SGBH Pre-Long Beach Elite Coin Auction

Deep golden sunset toning give this scarcer D-mint 1949 a boost. The surfaces are creamy with moon-glow luster and show none of the muting often seen

Crisp freezing white, undisturbed mint luster that is lightly toned and gleaming.

Dappled finger-printed golden to amber toning on this first year of issue. The grade says it all.

First year of issue. Gorgeous deep toning on this handsome example. Though he ranks among the most influential leaders in American history, Benjamin F

Metal flow enhances the billowing mint dazzle that emits like satiny lightning from the surfaces, giving the coin a shimmering, glowing appearance. Th

Another sharp half dollar featuring grand colors and undoubtedly originating in an original Mint Set.

Milky white to silvery toning.

Smooth mint luster characterizes the surfaces on this lovely toned piece. It may have once been in a Mint Set which accounts for the fresh quality of

Fresh-as-fallen-snow crispness leaps to the viewer's eye of nearly pristine originality with warm amber reds and golds plus a little silvery sky...

The blazing silver-white surfaces are smooth from rim to rim with no carbon to report and just a little veil of toning. Sharply struck and fully lustr

Nicely toned. Faithful to every detail from a full blow by the dies, we see sharp devices in the hair and bell, which lacks only some minor detail to

A boldly struck beautiful toned example, posibly from a Mint Set, with great depth to the detail on the main devices and nice satiny bloom.

Well detailed with extraordinary mint luster and snow whiteness to beautiful toning that is capped off by some of the freshest, mark-free fields aroun

Deep, wonderful toning sets this 1949 half dollar apart from the rest. Mint frostiness like brilliant frosted glass gives this coin much of its life a

Original toning. The silvery luster underneath this surface on both sides is full with a somewhat satin texture.

Deep speckled originality atop splendid mint frostiness makes this a worthwhile Gem.

A satiny gem with gorgeous red and green color that practically leaps from the surfaces. Faint traces of champagne and others too bring out the fullne

White frost on both sides.

Fully struck on each side, the original surfaces have a sheet of natural toning over the luster that shimmers and sparkles and is uninterrupted by any

Dappled toning light sunlight through the leaves of a forest canopy. The underneath surface is a modest silvery bright, with subtle rather than bright

Excellent detail from a strong strike, the surfaces show majestic shades of original color. Don't expect the usual halfhearted impression left b...

Nice speckled toning characterizes the color of this gem.

Uneven but all original toning over silvery surfaces. Always difficult to acquire fully struck, this 1949-S issue seemed plagued with soft strikes on

A little original toning plus outstanding mint fresh sparkle.

Attractive silvery white luster with original toning at the rims; the reverse has more fully developed satiny gray patina.

A sparkling gem of the finest order. Intense cartwheel flash blends smoothly with pale toned highlights on the mirror surfaces.

A pristine white Proof whose deep surface reflection is, as it were, a reflection on its high quality.

The surfaces have a bright, metallic, satin-like sheen to the color from the underlying cartwheel frost. Many of these fully struck Franklins trace to

Attractively toned surfaces. A first-rate gem in its grade.

Outstanding color and surfaces complement each other here.

A frosted white 1950 half dollar that has a good strike and careening luster.

Almost unsurpassable in terms of surface preservation or originality, both sides are delightfully free of problems.

Looks as though it were minted a moment ago! Superb.

What pleases us most about these Bruhn collection half dollars is their remarkable clean surfaces and beauty. It stands repeating that many of the fre

Exquisite color and surfaces mean that bidders should expect to see active competition for it.

This lovely Gem is finished in satin luster with glowing fields and sharply impressed devices.

A well toned example for the delight of the "full bell lines" collector.

Pale oyster gray luster with some golden brown at the edge.

Another, delightfully toned. A gem.

Full golden brown toning on gem, lustrous surfaces.

Original old "fingerprint" type golden brown toning -- not necessarily the sort of color that is for everyone, but crisp and unsullied fro...

Well toned over outstanding Gem quality frosty luster.

A frosted white Gem that has a good strike and flashy luster.

A nice example of this date, the fields being watery and lustrous, the designs boldly struck, superbly preserved and well detailed.

A highly reflective gem with superlative surface that radiates boldly beneath nice highlights. Possessed of a much finer strike than is typically foun

Another outstanding gem quality Proof.

