The Houston Coin and Currency Show Auction

Quartet of Classic Head Half CentsA quartet of Classic Head Half Cents including an 1832 C-3 R3 VG10, 1833 C-1 R1 F12, 1834 C-1 R1 VF20, and an 1835

1833 C-1 R1 NGC Graded AU55Rather glossy dark brown with some lighter color in the peripheries. The obverse has likely been wiped with a fine cloth to

1835 C-1 R1 ANACS Graded AU58Light brown with an arc of light steel crescenting through the stars on the left obverse. There is a distracting spot of

1835 C-1 R1 ICG Graded AU50Golden biscuit brown and light steel. There are a series of scattered ticks on the obverse profile and a spot of active ver

1835 C-2 R1 PCGS Grade AU55Attractive golden tan and steel brown, with hues of sea green and magenta, but they are quite blotchy across the obverse. T

1849 C-1 R2 VF30Choice olive and golden tan surfaces overall. There is a bit of gunk in the protected areas of the reverse, but this could be removed

1850 C-1 R2 F12+Even tan and light olive. Normal wear and contact marks for the grade including a tick below Liberty's nose and a bump in the fi...

1851 C-1 R1 AU50Sharly struck surfaces in mellow orange and medium steel. This cent has been whizzed, but is virtually mark and wear free. The only ma

Quartet of Braided Hair Half CentsA quartet of Braided Hair Half Cents including an 1853 C-1 R1 VF25, 1855 C-1 R1 F15, 1856 C-1 R2 F15, and an 1857 C-

1854 C-1 R1+ XF40+Rusty tan and olive on the obverse while the reverse is golden tan and medium olive. There is some slight oxidation in the fields an