Pre-Long Beach Elite Coin Auction

Pleasant silver satin surfaces display lots of luster underneath well developed toning. The color shades from light silvery golden in the center to de

Smooth matte-gray surfaces on both sides, somewhat granular in places but generally quite nice and original for such a scarce early Bust Dime. This re

The obverse was cleaned or lightly wiped, although this may still be one that can be graded at a main service (we choose the conservative approach). L

Mintage of 65,180 consigns this to the scarce aisle; as later impressions have shattered dies, this die pairing must have been abandoned earlier than

This example has shimmering milky gray surfaces and natural toning, with heavy mint frost throughout the fields, covering the devices, and charming th

Attractive light steel to russet toning with a few tinges of colorful iridescence. Well struck for the issue; clean surface as well.

An attractive specimen with luster that practically bounds from the toned surfaces. Well established toning includes traces of champagne-rose and ant

Nicely toned steel to gunmetal blue.

Deeply lustrous surfaces are almost hidden under rich brown and antique gray toning. Nicely struck for the date, however, with all shield and wreath d

Decades ago the 1844 date was hoarded by a popular writer from Kansas City named Frank Ross, who then fed specimens from his stockpile into the market