Sheridan Downey Coins

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Date	Variety	Rarity	Grade	Description	Price
Flowing Hair Half-Dollar, 1794-1795
				Go the the Latest News section to download a list of 74 new offerings from my May 2026 Fixed Price List.	$0	Email Me
1795 Small Head	O.127a, T-23 DS-3	R.6	VG 10	NEW 5/11/26. I found this charming coin at the August 2023 ANA Convention in Pittsburgh, then locked it up and forgot about it. The devices and portrait are blanketed in natural grey toning, the kind you see “on grandma’s silver,” as my great friend and mentor Henry Hilgard used to say. Use your loupe to spot minuscule signs of circulation under the toning. A pair of insignificant ticks appear in the dentils that adjoin stars 1 and 2. Detail in Liberty’s curls and the eagle’s feathers argue for a Fine designation. Tompkins and Herrman offer the same Condition Census for this rare die marriage: 55 (Overton Collection), 20, 20, 12 and 12. This coin appears to be the 2nd best of the coveted late die state, featuring 3 distinct obverse die breaks.	$4,500	Sale Pending Email Me
Capped Bust Half-Dollars, 1807-1836
1811/10	O.101	R.1	PCGS MS 62	NEW 5/10/26. The coveted early die state, with boisterous luster. Note the bold “dots,” below-left and top-right of the first 1 in the date. The central devices are fully struck, another magnet for savvy collectors. Pale russet toning frames the dazzling centers.	$4,495	Sale Pending Email Me
1818/7 Large 8	O.101	R.1	PCGS MS 61	NEW 5/10/26. Well struck with immaculate surfaces. Maybe a little cabinet friction on the cheek. Grey and gold toning with subtle iridescence through the stars and legend.	$2,500	Email Me
1819/8 Lg. 9	O.102	R.1	PCGS AU 58	NEW 5/10/26. 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
1819/8 Lg. 9	O.103a	R.3	PCGS AU 55	Myriad reverse die breaks are in full flower. High rims, 13 star points and bold dentils belie the late die state. This eye-catching overdate features iridescent “target” toning on the obverse. Nearly full luster befits a higher grade. Last offered by Eye Appealing Coins in March 2018.	$1,575	Email Me
1819	O.110	R.4	PCGS AU 58	Even light grey toning. Slightly (for the grade) subdued cartwheel luster. Not a match for Keith Davignon's AU 58 that brought $4,406 in MB 38 but a nice, high grade example of this scarce die pair. Last offered in Bowers & Ruddy's August 22, 1978 ANA sale. PCGS cert # 43607884. TrueView photo copied and displayed here.	$1,625	Email Me
1825	O.109	R.4+	PCGS XF 45	A key to anyone's die variety set of 1825s, behind the prohibitively rare 1825 O.118. Antique toning, sparkles of luster and pleasing surfaces support the choice XF designation. Alluring eye appeal is unusual for this issue.	$675	Email Me
1827 Sq. Base 2	O.124	R.5	PCGS F.15 CAC	NEW 5/10/26. One of the few die pairs that Al Overton rated R.8 when he published his 2nd Edition in 1970. The population has grown at a snail's pace since then, with over 30 pieces now accounted for, most in low grade with problems. Only one other PCGS F.15 is known to have a CAC sticker. (It brought $1,155 in an August 2022 sale conducted by Great Collections.) Natural light to medium grey toning blankets the coin. Here is an honest, problem-free example of a distinctly RARE die pair.	$625	Sale Pending Email Me
1830 Lg. O	O.123	R.1	PCGS MS 63	NEW 5/10/26. 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 scarce 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.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.111	R.1	PCGS OGH AU 58	Silver-grey obverse with a hint of friction. The spectacular, uncirculated reverse displays undisturbed luster beneath a blanket of iridescent pale cobalt and rose toning. An eye-catching 1832, last offered in my May 1996 Mail Bid Sale No. 17, lot 63. Fron the collection of Tim Osborne.	$825	Email Me
1833	O.106	R.2	NGC MS 62	A pretty one! Even tan and gold toning with abundant underlying luster. Solid for the grade, the reverse being especially nice. Lovely surfaces, decently struck, with a full motto.	$1,350	Email Me
1833	O.108	R.1	PCGS MS 62	A thoroughly original "grey dirt" survivor. Booming luster rolls beneath the protective patina. Well struck to boot. In all, a rock solid mint state coin fit for a top flight date or variety set.	$1,390	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.101	R.1	PCGS MS 63	*NEW 5/10/26. Ex Dr. Charles Link.* Iridescent toning surrounds the peripheries. Intense luster fills every nook and cranny. I was especially taken with the sharpness of Liberty’s drapery lines and the motto opposite. Last appearing in my Fixed Price List of June 2015 at $2,525. A flashy coin with plenty of eye-appeal.	$2,300	SOLD
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	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