Pre-Long Beach Elite Coin Auction

Very attractive glossy medium brown with chocolate brown toning in protected areas. The surfaces are smooth and virtually flawless. The only marks a

A choice EF45 example except for a dull rim nick over the top of the cap. Otherwise this piece is absolutely choice. The only other mark is a tiny p

Lustrous medium brown and chocolate with steel brown toning on the obverse highpoints and hints of faded mint red in a couple protected areas on both

Lustrous bluish steel and chocolate brown with a thin arc of darker steel toning across the bust to star 3. There are two microscopic, very short hai

Sharpness near mint state but cleaned and retoned glossy medium brown and chocolate with a small splash of darker olive brown toning at the base of th

Highly lustrous electric blue steel and chocolate with faded mint red covering about 20% of the obverse. There is a small spot of lighter brown tonin

Slightly faded mint red mellowing to bluish steel brown, about two-thirds of the red remaining, mostly on the obverse. There are some tiny planchet c

Attractive glossy steel brown and chocolate with hints of faded mint red on the obverse, 5% of the red remaining on the reverse. The fields are smoot

Lightly dipped long ago, now mellowing to light steel brown on the highpoints with slightly faded red covering the remainder of the planchet. No stai

Choice glossy dark chocolate brown. The surfaces are smooth and virtually flawless. The only marks are a very light rim bruise left of the lower cur

Glossy medium olive brown and chocolate with lighter steel brown toning on the obverse highpoints. The surfaces are glossy and attractive, but there

Choice glossy steel brown and chocolate with frosty luster covering the fields and protected areas, especially on the reverse. The surfaces are virtu

Sharpness AU50 but covered with faint, very fine hairline scratches, and there is a dull, fresh dig in the hair under ER in LIBERTY. Glossy steel bro

Lustrous light bluish steel brown with faded mint color peeking through in the fields and protected areas and slightly darker steel brown toning cover

Choice frosty medium brown with light bluish steel toning in the protected areas. No spots or stains, and just a hint of friction on the highest poin

Choice glossy steel brown with very faded mint red peeking through in portions of the fields and protected areas, mostly on the right half of the obve

Frosty medium brown with darker steel brown toning on the highpoints. There is a small spot of darker toning in the hair under the E in LIBERTY, a hi

Glossy medium brown with steel brown toning on the highpoints and frosty lighter brown faded down from mint color in protected areas. The only defect

Glossy dark steel brown with frosty lighter brown toning in protected areas. Virtually flawless, a couple tiny ticks under the chin and another under

Slightly sharper with some faint hairline scratches across the date, traces of extremely fine roughness on both sides, and some very shallow and barel

Glossy dark steel brown and chocolate with hints of frosty lighter steel brown toning in protected areas of the reverse. The surfaces are attractive,

Sharpness close to mint state but there is a patch of reddish chocolate toning at F-AM, and this area is covered with microscopic roughness and a few

Choice glossy chocolate brown with frosty lighter steel brown toning in protected areas. The surfaces are smooth and very attractive. The only marks

Very attractive highly lustrous light olive brown and darker chocolate with attractive gunmetal blue overtones covering both sides. The surfaces are

Glossy dark bluish steel and chocolate brown with frosty faded red in protected areas. Possibly lightly cleaned and retoned long ago, but the luster

Glossy chocolate brown delicately mixed with some frosty lighter brown and darker steel brown tones on both sides. The surfaces are smooth and quite

Lustrous light steel brown with hints of underlying very faded red in the fields and protected areas, especially on the right side of the obverse, and

Sharpness AU50 but covered with uniform microscopic granularity. No verdigris, and the only marks are a thin vertical nick in the center of the jawli

Glossy steel brown and chocolate with lots of frosty tan and light brown in protected areas, especially on the reverse. There is a patch of greenish

Glossy medium brown and chocolate mottled with darker chocolate and steel brown tones. There is a splash of dark chocolate toning at ERICA to the fra

Glossy mottled mix of medium brown and chocolate speckled with darker olive brown tones on the obverse. The surfaces are virtually flawless, a very t

Glossy golden brown and tan with underlying frosty luster covering the fields and protected areas. The satiny mint luster is somewhat subdued by a th

Sharpness near EF40 with some faint hairline scratches on both sides, mostly in the right obverse field and on the bust. None of these scratches is n

