Pre-Long Beach Elite Coin Auction

The obverse is a few points sharper while the reverse is very slightly weaker. The surfaces are smooth and show only a few minor marks, including a s

Glossy dark steel brown. The fields are covered with extremely fine roughness but there is no verdigris and the only notable marks are a short scratc

Sharpness near EF40 with light roughness covering the planchet plus a few small pitmarks at the cap, and these pits contain traces of light green verd

Sharpness VF25 but covered with uniform very fine granularity under a slightly glossy steel brown and chocolate patina. No verdigris, and the only co

Sharpness F12 but covered with light to moderate corrosion. No notable verdigris, but there are a couple contact marks, including a dull scratch down

A couple points sharper with fine roughness under a glossy dark steel brown patina, the obverse showing more gloss than the reverse. There are a few

Slightly sharper but lightly cleaned and nicely retoned glossy chocolate brown with lighter brown toning in protected areas of the reverse. There are

Sharpness F15 with microscopic granularity under a slightly glossy dark steel patina. No verdigris, but there are several rim nicks and small rim bru

Sharpness F15 with very fine roughness under a rather glossy dark olive and steel patina, the obverse with more gloss than the reverse. No verdigris,

The obverse is slightly better while the reverse is weaker, as usual. The date and LIBERTY are strong but only slightly more than half the reverse re

The obverse is a bit nicer while the reverse is weaker. Glossy dark chocolate brown with lighter chocolate toning on the highpoints and microscopic r

Sharpness VG8 with a dozen rather large pitmarks on the obverse plus a few relatively insignificant ones on the reverse. Portions of the obverse have

Sharpness VF20 with a fine pin scratch in the field from the dentils before the tip of the nose down to the end of the pole, then under the bust tip t

Slightly sharper with microscopic roughness under a mostly glossy dark olive and steel brown patina. No verdigris and only a few marks, including a s

Slightly sharper but cleaned and retoned glossy light olive and golden brown. The surfaces are smooth but do have several rim bruises on each side, t

Slightly sharper with minor roughness under a glossy steel brown patina, mostly likely lightly cleaned and retoned. There is some shallow pitting aro

Glossy medium brown and chocolate. The surfaces are smooth, completely free of corrosion or verdigris. Only a few trivial marks from choice, includi

Sharpness VF25 but moderately corroded. There are traces of dark greenish verdigris in protected areas but no contact marks of any consequence. Rath

Slightly sharper with very light roughness in the fields and a fine horizontal hairline scratch across the top of the neck into the hair at left. A s

Sharpness F12 but very light corrosion covers most of the planchet, the highpoints mostly spared. No verdigris, and the only mark is a thin nick in t