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.