Pre-Long Beach Elite Coin Auction

Choice glossy light to medium brown with darker steel brown toning on the highpoints and frosty luster covering the protected areas. Close to EF45 bu

Sharpness VF25 but burnished and retoned glossy steel brown and chocolate. The profile was carefully strengthened and some light contact marks were s

Glossy dark steel brown with chocolate brown toning covering the obverse highpoints. A small spot of darker chocolate in the center of the neck is th

Sharper by at least 5 points but extremely faint granularity covers the fields and protected areas. This microscopic roughness is mostly hidden under

Glossy chocolate with some darker chocolate brown toning in the field before the face. Smooth and attractive for the grade, free of any notable defec

Sharpness VF30 but very lightly corroded, and there is a dull scratch from the hair under the E down to the top of the curl on the neck. The obverse

Sharpness VF20 but there are a couple light rim bruises, including a small one under the hair ribbon and a dull one at CA in AMERICA. A pair of thin,

Sharpness AU50 with extremely fine roughness covering the lower two-thirds of the hair into the field left of the lower curls. No verdigris, and the

1806 S-270 R1 G6. EDS. 1807 S-271 R1 AG3. Comet Obverse. EDS, before the comet break occurs. Both are glossy chocolate and have a clear da

Attractive glossy medium brown and chocolate. There are a couple small pinpricks and hairline scratches in the field before the portrait, but overall

Close to G4 with a very slight bend in the planchet at the L in LIBERTY caused by a dull dent at NI in UNITED on the opposing side. The surfaces are

Glossy chocolate brown. Smooth with a rim nick under the 0 in the date. The date is full and the overdate is clear. Just worn.

Sharpness EF40 but the obverse was lightly burnished. Nicely retoned glossy medium brown and chocolate with hints of reddish chocolate toning in prot

Five points sharper with patches of very fine corrosion, mostly on the obverse where there are specks of greenish verdigris remaining in some shallow

Sharpness near VF30 but the surfaces are slightly uneven, mostly on the obverse. No verdigris, and the notable marks are limited to a faint hairline

Glossy steel brown and chocolate. The surfaces are free of corrosion or verdigris, and there only minor contact marks. The notable ones are on the n

Five points sharper with a dozen or so tiny pitmarks on the bust and in the field before the portrait. No verdigris or notable contact marks. Lightl

Slightly sharper with some very light hairline scratches on the left side of the obverse, a thin vertical nick in the bottom of the second 8, and trac

Sharpness VF25 with several small spots of porosity on both sides but no verdigris. The spots are on the hair above the I in LIBERTY, at the dentils

Five points sharper with a few too many tiny nicks for the higher grade, including a light diagonal one over star 7 and a tiny rim nick at that same s