TYPE
DESCRIPTION
PRICE
Medium brown with excellent color; lighter in the protected areas. Light circulation marks, with a tiny pinprick in the right obverse field the only one worthy of note. Very nice eye appeal. Plain 4, stemless reverse.
VF35.
Inv #P0285
$325
Medium to dark brown. Crosslet 4 with stems; spiked chin variety. Very late die state, Manley State 11.0, with extensive reverse cracks and cuds. Latest cud is under I of UNITED.
F12+.
Inv #P0429
$240
Mix of caramel brown and maroon toning. Well struck with all features and devices bold. Decent surfaces with light scattered circulation marks on both sides. A scarce variety at R3 , and very popular due to the "LIHERTY" error, caused by a B punched over an upside-down B (or perhaps an I.) Reverse of 1797 with the double leaf at the top of the wreath.
F12 net VG10.
Inv #P0443
$2750
Medium to golden steel with hints of blue and rose from a prior cleaning. No other problems other than wear. Date is not strong but is full, with 6 embedded in bust. Early die state before the cracks or cud at TY. Comes in Tom Reynolds' original yellow flip graded G5/FR2, $850. All '96 busts are scarce, and this is a rare one at R5 -. Very tough to find well-circulated '96 busts that don't have major problems.
AG3+.
Inv #T2636
$550
Medium to dark brown. Well worn. A few light reverse marks including some tiny digs over AM. Tops of LIBERTY and bottom of date worn into rim. Overall very nice for a '96 bust. Scarce at R3 , and decent '96 busts are a real find.
G4.
Inv #T2658
$425
Large 8, Type I Hair. Medium to darker brown. Mostly smooth with a trace of granularity in the reverse fields. A spur on the right side of the 9 in the date gives this variety its moniker, with the "Horned 9" bold on this example. Late die state with a large cud over ERT. Much nicer for the grade than is normally seen for this variety.
VG7.
Inv #T2240
$275
Large 8, Type I hair. Deep coffee brown fields with medium to dark brown highpoints. Early die state before the obverse cud at ERTY. Full, bold date and legends; usually 17 is weakly struck. Strong spur on right side of 9 in date, hence the "horned 9" moniker for this variety.
VG8.
Inv #T2769
$325
Large 8, Type I hair. Medium to dark brown. Old dig on reverse rim at K12. Late die state with extensive reverse swelling at "TED S" and "AME". 8 of date embedded in bust, which is diagnostic. Very scarce at R4 +, and quite elusive.
G4.
Inv #T2598
$165
Small 8, Type I hair. Medium to dark brown, darker coffee brown on the reverse. Tiny dig on obverse rim K8. Very sharp date and legends. Struck slightly off center on both sides. Scarce at R3 , and this variety comes up much more infrequently than the other "leaning 7" variety, S-161.
VG8.
Inv #P0462
$525
Small 8, Type I hair. Darker steel and olive. Leaning 7 variety with a lump on the right side of O in ONE, which distinguishes this variety from S-160. Scattered roughness on both sides. Early die state before the reverse cud.
G6 net G4.
Inv #P0466
$85
Small 8, Type I hair. Medium brown with an area of darker toning on reverse at CA. Some fine old obverse hairlines. Later die state with obverse swelling at lower curl and 17. Quite scarce at R4 .
VG8.
Inv #P0471
$275
Large 8, Type II hair. Medium to slightly darker steel brown. Uneven strike with strong bust details but weakly struck on left side of LIBERTY and on the reverse legend inside the arc-shaped die crack. The "whisker" clashmark below Miss Liberty's chin is clear. Housed in a PCGS holder graded VG10.
PCGS VG10.
Inv #P0423
$325
Small 8, Type II hair. Medium to dark brown with a splash of maroon in the left obverse field. Cracked around the tops of the reverse legend, mostly visible above AMERICA. Scarce at R3 , and a nice example for the grade.
VG8.
Inv #P0453
$320
Small 8, Type II hair. Medium brown with good color. A few very fine obverse hairlines, and a small nick on the obverse rim at K6. Earlier die state before the arc-shaped obverse crack in the left field. Very nice for this scarce variety (R3 ).
F15.
Inv #P0431
$750
Small 8, Type II hair. Medium to slightly lighter brown, fading to gunmetal gray in the right obverse field, and a more mottled mix of light to medium brown on the reverse. Very well struck on both sides, with excellent detail including full separation of the hair at the forehead. Early die state before the reverse cud. Comes with a Grellman card graded 25+ net 25, obv stain.
VF25.
Inv #P0356
$1750
Small 8, Type II hair. Smooth medium to dark brown with nice surfaces. A few light rim bumps. The usual die state with a cud at U of UNITED. Scarce at R3 .
VG8.
Inv #P0454
$325
Small 8, Type II hair. Crude date figures. Medium to dark brown and steel with magenta hints. Some old circulation marks in the fields. Bold date, with the crack at the bust tip clear. Very scarce, almost rare, at R4 +.
G5.
Inv #P0412
$275
Small 8, Type II hair. Medium to dark brown with some blotchy dark toning on the obverse. Light die crack from right ribbon to (C)A with hair peaks over centers of ER of LIBERTY. Very scarce at R4 .
VG10 net VG8.
Inv #P0481
$275
Small 8, Type II hair. Medium to dark brown. Low 9 in date. Light die crack from lower right ribbon end to bottom of A(M).
VG10.
Inv #T2768
$295
Small 8, Type II hair. Medium to dark brown. Small dig between STATES OF. Arc crack from TY to rim at K3. Late die state with obverse cud at K3 and cracked from the right side of the denominator to (C)A.
G6.
Inv #T2600
$165
Medium brown with darker fields. Well worn. Full date, but the overdate is not obvious due to wear. Heavy swelling at the fraction and the crack at (C)A is visible.
AG3.
Inv #T1952
$55
Medium to dark brown. Well worn. Overdate is clear, but the bottoms of the date digits merge with the rim below. Extremely rare Breen die state VIII, with a strong rim cud at the reverse rim at K5 that encroaches onto the denominator, resembling what Breen calls a "mountain panorama". R3 as a variety. The first S-194 I've ever seen in this die state.
AG3.
Inv #T1822
$195
Medium brown with some mottled darker toning. Tiny nick on final 0 in fraction. Unrecorded die state; heavy clashmark at OF and incuse "00" from date above (E)S, but later than Breen State V with a die crack from TES to the rim, and a branch crack from left top of E(S) to rim above center of T(E). Ex: Heritage 1/06 (Jules Reiver), where it graded NGC XF45; Goldberg 9/09 (Dan Holmes), presently in a PCGS holder graded VF25. Called 25+ by Bob Grellman. Very nice for the grade and possibly a unique die state. Comes with Dan's original envelope, the NGC tag, and a Grellman card.
PCGS VF25.
Inv #P0424
$2450
Medium steel brown. A few wispy hairlines in the field under the hair ribbon and central reverse. Bold date with 1 tilted towards 8, which is diagnostic. A very tough variety at R4 .
F12.
Inv #P0468
$550
Medium to dark brown with a few splashes of olive in the right obverse field. Obverse rim bump K8. Strong clashmarks in left obverse field under ribbon, which is diagnostic. Scarce variety at R3 .
VG7.
Inv #P0464
$175