The Empty Nest Large Cent Collection 的展示图片库
S-2 R4+ Ex. Chapman (5/1885) Plated in NNP catalogue archives. Light chocolate brown obverse. Reverse slightly darker, looks UNC, containing several planchet voids or "drift marks" as Chapman called them, signifying impurities in the planchet that subsequently eroded away. Incredible example.
Sheldon 5. Very pleasing with no visible marks other than normal "background noise". No porosity, good color, a small planchet fissure behind the head, looks like a bit of extra hair. Few trivial rim nicks on the reverse. Probably the nicest S-5 I will ever own.
S-75 and about as perfect an AU-50 as there could be. Fabulous.
MS64+BN, CAC. ex. McAllister-Oakes. Source: Heritage. A great example of this Nichols Hoard variety. Perfect color and nice glossy surfaces. Unquestionably new.
AU55, CAC. EAC 45+ Second Hair Style, with the extra curl above the lowest locks. Sheldon 174, with the huge clash on the reverse near the bow. Great color, nice and light brown. Original and without any crud anywhere. Great example for the variety, and even better to find it in an affordable grade. Thanks John at CRO!
Ex. Ken Seville (6/1995) - The Widok Collection. Goldberg Auction 115 (02/2020) Lot 479. One of a kind error, and perfect color to boot. The consensus now is that the coin was struck twice, and during the second strike (which was rotated about 70 degrees from the first) somehow a piece of wood or other debris was struck into the coin, obliterating much of the design elements and leaving a softer smoother impression than what the void of a lamination would appear as. The haunting impression of Liberty’s face appears looking upward meshed within elements of the hair design. Thank goodness somebody saved this from circulation when they did. Thanks, Ray Hinkleman
Ex. Doug Bird 12-Star variety. A Golden Biscuit, as they say. About as light tan as they come in this series. What a find!
OGH and EDS. Loads of surface detail; very uncharacteristic of this series. Pretty obverse. Hard and glossy. Reverse is darker, perhaps envelope toned.
S-292 R-2 CAC ex. Doug Bird. Essentially chocolate brown throughout. Couple ticks on the face and neck but otherwise very clean.
S-287, R-2, Normal Date. EAC 60. CC #3 in Noyes. Breen Die State V, ex. James Mossman, Cardinal Collection. Rare "7-Digit Blue" holder. One of the difficult dates of the series, and the lowest reported mintage. Coin has nice original color and hints of original red throughout the reverse.
CAC, ex. BST collection. Dark. Excellent planchet quality. Cartwheel luster both sides. A complete lack of blemishes or marks.
CAC. Wonderful AU58! Strong cartwheel luster on both sides and a nice light color. Just a trace of rub on the highest points. With coins like these , who needs unc’s?
N-1a, R-1 Ex. Tom Wachtel, EP Newman, Col. EHR Green. Wonderful tan and lustrous near UNC coin! The 1821 as an issue is one of the scarcest among middle date large cents, the reported mintage just 389,000 pieces. The two known die marriages are of similar overall scarcity, and the typical survivor is in lower circulated grades through VF. This date is rare in Mint State with most such pieces from the N-2 die pairing. Newcomb-1 is a major rarity in Mint State with few offerings over the years.
N-5, R-3 EAC-60 OGH-Rattler ex. Jack Beymer, Kaplan, Kosoff, G. Wrubel, Halpern. Wonderful eye appeal and lustrous olive mint frost. First year of the steam press, and a design change prompt inclusion in my set, not only for the “Head of 1836” type, but as a turning point for the US Mint overall.
Ex: Eliasberg, OGH CAC. Silly Head, Newcomb 9 with the bisecting die crack. I grade it EAC 67.
N-13, EAC 65+. Ex. Joshua collection, sold as PCGS MS64RD in 2008, and again as NGC MS65RD in 2014. Now PCGS MS65RD. Coin is amazingly well preserved. Luster is surprisingly strong. The color is very much red and hasn’t apparently changed at all from the 2008 auction photos. Thanks Stack’s Bowers, and thanks PCGS for the level cross!
Newcomb-6, Die State B CAC. Ex, Matt Chapman, Don Kelly. Second time owning! Originally bought from Evan Gale in May 2010, bought again from Rick Snow out of the Don Kelly collection. Thanks, Rick!
