Pre-Long Beach Elite Coin Auction

Lot of 20 coins.

Lot of 17 coins.

Gorgeous multicolor "tab" toning. The obverse of the Iowa centennial Half Dollar features an adaptation of the state arms with 29 star...

Deep multicolor "tab" toning from the issue card.

Intense (and intensely pleasing) multicolor toning on both sides. If you would choose only one York commemorative half dollar to represent this design

Light tab toning. Sharp-edged devices and lettering throughout.

Beautiful "tab" toning from the issue card.

Lovely toning.

Frosted glass luster and impressive fields, a blazer possessed of light, original toning.

Another exciting, lustrous, and exquisitely preserved Gem.

Satin surfaces that are almost frosted with pleasant, glowing silver color under lovely pale golden toning.

We have no quarrel with any of these original toned specimens since they came to us in original issue cards before being submitted to NGC for grading.

A lightly toned and exceptionally lustrous Gem that has exquisite fields and devices

Fully struck and extraordinarily clean with thick, creamy mint frost. Basically brilliant with just a hint of toning.

The strike on this issue is nearly always very sharp, and the present Gem is no exception. The obverse is essentially pristine, the reverse identical

Lovely toning.

Frosted glass luster and impressive fields and gorgeous color from the issue card.

A brilliant and highly lustrous Gem that has exquisitely toned surfaces.

If you spend a lot of time thinking out schemes for acquiring a large number of these handsome Iowas, you may be in for a bit of a shock when you see

If you must choose between a well toned example and this lightly toned example, we're unable to offer advice since, as the saying has it, beauty...