SGBH Pre-Long Beach Elite Coin Auction

Frosty chocolate and light olive brown with delicate spots of darker olive toning on the obverse. No defects, only light friction on the highpoints. L

Glossy dark chocolate and steel brown with lighter chocolate toning covering the highpoints. No roughness, only a few trivial contact marks. MDS, Ma

Frosty light to medium steel brown. The surfaces are covered with satiny mint luster and only minor contact marks. These include a thin nick under the

Glossy medium brown and chocolate mottled with some lighter and darker brown tones on the obverse. No roughness or marks, but it could use a bath to r

Frosty light brown with steel overtones and a swipe of darker steel brown toning on the lower right of the reverse. Faint hints of very faded mint co

The obverse is not as nice as the reverse, which grades F15 and offers excellent eye appeal and no notable defects. The obverse is weaker, with VG10

Highly glossy chocolate brown with splashes of reddish chocolate toning on both sides, mostly on the obverse. The surfaces are mostly smooth and attr

Slightly sharper with some very light contact marks scattered about both sides, none notable or visible without a good glass but too many to ignore.

Sharpness very near mint state with attractive, frosty bluish steel brown surfaces that show ample faded mint red in protected areas, especially on th

Frosty steel brown and chocolate with lustrous tan faded down from mint color covering the fields and protected areas, especially on the reverse which

Lustrous bluish steel brown with faded mint red covering the protected areas on both sides. There is a microscopic planchet fissure in the field abov

Sharpness very near mint state with a couple of fine hairline scratches hidden in the hair plus a couple more in the field behind the portrait. The o

Slightly sharper but lightly cleaned and nicely retoned glossy bluish steel brown and chocolate. The only mark is a very fine hairline scratch from t

Glossy medium brown and chocolate with frosty lighter brown toning in protected areas of the obverse. The only marks are a couple light nicks in the

Slightly sharper but lightly cleaned and nicely retoned glossy steel brown and chocolate. The only marks are a tiny nick on the neck, a thin one left

Perhaps a bit sharper but there is a "P" lightly scratched into the portrait at the top of the neck and a dull dent caused a bulge at the ...

Ten points sharper with a few light contact marks on the obverse, including a light vertical hairline scratch in the field under the ribbon and a dull

Sharpness G6 but moderately corroded. No verdigris or marks. Dull reddish chocolate and steel brown. The date is clear and the legends are complete

Choice glossy chocolate and olive brown with frosty lighter golden brown toning in protected areas of the reverse. The only mark is a faint spot of r

Glossy chocolate and darker steel brown with frosty lighter brown toning in protected areas, especially on the reverse. A very tiny speck of reddish

Sharpness VF25 but the upper two thirds of the reverse is covered with very fine granularity. The obverse is smooth and free of any notable defects o

Slightly sharper but lightly cleaned and retoned light steel brown with very faded red remaining in protected areas. No roughness or notable marks.

Ten points sharper but there are a few faint hairline scratches in the field under the chin plus a few stronger ones at CEN in CENT. Otherwise the su

Glossy light steel brown with frosty mint luster covering the fields and protected areas. A couple of faint splashes of reddish chocolate toning on t

Beautiful lustrous bluish steel brown with traces of faded mint red remaining on the reverse. No spots or stains. The only marks are a very light ni

Lustrous bright mint red covers at least 75% of the obverse while the reverse has begun to mellow to light steel brown, slightly less than half the fa

Frosty light bluish steel brown with traces of faded mint red remaining in protected areas. A swipe of darker brown toning on the right side of the o

Very attractive glossy light steel brown with a few small spots of darker olive toning, including one in the field off the nose tip. The fields and p

Glossy medium brown and chocolate. Smooth surfaces with some dull rim nicks on the obverse. Heavily counterstamped in the center of the obverse with

Ten points sharper but lightly cleaned and retoned glossy reddish chocolate brown. No spots or corrosion, only a few light rim nicks on the obverse a

Frosty medium brown with steel brown toning on the highpoints and underlying mint luster covering the protected areas. No spots, stains, or contact m

Mint state sharpness but there is a dull, light scratch on the bust near the curl. Glossy medium brown mottled with darker bluish steel. Faded mint

Slightly faded mint red mellowing to steel brown, slightly more than half the mint color remaining. A couple small splashes of darker toning at the b

Dark olive brown with steel brown highpoints. The surfaces are minutely rough and there are a couple of small rim bruises. The counterstamp is stron

Very attractive frosty medium brown with traces of mint color remaining on both sides. Close to choice except for a spot of dark olive toning at the

Light steel brown with hints of faded red in protected areas. There are fine hairlines in the obverse fields are some tiny ticks scattered about both

Very attractive electric blue with faint hints of underlying rose and faded mint color. The fields are nicely reflective and free of any notable hair

Golden tan and light steel brown with bluish steel overtones in the fields and protected areas and hints of underlying iridescent rose in a few places

Frosty medium brown, the reverse a few shades lighter than the obverse. There are faint hints of underlying very faded mint color in some of the prot

Sharpness very near mint state but the obverse was lightly cleaned and retoned glossy light bluish steel brown with frosty lighter brown toning in the

Glossy light to medium brown with frosty mint red remaining in the recesses of the counterstamp. Choice for the grade. Brunk reports 24 examples are

Choice lustrous light olive brown with very faded underlying mint red covering the obverse fields. A tiny spot of lighter tan toning between the C ...

Frosty light to medium steel brown. The fields are satiny and free of any defects. Choice except for some strike weakness in the dentils, as often f

Frosty mint red fading to steel brown, at least half the original color remaining. There is a tiny diagonal nick on the cheek and a short diagonal st

Mint red fading to steel brown on the highpoints, nearly two-thirds of the red remaining. A spot of shallow reddish verdigris at the dentils under th

Mint state sharpness but lightly cleaned and retoned glossy golden light olive with tiny specks of darker olive crud on the right side of the reverse.

1805 Small 5 Fair-1. 1809 with small planchet clip from stars 9-11 G4. 1825 G6. Sharper with some rim marks. All have a readable date. Lot o

1826 VF20. 1828 2 pieces, VF30 and VG8. 1834 F15. 1853 F15. A nice group, none with significant defects. Lot of 5 coins.

Mostly glossy chocolate brown. The surfaces are rather smooth, only very light roughness and no verdigris. Basically just heavily worn. The portrai

Attractive glossy chocolate brown with steel brown toning on the highpoints and frosty lighter brown in protected areas of the reverse. The planchet i