The Pre Long Beach Auction - September 2011

1793 C-1 R3+ VF25. Choice glossy light chocolate brown with slightly darker chocolate and olive brown toning on the highpoints. A truly beautiful exam

1793 C-2 R3 VF25. Frosty dark steel brown with lighter brown and tan toning in the most-protected areas. The surfaces are excellent but not perfect as

1793 C-3 R3 F15. Very attractive glossy chocolate brown with slightly lighter chocolate toning in protected areas on both sides. The planchet is smoot

1793 C-4 R3 VF25. Beautiful glossy medium brown with darker steel brown and chocolate toning on the devices. A faint area of reddish brown toning show

1794 C-1a R3 Large Edge Letters VF30. Glossy chocolate and olive brown. The surfaces are smooth and offer great eye appeal. The only marks are a faint

1794 C-1b R6 Small Edge Letters F12. Slightly sharper but there are a few fine old scratches at the top of the reverse with a couple extending down in

1794 C-2a R2+ Small Edge Letters VF30. Choice glossy olive brown and chocolate. Smooth and very attractive, virtually perfect for the grade. Finding a

1794 C-2b R6 Large Edge Letters G4. Sharpness VG7 but there are a few dull dents on the portrait that were strong enough to cause bulges at the opposi

1794 C-3a R5 Small Edge Letters VF25+. Beautiful glossy medium brown with slightly darker steel brown toning on the highpoints. The planchet is smooth

1794 C-4a R3 Small Edge Letters VF25. Sharpness EF40 but there is a very subtle dent under the M in AMERICA that caused an equally subtle bulge in the

1794 C-4b R7 Large Edge Letters VG8+. Glossy light to medium brown blending to light chocolate brown on the devices. The surfaces are smooth and the o

1794 C-5a R4+ Small Edge Letters VF25. Slightly sharper but lightly cleaned and nicely retoned uniform glossy reddish chocolate brown. The surfaces ar

1794 C-6a R5+ Small Edge Letters VG10. A couple points sharper but covered with extremely fine granularity under a rather glossy dark steel and olive

1794 C-7 R5+ EF40. Attractive glossy olive brown and chocolate with traces of lighter brown toning in protected areas on both sides. The surfaces are

1794 C-8 R5 VG10. Sharpness F12 but there are a too many light contact marks for the higher grade. These include myriad light hairline scratches on th

1794 C-9 R2 EF45. Glossy light olive and chocolate brown with lighter brown toning in protected areas. Great eye appeal for the grade. The only &quo...

1795 C-1 R2 Lettered Edge VF30. Sharper by at least 5 points but there are a few very light hairline scratches on the cap and a couple of these extend

1795 C-2a R3 Punctuated Date with Lettered Edge EF45. Very glossy dark chocolate and steel fading to light brown in the protected areas. Subtle tones

1795 C-2b R6+ Punctuated Date with Plain Edge G6. Lightly cleaned and retoned a rather glossy chocolate and steel brown fading to a slightly lighter s

1795 C-3 R5+ Punctuated Date with Plain Edge VG10. Slightly sharper but this piece was lightly cleaned and retoned glossy dark chocolate and steel ble

1795 C-4 R3 EF40. Choice glossy medium brown and light chocolate with darker chocolate brown toning outlining the devices on both sides. This piece of

1795 C-5a R3 No Pole on Thin Planchet EF45. Sharper by at least 5 points but this piece was lightly cleaned and has retoned glossy dark olive and stee

1795 C-5b R4 No Pole on Thick Planchet VF20. Choice glossy light chocolate brown with darker steel brown and chocolate toning covering the devices. A

1795 C-6a R2 No Pole on Thin Planchet AU55. Struck over a cut-down Talbot Allum & Lee Cent. Mint state sharpness but lightly cleaned and retoned...

