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Auction 271 | Lot 6396 » Quarters and Twenty Cents » Standing Liberty Quarters

1917 25C Type One MS64 Full Head PCGS. This fully brought up example is frosty-white in sheen with one or two miniscule abrasions that prevent a full Gem grade. (PCGS# 5707)

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Auction 271 | Lot 6796 » Half Dollars » Seated Half Dollars

1859-O 50C --Countermarked--ANACS. AU Details, Net VF20. WB-103. Errant 9 in Rock. This is a pretty sporty coin. The scarcest variety of the year is countermarked with a clear, distinct countermark: CHAS. WENDELL. Wendell was a Chicago jeweler and two variants of his countermarks are known today, this one and one that says CHAS. WENDELL / JEWELER. In the latest edition of Brunk, 16 pieces are listed, all of which are either Dimes or Quarters. Lightly toned on each side with the obverse being several shades deeper in hue than the reverse. The only surface impairments (other than the countermark) are a couple of scratches to the right of the eagle's head on the reverse.
From the Tommy Dorathy Collection of Seated Halves. (PCGS# 6297)

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Auction 271 | Lot 5923 » Dimes » Seated Dimes

1837 10C No Stars--Cleaned--ANACS. Unc. Details, Net AU50. A dark coin with areas of discoloration on the obverse. The details are nicely pronounced, but the color of the surfaces mute them.
From the Collection of Dr. Joseph M. Seventko. (PCGS# 4561)

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Auction 271 | Lot 5924 » Dimes » Seated Dimes

1837 10C No Stars MS65 PCGS. Large Date, Repunched 7. Greer-102. Every feature displays razor sharp striking definition. This is a fully lustrous, satiny textured example with no abrasions to report. The 1837 is the first Seated Dime produced, and, while the original mintage of 682,500 pieces is generous for the period, Gem quality survivors are scarce when compared to the number of high grade type collectors in today's market. Population: 20 in 65, only eight are finer (7/01).
From the Gulf Coast Collection. (PCGS# 4561)

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Auction 271 | Lot 5925 » Dimes » Seated Dimes

1837 10C No Stars, Small Date MS66 PCGS. The rounded top to the 7 in the date is the feature that distinguishes this Small Date example from its similarly dated Large Date counterparts. The scarcer of the two varieties produced this year, this is an extraordinary Gem in all regards. Both sides are draped in warm, frosty luster with swirls of russet and cobalt-blue toning near the left obverse border and around the reverse periphery. Fully struck and free of even the tiniest surface blemish. The Small Date variety is not noted on the PCGS insert.
From the Gulf Coast Collection. (PCGS# 4562)

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Auction 271 | Lot 5926 » Dimes » Seated Dimes

1838-O 10C No Stars VF25 ANACS. A deeply toned example of this scarcer issue, the only mintmarked No Stars Half Dime. (PCGS# 4564)

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Auction 271 | Lot 5927 » Dimes » Seated Dimes

1838-O 10C No Stars XF45 NGC. Toned in darker shades of gray with normal marks for the grade. The scarcer date of this very popular two-year type. (PCGS# 4564)

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Auction 271 | Lot 5928 » Dimes » Seated Dimes

1838-O 10C No Stars MS65 NGC. Greer-102. On April 9,1838, the Philadelphia Mint shipped two pairs of Dime dies to the newly opened branch mint in New Orleans. Like the 1837-dated dies, the dies earmarked for 1838-O coinage did not display stars around the obverse border. Since stars were added to the obverse design before the delivery of 1838-dated Dimes from the Philadelphia Mint, the 1838-O is not only the first branch mint Dime in U.S. coinage history, but it is also the only branch mint issues of the short-lived No Stars type.

This originally preserved Gem is among the finest certified survivors from an original mintage of approximately 406,034 pieces. Both sides display a blanket of antique-gold and lilac-gray patina, over which mottled cobalt-blue and russet shadings have gathered. The focal features are uncommonly well struck for a product of the early New Orleans Mint, but we do note interesting flow lines (as struck) in the obverse field. There are no mentionable abrasions. NGC and PCGS have seen only nine coins in MS65, and none finer (7/01).
From the Gulf Coast Collection. (PCGS# 4564)

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Auction 271 | Lot 5932 » Dimes » Seated Dimes

1838 10C Small Stars MS67 NGC. Mint records indicate that 1.9 million Seated Dimes were produced at the Philadelphia Mint in 1838, only 30,000 pieces of which are believed to have been of the Small Stars variety (per Greer, 1992). We have not handled a finer representative of the 1838 Small Stars Dime, and, although NGC reports two coins in MS67 (8/01), the prevalence of resubmissions in today's hobby causes us to doubt whether there is another example extant that could rival this coin in terms of technical and aesthetic quality. Richly frosted throughout, the surfaces display needle sharp striking definition and diagnostic reverse doubling over the O in ONE and the D in DIME. Both sides are target toned with intense electric-blue color around the peripheries and crimson-russet shades toward the centers. There is not a single distracting or identifying feature on either side of this smooth Superb Gem.
From the Gulf Coast Collection. (PCGS# 4569)

