Pre-Long Beach Elite Coin Auction

The obverse is a bit better, a solid G4+, but the reverse is slightly weaker and grades only AG3. Glossy chocolate brown, the highpoints a couple sha

Sharpness VF30 but the surfaces are lightly corroded, strongest on the reverse. The obverse is slightly glossy but the reverse is matte. There is a

Close to VG7 but there is extremely fine roughness under the glossy dark chocolate patina. The highpoints are a lighter shade of chocolate brown and

Sharpness G6 or better but moderately porous, strongest at TED in UNITED. No verdigris or contact marks. Slightly glossy dark chocolate brown. The

Close to VG7 but there is a spot of very light roughness in the center of the obverse and a couple faint hairline scratches in the field under the hai

Very slightly sharper with fine granularity in the reverse fields. Mostly glossy dark steel brown and chocolate with hints of reddish brown toning in

Glossy medium brown and chocolate, the toning a bit blotchy rather than uniform. A few light marks but none significant and the surfaces are reasonab

Ten points sharper with extremely faint granularity under a highly glossy dark olive and chocolate brown patina. No notable verdigris, but there are

Sharpness F15 but there is a sharp diagonal scratch on the cheek, and the cheek and right obverse field were very lightly smoothed. In addition, ther

A couple points sharper but the surfaces aren't perfectly smooth, mostly from tiny contact marks rather than corrosion. There are some thin nic...