The 2025 EAC Sale

Date: 1652Glossy light to dark brown obverse, the reverse has been cleaned with faded artifical orange and a dark spot at EN. Glossy smooth surfaces

Date: 1722Choice glossy light chocolate brown. A beautiful electrotype copy, essentially flawless with great eye appeal.Ex Early Cents Auctions 1/21

Date: 1694

Date: 1694Silver plated but a light layer of oxidation on each side gives and olive and deeper charcoal patina, as well as tiny pits on the reverse.

Date: 1737There are a few raised spots of metal and some parallel striations, but overall pleasing medium olive brown. Variety with 3 hammers and CON

Date: 1773Made slightly off center on oversized planchet wtih full beading on both sides. There are traces of microporosity on otherwise glossy mediu

Date: 1773Cleaned and now toned a rather glossy medium brown and olive browns with a traces of light oxidation in the steely maroon areas containing

Date: 1786Glossy attractive light brown on smooth, hard surfaces. There are two depressions under I in VI and IC in VICI that seems common on these e

Date: 1787Attractive medium olive and steel browns with traces of microgranularity but overall a glossy, mostly smooth appearance. Free of marks, the

Date: 1787Dark brown and lighter ruddy brown with faint microgranularilty on the surfaces visible under a glass, mostly around the peripheries. Other

Date: 1787Uniform glossy medium brown with a few scattered lead spots. Made a bit off center on both sides, the very tops of CLINTON and bottom of EX

Date: 1792Glossy chocoalte and steel browns with traces of the base metal visible on the shoulder, atop the O on the obverse, and from a scrape in th

Date: 1786Medium olive and steel browns, the obverse appears to be burnished with traces of tooling around T in WASHINGTON. Doubling visible around t

Date: 1791Choice uniform light brown with darker brown in some protected areas. There is some very light pitting on the obverse fields, portait, and

Date: 1792Mostly light brown with several areas of the base metal visible on the high points and fields. There is a notable dig over N in WASHINGTON,

Date: 1792Light olive brown with a few old verdigris specks on the Eagle's wing, lower tail and around UNI in UNITED. This is a copy the Idler ...

Date: 1792Glossy uniform medium brown with hints of the base metal showing on some of the high points. There are a few trivial marks and wispy pin sc

Date: 1795Deep chocoalte brown with corrosion spots on the portrait including microporosity on the lower bust to the rim below, and an area left of A

Date: Trio of Electrotypes including a 1788 Massachussets Half Cent, 1788 Massachusetts Cent, and a 1794 Franklin Press. All with minor environmental

Date: 1793Partly glossy medium chocolate brown and steel. Covered with uniform microscopic granularity but essentially as made.

Date: 1793Virtually identical to the preceding but with a bit more roughness.Ex Thomas D. Reynolds (includes the Reynolds sales envelope)

Date: 1793Light brown with the underlying base metal showing on most of the high points. The only mark is a rim bruise below 3 in the date. Sharp det

Date: 1793Light brown and chocolate browns with the base metal showing on some high points and a bit of microporosity on the central areas and left o

Date: 1795Nice medium brown with even a bit of red at LIBERTY and 9 in the date. There are scattered specks of lead on either side, but otherwise thi

Date: 1796Glossy dark olive brown and steel. Smooth and attractive with just a few trivial contact marks. A deceptive electrotype copy with just a

Date: 1802A very nice copy of the Brobston-Missouri Cabinet example. Frosty medium brown and light chocolate with medium gray base metal showing on

Date: 1802Choice light brown with hints of the base metal showing on the high points and extremely light microporosity visible under a glass. The onl

Date: 1831A well-executed copy with sharp details with smooth surfaces. There is no trace of an edge seam but the coin was lightly cleaned leaving b

Date: 1831Similar to the preceding lot but not quite as smooth and the edge has been lightly smoothed. Glossy brown and chocolate with a few small s

Date: 1831Another sharp, attractive example with brown and light chocolate toning. There is powdery debris around stars 8-13 and traces of smoothing

Date: 1836Glossy medium brown. The surfaces are a bit granular, as made, but there are no marks or spots. The edge is lightly smoothed but there is

