2002 February Long Beach Signature Sale - Session 3

1895 $20 MS63 NGC. Well struck and lustrous. The reverse is clean for the grade, but the cheek of Liberty has many individually trivial abrasions. I

1895 $20 MS64 NGC. Satiny and well frosted, with only a few minor facial marks and delicate green-gold peripheral accents. While not too difficult up

1895 $20 MS64 NGC. The Choice example offered here, one of four Select or better 1895 Twenties in the sale, is supremely lustrous and modestly abrade

1896 $20 MS62 NGC, bright luster with few reverse imperfections and a normally marked obverse for the grade; and an 1899 MS62 NGC, numerous obverse co

1896 $20 MS64 NGC. Richly frosted overall, the surfaces are colored in original crimson-orange hues. This boldly struck example is uncommonly smooth f

1896-S $20 MS63 PCGS. Satiny with natural green-gold peripheral accents and no individually offensive surface marks. A tiny drift mark rests right on

1896-S $20 MS63 NGC. Moderate abrasions with bright luster and a nice strike. Important notice: We expect to be auctioning lots at the rate of 200-2

1897 $20 MS63 NGC. Highly lustrous with attractive light rose patina on the portrait. The reverse has miniscule speckles of charcoal color. The strik

1898 $20 MS62 NGC. A good strike with nice luster, good eye appeal, and relatively unabraded surfaces for the grade. Important notice: We expect to

1898 $20 MS62 NGC. The luster is slightly subdued beneath hazy olive-gold patina. Neither side reveals an excessive number of abrasions for the assig

1898 $20 MS63 NGC. A Select example of this more difficult P-mint on which the satiny surfaces are drenched in reddish-golden patina. The details are

1898 $20 MS63 ICG. Sparkling brilliance with nice devices and a few light marks as one might expect of the grade. Important notice: We expect to be

1898-S $20 MS63 PCGS. Lustrous with a very good strike. The surfaces are pleasing and do not have any bothersome abrasions. Important notice: We exp

1898-S $20 MS64 NGC. Well struck with flashy luster and an especially well preserved reverse. The surfaces have a bright orange-yellow patina that ad

1899 $20 MS61 PCGS, lustrous and bright with obverse scuffing; and a 1900-S MS61 PCGS, orange tinted luster with noticeable obverse contact marks. 2 c

1899 $20 MS62 NGC, well struck with light contact marks on both sides; and a 1904 MS62 PCGS, the obverse displays moderate to heavy scuffing with full

1899-S $20 MS63 NGC. This is a bright, lustrous example whose sharply struck features are relatively abrasion-free for the Select grade level. Impor

1899-S $20 MS63 NGC. Orange-gold patina with a decent strike and minimal imperfections for the grade. Important notice: We expect to be auctioning l

1899-S $20 MS64 NGC. Sharply struck with potent luster and relatively pleasing surfaces. Liberty's neck has a dark brown spot, but there are no...

1900 $20 MS63 NGC. Well struck with flashy luster and a few light luster grazes that do not distract. The upper reverse has traces of grease verdigri