SGBH Pre-Long Beach Elite Coin Auction

Light silvery color with nice details and centering.

Original color and surfaces.

Some luster remains. Typical wear on the high points for this grade. Choice rims.

A few little nips out of the rims. Medium gray toning.

An interesting die making error.

Scratches but still an attractive example of this low mintage rarity. The mint struck 47,150 pieces in 1815. With the war reaching its final blazing c

Dark toning with a few tiny edge nicks. Original surfaces on both sides, with no evidence of cleaning.

No half dollars were made in 1816 (after the mint had a fire), and this attractive 7 over 3 overdate is one of the first new coins struck once it open

An odd date division, there is a small dot of metal (from the die) separating the last digit of the date from the other three on this Red Book variety

The second 8 in the date filled at the top from the 7 that preceded it. One of many overdate varieties made at this period, all of them are Red Book v

This one has been dipped and gently cleaned but is otherwise attractive enough for most collectors to admire and enjoy.

This is a very attractive, lightly toned Bust half dollar. It boasts such niceties as bold sharp relief on all stars, excellent curl and cap detail, a

A few small marks at the rim, but choice surfaces and nice color.

Nicely toned.

Original light to medium gray color.

There are many different varieties in the 1820, and it sometimes takes awhile to find them all in this choice circulated condition.

This is the scarcest of the 1820 half dollar varieties -- it is in the Red Book, therefore collectors find they need to own it but often come up empty

Toned. The 1820 half dollars are generally scarcer than 1818-19 or 1821-22 issues; partly this is because the mintage was much lower: 751,122 pieces.

A pleasing example.

Unlike most early bust halves struck in the 1820s which are not quite fully struck, this marvel of precision minting shows all regions crisply detaile

Pleasing color and surfaces.

Attractive original toning that is deepest around the major devices and legends.

Minor edge cut at top; otherwise smooth, toned, original.

First the 3 punch broke, later it got patched, with coins from both punches now prized by collectors. Attractive two-tone appearance, with the high po

A small edge cut by the tip of the bust. Nice, even color and surfaces on this attractive coin.

This die has to be the most botched-up date digit on an American coin. It is listed in the Red Book and collectors often search diligently for a choic

Dark toned with rubbed silver high points and some minor rim nicks.

This recut date is often mistaken for the 4/1 variety.

Smooth, attractive surfaces with only a single small edge bruise at star 11.

This 4 over 4 variety is also mistaken for the scarcer 4/1 variety in the 1824.

A frosty example of the 1826 half dollar finest Mint State 64 order. The luster is natural gray from toning and flows outward from the middle in typic

A very choice, lustrous example of this later issue, a coin well suited for its grade and surface quality.

Lustrous and well struck with only modest signs of luster "dullness" on the cheek. Many of these never circulated but due to fristion betw...

Toned.

Nicely toned.

Well toned with lighter high points.

Beautifully toned and well struck.

Light silver gray color.

Medium slate gray toning on this Red Book variety.

Several rim bumps on this coin.

Dipped once, but is beginning to tone again. A small edge mark by the date.

Choice appearance.

Plugged/Repaired/Cleaned/Recolored. But other than this, a coin for just about everyone, even the King of Brunei.

A very attractive EF specimen.

A satin-fresh beauty. Level, rolling luster with splashes of rich gold and blue gray mingle on the satiny gem surfaces. Close to fully struck, with me

Several marks on the rim as though it had been bitten by a great white shark. The surface color is, however, very pleasant.

A bright and gleaming gem whose cartwheel luster seems poised to detonate like a Fourth of July firework, plus we find a touch of faint champagne gray

Nice brown album toning at the rims.

Again this year, the mint experimented with various star sizes, date sizes, and letter punches, to create a whole panoply of interesting varieties to

Deep natural gray toning with a lighter toned area on the cheek and tops of the hair curls, etc. An attractive example.