Houston Money Show Auction

The obverse is stronger, the reverse weaker, as usual with worn examples of this variety, a 5+/3-split. Glossy dark steel brown and chocolate. Smoot

Sharpness VG7 or slightly better but there is light roughness on the obverse, strongest in protected areas under the hair ribbon. Slightly glossy cho

Sharpness VG10 or slightly better but lightly corroded with numerous patches of moderate porosity on the obverse. There are areas of shallow reddish

Several points sharper but the devices on the obverse are severely weakened by heavy swelling associated with the latest die state of the variety. LD

Choice glossy light to medium brown blending to chocolate in protected areas. Smooth with only trivial marks. A small tick in the field before the e

A point sharper but there are some rim bruises including one left of the hair ribbon and a pair of planchet chips on the lower part of the portrait.

A couple points sharper but covered with microscopic granularity. No verdigris and the only notable mark is a tiny rim nick at the R in AMERICA. Sli

Sharpness F12 but covered with fine to moderate granularity. There are microscopic traces of verdigris in protected areas and just a few contact mark

Significantly sharper, perhaps F12 and even better in the hair details, but covered with porosity and slightly bent. No verdigris but there is a dig

A couple points sharper with very fine roughness covering the fields and protected areas. No verdigris but there are some light rim bruises on both s