Pre-Long Beach Elite Coin Auction

This is a remarkably lustrous coin whose reddish-gold features are alive with rich mint frost contrasted by near-prooflike fields. The fully detailed

Lightly worn on the highest waves of hair and the edge of the coronet, but some luster still evident around the stars, legends, and other major device

The luster is also superior for this lightly circulated issue, and moderately bright fields peer through rich flaming-gold coloration. Scarce.

By far the most available (hence, affordable) Type 2 issue in choice Mint State condition, this 1873 Open 3 twenty has smooth, rolling luster over bot

Nearly blinding with flaxen to metallic-gold patina over each side. An eye-appealing, radiant specimen despite the few abrasions, primarily in the fie

A little bit of rub on the high points traces to its few short years in circulation, as do the light (but not overly noticeable) marks in the fields a

One of a couple of high quality mint state double eagles with the CC mintmark consigned to the sale. Each side has a beaming reddish-gold centers that

NCS is an offshoot of the Numismatic Grading Service and puts its imprimatur on those coins with minor problems where an accurate grade is difficult t

Nice "old gold" color and surfaces, an uncleaned, original specimen of this inexpensive yet historic CC-mint date.

Lightly cleaned on the obverse resulting in numerous fine hairlines. Well struck with sufficient luster remaining to justify the grade and then some.