SGBH Pre-Long Beach Elite Coin Auction

Full bright red color and near gem quality.

Luminous choice quality copper-gold surfaces blending nicely into streaks of purplish brown. The 1909-S is usually lightly defined and almost always l

A satiny red gem with strong underlying luster and delightful overall eye appeal for the very scarce 1909-S. With only 309,000 made, and thousands of

Includes 1863 AU55, 1864 Bronze XF Cleaned, 1864 Bronze L on Ribbon XF Cleaned, 1864 Nickel XF Cleaned. Lot of 4 coins.

Includes 1879 MS62 RB and 1881 MS62 RB. Lot of 2 coins.

Includes 1881 XF Cleaned, 1882 XF Cleaned, 1884 AU50 Cleaned, 1887 XF Cleaned. Lot of 4 coins.

Lustrous.

Includes: 1884, 1890 PR, 1894 PR, 1895 PR, 1898, 1899 PR, 1900, 1901 (x2), 1904, 1906, 1907 (x3), 1909. Lot of 15 coins.

Includes 1890 MS63 BN, 1891 MS63 RB, 1892 MS63 BN, and 1895 MS64 RB. Lot 4 coins.

Includes 1897 MS64 RB, 1898 MS64 RB, 1899 MS64 RB, and 1900 MS65 RB. Lot of 4 coins.

Includes 1901 MS64 BN, 1902 MS64 RB, 1904 MS63 RB, 1905 MS64 RB, 1906 MS65 RB, 1907 MS63 RB, and 1908 MS63 RB. Lot of 7 coins.

A satiny gem. Supple underlying full red color is enveloped in pale golden toning iridescence. A pleasing example of the key '09-S V.D.B. date, ...

Satiny, lustrous surfaces display bold red to golden red iridescence on the obverse and on the reverse. Always featured in rare coin auctions, the 190

Dipped Hairlines.

Bright orange-gold with warm red highlights. A satiny gem that displays an endless amount of luster and physical strength for this semi-key S-mint. Th

Blazing pinkish copper surfaces with intense luster and a nuance of deeper iridescence and pale rose shadings. All areas are well struck on this scarc

Full blazing mint color on this delectable scarcer issue from the mint in Denver. Its low mintage along with problem .

Orange-red in color with an occasional hint of golden patina. Another fresh-from-the-roll look on this D-mint cent, mainly well struck on the legends

A semi-key which collectors appreciate when it boasts full rose-red color, as here. A very choice specimen.

A popular semi-key date: 866,000 minted.

This beautiful cent has circles of color around a bright centered Lincoln. It also matters that it occurs on a scarcer '42-S issue.

A blazing jewel of a coin.

This is far and away the most popular "recent" Lincoln cent, standing at the top of the collector hit lister, the only one extra bold doub...

Bright colors on this beauty.

An interesting and very scarce issue struck on a planchet meant for a ten-cent piece! Lustrous and nicely detailed.

Exquisite toning at the rims gives this its "star" rating. As pretty as the picture shows it!

A beautiful collection of mainly red and red/brown Lincoln cents, with only a few of the key dates missing, waiting for you to fill! All housed in a h

All housed in Library of Coins albums, including "Lincoln Cents Part 1, 1909-1940" (87 coins, missing 1909-S VDB, 1914-D and 1931-S), and ...

Includes: 1931-S (x4), 1935, 1939-D (x2), 1941, 1941-D, 1942 (x3), 1942-S, 1943, 1943-D, 1943-S, 1944-D, 1945-S (x2), 1960. Lot of 20 coins.

Lot of 2 coins.

Smooth, glossy brown surface. The two-cent piece was an emergency coinage first struck during the darkest year of the Civil War, 1864. Once conditions

A satiny brown gem with strong underlying luster and delightful overall eye appeal. Only 600 Proofs made this year.

Bright coppery orange surfaces with a change to more subtle deep fire red in areas. In addition to the bold color, we see bold design with clockwork p

A choice example of this last year of issue, the 1873 coinage is divided into Closed 3 and Open 3 varieties, with about equal rarity. Smooth brown fin

Another exciting opportunity for the collector of this short-lived series, here, too, we see choiceness prevailing in the sharp relief and gleaming or

Sharply made and with eye-appeal to spare despite a few light hairlines. Scarce!

Scarce Type 2 design with outlines around the star. Well struck with areas of localized uneven detail as always; very pleasing deep toning leaves the

Early white tag PCGS holder, and a remarkable coin. A fantastic coin, with riveting appeal from crystal-white fields somewhat delicately toned by a ni

Deep antique gray brown patina over frosty, well struck design elements. A gem.

Only 500 Proofs minted of this date. It is the desirable Type 3 design. A gem, with lovely bright blue toning!

Choice, with attractive deep old-silver patina. This 3cS is housed in one of the earlier style NGC holders.

Toned a lovely rose and blue shade with some gold features in the background. Scattered handling marks keep it from rising to a higher grade number bu

Final year of the design, this also happens to be a Proof only issue with few struck, many surviving but these in lesser quality than the present Gem.

Sparkling brownish gray with a burst of faint gold wood-grain at the centers. An unsung low-production date in a series filled with low mintage issues

As with almost all the pieces in this wonderful Mandelstamm Collection group, this too is housed in one of the early, pre-1989 style holders. Fully or

Sparkling nickel gray radiance with strong underlying mirrors. Nicely struck; not fully so, but close enough to warrant individual mention, many of th

A coin bursting with silvery afterglow, virtualy untoned and blazing nickel-white in appearance. The surfaces are clear of marks. Especially bold stri

Frosty to mirror-like sleek gray surfaces display strong luster with a whisper of faint sky blue. Sharp and appealing as the last year Proof three-cen

For the rare 1866 Rays date, a uniquely frosted, satin topped shield nickel whose pale golden color mixes with deep watery mirrors on both sides. Attr

A lock-solid frosty gem with strong primary luster and lighter toned highlights on both sides. More than adequately struck for the date, perhaps not 1