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