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Auction 271 | Lot 5929 » Dimes » Seated Dimes

1838 10C Dime Large Stars--Cleaned--ANACS, Unc. Details, Net AU55, good detail, flat silver color; and an 1837 Half Dollar AU50 ANACS, silver-white surfaces.
The first coin is Ex: The Julius Turoff Collection (Bowers & Ruddy, 10/76), lot 1634; and the second coin is Ex: The C.W. Krugjohann Collection (Bowers & Ruddy, 5/76), lot 304. (Total: 2 coins) (PCGS# 4568)

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Auction 271 | Lot 5930 » Dimes » Seated Dimes

1838 10C Large Stars MS67 NGC. Greer-105. The meandering die crack (as struck) over Liberty's portrait, as well as repunching at the base of the final 8 in the date and on stars 3, 5, 7, 11, and 13, are diagnostic features of this variety. Unsurpassable technical quality for this important issue, both sides are veiled in rich lavender-gray, charcoal-gray, and cobalt-blue shades. This is a fully impressed and smooth example, a trivial abrasion in the reverse field below the N in ONE being the only mentionable pedigree marker.

In 1838, Christian Gobrecht added stars to the obverse design of the Seated Liberty Dime. The earliest working dies of this type (1838-1840) were sunk from the No Stars hub of 1837, with the stars being entered individually and by hand. This practice explains the above mentioned repunching. Population: 9 in 67, 0 finer (8/01).
From the Gulf Coast Collection. (PCGS# 4568)

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Auction 271 | Lot 5931 » Dimes » Seated Dimes

1838 10C Large Stars MS67 NGC. It is definitely the sign of an important sale when we can offer two Superb Gem representatives of this second-year Seated Dime from the Philadelphia Mint. This is a wholly original example with rich electric-blue peripheral toning around golden-gray color in the center of the obverse and crimson-gold patina in the center of the reverse. Shimmering satin luster is seen at all angles, the devices are fully brought up in all areas. There are no bothersome abrasions or readily evident pedigree markers. (PCGS# 4568)

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Auction 271 | Lot 5933 » Dimes » Seated Dimes

1839 10C No Drapery MS66 NGC. Formerly sold as lot 5461 in our February 2000 Long Beach Sale, which featured the Richard Doyle Collection, where it was described as, "The colorful toning scheme explains this coin's nearly unsurpassable eye appeal. Swirls of rainbow iridescence blanket the reverse, but the obverse shows tan-gray toning that deepens about the periphery. A fleeting opportunity for Liberty Seated collectors who appreciate originality as well as technical superiority. (PCGS# 4571)

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Auction 271 | Lot 5934 » Dimes » Seated Dimes

1839-O 10C No Drapery MS68 NGC. Large O. Repunched Mintmark. Greer-102. The undermintmark is readily evident under a loupe, there is a bisecting reverse die crack through the word DIME. The obverse does not display the die crack from Liberty's head through stars 8-12 that Greer describes, but we do note that star 8 is boldly repunched. This is a "very scarce" variety according to Greer, the present example being undoubtedly the finest known representative. As the only MS68 representative of this issue known to NGC and PCGS (7/01), this coin is also quite possibly the finest known 1839-O No Drapery Seated Dime of any die marriage. A fully original example, the obverse is toned in lovely antique-copper colors with blushes of gold and blue iridescence intermixed throughout. The reverse is equally as attractive with lovely crimson, dove-gray, and electric-blue colors. Boldly impressed in all focal areas with no mentionable distractions.
From the Gulf Coast Collection. (PCGS# 4572)

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Auction 271 | Lot 5935 » Dimes » Seated Dimes

1840 10C No Drapery MS67 PCGS. Despite having been produced in modest numbers (fewer than 1 million coins), the 1840 No Drapery is not a particularly difficult issue to locate in circulated grades. Mint State survivors are, however, scarce, and specimens that grade as fine as the present Superb Gem are undeniably rare. This coin is typically well produced for the issue with a noteworthy sharpness of strike noted throughout. The surfaces are richly toned in antique-copper patina through which warm champagne, lilac, and golden undertones shine at most angles. Beautifully frosted with a pristine sheen. Both major grading services have seen only four coins in MS67, and none finer (7/01).
From the Gulf Coast Collection. (PCGS# 4573)

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Auction 271 | Lot 5936 » Dimes » Seated Dimes

1841 10C MS64 NGC. This is not an easy issue to locate in the finer Mint State grades despite a respectable original mintage of 1.6 million pieces. A pleasingly original example, both sides are satiny in finish with sprays of silver-gray and orange iridescence overall. Fully struck with no significant distractions.
From the Gulf Coast Collection. (PCGS# 4579)

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Auction 271 | Lot 5937 » Dimes » Seated Dimes

