2002 September Long Beach Signature Sale Sale #300 - Session 5

1936-D 50C Cincinnati MS65 PCGS. The borders have bright yellow-green patina. Nicely preserved with a good strike and pleasing luster. Important notic

1936-D 50C Cincinnati MS66 PCGS. Lustrous and well struck with only the very briefest flashes of light yellow. The coin is devoid of distracting imper

1936-D 50C Cincinnati MS66 PCGS. A lovely original Gem, with a solitary luster graze in the obverse fields. Light iridescent toning is just starting a

1936-D 50C Cincinnati MS66 NGC. A lustrous Gem with a sharp strike and pleasing light gold patina. The surfaces are not far from fully pristine. Impor

1936-D 50C Cincinnati MS67 NGC. There is a cornucopia of dappled olive, lilac-gray, and crimson-champagne toning on the obverse of this wonderfully or

1936-D 50C Cincinnati MS67 PCGS. This extraordinary Cinci is generously endowed with billowy mint frost. Mottled golden-orange, tan-russet, and powder

1936 50C Cleveland--Countermarked--ANACS. Unc Details, Net MS60. A sparkling, brilliant example of this early counterstamp. This is the stamp celebrat

1936 50C Cleveland MS65 PCGS. A lightly toned and highly lustrous Gem which has a good strike and impressively preserved surfaces. Important notice: W

1936 50C Cleveland MS65 NGC, peripheral orange-brown and sea-green patina, lustrous and well struck with a nearly pristine obverse; and a 1946 Iowa MS

1936 50C Cleveland MS66 NGC. Attractive original golden-brown and lavender patina. A razor-sharp Gem with moderate luster and virtually pristine surfa

1936 50C Cleveland MS66 NGC. The obverse has rich copper-gold patina, with a hint of lilac color on portions of the portrait. The reverse has a periph

1936 50C Columbia MS66 NGC. An attractive, originally toned Gem Columbia, covered in light golden-brown toning that yields to purple iridescence at th

1936-D 50C Columbia MS66 PCGS. The margins have light yellow-green patina, while the centers have faint lilac color. A well struck Gem that has modera

1936-D 50C Columbia MS67 NGC. A pristine, full struck example, with satiny luster under light golden toning. Iridescent blues and golds are starting t

1936-S 50C Columbia MS66 NGC. Iridescent russet and olive toning on the peripheries frames lighter centers on both sides of this eye-appealing Gem. Im

1936 SET Columbia PDS Set MS65 PCGS. All three coins are in first generation PCGS holders, and are well struck with good luster and light gold patina.

1936 SET Columbia PDS Set MS66 PCGS. The P-mint Gem has good luster and immaculate surfaces. The D-mint Commemorative is lustrous and well struck with

1892 50C Columbian MS65 PCGS. Light iridescent blue toning covers the obverse, and the reverse enjoys a golden center with matching blue iridescence o

1892 50C Columbian MS65 NGC. Light olive-gold patina. A flashy Gem with a good strike and unabraded surfaces. The first Commemorative issue, although

1892 50C Columbian MS65 PCGS. A moderately toned Gem with lustrous centers, and iridescent gold, russet, and blue on the peripheries. Golden fields ac

1892 50C Columbian MS66 PCGS. Stunning iridescent blues and greens cover both sides of this blatantly original 'first' commem. With the curr...

