Pre-Long Beach Elite Coin Auction

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