SGBH Pre-Long Beach Elite Coin Auction

Splendidly lustrous, both sides of this orange-gold example exhibit oscillating cartwheel effects. According to our observations, including the key hi

The Philadelphia Mint struck 108 proofs, but the survival rate seems to be low in proportion to some other dates with similar mintages. Few have been

Includes: 1847-O, 1888-S,1892 (x2), 1893 (x2), 1894, 1895, 1899, 1900, 1903, 1906-D. Lot of 12 Coins.

Lot of 4 coins.

Very early PCGS holder, few like it seen anymore. Fiery golden color leaps to the viewer's eye of nearly gem surfaces here. The No Motto design ...

Rather bagmarked on the face and in the fields, but these are soft, heavy coins that tended to get roughed up even while sitting in a bank vault and u

Far in advance of most, this No Motto ten was struck with systematic exactness including (not excepting) the usual weak areas in the center such as th

Popular inexpensive D-mint date, the one of the more plentiful issues in the Indian $10 series.

A frosty specimen with the usual small nicks and abrasions.

Well struck with bright luster but scattered light marks.

Light reddish gold patina on satiny luster; the usual small bagmarks present on the design.

Also quite common, this has nice detail and much luster remaining.

Well struck for this San Francisco Mint issue; the mintmark on these is often poorly defined.

A lustrous example.

A lower mintage date in the Indian $10 series.. Lustrous and generally good eye-appeal despite scattered marks.

This coin has the smooth golden surface and warm reddish gold color one likes to see in an Indian ten. A choice example.

Another lustrous Indian $10 with sharp detail and coppery gold color.

Another lustrous and smooth, somewhat dullish example of a slightly better S-mint issue.

Lustrous and attractive.

Well struck.

Lustrous.

Lustrous with only faint rub on the highest hair waves.

You cannot go wrong with a low mintage $10 of this date; lustrous and very choice for the grade.

A coin with residual luster; light abrasions from circulation but attractive all the same.

Much luster remains in the devices.

Generally lustrous with typical 1926 sparkle, but there are a couple of deep scrapes in the frost on the neck.

A frosty, if heavily bagmarked, example.

One of several satiny gold examples of this popular date. The brilliant golden luster provides a platform for areas of richer orange-gold on the gem s

A satin-fresh beauty. Level, rolling gold luster with splashes of richer orange-gold mingle on the satiny gem surfaces of this popularly collected 193

Lovely warm gold with areas of rose gold toning, an impressive beauty of this late date $10 Indian gold piece.

Good eye appeal. A nice, choice specimen of this affordable gold coin from the 1930s (all others struck in that problematic decade, $10 or $20 denomin

Cleaned. A furious banking panic in late 1931 ushered in monumental coinage production of eagles in 1932, with nearly 4.5 million struck as people wit

Cleaned. Collectors who are fond of this design often go for the 1932.

Light rim file on reverse. Another inexpensive low end specimen.

Heavily nicked. A lustrous example.

Includes 1907, 1908 (x2), and 1908-D. Lot of 4 coins.

1909-D (x2) and 1909-S. Lot of 3 coins

1910 (x3) and 1910-S. Lot of 3 coins

Lot of 7 coins.

1911, 1912, 1912-S, 1913 (x3), 1914 (x2), 1914-D. Lot of 9 coins.

Lot of 7 coins

1926 (x2) and 1932. Lot of 3 coins.

Luster still resides within the hair curls and around the legends and devices of this generally well struck and attractively preserved $20 gold piece,

This piece has the usual abrasions in the fields and on the cheek, with light orange-gold toning and luster within the devices and surrounding the sta

A smooth well-preserved About Uncirculated coin with resilient underlying luster around some of the devices and clean cheek on Liberty with other nice

Gorgeous bright frosty luster, essentially "as struck" -- an beautiful coin if you have never seen one of these exciting double eagles ext...

The bright gold luster on both sides twirls with a somewhat satin texture. Desirable with this exact strike, even though we need to point out some exa

An extremely fine-looking Type 1 Liberty double eagle, a coin with superb luster and a wallop from the dies that is amazingly sharp. Attractive bright

Shimmering, satiny gold surfaces are alive with natural yellow-gold color and warm reddish points of interest. The strike is superior to many of this

The right coin to choose if you wish to buy an affordable No Motto piece for a gold type set. 1861 has loads of history to go with it, since this was

A well struck, nicely toned example of this slightly better San Francisco Mint issue.

