The 68th Annual Houston Money Show Auction

Frosty mellowed mint red fading to steel brown with about a third of the planchet showing underlying faded mint color. Sharply struck with only trivi

Choice glossy light olive and steel brown. Satiny and smooth, and the reverse is significantly sharper than the obverse, as usual for this variety.

A sharp mint state cent but the color is a bit darker than you like to see on an uncirculated cent. Frosty dark steel and olive brown with microscopi

Sharpness VF30 or slightly better but whizzed and retoned dark chocolate brown and steel. Looks rather nice to the unaided eye, but a glass reveals t

Glossy dark steel and olive brown, a bit darker than you like to see for a lightly worn cent. The only marks are a dull nick on the upper left point

Glossy light brown and tan with steel brown toning on the devices. An attractive cent with light wear and minor marks. A small nick under star 5, a

Five points sharper with a few dull, light scratches on the neck (not visible to the unaided eye). Otherwise very nice, nearly choice. Frosty medium

Glossy light chocolate brown and olive with some darker olive brown at UN. Smooth with small marks including a short scratch over the 8 and a tiny pr

The obverse is frosty golden light brown with a couple puffs of slightly darker brown; the reverse is frosty medium brown and light chocolate. Sharpl

Glossy medium chocolate and steel brown. Smooth with light contact marks including a fine hairline scratch from star 1 to the curl at the bottom of t

Frosty dark olive brown and steel with traces of lighter reddish brown in protected areas. A very sharp cent that does not appear to have any wear, b

At least 5 points sharper but there are some contact marks including dull nicks on the neck, a very light scratch from star 1 to the neck, a short scr

Glossy medium chocolate brown with frosty lighter brown in protected areas, particularly on the reverse. Smooth and nicely struck with trivial marks.

Slightly glossy dark olive brown and steel. Lightly smoothed to minimize minor roughness, then retoned. The roughness remaining is minor, strongest

Sharpness close to mint state but there are some nicks on the neck plus a few tiny ticks left of star 9. Otherwise sharp and quite nice. Frosty dark

Choice frosty medium chocolate brown and steel with traces of lighter brown and tan in protected areas. Sharply struck with light friction on the dev

Glossy light chocolate brown and steel. Smooth and attractive, nearly flawless. A tiny nick off the forehead and another left of star 11 are the bes

A couple points sharper with patches of crusty verdigris from star 10 to star 12 and more areas of hard, raised verdigris on the reverse, mostly insid

Glossy light steel brown. No corrosion or verdigris but there are several significant marks on both sides, and a dent at RI in AMERICA caused an obvi

Ten points sharper but covered with microscopic porosity. Dark steel and olive brown. No verdigris, just a few minor marks. A short scratch over th