SGBH Pre-Long Beach Elite Coin Auction

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