Lot # | Auction | Current Bid or Hammer Price | Description |
412 | The Midwest Summer Sale 2014 on 07/18/2014 | $1,350.00 |
1936 NGC PF-64.
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Washburn, Arkansas Collection. Certainly attractive at arm's length, with that unmistakable "brilliant proof" character and the lovely ice-blue and silver-rose toning that often develops over... |
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583 | The Midwest Summer Sale on 07/26/2013 | $1,950.00 |
1936 Brilliant Proof NGC PF-66.
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Gus Johnson Proof Collection. Exquisite striking details instantly spell out the proof format, and so powerful was the striking pressure used that a finely raised die-crack can be seen snaking up... |
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367 | The Midwest Summer Sale 2012 on 07/27/2012 | $1,300.00 |
1936 ICG Satin PF-67.
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Collectors of the 1930s (and for that matter, even today) found it difficult to readily distinguish nickels struck in "satin proof" format from high quality business strike production, and the... |
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396 | The Midwest Summer Sale 2010 on 07/23/2010 | $2,100.00 |
1936 PCGS PF-66 Brilliant.
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No cameo frost can be seen on either side at all, allowing glassy brilliance to beam brightly with watery sheen. This coin is faintly tinged with silver-cobalt patina, with subtle rainbow shades... |
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232 | The Collectors' Auction 2009 on 10/16/2009 | $1,275.00 |
1936 Brilliant PF-62.
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Brilliant proof format is by far that preferred by most collectors (over the satin proof format), and this is such a piece. Details are, of course, exceedingly sharp as is always the case, and... |
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573 | The Midwest Summer Sale on 07/24/2009 | $1,450.00 |
1936 ICG PF-67.
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Inability to easily distinguish proof strikings from high quality business strike production is what led to the demise of the "satin proof" format for the buffalo nickel seventy years ago, and this... |
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586 | The Midwest Winter Sale 2009 on 02/13/2009 | $200.00 |
1936, 1936-D and 1936-S. PCGS MS-65.
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All three 1936 buffalo nickel issues are represented in this lot, each graded MS-65 by PCGS. The 1936 is a brilliant white coin, the 1936-D is bathed in soft golden patina, and the 1936-S bears a... |
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