Pre-Long Beach Elite Coin Auction

Dusky gray to smoke and gold toning, the color ripened over many decades it seems, to where the underlying surface is more than amplified by the natur

Cleaned long ago, now deeply toned. As the only issue in the Draped Bust, Small Eagle Quarter series, the 1796 is a must-have coin for the serious typ

Some tooling on the eagle may have been done to remove some scratches or graffiti. The surface of this rare one-year Type coin is moderately porous an

A satiny golden gray to steel blue example with a vivid display of rich iridescence on both sides from the free-flowing luster. Struck with exactitude

A resplendent specimen with smooth if muted underlying luster that breathes life into the highlights; all surfaces carry a medium-deep shade of old-si

Smooth, even wear with natural, speckled old-silver gray patina.

Early bust coinage is very rare in mint state grades, and extremely rare in certified choice grade as seen here. The coin sports lovely steel blue to

Attractive deep steel to gunmetal toning with iridescence and copious amounts of underlying frost. Perhaps the tarnish streak (from an impurity in the

Outstanding luster and color on this historic Bust Quarter, one of the early Large Size bust quarters struck from 1815 through 1828 and seldom offered

Pits.