beautiful and totally original

Date: 1805Glossy medium brown and light chocolate with specks of darker brown in the field behind the portrait. No roughness and the eye appeal is q

United States Copper Cents 1816-1857 Newcomb 1956 2nd edition hard cover

United States Copper Cents 1816-1857 Newcomb 1963 3rd edition hard cover

Date: 1805Frosty tan and light brown with darker steel brown on the highpoints. There is a puff of darker steel brown toning in the field left of th

United States Large Cents 1816-1839 Noyes 1991 inscribed "Dan Holmes EAC 340 Working Copy" hard cover

Date: 1806Sharpness VF25 where properly struck but there is a large low spot covering the right half of the reverse. Both sides have light scratches

United States Large Cents 1793-1794 Noyes 2006 hard cover

Date: 1808Glossy medium chocolate and steel. Looks smooth to the unaided eye but there is uniform extremely faint granularity covering the planchet.