Pre-Long Beach Elite Coin Auction

Beautiful light dove-gray toning atop clean, lustrous surfaces. A scarce O-mint date in this condition.

Cleaned extensively. Now toned a deep purple grey.

The surfaces are sparkling from the lovely mint frost that swirls around both sides, giving a push to the multitudinous shades of color created by the

The dies left their rigid impression behind without the least weakness or imprecision. Highly lustrous with the shimmering mint frost P-mint coinage i

The 1896-O issue is a scarce branch mint date. Luminous satin white surfaces with a dash of hazy toning.

Possibly lightly cleaned, but the compensation is that this has decidedly prooflike fields on both sides. Scarce.

Cleaned, leaving traces of shiny high points and some hairlines in the fields, yet still frosty on both sides, suggesting a slightly higher grade. Sca

Lustrous; a few light abrasions on the cheek.

Other than a faint hairline in line with the profile, an 80% lustrous, almost bagmark-free example of this scarce New Orleans issue.

With blazing luster on satiny white surfaces, this coin has a sharpness of major consequence on both sides. Clearly the dies were spaced just right

Creamy white and immaculately preserved surfaces glow. Razor-sharp on all devices. The cheek on Liberty, while the luster is broken in a few places by

A radiant Gem that has an outstanding strike and fresh-off-the-dies sheen. The pressure transmitted from the die to the blank reveals itself in sharp

Ever so carefully preserved and displaying flashy luster whose cartwheel radiance leans toward satin rather than mint flash. A small bagmark in the fi

A coin so majestic, so good-looking, it deserves <I>three stars</I> for eye appeal, device boldness, and global color. As the photograph...

A simply stunning example, the strike is noteworthy even for this often well-produced type. The focal features are all sharply defined, and the mirror

A satiny gem with dynamic cartwheel luster and beautiful reddish brown toning at the rim. Clear-cut devices point to it having been giving a full stri

Liberty's face is especially gemmy for the grade; only a faint line of surface "grazing" is apparent in the left obverse field. Here ...

A shimmering prooflike with original, icy white devices plus choice surfaces. All devices were struck with such force and determination by the dies th