Pre-Long Beach Elite Coin Auction

Faded mint red mellowing to bluish steel brown with rose overtones, about a third of the red remaining. There is a tiny speck of carbon left of star 1

Small Date. Bluish steel brown with very faded mint red in protected areas and delicate overtones of iridescent rose, especially on the reverse. There

Medium brown with iridescent rose faded down from mint red in the protected areas and delicate bluish steel overtones covering the fields. There is a

Beautiful bluish steel brown with faded mint red in protected areas and overtones of electric blue, especially on the reverse. A gem example except fo

"Reverse corroded." Although starkly put like this on the grading holder, it sounds horrible but really isn't all that unnerving, give...

Slightly glossy dark chocolate and olive brown. The surfaces are covered with light to moderate corrosion, but there is no verdigris. There are, howev

Rather glossy dark chocolate brown and olive with some lighter reddish chocolate toning on the reverse. The surfaces are lightly corroded, as noted on

Slightly sharper with a pair of old, dull scratches on the obverse, the scratches so old they are worn smooth where they cross the portrait and show o

The sharpness is VF30 or slightly better, especially on the reverse, but the obverse field from before the tip of the nose down to the bust tip was sm

Slightly sharper, especially on the reverse, but there is a thin planchet fissure on the obverse meandering from the hair through the cheek and chin t

Slightly sharper with microscopic roughness under a rather glossy medium brown patina with chocolate brown toning in the protected areas. There are a

Glossy chocolate brown. The planchet is smooth, free of any trace of corrosion or verdigris. There are several light rim bruises on both sides and s

Sharpness F12 with light taps all the way around the rim amounting to many very light rim bruises that obliterate all but a few traces of the vine and

The sharpness is EF40 or slightly better, but the rim at CA to just right of the fraction is deeply scraped which removed most of the border beads in

Sharpness VF20 with very fine granularity covering the fields and protected areas while the highpoints are smooth. No verdigris, a dull, light rim ni

Sharpness VG10 or better but there is a crude hole (most likely from a nail used to attach this cent above the front door of a home for good luck) thr

Slightly sharper, especially on the obverse, but there are pin scratches in the form of a crude "W" in the field behind the head. Otherwi...

The obverse is a couple points better while the reverse is very slightly weaker. The surfaces are mostly smooth and glossy, but there are some shallo

Sharpness F12 but covered with fine granularity, strongest on the reverse. No verdigris. The notable marks are a dull, thin scrape down from the den

The obverse is slightly better while the reverse is a bit weaker. The surfaces are a mostly smooth mottled mix of glossy chocolate, medium brown, and