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Categories • Stack's October 2005 Atlanta Expo → U. S. Coins → The Lester Merkin Collection of Enameled Coins of the United States and the World → United States |
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Lot # |
Description |
Grade |
Hammer Price |
| 5534 |
United States. 1883 cent
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(see below) |
$130.00
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Obverse with bright salmon devices set against deep royal blue background. Flaw at TY of LIBERTY. |
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| 5535 |
United States. 1895 cent
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(see below) |
$240.00
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Bright salmon devices against deep royal blue background. |
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| 5536 |
United States. 1891 dime
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(see below) |
$650.00
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Obverse sky blue periphery with legends and date, metallic center, Seated Liberty in red, white, and blue. Reverse with remnants of bar attached. |
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| 5537 |
United States. 1892 dime
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(see below) |
$130.00
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Reverse bright, fiery red at center, devices and denomination metallic, white inlay at peripheries. Obverse Barber's head of liberty with traces of old mount removed. |
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| 5538 |
United States. 1876 quarter
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(see below) |
$260.00
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Pinback, reverse with deep royal blue background, metallic devices and legends, shield in blue and red. Pin attached to dated obverse. |
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| 5539 |
United States. 1877 quarter
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(see below) |
$700.00
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Metallic outer ring, inner ring in deep royal blue, silver center with golden eagle, red, white, and blue shield, green leaves, black arrows, and IN GOD WE TRUST on white scroll above eagle. Pinback complete on obverse of host coin. |
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| 5540 |
United States. 1871 half dollar
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(see below) |
$250.00
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Metallic outer ring, deep royal blue field, legends, denomination, and eagle all metallic, eagle hand-engraved, IN GOD WE TRUST in white on metallic ribbon, some minor flaws in the cloisonné. Pinback attached to obverse of host coin. |
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| 5541 |
United States. 1871 half dollar
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(see below) |
$750.00
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Metallic outer ring, sky blue inner circle, white central field, reverse eagle completely re-engraved, now resembling a "pattern" of sorts, eagle brown, shield red, white, and blue, ribbon above eagle's head red with IN GOD WE TRUST in black. Pinback and brooch loop attached to obverse of host coin. |
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| 5542 |
United States. 1893 half dollar. Love token
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(see below) |
$400.00
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An ornate, looped Barber half dollar love token, this with the initials R (red), J (sky blue), B (royal blue), ornate filigree hand-work around. A pleasing love token with a gilt EF-40 or so Barber half dollar as the host coin. |
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| 5543 |
United States. 1896 half dollar. Love token
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(see below) |
$500.00
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Another Barber half dollar love token, this gilt. Reverse with AULD LANGE SYNE and MDCCCXLVII (1847) around, separated by ornate, hand-engraved floral stops. At the center are the letters C (red), K (royal blue), and W (white). Looped at top. |
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| 5544 |
United States. 1907 half dollar
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(see below) |
$275.00
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Reverse with all devices and legends metallic, eagle re-engraved, shield in red, white, and blue, background deep, fiery red. Pinback attached to obverse of host coin. |
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| 5545 |
United States. 1800 silver dollar
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(see below) |
$6,600.00
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Metallic outer ring encircles white inlaid halo that supports date, stars, and LIBERTY, deep royal blue center supports metallic bust of Liberty, re-engraved. Pinback and brooch loop on reverse of host coin. A pleasing specimen with a reverse that easily grades EF-40, and, who knows, perhaps a "BB" designation can be pulled from the beautiful reverse. One of the highlights of the U.S.... more |
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| 5546 |
United States. 1879 silver dollar
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(see below) |
$750.00
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Metallic outer ring, deep royal blue inner ring with legend and denomination metallic, metallic center supports brown eagle, golden arrows and leaves, green wreath, and IN GOD WE TRUST in royal blue. Pinback intact on obverse of Morgan dollar. |
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| 5547 |
United States. 1881 silver dollar
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(see below) |
$750.00
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Outer metallic ring, inner sky blue ring, eagle brown, leaves green, bow red, IN GOD WE TRUST royal blue. Pinback intact on obverse of host coin. |
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| 5548 |
United States. 1882 silver dollar
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(see below) |
$750.00
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Metallic outer ring, deep royal blue ring supports metallic legends and denomination, eagle brown, arrows and claws yellow, wreath and leaves green, bow sky blue, IN GOD WE TRUST royal blue. Pinback intact on obverse of host coin. |
