Sheridan Downey Coins

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Date	Variety	Rarity	Grade	Description	Price
Draped Bust, Heraldic Eagle Half-Dollars, 1801-1807
1805/4	O.101	R.4-	PCGS VF 30	Even wear with pale auburn toning, lighter on the devices. Nice surfaces. No quarrel with the assigned grade. Formerly in the collection of Robinson S. Brown, Jr. as NGC VF 30. NGC label accompanies.	$2,195	Sale Pending Email Me
1807	O.102	R.2	PCGS VF 35	Classic kraft envelope toning, with soft luster flanking the stars, legend and central devices. Smooth, original surfaces are a significant plus. A special coin for the date or type collector. Most would grade the coin XF.	$1,550	Sale Pending Email Me
Capped Bust Half-Dollars, 1807-1836
1811 Small 8	O.113	R.5-	PCGS XF Detail	Hairlines under attractive grey toning tell us the coin was wiped a few decades past. It takes a practiced eye to spot them. The `11-113 is a classic rarity, struck from a pair of well-worn dies. The devices on this example are a good deal sharper than most. The coin last traded hands in the 1980s.	$950	Email Me
1818 Pincher 8s	O.108	R.2	NGC AU 58 CAC	Well struck with virtually full luster and lovely surfaces. The toning matches that seen on the Louis Eliasberg bust halves. I was all but certain that I would find the coin in the 1997 sale of Eliasberg's half-dollars. No luck. And no matter. You will share CAC's view that the coin is a top-end 58.	$2,500	Email Me
1819/8 Lg. 9	O.102	R.1	PCGS AU 58	Silver-grey with “hard,” smooth surfaces save for contact marks on the cheek. Strong, unbroken luster. Well struck. The PCGS label incorrectly notes “Small 9.” Last sold during the August 1993 ANA Convention in Baltimore.	$2,450	Email Me
1821	O.106	R.1	PCGS XF 45	"Wholesome and original" seems an understatement. This is a whizbang 1821. Beneath Nature's blanket of antique grey toning, luster frames the well struck devices. Smooth surfaces complete the picture. Nice! (I was able to trace the provenance of this coin to the renowned collection of Charles De Olden.)	$425	Sale Pending Email Me
1821	O.107	R.2	PCGS OGH MS 62	Were you around in July 1993 when I aborted the sale (MB 9)of selections from the Overton Collection? MB 9 also included other consignments. Only the Overton coins were withdrawn from the sale. This dazzling 1821 was lot 74. It brought $1,470, a strong price for the day. The razor sharp strike deserves your attention. A few ticks near Liberty's lowest curl and ribbon appear to be of Mint origin but may have confused PCGS. The coin is gorgeous!	$2,225	Sale Pending Email Me
1824 Over Various Dates	O.103	R.1	PCGS AU 55	Full luster. Brilliant, with a splash of russet toning atop Liberty's cap. Well struck for the issue. Last offered in August 2009 as lot 151 in MB 34, bringing $1,694. Nice coin for Red Book variety collectors.	$1,825	Sale Pending Email Me
1824/4	O.110	R.2	PCGS AU 55 CAC	Another Red Book staple. Cartwheel luster enriches the pastel copper toning. The superior strike and eye-appeal earned this one a CAC sticker.	$1,425	Sale Pending Email Me
1825	O.106	R.3	PCGS AU 58 CAC	Ex Keith Davignon. Blast white with unbroken, scintillating luster. The central devices are fully struck, the surfaces essentially free of contact or handling marks. Is there friction on the cheek? Maybe. Maybe not. The coin was in an NGC MS 61 capsule when Keith purchased it from me in April 1999. Here is a top of the line AU 58 that oozes eye-appeal.	$2,150	Sale Pending Email Me
1825	O.114	R.1	PCGS AU 58 CAC	Ex Charlton Meyer and Tim Osborne. Meyer provenance noted on the PCGS label. Offered in MB 56, lot 20, bringing $2,860. Blinding luster and a sharp strike hallmark this "wow" coin. Friction confined to Liberty’s cheek and breast. Exceptionally nice surfaces. Meyer acquired the coin from your cataloguer during the 1987 ANA Convention in Atlanta. Tim found it irresistible when he spotted it in Harry Laibstain’s bourse case at the August 2008 ANA Convention in Baltimore.	$2,250	Sale Pending Email Me
