The 68th Annual Houston Money Show Auction

At least 5 points sharper but lightly cleaned on the obverse and mostly retoned light olive brown. A spot of reddish toning at the lower left point o

Frosty olive brown and steel. Sharply struck with just a hint of rub on the highpoints but there are a few minor defects. A small patch of very fine

Frosty light olive and bluish steel brown with lighter brown on the bust. Satiny and attractive, just light friction on the highpoints. LDS, Manley

Lustrous bright original mint red fading to steel brown on the highpoints with two-thirds of the mint color remaining. Sharply struck with no notable

Lustrous olive brown and steel with 30% of the obverse and 5% of the reverse showing mint red. Sharply struck with the exception of the lower part of

Frosty light olive. Sharp and satiny with great eye appeal. No spots or stains. The only notable marks are a tick on the front edge of the neck and

Sharpness near mint state but there are small but strong rim dents on both sides. Frosty light brown. Soft dirt is imbedded into protected areas on

Sharpness EF45 with traces of fine roughness on the obverse and some marks on the rims. Reddish light to medium chocolate brown. MDS.

Bright frosty mint red fading to light steel brown on the highpoints with two-thirds of the original mint color remaining. Only trivial marks includi

Frosty light brown. Light friction on the highpoints; close to AU50. No notable marks. EDS, Manley state 1.0.

Frosty mint red mellowing to light steel brown on the highpoints with 85% of the original mint color remaining. An impressive half cent. Just a few

Frosty tan and light brown. Sharp and attractive; the only marks are a tick on the nostril and a pair of light nicks in the field off the chin. MDS.

Frosty mint red mellowing to light steel brown with about 75% of the planchet showing mellowed mint color. Just a few minor marks including a small s

Sharpness EF40 but covered with uniform moderate roughness from having spent a long time in soil. Lightly cleaned with olive brown in protected areas

Sharpness VF30 and similar to the preceding lot, but the roughness is less severe. No verdigris, and the only marks are a few tiny specks of lighter

Sharpness F12 but covered with fine roughness under a slightly glossy dark olive brown patina. A pit at the top of the cap is the best identifying ma

Glossy chocolate brown and steel. Nicely detailed but the obverse was lightly burnished, strongest in the field below the cap where a collection of s

Sharpness VF35 but covered with uniform moderate granularity. No verdigris or marks and very little actual wear on the devices. Nicely struck and we

Sharpness at least VG10 but covered with moderate roughness under a partly glossy dark olive brown patina. The roughness is strongest on the reverse.

Includes 1795 S-76b R1 Plain Edge Fair-2+, 1800 (unattributed) G5 net Fair-2 for roughness, 1803 S-245 R3 LDS with cud at RICA G4, and 1803 S-260 R1 L