Another choice, lustrous Mint State example from the time just after the Civil War when the American government began to throttle the hulk of the Sout

A lustrous bright golden example with the usual array of bagmarks from the group or small hoard that was found and distributed into the market 30 or 4

A worldly dose of bright golden cartwheel luster enlivens the broad expanse of surface on this attractive 1867. The fields are lightly bagmarked and w

Cleaned. Elusive and quite costly as a choice About Uncirculated 58, this just-miss example is free of noticeable abrasions but it has been cleaned. T

A lustrous golden example with a nice display of frost on both sides. Nicely socked by the dies, perhaps not fully so at the central hair detail, but

Tinged in delicate golden-orange shades, this is a slightly better S-mint date from the early 1890s decade.

Frosty if somewhat bagmarked.

Lustrous with some of the usual bagmarks found on European bank hoard coins purchased by American bullion houses in the last 40 years.

Lustrous if bagmarked and lightly corroded on the rim.

Normal to heavy abrasions in the otherwise smooth golden frost.

A minimally Uncirculated specimen.

Another bottom-feeder's special with dullish toning on the cheek, bagmarks, but otherwise desirable (for the gold content) twenty.

Minor friction on the high points.

Lustrous with typical bagmarks.

San Francisco mint produced nice quality twenties in the late 1890s. This one is flashy with semiprooflike fields although widely bagmarked.

The otherwise pinkish-orange luster deepens to warm colors in a few areas but this handsome piece is mainly brilliant. In winding this up, we are plea

Fully pulsating with lovely orange-gold color, the surfaces are free of bothersome striking incompleteness and display only the usual scuffs in the ob

Not very much eye appeal for the grade, with bagmarked luster, some hairlines and a few shallow dents in the neck, but no major problems to speak of.

Frosty and well struck for this date.

Has a small chattermark in the field between the second and third stars; lustrous throughout.

A lustrous and generally well struck coin with only nominal bagmarks for the grade. This is a much scarcer date in MS63 than its mintage might lead yo

Lustrous.

Wiped. Another inexpensive $20 with original luster remaining.

A common date from this popular large gold series. Most $20 gold pieces were stored in bank vaults as backing for gold certificate paper money.

An intensely beautiful Liberty twenty, a coin with frosty luster and a strike that is amazingly close to complete. Intense eye-appealing golden sugges

A satiny gem. Supple underlying golden luster is enveloped in pale toning iridescence. A pleasing example of the date, just as completely struck as yo

Although uniformly frosted, the fields are slightly brighter than the devices on both sides. Pale toned iridescence is noted throughout, but the overa

One would be hard pressed to locate a more pristine MS65 without doing a lot of legwork at the coin shows. The sleek and frosted, rotating gold surfac

Bright and flashy red-tinted gold with deeper golden highlights in places. A lovely MS64, equal to the task of the assigned grade, and bettered by few

An decidedly lustrous twenty. The obverse dances with bright golden iridescence while the reverse is a rich amalgam of warm reddish gold hues as well,

A nice pinkish-orange tint radiates from this lustrous Liberty twenty.

A well struck, frosty uncleaned specimen. Both sides are covered in warm-gold color that amplifies the satiny luster. The coin is housed in a Manfra,

Though it has been lightly cleaned, the surface is still choice for this large gold piece. The 1904 twenty has the highest mintage in the Liberty doub

Choice with satiny bloom off the dies.

Inexpensive common date $20 for the bullion buyer who prefers actual coins rather than made-for-hoarders one-ounce eagles. The usual bagmarks.

This and the 1904 Philly $20 are the two commonest issues in the series, with sufficient quantities available in low-end mint state to satisfy the gro

Bright with tawny-gold color, both sides exhibit scattered blemishes and a few hairlines, but the concensus is that this belongs near the Mint State 6

First issue from the Denver mint, the $20 is always in popular demand.

Proof mintage: 158 pieces. All 1903 Proofs are the same, and if any other one is deeper cameo than this, we'd love to see and compare it. Just 1...

Desirable for a bullion-related holder of gold.

1878 (x2), 1892-S (x2), 1895, 1897. Lot of 6 coins.

Lot of 3 coins.

1904 (x2), 1906-S, 1907. Lot of 4 coins.

As numismatic scholars like to tell you, the multiple impressions with which these coins were struck account for the notably sharp detail on all eleme

This lovely specimen would do justice to a near-Gem type collection. There are few abrasions, and those that are at hand are only just perceptive to t

Cleaned. The undeniably lustrous surfaces are hairlined lightly from cleaned, yet still highlight the ample remaining definition. Both sides are well

Repaired. Still a strong candidate for a U.S. gold Type set since just about any High Relief MCMVII double eagle draws attention from collectors as we

Superbly struck and with ample luster.

The otherwise orange-gold color yields to warmer pinkish-rose hues toward the centers. This gem offers a wealth of detail seen throughout, unlike the