1841-O 10C MS65 PCGS. Open Bud Reverse. Small O. With 2 million pieces produced, the 1841-O is certainly not a rare issue in an absolute sense. Most survivors are, however, concentrated in the Good-VF grade ranges, with Mint State survivors of all varieties numbering only 29 coins at NGC and PCGS combined (7/01). Easily among the finest examples extant, this richly toned Gem is layered in dappled olive-copper shades that reveal modest reflective tendencies in the fields at a few angles. Hints of powder-blue patina are seen in a few peripheral areas, distracting abrasions are noteworthy by their absence.
From the Gulf Coast Collection. (PCGS# 4580)

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Auction 271 | Lot 5938 » Dimes » Seated Dimes

1842 10C MS66 NGC. We have not handled a similarly graded 1842 Seated Dime in recent memory, and neither NGC nor PCGS have certified a single example finer (7/01). This is a mostly satiny coin whose surfaces reveal a modest glow in the fields. There is no mentionable toning, and distracting abrasions are also conspicuously absent. A lovely coin for the early date type collector.
From the Gulf Coast Collection. (PCGS# 4581)

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Auction 271 | Lot 5939 » Dimes » Seated Dimes

1842-O 10C MS63 NGC. Medium O. Although more common than the Small O, the 1842-O Medium O is still a difficult variety to locate in the finer Mint State grades. Greer says that "nice XF or better examples are presently very undervalued." Fully original in all regards, the surfaces are overlaid in multiple layers of lavender-gray patina with tinges of orange and gold shades near the borders. The strike is generally above average, the surfaces are remarkably abrasion-free for the grade. Population: 5 in 63, 7 finer (8/01).
From the Gulf Coast Collection. (PCGS# 4582)

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Auction 271 | Lot 5940 » Dimes » Seated Dimes

1843 10C MS64 NGC. Greer-102. The final digit in the date is repunched north. Areas of near-brilliance are interspersed with mottled olive-orange and blue-gray patina. A few of the highest points are a little softly impressed, but most features are bold, if not sharp. The underlying surfaces display pleasing satin luster, there are no individually conspicuous abrasions. Conditionally scarce.
From the Gulf Coast Collection. (PCGS# 4583)

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Auction 271 | Lot 5941 » Dimes » Seated Dimes

1843 10C MS65 PCGS. With a sizeable original mintage of 1.3 million pieces, the 1843 is hardly a rare coin in an absolute sense. Gems, on the other hand, are few and far between, and this issue probably saw extensive circulation at the time of issue. This original example is toned in mottled olive, steel-gray, and orange colors that yield to patches of brilliance near the denticles. The strike is bold--a typical feature of many P-mint Seated dimes from the 1840s--and the surfaces are pristine from rim to rim. A definite find for the specialist. Population: 2 in 65, only one is finer (7/01). (PCGS# 4583)

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Auction 271 | Lot 5942 » Dimes » Seated Dimes

1844 10C MS65 PCGS. Dime production at the Philadelphia Mint plummeted from 1.3 million pieces in 1843 to a mere 72,500 coins in 1844. Thanks to the efforts of Frank C. Ross, a writer from Kansas City, the latter issue has been dubbed "Little Orphan Annie," a nickname that has led to widespread hoarding of this issue among Seated Dime specialists. Most examples in collector's hands are, however, worn specimens that typically grade no finer than VF. The certified population of this issue dwindles rapidly above that level of preservation, with Mint State coins numbering just six coins at both NGC and PCGS (7/01).

The present Gem is the single finest certified example of this popular and conditionally challenging P-mint issue. Both sides are silver-gray in appearance, the obverse being semi-prooflike in finish, the reverse displaying a warmly frosted texture. There are some striations (as struck) in the obverse field, neither side reveals any sizeable distractions. A coin that is earmarked for inclusion in the finest collection of 19th century Dimes.
From the Gulf Coast Collection. (PCGS# 4585)

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Auction 271 | Lot 5943 » Dimes » Seated Dimes

1845 10C MS65 NGC. Repunched Date. Greer-101. It has been more than a year since we have offered an 1845 Dime of similar quality to this pleasingly original Gem. The surfaces are drenched in honey-copper patina with irregular swaths of electric-blue color near the borders. This date typically comes with a sharp strike, and this crisp looking example is no exception. Smooth, satiny surfaces are also worthy of mention. Population: 5 in 65, 4 finer (8/01).
From the Gulf Coast Collection. (PCGS# 4586)

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Auction 271 | Lot 5944 » Dimes » Seated Dimes

1847 10C --Cleaned, Retoned--ANACS. AU Details, Net AU50. The sharp detail expected on an Uncirculated coin, but with surfaces colored to a deep passion purple. (PCGS# 4589)

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Auction 271 | Lot 5946 » Dimes » Seated Dimes

1849 10C MS63 PCGS. The Philadelphia Mint delivered 839,000 Dimes in 1849, a not insignificant total for the era. This issue does not, however, appear to have been preserved in significant numbers, as the present example is one of only five MS63 coins known to PCGS, and there are just four pieces finer (7/01). Satiny in texture, the surfaces are bright with a few wispy abrasions and a dusting of golden-tan iridescence. The overall eye appeal is suggestive of a Choice grade.
From the Gulf Coast Collection. (PCGS# 4591)

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