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| 5549 |
United States. 1883 silver dollar
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(see below) |
$800.00
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Metallic outer ring, royal blue inner ring with chips around legend and denomination, eagle gray, wreath and leaves green, cloisonné missing from IN GOD WE TRUST. Pinback intact on obverse of host coin. |
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| 5550 |
United States. 1886 silver dollar
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(see below) |
$800.00
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Metallic outer rim, inner ring of deep royal blue, eagle brown, wreath and leaves green, arrows and claws yellow, IN GOD WE TRUST royal blue. Pinback intact on obverse of host coin. |
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| 5551 |
United States. 1887 silver dollar
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(see below) |
$800.00
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Metallic outer ring, inner ring of white supports legend and denomination, field deep, royal blue eagle, wreath, and IN GOD WE TRUST metallic and re-engraved. Pinback intact on obverse of host coin. |
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| 5552 |
United States. 1899 silver dollar
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(see below) |
$900.00
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Ornate loop at top, metallic outer ring, inner ring of royal blue with legends and denomination metallic, eagle brown, leaves and wreath green, IN GOD WE TRUST black. |
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| 5553 |
United States. 1878 trade dollar
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(see below) |
$2,000.00
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Metallic outer ring, inner ring of deep royal blue supports metallic legends and denomination, reverse center metallic, attractively made eagle in white and gray, ribbons with legends pink, arrows silver, leaves green, claws and beak warm gold. Pinback intact on obverse of host coin. One of the nicest enamel inlay coins offered thus far. |
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| 5554 |
United States. 1879-S half eagle
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(see below) |
$280.00
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Imitation diamond set in starburst pattern beneath Liberty's chin. |
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| 5555 |
United States. 1887-S eagle
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(see below) |
$330.00
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Crescent moon of imitation emeralds, nine all told before Liberty's portrait, solitary imitation emerald in starburst pattern behind Liberty's portrait. |
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| 5556 |
United States. 1880 double eagle
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(see below) |
$750.00
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Framed imitation rubies (15) encircle obverse portrait of Liberty. |
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| 5557 |
United States. 1893 Columbian half dollar
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(see below) |
$275.00
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Faint silver-blue enameled portrait of Columbus with legends and denomination in the same color, dentils as well, a few dentils missing the cloisonné, deep royal blue background. Pinback intact on reverse of host coin. Far and away one of the loveliest specimens in the collection, certainly as far as aesthetics and contrast are concerned. |
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| 5558 |
United States. 1893 Columbian half dollar
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(see below) |
$425.00
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Reverse with deep royal blue field that supports metallic devices and legends, metallic ship sails hand-engraved, ship brown, waves beneath medium and light blue, sky above pale sky blue. Splendid in appearance. |
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| 5559 |
United States. 1893 Columbian half dollar
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(see below) |
$400.00
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Reverse with outer metallic ring, inner band of deep royal blue, legends and date metallic, metallic center, ship brown, sails white and gray, globes multicolored in appearance. Pinback intact on obverse of host coin. Another charming example. |
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Categories • Stack's October 2005 Atlanta Expo → U. S. Coins → The Lester Merkin Collection of Enameled Coins of the United States and the World → Hawaii |
| Lot # |
Description |
Grade |
Hammer Price |
| 5560 |
United States. Hawaii. 1883 quarter dollar
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(see below) |
$175.00
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Multicolored fields set against royal blue background, upper right and lower left quadrant of shield bright yellow, other quadrants and crown red, white, and blue, central chevron deep kelly green. Mount removed from obverse of host coin. |
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| 5561 |
United States. Hawaii. 1883 half dollar
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(see below) |
$150.00
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Identical cloisonné work as represented with the quarter dollar just offered, evidently part of a matching set. Mount removed from obverse of host coin. |
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| 5562 |
United States. Hawaii. 1883 half dollar
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(see below) |
$225.00
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Another Hawaiian half dollar. Again with similar cloisonné work to the preceding lot. Suspension bar and loop on obverse of host coin, loop countermarked "W" in six-pointed star. |
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| 5563 |
United States. Hawaii. 1883 half dollar
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(see below) |
$175.00
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Another Hawaiian half dollar, done in the same color pattern as the preceding Hawaiian coins. Pinback intact on obverse of gilt host coin. |
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