2002 February Long Beach Signature Sale - Session 3

1847 S$1--Damaged--ANACS. AU Details, Net XF40. The surfaces are generously graced with golden-brown patina. The obverse has a number of tiny depress

1847 S$1 AU58 ANACS. Very well struck save for the usual softness on the eagle's left wing, with bits of russet and violet peripheral toning on...

1848 S$1 AU50 ANACS. Typically struck with slate-gray patina and ample surviving luster. Moderately abraded, but without any marks that require indiv

1850 S$1--Corroded, Cleaned--ANACS. AU Details, Net XF40. One of the rarer dates in the Seated Dollar series, with a mintage of only 7,500 pieces. Th

1852 S$1 MS62 ANACS. Original. The 1852 is the second scarcest Philadelphia Mint Seated Dollar, closely following the exceedingly rare 1851. This issu

1856 S$1--Cleaned--ANACS. XF Details, Net VF20. The effects of the cleaning are diminished by irregular steel-violet toning. Important notice: We ex

1856 S$1--Cleaned--ANACS. Unc Details, Net AU50. Both sides display an almost glassy luster from the cleaning, with orange-gold toning beginning to f

1857 S$1--Cleaned--ANACS. AU Details, Net XF45. Splotchy coppery-gold color is most likely an attempt to "tone down" an old cleaning. Occ...

1859 S$1--Cleaned--ANACS. AU Details, Net XF45. The light cleaning did not leave obvious hairlines, but the surfaces are unnaturally bright. Sharply

1859-O S$1 AU50--Cleaned--ANACS. Unc Details, Net AU50. Brilliant on both sides, but only the obverse has the unnaturally bright sheen associated wit

1859-S S$1--Corroded, Tooled--ANACS. Unc Details, Net XF45. Net graded 1859-S Dollars seem to be more of the rule than the exception for this more di

1860-O S$1 MS63 PCGS. Clearly a step above the normally seen MS60-62 example of this Treasury release issue. The frosty surfaces are essentially brill

1866 S$1--Cleaned--ANACS. AU Details, Net XF40. Somewhat harshly cleaned, but traces of the original luster glimmer from protected areas. From a good

1869 S$1--Cleaned--ANACS. Unc Details, Net AU55. Faint hints of tan patina encroach upon the otherwise untoned surfaces. A very good strike, but the

1869 S$1 MS60 ANACS. Repunched Date. The patina alternates between light and dark shades of milky-brown color. Sharply struck with prooflike fields w

1870-CC S$1--Rims Filed--ANACS. VF Details, Net Fine 12. The reverse is nicely detailed with most of the eagle's feathers clearly defined. All ...

1870-CC S$1--Graffiti, Cleaned--ANACS. AU Details, Net VF30. The "Cleaned" qualifier would more accurately be described as whizzed, as bo...

1871-CC S$1--Cleaned--ANACS. AU Details, Net XF40. One of the premier rarities in the Seated Liberty Dollar series, struck from a minuscule mintage of

1873-CC S$1 AU50 PCGS. An elusive final year of issue and the rarest of the four Carson City issues in the Seated Dollar series. Even the tiny mintage

1859 S$1 PR63 PCGS. A solidly, if not conservatively graded specimen that possesses dazzling mirrors and appreciable contrast against the frosted appe