| Lot # | Auction | Current Bid or Hammer Price | Description |
| 370 | The Collectors' Auction 2013 on 10/18/2013 | $800.00 |
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1871 NGC PF-66.
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Extremely bright, clean and vibrant surfaces show virtually no cameo effect at all, announcing this as a fully brilliant proof. Pristine in all respects, surfaces blaze with chromelike brilliance and... |
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| 327 | The Collectors' Auction 2012 on 10/05/2012 | $506.00 |
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1871 NGC PF-65.
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Stubborn carbon spots pepper both sides and undoubtedly preclude higher grade designation, although the surfaces are well preserved and the coin is finely detailed. Satiny overall with virtually no... |
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| 452 | The Midwest Summer Sale 2011 on 07/29/2011 | $675.00 |
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1871 (P02a, plate coin) NGC PF-65.
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1871 P02a, Plate coin. Brilliant surface quality is easily mistaken for that of a business strike because there is essentially no cameo effect on either side. The NGC PF-65 grade fails to adequately... |
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| 231 | The Midwest Winter Sale on 02/12/2010 | $1,020.00 |
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1871, 1876, and 1880. NGC PF-64.
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NGC has consistently graded each of these three-cent nickels PF-64, though they vary appreciably in appearance. The 1871 shows hard brilliance and reflectivity over fields and devices, while the 1876... |
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| 520 | The Midwest Summer Sale on 07/24/2009 | $310.00 |
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1871 PCGS PF-64.
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A brilliant proof struck from later dies that apparently had lost their ability to impart cameo contrast. An odd residue is unexpectedly visible on the lower left leaves of the reverse, but... |
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| 1085 | The Midwest Summer Sale 2006 on 07/21/2006 | $310.00 |
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1871 NGC PF-63.
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The obverse has a more reflective proof aspect than is sometimes seen on Three-cent Nickels. It is flashy, shows fantastic detail, and has surfaces consistent with the grade. |
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