1892 50C Columbian MS66 PCGS. This sale is blessed with original, iridescently toned Columbian commemoratives. Stunning iridescent blues and purples c

1892 50C Columbian MS66 PCGS. Peripheral bands of aqua, powder-blue, and violet patina frame the light golden centers. Nicely struck with flashy luste

1893 50C Columbian MS64 PCGS. Beautifully toned with golden-brown, sea-green, lilac, and powder-blue colors. Sharply struck and lustrous with an immac

1893 50C Columbian MS65 PCGS. Gorgeously toned with peripheral swirls of aqua-blue, rose, and golden-brown patina. A sharply struck and lustrous Gem t

1893 50C Columbian MS65 PCGS. The sea-green peripheral patina frames the golden-brown centers. Nicely struck and carefully preserved with ebullient lu

1893 50C Columbian MS66 NGC. A wonderful mate to the blue iridescent 1892 example described previously. The obverse is lightly gray at the center, bec

1893 50C Columbian MS66 NGC. The obverse has deep sea-green and violet patina, while the reverse has bands of aqua-blue and concord-grape color. Lustr

1893 50C Columbian MS67 NGC. Spectacular sea-green, gold, and lavender patina. Well struck and immaculately preserved. Struck from lightly clashed die

1893 50C Columbian MS68* NGC. A magnifier will be necessary to locate the few tiny surface flaws present on this magnificent coin. Brilliant throughou

1935 50C Connecticut MS65 NGC. A brilliant and lustrous Gem that has a very good strike and exquisite preservation. The first of three issues credited

1935 50C Connecticut MS66 NGC. A brilliant, lustrous, and beautifully preserved Gem. The Charter Oak recently made a return to coinage with the Connec

1935 50C Connecticut MS66 PCGS. Sharply struck with full luster and an overlay of soft golden-gray patina. The overall effect is outstanding eye-appea

1935 50C Connecticut MS67 NGC. The obverse border has a thin band of iridescent violet color, while blushes of sea-green and lilac-gray patina dominat

1936 50C Delaware MS64 NGC. Lovely peripheral champagne-gold patina. A sharply struck and lustrous near-Gem that has a carefully preserved reverse. Im

1936 50C Delaware MS66 NGC. A lustrous Gem that has pleasing milky tan patina and a good strike. Virtually free of contact, with a faint fingerprint i

1936 50C Delaware MS67 PCGS. Both sides have lightly speckled golden-brown patina, while the reverse has the original peripheral 'tab toning'...

1936 50C Delaware MS67 PCGS. Pleasing orange-gold and apple-green patina consumes the margins, while the centers have speckled russet color. A lustrou

1936 50C Elgin MS66 NGC. The margins have speckled golden-brown patina. A flashy Gem with extremely clean surfaces and a slightly above average strike

1936 50C Gettysburg MS65 NGC. This is, quite simply, the most marvelous MS65 commemorative that you will ever see, and you better look quickly, becaus

1936 50C Gettysburg MS66 NGC. A sharply struck and lustrous Gem that has light lemon-gray patina and a well preserved obverse. Important notice: We ex

1936 50C Gettysburg MS67 NGC. An incredible example of this seventy-fifth anniversary Commem of the Civil War. Intense luster beams from the centers,

1922 50C Grant MS65 PCGS. A perfectly lovely Gem Grant, with wonderful iridescent toning display yellow, green, russet, blue, and purple hues. If you

1922 50C Grant MS65 PCGS. A lustrous Gem example of this popular design, showing all of strike detail one would expect from the Gem classification. Th

1922 50C Grant MS66 NGC. A brilliant and somewhat prooflike Gem that has virtually pristine surfaces. The obverse field has heavy die polish lines, as

1922 50C Grant MS66 PCGS. The blue hues overall are so light that we will call it a cast rather than toning. Just a few small iridescent patches add t

1922 50C Grant MS66 PCGS. Light golden toning, highlighted by splashes of iridescent brown, covers both sides of this frosty Gem. Important notice: We

1922 50C Grant with Star MS63 NGC. A nicely struck and lustrous example that has an immaculately preserved reverse. The obverse field has dense die po

1928 50C Hawaiian MS64 PCGS. A slate-gray near-Gem with good luster and a bold strike. While the design element above the C in COOK resembles a pine t

1928 50C Hawaiian MS64 NGC. A well struck and lustrous near-Gem that has just a hint of olive patina. Breen has noted that while Captain Cook is credi