1826	O.102	R.1	PCGS XF 45	Steel-grey toning with soft luster throughout.	$325	Email Me
1827 Sq. Base 2	O.139	R.4-	PCGS AU 50	Original with pristine surfaces! - and a genuinely scarce die pair to boot. Probably stored in tissue paper, a leather pouch or kraft envelope. The antique grey/brown patina allows luster to flow from the depths. I am reminded of the alluring bust halves that made up Eric Newman’s collection.	$700	Email Me
1829/7	O.102	R.2	PCGS AU 58	White blazer, sharply impressed throughout. Friction confined to Liberty's cheek and breast. The reverse appears mint state, with hints of proof-like surfaces. The strike is spectacular. Nice!	$1,950	Sale Pending Email Me
1829	O.114	R.3	PCGS AU 58	A beautifully toned 1829. Iridescent shades of aqua, teal, copper and colors beyond my vocabulary blanket this glorious coin. The PCGS label notes the provenance, Dr. Charles Link. You might want to text or call if you want this coin, 510-332-7800.	$1,750	Email Me
1830 Lg. O	O.123	R.1	PCGS MS 63	From the Dr. Charles Link collection though not noted on the PCGS label. A panoply of iridescent colors captures the eye. Under pinpoint light the hues are ethereal. The central devices are sharp. The coin, nonetheless, was struck from the latest state of the dies. Drawn stars and feathery die breaks, star 6 to headband and star 3 to 6, earmark the coin as the scarce BHNC die state 123.3. Color enthusiasts and die state devotees take note!	$1,995	Email Me
1831	O.111	R.1	PCGS AU 58	Even grey toning, thoroughly original. Weakness at the motto (compare Overton plate coin), otherwise well struck. Undisturbed luster in the fields. Removed from an NGC AU 58 holder. Label accompanies. If you've been collecting awhile you will recognize two prior owners of the coin, Dan Holmes (of Large Cent fame) and John Tidwell, who owned the 3 crushed lettered edge proofs and an 1817/4!	$875	Email Me
1831	O.120	R.6-	PCGS Gen. VF Details	Don Gunnet discovered the variety in 1970, too late for Al Overton to include in his 2nd Edition. When I entered the bust-half domain a dozen years later, the “1831-DG-1” population stood at 10. It’s taken 43 years to reach 20 or so. Heritage identified the Southeast Kansas Collection (Rex and Cindy Phillips) as the consignor of this coin in its Aug. 2018 Denver ANA sale where lot 5030 realized $5,170. The description is apt: The surfaces are smooth but lightly cleaned, although they remain pleasingly toned and suffer little from the effects. This is an entirely suitable representative of the O-120 die pair, sure to see spirited bidding. The bulge in the left obverse field helps explain the early removal of the die from service and its current-day rarity. It also allows for quick attribution. A rare opportunity to acquire a very rare die marriage!	$4,400	Email Me
1832 Sm. Lets.	O.102a	R.3	PCGS AU 58 CAC	Ex Jules Reiver. Frosty luster, interrupted only by friction on the cheek. The surfaces are immaculate. Twenty years ago this coin was lot 23216 in the January 2006 Heritage sale of Jules Reiver’s collection. Then in an NGC AU 58 capsule, it brought a modest $632.50. NGC missed the attribution, calling it O.102. The Reiver provenance and corrected attribution are noted on the current PCGS label, alongside a green CAC sticker. It appeared again in MB 56, my 2023 ANA Sale, bringing a well-deserved $1,320.	$1,100	Sale Pending Email Me
1833	O.115	R.5	ICG EF 45 cleaned	Off the market since October 2008. The coin was dipped and lightly wiped. The surfaces are otherwise charming, nearly free of contact marks. The soft strike, of course, is ubiquitous on this charismatic variety. Before their short-term marriage both dies saw service with different partners: the obverse on the 1833 O.113, the reverse on the 1832 O.111. You veterans will recall the "`33-115" as one of the elite rarities listed in the little green BHNC Supplements issued in the gap between the publication of Overton's 1971 2nd edition and Don Parsley's 1990 revision. How often have you seen TWO 115s offered in the same price list?!	$800	Email Me
