The Pre Long Beach Auction - January 2012

1816 N-4 R2 VF35+. Glossy chocolate and steel brown with darker steel brown toning on the highpoints and lighter steel brown toning in protected areas

1816 N-5 R3 AU50. Lustrous mix of olive, chocolate, and light steel brown with peeps of faded mint color in a couple of the protected areas on the rev

1816 N-6 R2 AU50. Sharpness closer to mint state but there is a splash of reddish chocolate toning in the wreath under the first A in AMERICA. Otherwi

1816 N-7 R3 EF40. Glossy dark steel brown and chocolate with traces of frosty lighter reddish steel toning faded down from mint color in protected are

1816 N-7 R3 VF30. Glossy chocolate brown with slightly darker steel brown toning on the highpoints. Smooth and very attractive. The best identifying m

1816 N-8 R3 EF40+. Choice glossy dark steel brown and chocolate with frosty flowline luster covering the fields and protected areas on both sides. Ver

1816 N-9 R3 EF45. Five points sharper but there is a small dig on the front edge of the neck and three small nicks at star 6. Otherwise this piece is

Group of Seven 1816 Cents, all Different Varieties. Grades range from AG3 to Fine-12 with an average grade of G6 to VG7. A few are slightly sharper wi

1817 N-1 R4 VF30. Sharpness VF35 or slightly better but this piece was lightly cleaned long ago and is now nicely retoned an attractive glossy light o

1817 N-2 R3 VF35. At least 5 points sharper but there is a fine pinscratch from the bottom of star 7 down to the throat where it fades away. Otherwise

1817 N-2 R3 AU55. Choice lustrous olive brown and steel. Satiny mint frost covers the fields and protected areas giving this cent outstanding eye appe

1817 N-2 R3 VF35. Glossy chocolate and olive brown. Smooth and very attractive, virtually flawless. The best identifying marks are a small spot of lig

1817 N-2 R3 VF35. Sharper by at least 5 points but there is a very faint scuff of hairline scratches on the cheek and a few dull, light rim nicks on t

1817 N-3 R2 VF30. Sharper by at least 5 points but lightly cleaned and retoned glossy chocolate and steel brown with a subtle wisp of darker olive bro

1817 N-3 R2 AU58. Mouse Top. Lustrous steel brown and chocolate with faint wisps of slightly darker steel brown toning on the reverse. The surfaces ar

1817 N-4 R4 Obverse Brockage ANACS graded Fine-12 Details, Graffiti-Cleaned. Slightly glossy golden tan with darker olive brown toning in protected ar

1817 N-4 R3+ VF35+. Choice glossy chocolate brown with traces of slightly lighter brown toning in protected areas on the reverse. A beautiful example

Trio of 1817 N-4 Die States. Includes MDS with strong die crack through base of date F12, M-LDS with a sunken retained cud break under the date G4, an

1817 N-5 R3 AU58. Choice lustrous medium brown and light olive with slightly darker steel brown toning on the highpoints. Great eye appeal, just a hin

1817 N-5 R3 VF35. Sharpness VF35 but there are a few too many light contact marks for the higher grade. The notable marks are a few ticks at the base

1817 N-6 R1 EF45+. Glossy chocolate brown delicately mottled with slightly darker olive brown. Frosty lighter steel brown toning shows in the protecte

1817 N-7 R7 (with perfect obverse) VG10. Slightly sharper but covered with extremely fine roughness, strongest on the reverse. No verdigris, and the o

1817 N-7 R3 (with Mouse) AU55. Lustrous steel brown and chocolate with slightly darker steel brown toning on the highpoints and lustrous lighter tonin

1817 N-8 R2 AU58. Lustrous chocolate and steel brown with frosty lighter steel brown and tan faded down from mint color in protected areas. Great eye

1817 N-8 R2 EF45+. Mouse Top. Glossy dark chocolate and olive brown with traces of reddish steel brown faded down from mint color in protected areas o