Date: 1840Attractive glossy brown and light chocolate. Choice except for a speck of base metal at the dentils over ES.Ex Jack Borckardt 4/1990-James

Date: 1840The obverse is medium brown with over half the surfaces showing the underlying base metal, the reverse is mostly medium brown with hints of

Date: 1841Sharp and quite attractive with glossy brown and chocolate toning. A few spots of fine carbon on the rims and a speck of corrosion at the

Date: 1842Glossy light to medium steel brown. Microscopic granularity (as made) and there is a very light rim bruise at star 11 and another at the f

Date: 1842Glossy light brown with deeper chocolate on the reverse. There is a patch of granular corrosion between the hair and star 8, and a few triv

Date: 1843Glossy light to medium brown. There are two shallow lumps on the obverse rim., as made, and there is a trace of base metal on the edge.Ex

Date: 1844Glossy medium brown and light chocolate. Similar to the preceding but this one has light adjustment marks on the rim at stars 10-13.Ex Jac

Date: 1845Sharply detailed but lightly cleaned with light olive brown and steel in protected areas and lighter coppery brown on the highpoints. Mino

Date: 1845Glossy medium brown and light chocolate with a couple patches of base metal showing on the obverse rim. Microscopic roughness covers both

Date: 1846Choice frosty steel brown and light chocolate with faded red in protected areas, mostly on the obverse. Sharp with great eye appeal; looks

Date: 1846Frosty steel brown and olive. Minor tooling marks on the rims with microscopic roughness covering both sides (as made). Not even close to

Date: 1848Glossy medium brown and light chocolate. Peeps of base metal show at some of the highest points of the portrait and wreath. Nice eye appe

Date: 1848Sharp with light friction on the highpoints but there is a dull nick over star 4, a flake over star 10, and traces of verdigris on both sid

Date: 1849Sharper with very little friction on the devices, but the surfaces are a bit rough and there is a scratch left of star 3 that exposed the u

Date: 1849Glossy chocoalte brown with a few faint pin scratches across Liberty's nose and face, and along the upper obverse rim tha tblen dni w...

Date: 1852Glossy light olive with underlying faded red in most protected areas. Only a few minor rim bumps, one at NI in UNITED the only worth noting

Date: 1793Cleaned and retoning reddish tan. No defects. Plain edge.Ex Denis W. Loring Collection 7/29/1987-Pete Smith (includes the Smith collectio

Date: 1793A crudely executed version of the Chain AMERI cent. Lots of work with poor results. Glossy chocolate with lighter brown on the devices.

Date: 1793Slightly glossy brown and light chocolate. Has a rusted look with die cracks. Several light scratches in the field before the face. Plai

Date: 1793Frosty medium brown and light chocolate with blotchy light brown at the portrait and gray base metal showing at the highpoints on both sid

Date: 1793Dark olive brown and steel. Has a rusted look on a very thick planchet. May be an electrotype rather than a cast copy.Ex Denis W. Loring

Date: 1793Similar to the preceding lot and there is a trace of base metal showing. Frosty dark chocolate with a few marks and a small patch of verdi

Date: 1793Glossy light brown. A poorly-executed copy with weak details and an obvious seam around the edge. Looks like it saw extensive circulation

Date: 1793Rather glossy chocolate with lighter brown on the devices. Essentially as made. Plain edge.Ex Denis W. Loring Collection 7/29/1987-Pete S

Date: 1793A superior copy of the E-MDS. Frosty medium brown and light chocolate. A small flake close to the edge at K-9 on the obverse is the only

Date: 1793Beautiful rich brown color with a few specks of corrosion from the underlying lead scattered on either side. Plain Edge, Medal Turn. Overal

Date: 1793A nice electrotype copy in base medal that has lost most of the copper wash. A few marks including a rim bruise at NI in UNITED. EDS. Pl

Date: 1793Mostly lead gray with auburn splashes in some protected areas. Various nicks and scratches scattered on either side, most notably a dig on

Date: 1793Rather dull chocolate brown and steel. Granular with a couple specks of verdigris and areas of smoothing on the edge. Plain edge.Ex Denis

Date: 1793A well-executed electrotype copy with near EF40 detail, but it has finely corroded surfaces. A chip on the rim over the first T in STATES

Date: 1793Glossy light brown and olive brown with a small corrosion spot under 93 in the date that extends to the edge where there's a bit of v...

