MJ Sullivan wrote:
GREAT COLLECTIONS presents "Selections from the MJ Sullivan Collection of Early Half Dollars and Dollars"
(you can click on the link below to be taken to the items on Great Collections)
This 29-coin, PCGS certified bust coinage offering will be sold by Great Collections following the FUN show. The coins will be on display for preview at FUN. The "Selections" include:
- Two R-6 Early Bust Half Dollars (1806 O-122, VF-30 and 1806 O-127a, VF-25 CAC Finest Known)
- Three high Grade 1795 Bust Dollars with large - visible Silver Plugs
- Superb 1795, BB-26, R-6 - Bolender Plate Coin ex: Elder
- Bust Dollar Rarities:
- 1795, BB-22 R-6+
- 1795, BB-25 "Missing Leaf", R-8 - finest of two known
- 1798, BB-103, R-7 - only straight graded example
- 1798, BB-110, R-6 - second finest known with large obverse crack
- 1798, BB-126, R-8 - only straight graded of two known
- 1803, BB-256, R-6 - second finest known
- Rare 1801 Proof Like Bust Dollar in MS-61
- Many XF and AU High Quality Coins from Sullivan's Die Marriage Collection
- Pedigrees Traced to: Stirling, Miller, Cardinal, Hesselgesser, Hansen, Elder, AP Austin, Bolender, Friend, Husak, Perkins, Reiver, Mathews
Sullivan's core collection of key dates and Redbook varieties continues to be his passion to collect and improve. This portion of the collection is not available for sale, but is viewable on PCGS Registry.
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Rick Andrzej wrote:
For those cud enthusiasts on Bust Dimes, the following are in the Heritage January 12, 2026 Bust Coinage Showcase Auction.
1814 Sm. Dt. JR1 F15 - Late die state w/ Bulge
1829 JR5 - Rev. rim cud left of 'U'
1830 JR5 - Obv. cud dentils rt. of cap
1831 JR5 - Rev. cud 'UNI'
1832 JR3 - Rev. cud A3-Ar. hds.
1833 JR1 - Rev. ret. cud 'D' to motto returning left side 'E2' to rim
1834 JR6 - Rev. ret. Cuds 'ATES'; A3 thru Ar. Hds.
1835 JR3 - Rev. ret. Cud A1 to scroll, out thru A2
1830 JR1 - Rev. cud over'UNI' F/VG similar to the Reiver's coin. Should have been in the auction but Heritage graders thought it was too low grade or low value (less than $100)
to have graded and sold it in their ungraded coins, Gallery Auction in Texas held in August. They wouldn't give me a list of the 11 dimes they sold in the auction and I couldn't
determine which ones until all my bust dimes came back from PCGS.
Check out the 1829 JR1 Ex. Lg. 10c R4+. I misrepresented the grade when I reported it as an AU in the past Bust dime census.
Happy New Year everyone.
Rick Andrzej