The obverse is frosty bluish steel brown and chocolate while the reverse is a lighter shade of frosty medium brown with steel brown toning on the high

The obverse is frosty bluish steel brown and chocolate with traces of faded mint red in protected areas and a few small clouds of darker steel toning

Attractive glossy steel brown and chocolate with frosty lighter golden tan toning in protected areas of the reverse. The surfaces are covered with sa

Ten points sharper with a stain of dark reddish chocolate toning at UNITED STA, and this stained area is covered with extremely faint roughness. The

Frosty bluish steel brown and light chocolate with attractive, lustrous surfaces. The reverse is satiny and highly lustrous, virtually perfect. Ther

Frosty dark steel brown and chocolate with attractive flowline luster covering both sides. Only a few light contact marks, including a vertical nick

Frosty bluish steel brown with lots of faded mint red remaining in the protected areas on both sides. The surfaces are covered with satiny luster tha

Frosty chocolate and darker steel brown with some lighter steel brown toning in protected areas. Satiny luster covers the fields and protected areas

Frosty mottled mix of medium brown and chocolate with wisps of dark steel toning under the bust tip, from the chin to stars 2 & 3, and under sta...

Lustrous bluish steel brown and chocolate with faint hints of underlying very faded mint color in a few of the protected areas. No spots or stains, j

Lustrous medium brown with a couple peeps of very faded mint color remaining on the reverse. The surfaces are satiny and very attractive. There is a

Frosty golden brown very delicately mottled with some light reddish chocolate brown, the obverse a few shades lighter than the reverse. The surfaces

Glossy medium brown and chocolate with faded red in protected areas, especially on the obverse, and darker bluish steel overtones covering most of the

Glossy bluish steel and light olive brown. There is a speck of reddish toning at the bottom of the earlobe, another over the N on CENT, and one over

Attractive lustrous light bluish steel brown with 10% of the mint color remaining on the obverse, 25% on the reverse. The surfaces are satiny and fre

Very attractive light olive and chocolate brown with iridescent rose and blue steel overtones covering the fields and faded mint color showing through

Frosty bluish steel brown and chocolate with faded mint red in protected areas of the reverse. The surfaces are satiny and very attractive. No spots

Glossy chocolate brown. The surfaces are uneven, as often found on these bath metal planchets, but there is no verdigris. The legends are complete, al

Choice glossy medium brown with frosty mint luster covering the protected areas. The fields are slightly reflective and the only defect is a tiny pla

A strikingly attractive light to medium brown example of this scarcer Colonial, with clear portrait and eye, sharp lettering and date, and clean surfa

Medium brown with deeper areas of steel brown; some light field abrasions and a few shallow pits about typical for such an early piece. Rare.

Glossy dark chocolate and steel brown with frost in protected areas. Well centered and nicely struck. The only mark is a small rim nick at the V in

Medium brown with reddish olive brown in protected areas. The fields are matte while the highpoints are glossy. The only marks are a rim nick under

Glossy light brown with bluish steel overtones from an old cleaning. No corrosion or notable marks. The date is clear, including the repunching on the

Wear on the shoulder and wig of Pitt, wear on the portholes of the ship as well, but well defined in other places, with medium chocolate brown color.

Glossy chocolate and steel brown, the reverse a couple shades darker than the obverse. Smooth and attractive. The only notable defects are a small s

Rather glossy chocolate and steel brown. Nicely struck on a smooth planchet, just a few very small planchet flakes from choice. The notable mark is

Slightly sharper with fine roughness covering both sides. No verdigris. The only notable marks are a dull rim nick at K-2 on the reverse and a small

Sharpness AU50 with patches of very fine roughness on both sides plus two small patches of reddish verdigris at the shoulder. Much of the planchet is

Chocolate and olive brown. The surfaces are attractive and slightly glossy, but the fields are covered with extremely fine granularity. The notable

Minor porosity, a short scratch on the plow, choice color and overall detail.

With a clear date and sleek medium-deep brown to steel-brown patina, this is a popular colonial issue from the State of New Jersey. Beneath the head o

Glossy dark chocolate brown. Smooth and attractive, just a few small rim nicks from choice. LDS with strong die clashmarks covering the obverse and

Medium brown and chocolate with darker olive brown toning in protected areas. The obverse details are clear but the reverse legends and date are most

Lustrous reddish brown with a darker area at the base of the clock. Very weak eagle from the ruptured, sprung die.

