Lot # | Auction | Current Bid or Hammer Price | Description |
372 | The Collectors' Auction 2013 on 10/18/2013 | $400.00 |
1879 PCGS PF-65 (green label).
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Splashes of honey-tan on the portrait helps accentuate slight cameo effect, though tactile feel suggests a generally brilliant proof. Low magnification finds a small planchet flake attached to the... |
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332 | The Collectors' Auction 2012 on 10/05/2012 | $1,000.00 |
1879 NGC PF-67 CAMEO.
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Ivory-white frost layers Liberty's portrait, providing the needed contrast against liquid-nickel fields. Two tiny, grey carbon flecks dot her cheek, while the reverse seems completely free form... |
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967 | The Collectors' Auction 2011 on 10/21/2011 | $310.00 |
1879 NGC PF-64.
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Likely conserved at some point, the brilliant surface displays only a small swath of tint above the coronet. Minor planchet anomalies are as-struck, and include patchy areas beneath the chin and in... |
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968 | The Collectors' Auction 2011 on 10/21/2011 | $500.00 |
1879 (B06) NGC MS-65.
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Dove-grey patina glimmers pleasantly as light captures the underlying luster, and there is some semblance of cameo effect in spite of the correct circulation strike attribution. Slightly streaky... |
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461 | The Midwest Summer Sale 2011 on 07/29/2011 | $300.00 |
1879 (P02a, plate coin) PCGS PF-64.
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1879 P02a, Plate coin. A broad planchet defect rests in the field right of "OF", and the obverse is speckled with dashes of tin-grey toning. A minor scratch on the jaw has some impact on technical... |
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462 | The Midwest Summer Sale 2011 on 07/29/2011 | $475.00 |
1879 PCGS PF-65 (green label).
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Almond-beige tone drapes the surfaces, and might inhibit contrast to mild extent, but the devices are still obviously nicely frosted and delicately poised over reflective fields. A handful of minor... |
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463 | The Midwest Summer Sale 2011 on 07/29/2011 | $475.00 |
1879 (P02a, plate coin) PCGS PF-65.
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1879 P02a, Plate coin. An attractive GEM that displays lovely proof luster and a nice blush of golden tone. An extraneous hair inside the slab adheres to the far left side of the reverse. |
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464 | The Midwest Summer Sale 2011 on 07/29/2011 | $450.00 |
1879 (P03, plate coin) PCGS PF-65 green label.
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1879 P03, Plate coin. The devices are struck with very powerful details, better than what is normally seen. Lead-grey patina is endowed with a multitude of tiny olive-grey flecks that tend toward a... |
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353 | The Midwest Summer Sale 2010 on 07/23/2010 | $850.00 |
1879 PCGS PF-66CAM.
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Each side gleams with watery silver-white surfaces and excellent contrast between the frosty devices and colorless fields. At least a half-dozen tiny ticks appear on Liberty's cheek and suggest that... |
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524 | The Midwest Summer Sale on 07/24/2009 | $1,150.00 |
1879 NGC PF-67*.
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Borderline cameo contrast undoubtedly led to the "star" designation, but in addition, this proof three-cent nickel simply has the "it factor" that makes it an exceedingly attractive coin. Careful... |
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909 | The Collector's Auction on 10/20/2006 | $450.00 |
1879 NGC PF-65.
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This awesome Proof could very easily have been designated as a Cameo. The devices are milky white, and the fields are deep mirrors. |
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1087 | The Midwest Summer Sale 2006 on 07/21/2006 | $280.00 |
1879 NGC PF-63.
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Steel gray surfaces which reveal some areas that reflect a satinlike aspect. The detail is outstanding. |
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1088 | The Midwest Summer Sale 2006 on 07/21/2006 | $370.00 |
1879 PCGS PF-64.
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A sparkling, pristine example. Some microscopic specks are barely discernible, even with a glass. The glistening mirrored surfaces enhance the superb strike. |
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