SGBH Pre-Long Beach Elite Coin Auction

Here, too, we see what time and Nature's beautiful palette of colors can accomplish!

This too with only 6,000 made, but few can boast such resplendent toning, only a handful at present could compare, and these are regularly off the mar

Both a scarce date [6,000 minted] plus bold toning that never ends with its variety of iridescent hues!

A blazing beauty of a gem! The satiny surfaces are afire with bright volatile cartwheel luster that looks as though it would like nothing better than

Yet another exceptional specimen whose colorful aspects will give endless hours of enjoyment.

This scarce date (6,000 minted) was consigned with the same group of heavenly toned specimens that you see surrounding it. The coin is a masterpiece o

Very attractive toning on both sides, no doubt arising from long years in its issue card.

Superb Gem Uncirculated, lightly toned.

A lovely, frosty-white Gem, there are no mentionable bagmarks on either side. The Wisconsin state animal, pictured on the reverse, is a badger.

Bold cartwheel luster spins broadly beneath rich toning highlights.

Once in a great while a coin comes along that has the ability to rejuvenate even the most world-weary numismatist. To the collector of Commemorative s

Includes: 1892 Columbian (x4), 1893 Columbian (x2), 1893 Columbian PR, 1925 Stone Mt. (x11), 1936 Bay Bridge. Lot of 19 coins.

Complete, missing only a Washington-Carver, and housed in a blue Whitman album. The grades on these swing all the way from Fine to full blazing Gem Mi

Includes: 1925 Stone Mountain Half Dollar and 1946 Booker T. Washington Half Dollars (x5).

Includes: Six Booker T. Washingtons and Six Washington Carvers. In plastic holder.

Includes: Ten Booker T. Washingtons and Two Washington Carvers. In plastic holder.

Includes: Twelve Washington Carvers. In plastic holder.

Beautifully toned!

Flowing mint brilliance like a shimmering waterfall cascades of color over the obverse side of this fully struck Gem.

Deep rich blue with some purple and sea green accents. Beautifully toned.

Outstanding eye appeal from this heavenly toned specimen.

A luminous gem of optimum quality for the grade: The luster is unbeatable, as well, and the strike is nearly full, being quite crisp in most places in

Includes: 1941 AU/UNC sets (missing P-mint Nickel and Cent, D-mint Nickel and Cent, S-Mint Half, Nickel, and Cent); 1953 AU/UNC sets (Franklin Half, W

Includes: 1944-P, 1944-D, 1944-S. Lot of 3 Sets.

Struck in tin with normal light tin gray toning, the surface luster is still intact and glowing over both sides. For one of the rare Mint State Contin

Small dash by star 4; 19 berries arranged 9 + 10, with the berry under the right foot of the first A of AMERICA. On the obverse of this variety, the f

A few light hairlines behind the head (the short mark by the top curl is diagnostic of this die and seen on all the coins); possibly cleaned long ago

Late in the year 1795 the draped bust obverse with small eagle reverse was adopted for silver dollar coinage. Artist Gilbert Stuart, contemplating the

Attractive smooth surface with the fields deep gray and russet while the lighter rubbed silver high points provide nice contrast to the whole ensemble

Never an easy year to find in any condition, yet the 1796 B-4 draped bust, small eagle dollar is the most readily available variety of the year. An es

Harshly cleaned with traces of old adjustment marks at the rim and uneven texture in the fields. Close inspection is recommended. A die break occurs a

The popular star arrangement on the obverse is a distinct Red Book variety and while it isn't scarce in the context of the bust dollar, small ea...

A velvety smooth and lustrous Mint State with a gradation of faint dove gray on both sides to slightly deeper gray with accents of russet and brown. T

A popular, affordable variety. 1799 B-9 and B-10 are the most plentiful varieties of the year. It seems likely that about 1,000 to 1,800 of each are k

A strong impression was left by the dies that struck this historic draped bust, heraldic eagle silver dollar from 1799. It has natural toning of the a

Normal light wear and abrasions but the main devices are well imparted by the strike of the dies. 1799 makes the best entry point if this is your firs

Cleaned and recolored, now is medium to deeper steel gray with brown. A few old marks in the fields and on the portrait; the rims also show one or two

Smooth deep gray toning in the fields with lighter gray high points on the hair, face, shoulder, stars, eagle, etc. The rims are very choice in this i

Attractive uniform gray fields and devices with extremely sharp detail in centers as well as on all the stars above the eagle. This handsome offering

Toned. Some heavy scratches on Liberty's head.

Well circulated and dark, leaving a net grade of Very Fine or so, but with all the main elements of the design readily apparent. This is the famous Go

Pleasing original color with a few tiny marks on the rim. Low mintage first-year seated Liberty dollar: only 61,005 minted.

Choice and attractive.

Cleaned at one time.

Cleaned but now toned and attractive; some small rim bruises.

A very nice example of the low mintage 1844 issue, with only 20,000 produced and rare survivors tending to be Good or Very Good at best. This piece ha

Cleaned but now toning a dull dove-gray color. Only 24,500 minted of the scarcer 1845 issue.

Nice original color.

Nicely toned. The first O-mint seated dollar, which was followed by only three others in 1850, 1859, and 1860. Scarce in this grade, a carefully grade

Medium gray surfaces with sharp design.

Cleaned at one time but allowed to tone. The 1848 is another low mintage year, with only 15,000 produced.

Attractive surfaces with only a few areas of roughness on the rim by Liberty's foot; the reverse has several rim bumps showing.

