Pre-Long Beach Elite Coin Auction

With a mere 16,000 minted of this San Francisco half eagle, it stands to reason 1874-S would be scarce to rare in upper grades. The surface has toned

A nice dusting of flaming golden luster covers the surface and peeks out from inside the main devices of this lightly circulated, carefully preserved

This is a well-struck example with good details for the 1878 emission. It has no bothersome abrasions or points of wear to mention other than a few ti

Only 82,817 minted.

Dullish luster. (PCI MS 62.)

If you are tired of unpleasant, bagmarked "almost-theres", this outstanding 1899-S should be just the ticket for a Type Set or date and mi...

Boldly struck. The luster is also superior for the issue, and moderately bright fields peer through rich flaming-gold coloration.

Hairlines and a rough rim.

Heavy with golden frost from edge to edge.

Glittering rivers of flame-colored mint frost from center to periphery with a few bagmarks on the face and above the eagle. Clearly evident from all a

This is a sparkling gold specimen radiating warm orange mint bloom, powerfully struck and impeccably preserved for the grade.

Fully pulsating with lovely orange-gold color, the surfaces are free of bothersome striking incompleteness.

Frosty.

When the quarter eagle went into production in 1796, it bore the same obverse as on the eagle and half eagle, but a new reverse was used, generally kn

A satiny 1799 with a wealth of underlying luster on its brilliant yellow-gold surfaces. Nicely struck in all areas with just a touch of incompleteness

Both sides display an exceptional frosty sheen and dazzling satiny brilliance, being predominately yellow-gold with a touch of reddish color. Sharp-ed

Both sides display an exceptional frosty sheen and dazzling satiny brilliance, being predominately yellow-gold with only scattered surface abrasions.

This early gold piece shows outstanding detail in the cap and Liberty's hair, with very choice rims, plenty of luster in the protected areas, an...

Lightly cleaned yet still acceptable with the myriad fine scratches on the reverse. There is a shallow rim bump above Y of LIBERTY and the nearby star

Beams of frosted mint luster and rich tawny orange-gold hues, both sides dripping with mint luster and no grazes or loss of bloom seen anywhere on the

Beautiful semi-prooflike fields on both sides give a lovely background for the raised, satiny devices. Liberty is particularly choice. There are a cou

Lustrous with a semi-prooflike sheen on either side, well-struck and carefully preserved from rim damage or other harm in its 200 year trek through ti

Cleaned at one time, and there also appears to be a small planchet irregularity at the cheek. Uneven edge milling in one area also suggests inspection

One heavy nail scratch in the left obverse field; the other "scratches" are really nothing more than the usual adjustment marks on the por...

Light surface abrasion but well covered in luster. Original toning.

A well struck coin.

Lustrous.

Heavily cleaned. Second year of issue from this storied Western mint, and much scarcer than the 1854-S $10.

This is the $10 denomination of this rare issue, and from the same consignor as the $5 No Motto 1866-S. Through a combination of lucky chances, this p

The "alteration" consists of a small area of tooling along the lower neck and truncation, barely noticeable unless you look carefully. Thi...

Attractive "old gold" color and surfaces. 1871-CC checks in as one of the significant rarities among the $10 issues produced at the Car...

The present piece is quite attractive, ranking as it does high in the NGC Census, with very few ever offered. The striking is first-rate, much luster

A satiny golden coin with a vivid display of rich frosty iridescence on both sides. Bold, but not quite 100% crisply struck, showing some rounding in

Somewhat prooflike in the open fields, with contrasting frost or satin-gold effect on Liberty's profile. It is easy to see this piece was delive...

Frosty, though somewhat muffled luster.

There is little to say about the surfaces of this choice coin as they are as near to perfect as imaginable for the MS63 grade. The mint frost is thick

There is a lovely interplay between orange-gold and reddish colors that give this the eye appeal of an even higher grade. Devices as "knife sha...

A few unimportant rim nicks; lustrous and pleasing to the eye for this scarcer O-mint date. Only 108,950 pieces struck.

Flowing rivers of golden frost from edge to edge The strike as keen as a razor on this well-preserved Liberty ten.

Glittering rivers of flame-colored mint frost from center to periphery. The strikeis as keen as a razor on this, including the hair waves, the coronet

Squarely within the grade point parameters and clearly an advance over a typically bagmarked MS61, with some suggestions for an MS63 grade. Warm orang

Often called the "wire rim" by most, the Mint's term is "fin" but also "knife rim" is acceptable to describe the f...