2002 September Long Beach Signature Sale Sale #300 - Session 1

1869 3CS PR63 ANACS. The beautifully preserved surfaces have luxurious sea-green, champagne-rose, and gold patina. A well struck and seemingly conserv

1870 3CS PR63 NGC. The mirrored fields flash rose, powder-blue, and gold colors. A well struck proof that has carefully preserved surfaces. A curly li

1870 3CS PR66 PCGS. Well struck except for the center of the horizontal stripes within the shield. A seemingly pristine Gem with gorgeous sea-green, p

1871 3CS PR66 NGC. Gorgeous golden-brown, sea-green, and electric-blue patina. A nearly pristine Gem that has only slight weakness of strike in the ce

1873 3CS PR66 NGC. This is a truly glorious proof whose already impressive eye appeal benefits further from a deep cameo finish on the obverse. The re

1865 3CN MS60 ANACS, yellow and green-gray patina, well struck, planchet flaws (as struck) behind the portrait; 1881 MS63 ANACS, milky tan patina, wel

1865 3CN MS64 NGC, the golden-gray surfaces are unevenly struck with bold clashmarks (as made) in the fields; and an 1882 PR64 NGC, delicate golden ir

1865 3CN MS65 PCGS. A lustrous steel-gray patina. Some doubling on the legends, and a clear die clash especially on the reverse inside of the wreath.

1867 3CN MS65 NGC. Gentle lilac and green-gold colors. A lustrous Gem with gorgeous preservation. The obverse field is wavy, as struck due to heavily

1879 3CN MS66 PCGS. Wispy gold patina. A razor-sharp and lustrous Gem with mildly prooflike fields. Only 39,000 business strikes were produced, and Ge

1888 3CN MS66 PCGS. Steely smooth virtually distraction free surfaces with brief flashes of light yellows and blues. The piece is somewhat softly stru

1865 3CN PR65 Cameo PCGS. Proof production in this first year of the Three Cent Nickel design is estimated to have been in the neighborhood of around

1866 3CN PR65 Cameo NGC. Sharp and frosty, the devices appear to float atop the smooth, glassy reflectivity in the fields. There are no outwardly dist

1867 3CN PR63 NGC. Lightly streaked with yellow-brown patina. The pillars of the denomination are slightly softly struck, but both sides have been car

1867 3CN PR66 Cameo NGC. Warm golden-tan patina blankets the expertly preserved surfaces of this high end Gem. The cameo contrast is solid, and the st

1867 3CN PR66 Cameo PCGS. One of two 1867 Three Cent Nickels in this sale graded PR66 Cameo, this coin displays more of an untoned appearance than the

1868 3CN PR66 NGC. Pastel tinged iridescence dances across both sides in champagne, apricot, and lilac shades. A coin for the toning enthusiast, and a

1869 3CN PR65 Cameo PCGS. A nicely struck Gem with good cameo contrast and imposing surfaces. A tiny lintmark (as struck) rests above the first pillar

1869 3CN PR66 Cameo NGC. Both sides exhibit bold contrast between fields and devices, the latter being richly frosted with no areas of noticeable stri

1869 3CN PR65 Deep Cameo PCGS. Untoned, or essentially so, the surfaces are also devoid of grade-limiting blemishes. As befits the Deep Cameo designat