The interesting rare dollar was get out a couple days ago. Its a 1799 Draped Bust Dollar with steel-gray patina over exceptionally clean surfaces. Winning bid: US $6,290.00.

Coin description:

1799 DRAPED BUST DOLLARS NGC AU53
Bolender 13, with irregular date, 13 stars in arc pattern. Breen calls ‘very rare’ & indicates that ‘EF may be finest.’ Handsome uniform steel-gray patina over exceptionally clean surfaces. Just slight rubbing on high points.

“Draped Bust” was the name given to a design of United States coins. It appeared on much of the regular-issue copper and silver United States coinage from 1795-1808. The denominations that featured the Draped Bust design included the half cent (1800-1808), large cent (1796-1807), half dime (1796-1805), dime (1796-1807), quarter (1796, 1804-1807), half dollar (1796-1807) and silver dollar (1795-1804). Gold coins did not carry this design.

The Greatest 100 U.S. Coins selected the 1804 silver dollar as the number one coin. It bears a heraldic eagle on the reverse and the price is prohibitive. Eight were minted in 1834 (Class I) and the rest minted in 1858 (Class II). The 1802 Half Dime ranks number 61. Only 3,000 were minted and the vast majority of these were either lost, melted or wore out. Most 1802 half dimes that do exist are in extremely poor condition. The 1797 Half Dollar (ranked 68)has the “small eagle” design. This design is rare due to the very low mintage and the inferior equipment and procedures. Less than 3,000 were minted. It’s companion, the even rarer 1796 half dollar (ranked 72) had a mintage of only 934. The pair constitute the sole mintage of the half dollar “small eagle” design. One is required for a complete Type Set, thus there are always more buyers than sellers. The 1796 quarter (seen above) ranked 71. It is also the “small eagle” design and is the only representative in this denomination of that design. Since it too is required for a complete Type Set, its price continues to rise. Only 6,000 quarters were minted that year. By comparison, the Tennessee State Quarter, one of five struck in 2002, had a mintage of 650,000,000. The mintage of all state quarters in 2002 was over 3 billion.)

1915 S $2.50 Panama-Pacific Commemorative Gold Coin was sold on Ebay. Winning bid: US $6,200.00.
Coin description:

Offering this 1915 S $2.50 Panama-Pacific Commemorative Gold Coin graded MS 66 by PCGS. More attractive than images suggest. There is a very small spot on the reverse well hidden below the Eagle’s right wing which may not be visable on the images provided.

The Australian coin collector has realized yesterday a golden 1918 year Perth George’s V Half Sovereign. The new owner will pay approximately US $6,338.78 for this lot.

Seller says: “Very rare Australian coin and excellent condition. Purchased 16 years ago and locked away in safe since. Downies Graded a/uncirculated. Said to be only approx 400 of these coins in circulation.”

The rare 1909-S VDB Lincoln Cent was sold on Ebay couple days ago. Its a magnificent 1909-S VDB Lincoln’s cent, also known as “THE KEY” to Lincoln series. US $6,101.00.

Seller’s description:

RARE 1909-S VDB LINCOLN CENT ‘KEY TO THE SERIES’ GRADED GEM MINT STATE MS65RD BY PCGS! OLD GREEN SLAB!

CARTWHEELING LUSTEROUS FULL RED BEAUTY WITH FANTASTIC APPEAL! ‘MUCH NICER’ IN HAND!

ON AUCTION HERE IS A MAGNIFICENT 1909-S VDB LINCOLN CENT, WELL KNOWN AS “THE KEY” TO THE LINCOLN CENT SERIES, AND NEARLY IMPOSSIBLE TO FIND IN GEM MINT STATE LIKE THIS FULL RED MONSTER! 1909 WAS THE FIRST YEAR FOR THE LINCOLN HEAD CENT, AND ONLY 484,000 OF THESE TREASURES WERE MINTED AT THE SAN FRANSISCO MINT. THIS 1909-S VDB LINCOLN CENT IS PQ (PREMIUM QUALITY), WITH GEM MINT STATE DETAILS ON BOTH IT’S HONEST ABE OBVERSE, AS WELL AS ON IT’S EQUALLY PRISTINELY PRESERVED WREATH REVERSE! A PHENOMENAL LOOKING GENUINE COIN WITH ULTRA SMOOTH CARTWHEELING FULLY LUSTEROUS MARK FREE SURFACES. THIS 1909-S VDB LINCOLN CENT HAS BEEN FULLY PRESERVED IN IT’S OLD GREEN PCGS HOLDER OVER THE YEARS, AND COIN IN HAND IS MAGNIFICENT BOTH OBVERSE AND REVERSE. TRULY A BREATHTAKING RARE SPECIMAN, AND POSSIBLY UNDERGRADED BY PCGS, THE MOST RESPECTED THIRD PARTY GRADING COMPANY IN THE BUSINESS. THE 1909-S VDB LINCOLN CENT IS THE TRUE “KEY” TO THE LINCOLN CENT SERIES, AND IT’S POPULARITY AND RARITY HAS MADE THIS ONE OF THE VERY BEST INVESTMENT COINS. THIS FIRST YEAR RARITY IS CELEBRATING IT’S 100 YEAR ANNIVERSARY! A SUPERB 1909-S VDB LINCOLN CENT FOR THE MOST SERIOUS COLLECTOR OR INVESTOR. THE PRICE GUIDE AT PCGS HAS THE 1909-S VDB LINCOLN CENT IN MS65RD (MINT STATE 65 RED)=$7,150.00.

The interesting rare cent was sold yesterday on Ebay. Its a 1841 year one cent. Winning bid for this lot: US $US $6,268.86.
Cents description:

Stunning 1841 cent in Red/Brown Proof Format. For the advance copper collector. Great color, luster and surfaces. High reflectivity. This coin is sure to please.