Pre-Long Beach Elite Coin Auction

The obverse is a bit better, a solid G4+, but the reverse is slightly weaker and grades only AG3. Glossy chocolate brown, the highpoints a couple sha

Sharpness VF30 but the surfaces are lightly corroded, strongest on the reverse. The obverse is slightly glossy but the reverse is matte. There is a

Close to VG7 but there is extremely fine roughness under the glossy dark chocolate patina. The highpoints are a lighter shade of chocolate brown and

Sharpness G6 or better but moderately porous, strongest at TED in UNITED. No verdigris or contact marks. Slightly glossy dark chocolate brown. The

Close to VG7 but there is a spot of very light roughness in the center of the obverse and a couple faint hairline scratches in the field under the hai

Very slightly sharper with fine granularity in the reverse fields. Mostly glossy dark steel brown and chocolate with hints of reddish brown toning in

Glossy medium brown and chocolate, the toning a bit blotchy rather than uniform. A few light marks but none significant and the surfaces are reasonab

Ten points sharper with extremely faint granularity under a highly glossy dark olive and chocolate brown patina. No notable verdigris, but there are

Sharpness F15 but there is a sharp diagonal scratch on the cheek, and the cheek and right obverse field were very lightly smoothed. In addition, ther

A couple points sharper but the surfaces aren't perfectly smooth, mostly from tiny contact marks rather than corrosion. There are some thin nic...

Five points sharper with patches of verdigris on both sides, including a rather large area of highly glossy dark greenish patina in the field before t

Close to VG8 but there are some light, dull scratches inside the wreath. Lightly burnished and nicely retoned glossy chocolate and steel brown. MDS,

Sharpness VF30 but much of the obverse is covered with small pits, mostly in the hair and field above the ribbon. There are some faint hairline scrat

Mostly glossy olive and steel brown. The surfaces are decent but do show microscopic roughness in the fields and protected areas. No verdigris, and

Sharpness F12 but the fields were skillfully abraded to reduce microscopic granularity. No verdigris, and the surfaces now appear smooth to the unaid

Glossy dark olive brown with extremely faint granularity hidden under the attractive glossy patina. The only marks are a small planchet void in the c

Slightly sharper with very fine granularity covering both sides, strongest in the fields and protected areas. No verdigris, and the only marks are a

Slightly glossy steel brown and chocolate. The surfaces are decent but not perfectly smooth. The only marks are some tiny pits at the U in UNITED an

Glossy steel and chocolate brown. The obverse was very lightly abraded to remove some extremely fine roughness, and some of the hairline scratches re

Sharpness VF20 or better but covered with microscopic roughness, and there are traces of dark greenish verdigris in some of the protected areas. The