Pre-Long Beach Elite Coin Auction

Slightly sharper but covered with very tiny nicks, none significant but far too many to ignore. The best identifying defect is a small spot of very f

Five points sharper but lightly cleaned and retoned glossy reddish steel and chocolate brown. The surfaces are smooth except for a couple small patch

Lightly cleaned, this specimen is nicely retoned glossy steel and chocolate brown. There are a few faint hairline scratches on the neck, a speck of c

A few points sharper but there are too many small nicks on both sides for a higher grade. Lightly cleaned and retoned glossy bluish steel and chocola

A few points sharper but the obverse is slightly rough. No verdigris and just a few light contact marks. Cleaned and retoned glossy bluish steel bro

A few points sharper but covered with light to moderate corrosion, strongest on the reverse. No verdigris or notable contact marks. The date and leg

Sharpness EF40 but the obverse is covered with uniform fine granularity. The reverse has a similar surface but there are patches of stronger roughnes

Contains one each 1797, 1802, 1803, and 1807/6 overdate. Grades are Fair-AG. A couple are sharper with defects but all have a readable date. Lot of

Double Struck. Five points sharper with microscopic roughness on both sides, strongest in the fields and protected areas. The only notable marks are a

A couple points sharper but covered with extremely fine roughness, strongest in the fields and protected areas. There are traces of very light verdig

A couple points sharper with uniform fine to moderate porosity covering both sides. No verdigris or notable marks. Slightly glossy chocolate with da

Sharpness VG10 but cleaned and retoned glossy chocolate and steel brown. There is some extremely fine roughness, mostly on the reverse, and some ligh

Sharpness F12 but lightly corroded. There is some very light verdigris in protected areas around the wreath and a couple very dull, light scratches i

Slightly sharper but the surfaces are dull from uniform extremely fine roughness. No verdigris, and the only marks are a few tiny ticks in the hair l

Very slightly sharper but there is extremely fine roughness under the rather glossy dark olive brown and chocolate patina. No notable verdigris, and

Glossy light chocolate brown with darker chocolate toning covering the fields and protected areas, the attractive two-tone appearance accenting the de

The obverse is a bit weaker while the reverse is a couple points stronger. The obverse is a slightly glossy steel brown and chocolate with reddish ch

Double Struck. Very slightly sharper with myriad very fine hairline scratches on the obverse, microscopic roughness covering the fields and protected

Attractive glossy chocolate brown, the protected areas a few shades darker than the highpoints. The two-tone appearance accents the details and the e

Slightly sharper but the rim at the bottom of the obverse and top of the reverse has been slightly flattened, perhaps as this cent was squeezed in a v

Sharpness near VF20 but covered with very fine granularity, and there are some pitmarks scattered about both sides as well. The notable pitmarks are

Sharpness near F15 with extremely faint roughness under a glossy dark olive brown patina. There are traces of light verdigris crud in protected areas

Sharpness VG10 but the planchet is slightly bent and the surfaces are covered with uniform microscopic granularity under a slightly glossy olive brown

The obverse is a point or two better while the reverse is slightly weaker. Nice glossy medium brown and chocolate with smooth, corrosion-free surface

Sharpness VF20 with microscopic roughness covering the fields on both sides, plus a pair of shallow pitmarks at the first S in STATES. No verdigris,

Sharpness F15 or slightly better with very light roughness covering the fields, and there are some shallow scrape marks in the field below the hair ri

A few points sharper but lightly cleaned and retoned glossy medium brown with a couple small spots of darker steel brown toning on both sides. No rou

Slightly sharper with uniform extremely fine roughness under a slightly glossy dark steel brown patina. There are traces of light verdigris in a few

Off Center. Sharpness VF20 with very fine roughness covering the planchet and some light corrosion at UN extending to the fraction. There is a mix of

A couple points sharper with microscopic roughness under a mostly glossy dark steel and olive brown patina. No marks and only faint traces of light v

A point or two sharper but there is some extremely fine roughness on the reverse, strongest at TED STATES where there some microscopic pits. No verdi

Sharpness F12 or slightly better with a deep scrape across the NE in ONE and extremely fine roughness covering the fields on both sides. There is a s

A couple points sharper with too many minor marks for the sharpness grade, mostly tiny planchet chips on the left half of each side, as struck. The n

Glossy steel brown and chocolate. No roughness, but there are some light contact marks scattered about both sides, including a small rim bruise under

Slightly sharper with faint roughness under a mostly glossy dark chocolate and steel brown patina. No verdigris, and the roughness is strongest at ST

Sharpness VF20 but lightly corroded, and there is a light hairline scratch that skips down the portrait from the forehead to the shoulder and rim belo

Glossy light olive brown and chocolate. No roughness and only a few minor marks, including a small planchet chip on the bust, a light nick in the fie

Ten points sharper with a couple dull, rather strong nicks in the field close to the nose, another lighter one in the field off the chin, and some sma

Slightly sharper but there is a patch of very fine roughness in the field above the bust, a smaller one in the field before the eye, and a light rim b

Glossy chocolate brown with lighter coppery brown toning on the obverse highpoints from a very light abrasion. A speck of greenish verdigris between

A couple points sharper but the surfaces are covered with extremely fine roughness and there are some light contact marks scattered over the obverse.

Ten points sharper but lightly cleaned and nicely retoned glossy chocolate brown with a few small spots of darker toning in the field under the chin.

Glossy chocolate brown. A few light nicks in the field before the face and a tiny rim bruise under the 1, but overall a decent example for the grade.

Sharpness EF40 but lightly corroded under a rather glossy very dark olive and steel patina. No verdigris or contact marks other than a few short, lig

Sharpness VF20 but covered with uniform moderate granularity. No verdigris or marks. Slightly glossy dark steel and olive brown. M-LDS, Breen state

Sharpness F15 but lightly corroded, the roughness stronger on the reverse than the obverse. There is light verdigris in protected areas but no signif

The obverse is very slightly sharper than the reverse. Glossy chocolate and medium brown. The surfaces are smooth and the only notable marks are a d

Sharpness several points better but the surfaces are lightly corroded and there is a dull dent in the center of the obverse that produced a bulge over

Sharpness F12 but there are a dozen rather deep pitmarks on both sides, and many of these pits have pin scratches in them where an attempt was made to

Rather glossy steel and chocolate brown. Close to VG8 but there is microscopic roughness covering the fields and a faint horizontal hairline scratch