The Pre Long Beach Auction

1652 Massachusetts Pine Tree Shilling Noe-29 Rarity-3. PCGS graded VF-30. Attractive glossy medium gray and steel with lighter silvery gray toning cov

1776 Machin's Mills Halfpenny Vlack 6-76A Rarity-4 F15. Slightly sharper but the surfaces are covered with extremely faint roughness, mostly in ...

1783 Nova Constellatio Crosby 1-A. PCGS graded VF-35. Pointed Rays with Large US. Nice glossy chocolate brown with lighter brown toning on the devices

1783 Nova Constellatio with Blunt Rays Crosby 3-C Rarity-3 PCGS graded "Genuine". Glossy chocolate brown. The surfaces are mostly smooth a...

1787 Connecticut Miller 33.17-gg.2 Rarity-5. PCGS graded VF-35. Glossy light olive and chocolate brown with splashes of dark olive toning on the obver

1787 Massachusetts Cent Ryder 2b-A Rarity-3- PCGS graded "Genuine". Rather glossy chocolate and light olive brown. No marks but the surfac...

1787 New Jersey Maris 48-g Rarity-1 PCGS graded "Genuine". Slightly glossy dark chocolate brown with lighter brown toning on the highest p...

1787 Fugio Cent Newman 3-D Rarity-3 Club Rays AG3. The details are stronger in most areas but the upper half of the sundial is weak due to swelling of

1787 Fugio Cent Newman 11-X Rarity-4. PCGS graded MS-62 Brown. Very attractive glossy chocolate brown with underlying frosty luster in the fields and

1794 Talbot Allum & Lee Cent with NEW YORK Breen-1032 Fuld-3. PCGS graded AU-55. Frosty chocolate and steel with lighter steel brown toning in s...

Trio of Colonial Coppers. Includes 1724 Wood's Hibernia Halfpenny VG, 1785 Nova Constellatio with Pointed Rays G-VG, and 1787 Machin's Mills...

Pair of Certified Colonials. Includes 1786 New Jersey Maris 14-J NGC graded Fine details, corroded, and 1783 Washington and Independence Breen-1189 La

Group of 7 Colonial Coppers. Includes 1787 Connecticut VG8, 1781 North American Token VG8, 4 Irish Halfpenny Tokens 1769-1781 grading Basal State to V

1794 C-2a R2+. PCGS graded EF-45. Attractive glossy chocolate brown. The surfaces are smooth and this piece offers excellent eye appeal. Would be choi

1794 C-5a R4+ F12. Small Edge Letters. Glossy reddish chocolate brown with lighter brown toning covering the highpoints. The surfaces are attractive a

1794 C-6a R5+ G5. Small Edge Letters. A couple points sharper but the planchet is slightly rough under the glossy dark chocolate and steel brown tonin

1794 C-9 R2 AG3. Sharpness F12, perhaps even better on the obverse, but there are numerous pinscratches on the obverse and a very deep cut in the cent

1795 C-1 R2 Lettered Edge G6. A point or two sharper but covered with very fine roughness under a glossy patina of dark chocolate and olive brown. No

1795 C-2a R3 Punctuated Date with Lettered Edge F12. Sharpness VF25 but there is an "X" lightly scratched into the field before the neck, ...

1795 C-5a R3 No Pole, Thin Planchet VG8. Sharpness F12 but there is a scuff of faint scratches on the face into the hair at left, some more obvious pi

1795 C-6a R2 No Pole, Thin Planchet F12+. Struck over a cut-down 1794 Talbot Allum & Lee Cent with NEW YORK. Close to F15 but there are two tiny...

1797 C-2 R3 F15+. Clipped Planchet. Very attractive glossy chocolate brown. Close to VF20. The surfaces are smooth but there are traces of microscopic

1797 C-3a R3 Low Head with Plain Edge VG10. Sharpness VF25 but covered with uniform microscopic granularity. No verdigris, but there is a dig on the E

1804 C-8 R1 Spiked Chin. PCGS graded AU-55. Frosty chocolate brown with small, faint splashes of darker olive brown and reddish chocolate toning in a

1806 C-1 R1 Small 6 without Stems. PCGS graded AU-50. Glossy dark chocolate and olive brown with frosty lighter brown toning covering the left side of

1806 C-4 R1 Large 6. NGC graded AU-58 Brown. Glossy chocolate and olive brown with frosty lighter brown and tan toning in protected areas. No notable

1809/6 C-5 R1 Overdate 9 over Inverted 9 VF35. Attractive glossy chocolate brown. No defects, only trivial contact marks, none notable or distracting.

