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Browse Catalogue of Stack's January 2006 Auction Limited to: The Americana Sale → U. S. Two Cent Pieces Page 1 of 1  •  First  Previous  Next  Last Categories  •  Stack's January 2006 → The Americana Sale → U. S. Two Cent Pieces Print these Realized Prices! You'll need the Adobe PDF Reader to view and/or print the prices realized sheet. Lot # Description Grade Hammer Price 2030 1864 Small Motto. Choice Brilliant Uncirculated CH BU $750.00 Here is a lovely red and brown example with much of the reverse toned a pale icy blue. A couple of minor spots are found at the edges and are hardly a distraction. A popular and tough to locate subtype. 2031 1864 Large Motto. Choice Brilliant Uncirculated CH BU $155.00 Red-brown surfaces include faint mint red around the sharply impressed reliefs on this pleasing example of the first circulating date of this denomination. PCGS MS63RB. 2032 1864 Large Motto. Very Choice Brilliant Uncirculated VERY CH BU $475.00 Wonderfully even, pale red mint color embraces well struck, entirely satiny fields and design features. 2033 1864 Large Motto, 1868. Choice Brilliant Uncirculated CH BU $240.00 The first coin has hints of faded mint color. The latter is a beautiful chocolate brown. A lovely pair. 2 pieces. 2034 1865 Very Choice Brilliant Proof VERY CH BR PF $500.00 - just bordering on a Gem distinction. Here is a full rose-red example that enjoys razor-sharp cameo devices and glassy-mirrored fields. The surface quality far exceeds that which is typically encountered on Proofs of this type. 2035 1865 Very Choice Brilliant Uncirculated VERY CH BU $250.00 A very pleasing example that retains essentially all of its original mint red color. The fields are nicely lustrous and frosty. Cracked obverse die, broken around the date numerals but different from the next. 2036 1865 Very Choice Brilliant Uncirculated VERY CH BU $325.00 Very pleasing mint color, nearly fully mint red. The fields are lustrous and frosty. Cracked obverse die, broken around the date numerals. 2037 1865 Very Choice Brilliant Uncirculated VERY CH BU $275.00 A wonderful example with lovely rose red surfaces. Uncracked obverse die. 2038 1865 Brilliant Uncirculated BU $110.00 - nearly Choice. Attractive mahogany-brown surfaces give this coin nice eye appeal. The strike is sharp and further adds to this lovely coin's desirability. Graded by ANACS MS62BRN. 2039 1865, 1867 Choice Brilliant Uncirculated CH BU $240.00 Each coin is glossy with a degree of mint red still visible. The second coin has some attractive turquoise toning at the obverse. 2 pieces. 2040 1866 Gem Brilliant Uncirculated GEM BU $1,200.00 Bold and fully reflective mint red saturates this splendidly struck coin, showing the beauty of which this busy design was capable. PCGS MS65RD. 2041 1866 Very Choice Brilliant Uncirculated VERY CH BU $240.00 A near-Gem whose rich mint red surfaces are beginning to mellow toward lightest brown. NGC MS64RB. 2042 1867 Very Choice Brilliant Proof VERY CH BR PF $325.00 An ever so subtle blush of delicate toning accents rich underlying mint color. There is a degree of striking softness at the upper left obverse scroll, as well as at the corresponding area of the reverse. The definition is otherwise entirely bold, and the reflectivity of the fields fully vibrant. 2043 1867 Very Choice Brilliant Proof VERY CH BR PF $550.00 A great deal of original mint red remains on this splendid example. Beautiful glass-like fields are a wonderful backdrop to the razor-sharp devices. 2044 1868 Gem Brilliant Proof GEM BR PF $700.00 A liquid-mirror glow in the fields embellishes this assertive, full red jewel. The design features are chisel-sharp and offer a pleasant cameo contrast. This example is far superior to the vast majority of Proofs usually encountered, not only of this date but of this type in general. 2045 1869 Very Choice Brilliant Uncirculated VERY CH BU $280.00 A well struck red and brown coin. The obverse color is mellowing a bit, but the reverse is a vibrant sunset orange with rose overtones. 2046 1870 Very Choice Brilliant Uncirculated VERY CH BU $702.00 Bold mint red covers both sides of this near-Gem example of the first date with fewer than one million struck. PCGS MS64RD. 2047 1870 Very Choice Brilliant Uncirculated VERY CH BU $440.00 This sharply struck example is a pleasing red and brown color. The coin is quite lustrous and is virtually mark-free. 2048 1871 Gem Brilliant Proof GEM BR PF $700.00 - and an assertive, well mirrored example. Vibrant mint red fields and design features have just begun to acquire delicate signs of mellowing. With there being a distinct scarcity of Mint State examples of this date, high quality Proofs such as the coin offered here are subject to an increased degree of collector demand. 2049 1871 Gem Brilliant Uncirculated GEM BU $650.00 Here is a majestic specimen that has nearly full red color. Radiant lustre leaps from the well preserved surfaces. Scarce so fine. 2050 1872 Gem Brilliant Proof GEM BR PF $1,000.00 Bold cameo contrast gives this example a glorious appearance. Nearly full red color remains on this well struck specimen. A magnificent coin. 2051 1872 Choice Brilliant Proof CH BR PF $575.00 A beautiful chocolate brown coin with hints of mint red found in the glass-like fields. This example can be identified by a couple of streaks of paler toning at the central reverse. A scarcer date coin. 2052 1873 Closed 3. Gem Brilliant Proof GEM BR PF $3,500.00 Glittering deep-glass fields and needle-sharp devices give this glorious Proof its fabulous visual qualities. The lightest saddle-brown shifts subtly to glowing orange-gold, creating the coin's uniquely luxuriant beauty. Here is a stunning Gem example of an elusive Proof-only issue of a mere 600 pieces. Here is the key date to this denomination, long and earnestly sought by both Type...  more 2053 1873 Open 3. Very Choice Brilliant Proof VERY CH BR PF $2,900.00 Uniform, smooth deep red is displaying a faint touch of brown. This variety has an even smaller mintage of 500, though the late Walter Breen wrote that it was ''possibly 10 times as rare'' as the Closed 3 type. This important variety was not discovered and publicized until 1957-1960, with the result that many Open 3 coins extant today are thoroughly circulated. This virtual Gem Proof...  more 2054 1873 Open 3 EF $2,100.00 Extremely Fine, a circulated Proof. Here is a smooth brown, lightly circulated example of this outstanding rarity. This is the first circulated specimen of this Proof-only issue that we remember seeing. NGC XF40BN. Page 1 of 1  •  First  Previous  Next  Last

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