A popular Type; smooth finish with tinges of red around some devices.

No luster but relatively sharp devices and smooth steel brown surfaces with only minimal marks.

Sleek deep chocolate to steel brown patina with very choice surfaces, balanced wear, and great rims. Portions of the legend on the reverse weak at cen

A sleek glossy steel brown example with a few light marks in the fields and a curved faint hairline on the cheek.

Sharpness very near mint state with some fine hairline scratches on the face, the strongest of these curving along the jaw. Glossy dark steel brown a

Nice strong portrait on Washington including his nose and mouth, with attractive medium to deep chocolate brown color.

Rather glossy chocolate brown with some frosty lighter steel brown in protected areas of the obverse. Would rate a slightly higher grade except for a

1786 New Jersey. 1787 Connecticut Miller 33.1-Z.13 Rarity-5. 1788 Massachusetts Cent. 1753 English Halfpenny. Grades are AG to VG, and all h

An eclectic group of early coppers used in North America. Included are 9 US colonials, several merchant tokens, Civil War tokens, Large Cents, Britis

Numerous fine old pin lines are exclusively on the reverse (in the center mainly) where the denomination ONE CENT is almost invisible anyway, which is

Smooth, balanced wear but only the portrait, the wreath, and a faint image of the date visible, including the bottoms of LIBERTY. Indications from wha

Sharpness F12 or slightly better but covered with uniform extremely fine granularity under a rather glossy dark olive brown patina. No verdigris, and

The obverse is G5 while the reverse is slick and has been made into a rather crude "Love Token" with "JC" carefully scratched in...

A few points sharper with uniform extremely fine porosity covering both sides. No verdigris or stains, and the only mark is a barely visible rim bruis

Sharpness F12 or better but corroded. No verdigris or significant contact marks, but the roughness dulls some of the details. The legends are clear

Attractive glossy dark chocolate brown with some medium brown toning in protected areas. The surfaces are smooth and the eye appeal is excellent. Th

Slightly glossy dark chocolate and steel brown. There are fine hairline scratches hidden in the natural patina plus a couple of dull dents near the d

Slightly sharper with some small rim bruises on the reverse. These are under the right side of the fraction, over TE in STATES, above the O in OF, at

A couple points sharper with microscopic roughness covering the fields and protected areas. No verdigris, and the only marks are a tiny planchet chip

Five points sharper but covered with microscopic nicks, none notable but too many to ignore. Slightly glossy steel brown and chocolate. M-LDS, Manle

Frosty light steel brown and chocolate with satiny mint frost covering the fields and protected areas. The only marks are a tight grouping of very ti

Sharpness near EF45 but there are patches of light corrosion, mostly in the left obverse field, plus some light verdigris in protected areas of the re

Ten points sharper but covered with tiny nicks, including a dull nick left of the O in OF and a long one in the dentils over ITE in UNITED. Glossy ch

Attractive glossy chocolate brown. The surfaces are smooth and the only notable mark is a dull rim nick over the A in STATES. LDS, Manley state 5.0.

Sharpness VF25 but there is some rather deep pitting at ICA and the rest of the planchet is covered with microscopic roughness. No verdigris. Cleane

Slightly sharper with a few faint vertical hairline scratches on the obverse, including one from the jawline down to the bust. Otherwise this piece i

Ten points sharper with traces of extremely fine roughness under a rather glossy chocolate brown patina with medium brown highpoints. No verdigris, bu

Slightly sharper with some light contact marks on the obverse, including a fine hairline scratch across the throat and some tiny ones in the field und

One would be hard pressed to locate a more pristine MS64 1806 half cent, even if one were known to either NGC or PCGS in this mid-level grade. The ric

Lustrous mix of medium brown and bluish steel brown. There are hints of very faded mint color in a few of the protected areas, especially on the reve

Small 6 with Stems. Glossy dark steel brown and chocolate with medium brown toning in protected areas of the reverse. No spots or roughness, just a fe

Large 6 with Stems. Frosty steel brown with light bluish steel overtones and at least 20% of the original mint color remaining on each side. Excellent