The Houston Coin and Currency Show Auction

1852 N-12 R1 F15Even chocolate brown spread across both sides. Late die state (Newcomb's old #13) with a die crack extending from the bust throu...

1852 N-15 R3 VF20Traces of medium olive below a light layer of barn red, rust orange and slate. This color scheme is a result of very light oxidation

1852 N-16 R1 XF40+Glossy, uniform chocolate brown and dark olive. The highpoints are slightly worn. There are a couple trivial ticks in the obverse fi

1852 N-21 R3+ F12Cleaned long ago and retoned a nice light olive and khaki. Normal wear and contact marks for the grade. There is a small, dark toning

1853 N-8 R3 VF25Mottled light brown and medium olive. The reverse has some touches of reddish oxidation. EDS Die state b with the lines at 9 o'c...

1853 N-13 R1 XF45+Sharpy struck with even medium brown satiny surfaces. Quite attractive, but it may have seen an old cleaning. If so, it has retoned

1853 N-21 R3 VF20Underlying golden brown with scattered blotches of deep orange. The reverse is more evenly colored. There is some light colored verdi

1853 N-33 R2 VF20Even light brown overall with only minor trivial marks in the fields. There is a little bit of gunk accumulated around the devices an

1854 N-8 R1 VF35Dark and medium olive with traces of sea green in the protected areas. There is some gunk right above the curl going over the date and

1854 N-9 R2 VF20Light olive on the obverse, darkening to dark olive on the reverse. The "dart board obverse". Sharpness near VF30, but thi...