Pre-Long Beach Elite Coin Auction

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