SGBH Pre-Long Beach Elite Coin Auction

Glossy light to medium brown with steel brown toning on the highpoints and frosty luster in protected areas. There is a light diagonal nick in the fi

Lustrous light steel brown with delicate overtones of light bluish steel and 10% of the mint color remaining on each side. The surfaces are satiny and

Lustrous bluish steel brown with 20% of the original mint color remaining. A choice example except for some tiny spots of darker toning on the reverse

Frosty bluish steel and light olive brown. There are a few small spots in the field before the face and a couple more at ED in UNITED, plus some very

Ten points sharper but the obverse is covered with myriad hairline scratches, mostly on the portrait, and there is a dull diagonal nick over the E in

Sharpness very close to mint state but there are several fine pinscratches just above and parallel to the line under CENT. The only other notable mar

Choice glossy chocolate and olive brown. Smooth, virtually flawless surfaces. The only mark is a very tiny nick on the neck under the earlobe. MDS.

Glossy chocolate brown with frosty light to medium brown toning in the fields and protected areas. The obverse fields are smooth and slightly reflect

Very slightly sharper but there are some very faint hairline scratches in the field at the chin, and these are visible only with the aid of a strong g

Lustrous light bluish steel brown with hints of underlying faded mint red on both sides, especially on the reverse. The surfaces are satiny and are f

Glossy dark bluish steel brown with frosty luster in the fields and protected areas. There are some faint hairline scratches on the cheek, a shallow

Frosty light steel brown and tan with slightly darker steel brown toning on the obverse highpoints. The surfaces are satiny and covered with fine car

Sharpness near mint state with traces of extremely fine roughness in a few places, including around star 2, at AM, and around ICA. Microscopic traces

Lustrous reddish steel brown with underlying very faded mint color showing through on most of the obverse. The reverse is frosty bluish steel brown wi

Glossy chocolate brown with lots of frosty tan and light brown toning in the fields and protected areas, especially on the reverse. A small spot of d

Ten points sharper with uniform very light roughness under a rather glossy dark olive patina. No verdigris, just a few trivial marks, including a fai

Sharpness VF25 with too many light nicks for the higher grade, including a diagonal nick under the left side of star 7 and another over the E in CENT.

Sharpness VG8 or slightly better with a half dozen pitmarks on the obverse, the largest of these in the field off the tip of the nose. There are spec

Nice glossy chocolate brown with frosty lighter brown toning in protected areas. Smooth and attractive, just a few minor contact marks from choice, i

Sharpness EF45 or slightly better but there are a half dozen fine pinscratches on the reverse, mostly inside the wreath but two of them extend out to

Smooth glossy chocolate and steel brown. No marks or other defects, although a small spot of darker olive brown toning under the 8 in the date can he

Close to VG7 sharpness but covered with very fine roughness under a rather glossy dark olive and chocolate brown patina. There are some light hairlin

Very attractive glossy chocolate brown with lighter chocolate toning in protected areas on the lower half of the obverse. Frosty mint luster covers t

At least ten points sharper but there are a half dozen parallel scratches inside the wreath. Otherwise this cent is absolutely choice and offers outs

Sharpness AU50 but there are too many tiny contact marks on the obverse for the sharpness grade. None of these marks is distracting at all and only a

Slightly sharper with a tiny rim bruise at the second S in STATES. Otherwise this cent is choice and offers outstanding eye appeal. Beautiful glossy

Frosty steel brown with reddish tan and light brown faded down from mint color in protected areas and darker steel brown toning on the highpoints. No

Highly lustrous bluish steel brown with lots of medium brown toning on the reverse. Satiny mint luster covers the protected areas on both sides. The

Glossy medium brown and chocolate with some reddish chocolate toning at the bottom of the wreath. A few light contact marks around the C in CENT; oth

Sharpness EF45 but there is a rim dent at star 12, a lighter rim bruise at star 8, one more at TE in STATES, and some dull rim nicks at IC in AMERICA.

Sharpness near mint state but there is a rim bruise at stars 2-3 and a thin, barely visible hairline scratch in the field close above the top of the h

Slightly sharper but lightly cleaned and retoned glossy steel brown and chocolate with lots of frosty golden lighter brown toning in protected areas o

Mint state sharpness but lightly cleaned and retoned frosty dark steel brown with reddish steel brown toning in the protected areas. A fine hairline

Sharpness close to mint state with some extremely faint hairlines on the cheek, a fine hairline scratch in the field under star 10, and some barely vi

Glossy chocolate and steel brown delicately mottled with frosty light brown and tan in protected areas. The only mark is a dull, light diagonal nick

Glossy chocolate and olive brown with frosty lighter brown toning in protected areas and satiny mint luster showing in on both sides. A thin, very li

Perhaps a point sharper but the surfaces are very slightly rough under a slightly glossy dark olive and steel patina with chocolate highpoints. No ve

Very attractive glossy medium brown and chocolate with frosty lighter brown toning in protected areas. The surfaces are smooth and free of contact ma

Glossy light olive and medium brown with hints of reddish brown toning in protected areas of the obverse. Possibly lightly cleaned and retoned but th

Sharpness closer to mint state but there is a small nick at the dentils over star 6, a small nick on the left foot of the T in CENT, and a long, thin

Choice glossy chocolate brown with some reddish chocolate toning at OF-AME. No roughness or marks, and frosty flowline luster shows in the protected

Glossy olive and chocolate brown. No corrosion or notable marks, but the reverse is a bit dull from microscopic roughness. E-MDS. Struck 15% off ce

Slightly sharper with extremely fine roughness well hidden under a highly glossy dark olive patina with chocolate brown highpoints. No marks or verdi

Highly lustrous light bluish steel brown, the reverse a couple shades darker than the obverse, and about 10% of the slightly faded mint red remains, m

Slightly sharper with some extremely fine and barely visible hairline scratches on the face and a light hairline scratch in the field under star 10.

Glossy olive and chocolate brown. Smooth surfaces with only minor contact marks, including a light nick that skips across the center of the neck and

Sharpness near VF30 but covered with very fine granularity that's mostly hidden under a rather glossy dark steel and olive brown patina, the hig...

Sharpness EF40 with light contact marks on both sides, including hairline scratches at the bust tip and others inside the top of the wreath. Glossy m

Lustrous light steel brown with specks of darker olive toning on both sides and traces of faded mint red remaining in protected areas. The largest of

Frosty light to medium brown with darker chocolate toning on the highpoints, especially on the obverse. A light diagonal nick at the bottom of the ne