1795 C-6b R6 No Pole on Thick Planchet VF25+. Glossy reddish chocolate and steel with steel brown toning on the highpoints. The surfaces are smooth an

1796 C-2 R4 With Pole F15. Sharpness VF20 or slightly better but there are small rim nicks on both sides, strongest at the top of the obverse. In addi

1797 C-1 R2 1 Above 1 EF45. Choice glossy light chocolate brown with darker steel brown toning on the highpoints. Frosty mint luster covers the protec

1797 C-2 R3 EF45. Lustrous chocolate brown and steel with traces of frosty lighter steel brown toning in protected areas. The fields are hard and slig

1797 C-2 R3 VF25+. Struck over a cut-down Talbot Allum & Lee (TAL) Cent. Sharpness at least 5 points better but the obverse displays very fine h...

1797 C-3a R3 Low Head with Plain Edge VF20. Attractive glossy light chocolate brown with darker olive toning in protected areas. The surfaces are smoo

1797 C-3b R4 Low Head with Lettered Edge F12. Slightly sharper but the planchet is covered with very fine roughness that is partially hidden under a r

1800 C-1 R2. PCGS graded MS-64 Red & Brown. Lustrous slightly faded mint red mellowing to bluish steel brown. More than half the mint color rema...

1802/0 C-1 R6 Overdate 2 over 0 with Reverse of 1800 G4. The obverse is slightly better while the reverse is a bit weaker. Glossy chocolate and steel

1802/0 C-2 R3 Overdate 2 over 0 with Reverse of 1803 VG7. Very attractive glossy chocolate brown with smooth, corrosion-free surfaces. Would grade a p

1803 C-1 R1 MS60. Lustrous olive and chocolate brown with traces of frosty lighter brown and tan faded down from mint color in protected areas, especi

1803 C-2 R4 VF25. Glossy dark chocolate brown delicately mottled with small splashes of slightly lighter steel brown toning on the obverse. The surfac

1803 C-3 R2 AU50. Choice frosty chocolate brown with darker steel brown toning on the highpoints and lustrous lighter brown and tan in protected areas

1803 C-4 R4 EF45+. Very attractive lustrous steel and chocolate brown mixed with frosty lighter brown toning on both sides. A subtle hint of reddish c

1803 C-4 R4 EF45. Five points sharper but there is a fine hairline scratch hidden in the hair right of the hair ribbon. Otherwise this piece is choice

1804 C-1 R3 VF35. Choice glossy chocolate brown with frosty lighter brown toning in some of the protected areas. A beautiful half cent, just a few tin

1804 C-2 R6 AG3+. Slightly sharper, especially on the right sides where the strike was stronger, but the surfaces are covered with fine to moderate ro

1804 C-4 R5 F15+. Choice glossy chocolate and light olive brown. Smooth and very attractive, close to VF20. The only marks, and they are trivial, are

1804 C-5 R4 Spiked Chin EF40. Slightly sharper but there are a few light pinscratches in the field before the neck and several more left of the lowest

1804 C-6 R2 Spiked Chin EF45. Choice glossy chocolate and steel. Smooth and very attractive nearly flawless. Underlying frosty mint luster covers the

1804 C-7 R4 Spiked Chin EF40. Nice glossy chocolate and steel with frosty lighter steel brown toning in protected areas on both sides. The only defect

1804 C-8 R1 Spiked Chin. PCGS graded MS-64 Brown. Choice lustrous bluish steel and olive. The surfaces are satiny and virtually flawless offering grea

1804 C-9 R2 AU50. Sharpness near mint state but very lightly cleaned and expertly retoned glossy dark chocolate brown and steel with frosty lighter st

1804 C-9 R2 EF45. Sharpness at least 5 points better but this piece was very lightly cleaned and retoned a very attractive and natural-looking medium

1804 C-10 R1 AU58+. Very close to mint state, just the barest hint of friction on the highpoints. Frosty medium brown and light chocolate with darker

1804 C-11 R2 Plain 4 with Stems VF35. Choice glossy medium chocolate brown with traces of frosty lighter brown toning in protected areas. The surfaces