Date: 1793Sharper but recolored chocolate and steel with some lighter brown. Nicely executed but it has a plain edge and some spidery cracks on both

Date: 1793Similar to the preceding lot but this one has a spot of "tin pest" corrosion in the wreath under the C in CENT. Olive brown wi...

Date: 1793The hair details were enhanced on the host coin; otherwise a very nice copy. Smooth with medium brown on the devices and darker olive brow

Date: 1794A superior copy, essentially as made, with great eye appeal. A small linear void under the 9 and a few tiny lumps on both sides, mostly on

Date: 1794Another deceptive copy with credible edge lettering. The edge lettering was added after the edge seam was smoothed away. Glossy light oli

Date: 1795Sharper details but imperfect. Dark olive brown and steel with light roughness over much of the planchet. Shows a couple die cracks that

Date: 1795A nice copy of the ANS example, the finest known of the variety. Glossy light to medium chocolate with traces of base metal on the highest

Date: 1795Mostly light brown with the base metal showing on most of hte high points and scattered corrosion spots from the underlying lead. There is

Date: 1798Sharper but a bit rough with tiny lumps from the casting process and traces of corrosion. White metal or lead.Ex Denis W. Loring Collectio

Date: 1799May be a cast copy. Dark steel and olive brown with lighter steel brown on the highpoints. A few nicks with fine roughness, especially un

Date: 1799Slightly glossy dark olive brown with a bit of lighter brown on a few highpoints. Covered with microscopic roughness and there is a wave a

Date: 1799A copy made from the same coin as the preceding lot but with sharper details and no wave across the obverse. However this one has fine por

Date: 1799An attractive piece with glossy medium brown toning that blends to chocolate in protected areas. There are traces of roughness on both sid

Date: 1799Golden brown with a corrosion spot on the hair braid with a rather glossy, lightly burnished appearance. There are several pin pricks and t

Date: 1799Tan brown with hints of the base metal showing on Liberty's face and some high points. There is a scratch in the hair near the braid,...

Date: 1799The first has a Fair-2+ 1798 S-165 host with slightly deceptive reengraving on the date; the second host is a Basal State-1 nearly slick dr

Date: 1804A sharp copy with patches of roughness and verdigris on both sides. The fields and protected areas are light reddish brown while he highpo

Date: 1804VF30 sharpness cleaned and now medium brown on the obverse, faded orange and steel on the reverse, with microporosity ont he surfaces. A bi

Date: 1804Sharper on the obverse but banged up, perhaps to help it pass as genuine. Burnished and retoned glossy dark chocolate and steel. This one

Date: 1804Glossy tan and light brown with chocolate and olive brown toning in protected areas. Minor marks and specks of darker toning on the obvers

Date: 1804Cleaned and now toned light brown, light steel, and faded orange with burnished, smoothed surfaces. Only a few trivial marks, a couple nick

Date: 1804Glossy medium brown with hints of the base metal visible on some of the high points and rims. There are also a couple hairlnie scratches on

Date: 1804Slightly sharper but a bit dull and covered with microscopic roughness. No verdigris, only trivial marks including a thin vertical nick un

Date: 1804The first is an 1803 S-245 late die state with a cud at RICA in G5 The engraved 4 is decent and displays some talent but is far from perfe

Date: 1809Sharper but dull and covered with microscopic roughness (possibly from the casting process). Olive brown and steel.Ex Denis W. Loring Coll

Date: 1809A mate to the preceding lot. Same process, same look.Ex Bob Kelly 6/27/1984-Pete Smith Collection (includes the Smith collection envelope)

Date: 1811Nice details with a couple small test marks on the rim that exposed some of the underlying base metal. Otherwise olive brown and steel.Ex

Date: 1811Typical cast copy with fine roughness and some lumps, as made. Dark steel and olive brown.Ex Bob Kelly 6/27/1984-Pete Smith Collection (in

Date: Lot of 4 Electrotypes inlcuding an 1833 Large Cent, 1859 J-245 Half Dollar, 1860 Miller NY67a Smauel H. Black Token Store Card, and 1860 Samuel