SGBH Pre-Long Beach Elite Coin Auction

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.