USATen Cents 1856S Normal S, Breen 3300, Good Fine, Breen states ' Usually in low grades', only 70,000 pieces minted, the first year that the San Francisco Mint produced Dimes, Very Rare, one of the key types in the series
USATen Cents 1875CC as Breen 3384 but with wider spaced CC below wreath, Fine, the obverse with a slight uneven tone, Rare, this mintmark spacing usually encountered with the CC in wreath types for this date
USA (2) One Cent 1858 Flying Eagle, E of CENT nearly closed, Breen 1930 AU/UNC with pleasing tone, the obverse with some tone spots, a sharp and attractive example, Two Cents 1868 Breen 2393 VF with some surface dirt
USA (2) Quarter Dollar 1926 Breen 4250 GVF/VF, the obverse with a slightly uneven gold and grey tone, Ten Cents 1912 Breen 3581 GVF nicely toned, the obverse with a scratch on the portrait
USA Twenty Cents 1875S Clear S, Breen 3874 NVF with a small tone spot and some thin scratches on the obverse, a scarce and short lived denomination only issued from 1875 to 1878
USAFive Cents 1882 Breen 2518 a small die chip between the upper curve of the 2 and the base at the right extremity give the impression of 2 over 1, (see notes in Breen, page 248) Lustrous UNC a most attractive example
USA (3) Two Cents 1864 Large Motto, with weak upper serif in D of UNITED, Large 4 in date, shows the die evolution of the Breen 2378 variety, Good Fine with some spots , One Cent (2) 1868 Breen 1975 VG Rare, 1883 Breen 2003 GVF
USATen Cents 1892 Proof, Right ribbon end free of wreath, Breen 3470, in an NGC holder and graded PF64 Cameo. Very attractive and desirable with the Cameo designation. Only 1245 Proofs minted of this date, and seldom offered
USATen Cents 1834 Large perfect 4 in date, Large D in UNITED, the D from a font originally intended for use on the Half Dollar, this rare variety discovered in 1975 by Breen. Breen 3203, Davis 2, many die pairings are listed for this date, this die pairing one of the more rare and desirable types. GVF, a bold and pleasing example of this rare type.
USA (4) Two Cents 1865 Plain 5 Breen 2387 GEF, One Cent (3) 1865 Fancy 5 Breen 1963 EF, 1865 Plain 5 struck over Fancy 5 (previously thought to be 5 over 4) variety on Fivaz/Stanton FS#007.4UNC with traces of lustre, 1887 Breen 2010 GEF/UNC with traces of lustre
USA (3) 5 Cents (2) 1868 Breen 2472 About VF with dull tone, 1883 without CENTS Breen 2529 A/UNC and lustrous, Two Cents 1865 Fancy 5, Top serif of D in UNITED missing Breen 2381 VF
USAFive Cents 1916 Doubled Die Obverse, Breen 2599, the variety confirmed by the last three digits of the date bold and with the understrike lower and to the right of the date, with also clear doubling to the feather tips, in a PCGS holder and graded XF40, listed as a separate entry in the Red book, the variety was only discovered in 1962, by which time many examples were well worn. It is estimated only 200-400 examples survive and of these many are in low grades, a key date rarity and listed in the Cherrypicker's Guide with the highest 'interest rating', this an evenly struck piece with pleasing detail and extremely rare thus, we note that the Heritage database shows only 4 examples sold since 2000. The PCGS database shows only 13 examples in XF40 with a PCGS price guide of £22,500
USAHalf Dollar 1830 Small Letters, Small 0 as Breen 4688 edge reads FIFTY CENTS OR A DOLLAR, listed by Overton as E25 Error edge, EF with some lustre, the obverse with small tone spots
USA5 Cents 1868 New Hub for 1868, with most star positions similar to Breen 2476, Top of first S in STATES missing in centre, CENTS has end of C missing (no serif) and S missing centre of it's curved base, unlisted by Breen, Listed in the Cherrypicker's Guide to Rare Die Varieties by Fivaz and Stanton FS#5c-002.96 (Variety 3) EF with small rim nicks, the printed table in the book states that this type accounts for only 3% of the total mintage, compared to the commonest variety which accounts for approximately 48% of the total mintage, a rare die type
CanadaNewfoundland5 Cents 1896 AU with a pleasing light grey tone Krause lists at $50 in XF40 and $700 in MS60 and this coin is certainly far superior to the typical USA graded XF40
USA10 Cents 1821 Large Date, 2 with curved base, Breen 3172 NVF, Bolivia Half Real 1825 PTS JL KM#90 NEF, Netherlands 10 Cents 1892 KM#116 NEF with a few dark tone spots
USA Pony Express Diamond Jubilee (1860-1935) Oregon Trail Memorial Association Lustrous UNC, Merchandise Token 5 Cents Theo A.Kolgaklis , 302 East Broughton Street Savannah, Ca Fine
USA (2) 20 Cents 1875S Filled S Breen 3873 VG, Political Token One Cent size 1863 The Flag of Our Union/If Anybody Attempts to Tear it Down/Shoot Them On The Spot VF
USA (2) Quarter Dollar 1918S Breen 4234 Near VF, 5 Cents 1882 with line joining the back curve of the 2 to the right of it's base, some times offered as 'filled 2' or '2 over 1' Breen states 'Overdates remain unverified' Good Fine
USAFive Cents 1914 as Breen 2592 but the date noticeably double struck with all four underlying date figures visible to the right of the main figures, unlisted as such in the 'Cherrypicker's Guide to Rare Die Varieties' VF
USA5 Cents 1882 Filled 2 with the appearance of being 2 over 3, unlike any of the illustrated over dates of this period in the Breen catalogue. Fine, worthy of further research
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