1817 N-9 R2 EF40. Slightly sharper but there are some rim nicks on the obverse, the strongest of these at star 1. Otherwise this piece is quite attrac

1817 N-9 R2 AU58. Lustrous light steel brown with darker steel brown toning on the highest points of the designs. Tiny peeps of mint color can be foun

1817 N-9 R2 NGC graded MS63 Brown. Lustrous steel brown and light chocolate with a couple tiny splashes of slightly darker reddish chocolate toning at

1817 N-9 R2 AU50. Mouse Top. Sharpness closer to mint state but there is a rim dent just right of the second S in STATES. Lustrous light brown and cho

1817 N-10 R1 MS60+. Very attractive lustrous steel and light olive brown with traces of faded mint color showing on both sides. The surfaces are satin

1817 N-10 R1 AU50. Frosty steel and olive brown with lighter steel brown toning in protected areas. Attractive satiny luster from microscopic die flow

1817 N-11 R1 AU58. This is a lustrous mint state cent but it has a couple faint reddish stains on both sides, including one at stars 7-9, another on t

1817 N-11 R1 EF45. Very attractive glossy chocolate and light olive brown with generous traces of frosty lighter brown toning in protected areas on th

1817 N-12 R3 EF40+. Glossy chocolate brown with slightly darker olive and steel toning covering most of the obverse. Lustrous lighter brown faded down

1817 N-12 R3 AU50. Glossy medium brown and darker chocolate, the right half of both sides the darker of the two colors. Frosty lighter steel brown ton

1817 N-13 R1 MS60+. Lustrous light steel brown with darker bluish steel overtones on the reverse and generous traces of the mint color remaining on bo

1817 N-13 R1 AU55. Choice glossy light chocolate and steel brown with hints of underlying frosty golden tan faded down from mint color in protected ar

1817 N-14 R1 MS62+. Lustrous mint red fading to steel brown and chocolate on the devices. About a third of the mint color remains. This cent is choice

1817 N-15 R4 AU50. Glossy chocolate brown with darker steel brown toning on the highpoints and frosty lighter steel brown toning covering the protecte

1817 N-15 R4 AU55. Lustrous dark steel brown and olive with traces of faded mint red showing in protected areas on both sides. Excellent eye appeal, j

1817 N-16 R1 15-Star Obverse EF40. Very attractive glossy chocolate brown with lighter brown toning in some of the protected areas. Traces of underlyi

1817 N-16 R1 15-Star Obverse AU50+. Choice frosty steel brown and chocolate with satiny mint luster covering the fields and protected areas on both si

1817 N-17 R4 F15. Sharpness VF25 but there are traces of shallow verdigris in protected areas, mostly on the reverse. The verdigris and microscopic ro

1817 N-17 R4 EF40. Beautiful glossy light to medium brown with darker steel brown toning on the highpoints. Frosty cartwheel luster shows in the prote

Quartette of 1817 Cents. Includes N-2 R3 MDS VF20, N-3 R2 MDS F15, N-5 R3 LDS VF30, and N-6 R1 EDS VF30. A decent group. Lot of 4 coins. Estimated Va

Group of Nine 1817 Cents, all Different Varieties. Grades range from AG3 to VG10 with an average grade of G6. Some are slightly sharper with defects b

1818 N-3 R3 NGC graded AU58. Glossy olive and chocolate brown with traces of slightly lighter brown toning in a few of the protected areas. Smooth and

1818 N-10 R1 MS60. Frosty light steel brown faded down from mint red with peeps of faded red remaining on the obverse and at least a third of the reve

1818 N-10 R1 AU55. Lustrous steel brown and chocolate. Satiny mint luster covers the fields and protected areas. No spots or stains, and the only mark

Group of Five 1818 Cents, all Different Varieties. Grades range from G5 to F15 with an average grade of VG8. Some are slightly sharper with defects bu