SGBH Pre-Long Beach Elite Coin Auction

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.