Pre-Long Beach Elite Coin Auction

The obverse is G5 while the reverse is slick and has been made into a rather crude "Love Token" with "JC" carefully scratched in...

A few points sharper with uniform extremely fine porosity covering both sides. No verdigris or stains, and the only mark is a barely visible rim bruis

Sharpness F12 or better but corroded. No verdigris or significant contact marks, but the roughness dulls some of the details. The legends are clear

Attractive glossy dark chocolate brown with some medium brown toning in protected areas. The surfaces are smooth and the eye appeal is excellent. Th

Slightly glossy dark chocolate and steel brown. There are fine hairline scratches hidden in the natural patina plus a couple of dull dents near the d

Slightly sharper with some small rim bruises on the reverse. These are under the right side of the fraction, over TE in STATES, above the O in OF, at

A couple points sharper with microscopic roughness covering the fields and protected areas. No verdigris, and the only marks are a tiny planchet chip

Five points sharper but covered with microscopic nicks, none notable but too many to ignore. Slightly glossy steel brown and chocolate. M-LDS, Manle

Frosty light steel brown and chocolate with satiny mint frost covering the fields and protected areas. The only marks are a tight grouping of very ti

Sharpness near EF45 but there are patches of light corrosion, mostly in the left obverse field, plus some light verdigris in protected areas of the re

Ten points sharper but covered with tiny nicks, including a dull nick left of the O in OF and a long one in the dentils over ITE in UNITED. Glossy ch

Attractive glossy chocolate brown. The surfaces are smooth and the only notable mark is a dull rim nick over the A in STATES. LDS, Manley state 5.0.

Sharpness VF25 but there is some rather deep pitting at ICA and the rest of the planchet is covered with microscopic roughness. No verdigris. Cleane

Slightly sharper with a few faint vertical hairline scratches on the obverse, including one from the jawline down to the bust. Otherwise this piece i

Ten points sharper with traces of extremely fine roughness under a rather glossy chocolate brown patina with medium brown highpoints. No verdigris, bu

Slightly sharper with some light contact marks on the obverse, including a fine hairline scratch across the throat and some tiny ones in the field und

One would be hard pressed to locate a more pristine MS64 1806 half cent, even if one were known to either NGC or PCGS in this mid-level grade. The ric

Lustrous mix of medium brown and bluish steel brown. There are hints of very faded mint color in a few of the protected areas, especially on the reve

Small 6 with Stems. Glossy dark steel brown and chocolate with medium brown toning in protected areas of the reverse. No spots or roughness, just a fe

Large 6 with Stems. Frosty steel brown with light bluish steel overtones and at least 20% of the original mint color remaining on each side. Excellent