1809 C-6 R1 EF40. Glossy chocolate and steel with underlying frosty mint luster bleeding through in the fields and protected areas. Excellent eye appe

Trio of 1809 Half Cents. Includes C-2 R3 F15 (LDS, Manley 4.0), C-3 R1 VF25 (MDS), and C-4 R2 (Circle inside 0, LDS, Manley 2.0) VF20. All are slightl

1810 C-1 R1 VF20. Five points sharper but there is a tiny vertical scratch at the left points of star 12. Glossy chocolate and olive brown. M-LDS. Exc

1811 C-1 R4 G6. A couple points sharper but covered with very fine roughness. No verdigris, and the only mark is a deep nick near the curls left of st

1811 C-2 R3 VG10. A couple points sharper but there are 3 or 4 light vertical scratches down the face and neck and a couple dull nicks on the chin. Th

1825 C-1 R3 VF35. Sharpness EF40 or slightly better but lightly cleaned and retoned glossy light chocolate brown blending to darker olive brown in pro

1825 C-2 R1. NGC graded Fine-12. Nice glossy chocolate brown. The surfaces are smooth and the only marks are a few trivial ticks, none notable. Struck

1826 C-1 R1 VF35. At least 5 points sharper but there are some dull rim nicks at ITE in UNITED. Otherwise this piece is very attractive and offers out

1826 C-2 R3+ VF35. Five points sharper but the toning is a bit darker than normal and may not be original. Glossy dark olive and steel. The only notab

1829 C-1 R1 EF45. Sharpness AU50 or better but lightly cleaned and retoned glossy chocolate and olive brown with frosty lighter golden tan and steel t

1833 C-1 R1 MS60. Lustrous bluish steel brown and olive. Would rate a slightly higher grade except for a carbon spot on the bust. The carbon on this s

1833 C-1 R1 AU50. Frosty tan and golden light brown blending to chocolate on the reverse. A spot of dark olive brown toning under the ear and a smalle

1837 Half Cent Token Low-49, Rulau HT-73 EF40. Glossy medium brown and light chocolate blending to olive in protected areas. The only mark is a tiny,

1850 C-1 R2- CAC Certified. NGC graded MS-62 Brown. Lightly cleaned, now nicely retoned glossy chocolate brown with traces of faded red showing in pro

1851 C-1 R1. NGC graded MS-61 Brown. Frosty medium brown and light chocolate. No notable marks, just a touch of light friction on the highpoints. Shar

1853 C-1 R1. NGC graded MS-66 Brown. Lustrous bluish steel and chocolate with faint peeps of faded mint red showing in a couple of the protected areas

1853 C-1 R1. NGC graded MS-66 Brown. Frosty chocolate brown with bluish steel overtones on the obverse. Traces of faded mint red show on both sides. N

1855 C-1 R1. NGC graded MS-66 Red & Brown. Lustrous mint red fading to bluish steel, nearly a third of the mellowed mint color remaining. The on...

1855 C-1 R1. NGC graded MS-65 Red & Brown. Frosty mellowed mint red fading to chocolate and steel brown, about 20% of the faded mint red remaini...

1855 C-1 R1. NGC graded MS-66 Brown. Light chocolate brown with darker olive toning in protected areas. Traces of very faded mint red remain on both s

1855 C-1 R1. NGC graded MS-62 Brown. Frosty light steel brown and tan. Very close to mint state but there is a long, shallow nick in the field under s

1856 C-1 R2, CAC Certified. NGC graded MS-64 Brown. Frosty light olive and sea-green blending to light chocolate brown on the highpoints. No spots or

1856 Judd-177 Pattern Strike in Copper Nickel R5. PCGS graded Proof 63. Glossy light silvery gray and steel with hints of iridescent rose and bluish s