Bright silver-gray color with a nice patina of original toning lights up the surfaces of this well struck and nicely preserved 1952 half dollar.

A nicely toned Gem of this popular, inexpensive issue.

Mostly briilliant and definitely carefully preserved.

Essentially white except for a toning spot at the back of the head.

Beautifully toned Gem.

Fully struck and fully toned.

Another with flaming gold toning that deepens to amber reds and browns.

Original toning on top of the San Francisco mint's heavily frosted surface. A collector who familiarizes himself with this series can soon tell ...

Lovely cameo frosted relief supports the rolling fresh mirrors that lap at the base of the design like ocean waves lapping at the sandy shore.

Strong contrast between the devices (which are frosted) and the reflective field.

Colorful effects plus outstanding base quality of the surface means that collectors will have to spring for big bucks to have a chance of winning this

An immaculate, spinning-fresh Gem, the surfaces spread light with vivid white and colorful accents, pastel originality over both sides.

A simply exquisite Gem, the gleaming fresh surfaces are overlaid with toning and simply gyrate to-and-fro with full, textured originality. 1953 has th

Lovely stainy luster with original toning. A near superb coin.

The blazing silver-white surfaces are smooth from rim to rim with outstanding toning to report. Sharply struck and fully lustrous, both sides possess

With colors that look fresh from an original Mint Set, what more could a collector ask in a 53-D Franklin half dollar. This is the year that ex Genera

A lustrous Gem that has icy color that shoots out beams of white and a good strike.

A well struck, immaculately preserved, and lustrous Gem that has lovely toned mint bloom that seesaws with every angle.

Sharply struck throughout with pitching silver luster under the deep russet brown and old-silver patina.

Bright silvery with a touch of golden highlights. A satiny gem that displays an endless amount of luster and physical strength. The strike is crisp if

Fully radiant -- an important and rare feature for this not all that well preserved issue -- the surfaces display metallic pearl-white color whose plu

The surfaces seem to dance from side to side with boiling silvery color with a broad mixture of deep toning hues, and quite lustrous.

This too is a resplendent jewel of a coin, one whose mirror freshness is adorned with cameo frosted relief on Franklin's profile.

Both sides exhibit wonderful cameo-like effects on this immaculate gem.

Lovely toning and just a prestigious original surfaces.

A sharply struck Franklin half dollar.

A resplendent gem all around, including full strike on the key areas of the Liberty bell.

Old holder.

Another in an old style PCGS slab.

From one end to the other the intense luster gyrates with almost volcanic intensity.

As with the other S-mint dates in the Bruhn group, this piece offers the viewer excellent smoothness and creamy luster; contrast that with the more ty

Silver satin luster on a well presented and fully struck example. Elusive as a Proof 69 and virtually perfect.

Warm original surfaces exhibit intense mirror fresh luster and a superb appearance.

A gorgeous gem Proof with strong two-tone contrast between the devices and fields.

Bright mint sparkle characterizes the surfaces on this lovely piece.

No branch mint half dollars struck in 1955, only the low mintage 1955 Philadelphia Mints.

The surfaces are radiant, pulsing with silvery color, and quite lustrous.

Another sharply struck and beautifully toned specimen of this popular series. Frankling half dollars consist of 35 differed date and mintmark combinat

From center to periphery the glare of luminous luster glows.

Wonderful deep original toning atop gem quality luster.

Gorgeous toning to accompany the very sharp strike.

Another flsahy original specimen.

Pristine and beautiful. Just the ticket for a collector's Registry Set of half dollars. A metallurgical analysis of the famous Liberty Bell s...

Another astounding deep cameo gem of incredible beauty and perfection. When still in his teens in the 1720s, Benjamin Franklin worked as an apprent

Amazing lustrous surfaces are alive with rich black and silver brilliance. Ideally struck for the Proof type, with great reverse details present, incl

Another in a superb run of high-end Proofs with deep cameo frosted devices. This one will charm the socks off you!

Strong "deep cameo" frost can barely be contained by the swirling smooth mirrors that confine it to the high points of the design. What a ...

Another dazzling gem.

Near perfection in a Franklin half dollar Proof!

What does it take to draw everyone's attention in the room? This coin! Immaculate.

A lovely bright gem with frosted design.

Another in this strikingly beautiful line of Proofs.

Frosty to the N-th degree!

A truly handsome, toned offering in stellar condition; possibly from an original mint set by the look of the surfaces.