A gorgeous Proof 64 example whose surface is deeply toned, impressive in the way the glittering fields reflect the light back at the viewer. Devices a

Minor scratch in the right obverse field.

Cleaned. The first instance of a silver dollar minted at the recently opened San Francisco Mint, whose operation produced a mere 20,000 1859-S silver

Scarcer than the O-mint examples since these weren't part of the Treasury hoard release in the 1950s and 1960s. Most 1860 seated dollars in Mint...

Only 1,000 Proofs were minted, of which a fair number were later melted at the mint as unsold. This example with stunning color, although it has proba

A well struck coin in spite of its few problems.

Low mintage date from the Civil War period, much of the 78,500 mintage quickly disappeared into hoards or was exported, later to be melted down.

A crisply struck and well detailed 1862 seated Liberty dollar, one of a mere 12,090 pieces struck. While it has been dipped, given sufficient time and

Having learned its lesson for the extra seated Liberty dollar Proofs that remained unsold in 1860 and 1861, the mint reduced production in 1862 to jus

Soft muted gray surfaces as though it has been cleaned gently at some time in the past, this is another scarce Civil War era piece, one of only 27,660

Choice attractive surface characterize this well made Proof. The toning is fresh, original, and becoming while the surface displays only light hairlin

A incandescent and sparkling semi-prooflike gem whose satiny beauty comes with fully defined design features plus a torrent of varying brilliant hues

Well struck features with plenty of design detail evident. The high spot on the obverse is the word LIBERTY which even on EF or AU quality pieces is s

A partial LIBERTY on the shield. Clear IN GOD WE TRUST on the scroll.

Deep steel with blue toning, the fields smooth and full-mirrored if slightly hairlined. Only 625 Proofs were issued in 1867 and this is of the new des

Rim bumps on this toned example.

Gently cleaned but otherwise untampered with and attractive for the grade. The mintage rose in 1868 for the first time.

A few light rim marks but nothing serious that would affect the value. Light to medium dove gray toning.

Again, the surface is evenly color suggesting light cleaning at some time in the past, but generally the coin is sharply defined with choice rims. (Co

Established by an act of Congress in 1863, the Carson City Mint opened for coinage operations by late in 1869. In fact, 1869-dated dies had arrived at

Last year of issue.

A few flat stars and other details, but generally nicely struck for the issue. Original toned and refreshingly clean for this issue, with frosty luste

It has been awhile since we last offered a Proof 67 representative of the 1881 Trade Dollar, and that coin did not possess the awe-inspiring cameo con

Includes: 1874-CC (x2), 1874-S (x2), 1875, 1875-CC (x5), 1875-S (x2). Many cleaned. Some chop marks. Lot of 12 coins.

Satiny white surfaces with outstanding brilliance in the fields. The strike is nice and both sides are free of significant flaws.

Fully struck and extraordinarily clean with thick, creamy mint frost. Basically brilliant with a simply gorgeous silvery white cartwheel blast of lust

Full glowing mint luster, the color of warm gold to strikingly beautiful blue iridescence. What a splendid combination of shades!

Displaying a uniform satiny brilliance on each side, this is a resplendent example of the 1878 7 tail feathers paired to a reverse of the 1879 style w

A touch of golden toning. Intensely blazing luster explodes like a fire storm on the prooflike, chiefly brilliant surfaces of this well-struck coin. A

An hard to believe array of luster supports bright vibrant white highlights. Nicely struck with the design comparable to the best preserved specimens

Frosty, well struck, and attractive. A desirable coin in this condition. Note to collectors: until recent years, this reverse was known as the 7 over

Bright white and flashy throughout. A gem!

A brilliant and highly lustrous Gem that has exquisitely preserved surfaces. Struck with methodical precision throughout and this coin will stand out

An outrageously nice example of this Carson City mint date, with stark contrast between the satiny fields and significantly bold devices. Even the fin

A blazing silver bright gem of the finest order. Intense cartwheel luster fairly leaps from the surfaces of this prize. One look at the present gem wi

Attractive two sided toning where the colors range from warm golden brown to icy steel blue and some purple. A nice combination for toning on a silver

Lovely gold, glowing royal purple, greenish to steel blue iridescence with the deepest sheen of color hugging the rims. Both sides are actively toned

An arc of toning envelopes a portion of the obverse, per the photos. This is a pleasing, highly lustrous coin with a few grade-limiting luster grazes,

Swirls of deep gray with gold luster luster include richer hues as well on this heavily toned silver dollar of the first year of issue.

A spot-free dazzler whose mint color shames just about any lesser Mint State silver coin of this year; the warm russet brown color intermixes with bri

Bright and frosty.

A frosty golden gem with strong underlying luster and rich silvery frosted highlights on both sides. Nicely struck for the date, in fact fully so, yie

The very extreme of beauty in a fresh and frosty 1879 silver dollar, this has, in addition to pure white centers, nicely toned peripheries. A jewel.

Another whose frosty surface is fresh, original, and gleaming.

Perfect mintmark (the most desirable variety). All but unobtainable finer, and particularly difficult in Mint State 65, the 1879-CC Perfect Die Morgan

A gorgeous prooflike of the optimum, hand-picked order for this often troublesome CC-mint issue. The extremely lustrous surfaces show signs of mingled

This fully lustrous coin displays outstanding frost that thins to modest brightness in the fields and booms on the satiny cheek of Liberty. Both sides

VAM-3 and part of the Top 100 Variety series. While the obverse is essentially brilliant, the reverse too has the crisp white luster 1879-CC is famous