Chapman Coin Album
S-2 R4+ Ex. Chapman (5/1885) Plated in NNP archives. Light chocolate brown obverse. Reverse slightly darker, looks UNC, containing several planchet voids or "drift marks" as Chapman called them, signifying impurities in the planchet that subsequently eroded away. Incredible example.
Sheldon 5. Very pleasing with no visible marks other than normal "background noise". No porosity, good color, a small planchet fissure behind the head, looks like a bit of extra hair. Few trivial rim nicks on the reverse. Probably the nicest S-5 I will ever own.
S-84, CAC. Ex. Foster Lardner. This coin remained with the family after Lardner’s death in 1934. Interestingly he passed while performing a magic act at an Elk’s lodge. It has been off the market for more than a century. This coin is quite well made for the date, and amply suited to represent the plain edge variety in my type set. Trace red around some of the devices, and quite a bit of faded luster on both sides. Source: Harry Laibstain.
MS64+BN, CAC. ex. McAllister-Oakes. Source: Heritage. A great example of this Nichols Hoard variety. Perfect color and nice glossy surfaces. Unquestionably new.
S-287, R-2, Normal Date. EAC 60. CC #3 in Noyes. Breen Die State V, ex. James Mossman, Cardinal Collection. Rare "7-Digit Blue" holder. One of the difficult dates of the series, and the lowest reported mintage. Coin has nice original color and hints of original red throughout the reverse.
Ex: Eliasberg, OGH CAC. Silly Head, Newcomb 9 with the bisecting die crack. I grade it EAC 67.