1833	O.115	R.5	PCGS Genuine (VF Details)	Ex Donald Frederick and Charlton E. Meyer, Jr. A classic rarity, unknown to Al Overton when he published his 1st and 2nd editions in 1967 and 1970. Don Frederick discovered the variety in 1972. Tim Osborne purchased this coin from Charlton Meyer shortly after Meyer acquired the incomparable PCGS MS 63 example, ex-Downey-Schertz-Parsley, in September 1999. Meyer told Tim that this coin came to him from Don Frederick, leaving open the question whether it was the Discovery Coin. It now appears that Don kept the lesser quality Discovery Coin (Fine details with altered surfaces) when he sold this coin to Meyer. Frederick’s notes on the discovery piece accompanied its sale by Heritage in April 2010, lot 3308. Dr. Charles Link was the winner, later consigning it to my Mail Bid Sale No. 43, August 2016, lot 72. The Frederick-Meyer-Osborne coin, offered here, has kraft envelope toning that nicely obscures hairlines from an improvident cleaning. The surfaces are otherwise free of distractions.	$900	Email Me
1835	O.107	R.1	PCGS AU 58	Untoned with intense luster. Later die state with shallow rims; the central devices are decently impressed. A hairline scratch runs from the eagle's beak to the upper rim. You may need a loupe to find it.	$765	Sale Pending Email Me
1836 Beaded Border	O.106a	R.2	PCGS AU 55 CAC	An old friend. Brad Higgins won the coin in MB 30 (lot 66, March 2005) and parted with it at my January 2018 FUN Show sale, MB 46, lot 86, where it sold for $1,045. Somewhat later die state with strong luster under natual grey toning. The reverse die, of course, enjoys lasting fame. It appears on the Crushed Lettered Edge Proofs of 1833, 1834 and 1835.	$995	Sale Pending Email Me
1836 50/00	O.116	R.2	PCGS MS 61	Another offering from the Millholland Collection, with the same original look and surfaces as the preceding 1810 O.104a [already sold and delisted]. Unbroken, caky luster rolls across the fields and devices. Minor contact marks account for the conservative grade. The R.2 rarity rating is misleading when on the hunt for choice AU or Mint State examples of the "50 over 00." It takes but one hand for me to count the number of UNC examples I've handled.	$3,500	Email Me
1836 Bar Dot	O.121	R.5+	PCGS VF 35	The KEY to completing a set of 1836s. Even, medium grey toning blankets the wonderfully smooth surfaces. The grade is spot-on, falling a hair short of XF. A minuscule toning spot under the eagle's right claw identifies the coin. It brought $2,585 when Heritage offered it in its August 2017 Denver ANA Sale.	$1,850	Sale Pending Email Me
Donald L. Parsley Collection of Capped Bust Half-Dollars, 1807-1836
1823	O.109	R.5	ANACS EF 40 Details	An R.6 die pair in Overton's 1st, 2nd and 3rd editions. The `23-109 remains a great rarity in XF or better. An improvident cleaning knocks the value of this example down $1,000 or more. Parsley had to pay $2,695 for the coin in the mid-1990s. Even light grey toning.	$1,750	Email Me
1827 Sq. Base 2	O.124a	R.5	PCGS AU Details	An important coin with a distinguished pedigree. Henry Hilgard located the coin in the 1980s. He sold it to Charlton Meyer in March 1991 for $2,500. The coin next appeared in my Mail Bid Sale 34, lot 25, August 2009. Dr. Glenn Peterson prevailed at $2,558, When Dr. Peterson sent it to PCGS the graders concluded that it was (lightly) cleaned. It came back with its current Gold Seal label, noting the Overton attribution and the Peterson provenance. The coin was undoubtedly considered for a "straight grade" of AU 53 and may yet achieve that status in a future submission. It shows only light wear and retains generous portions of its original mint luster. In a private transaction, Dr. Peterson sold the coin to Don Parsley for $2,800 a few years ago. PCGS TrueView photo here: https://www.pcgs.com/cert/41100595.	$2,500	Email Me