Superior Pre-Long Beach Elite Coin Auction

Glossy chocolate brown with slightly lighter steel brown toning covering the highpoints. The surfaces appear smooth to the unaided eye, but a strong

Glossy chocolate and steel brown. The surfaces are smooth and very nice for the grade, nearly choice. The only marks are a tiny rim nick at the L in

The obverse grades G5 while the reverse is a choice VG8. The surfaces are smooth and the only marks are a couple small scuffs in the center of the ob

Glossy chocolate and steel brown. Smooth surfaces, free of verdigris or any hint of corrosion. The notable signs of contact are a fine pinscratch th

Choice glossy chocolate brown. Virtually perfect for the grade except for strike weakness at the top of the obverse leaving LIBERTY faint. Otherwise

Smooth glossy chocolate brown. No roughness and only a few minor contact marks. These include a group fine hairlines slanting from the shoulder up t

The obverse is better but the reverse is weaker, as usual with lower grade examples of this variety. The date and LIBERTY are clear but no more than

A point or two sharper but covered with uniform fine granularity. No verdigris, and the only marks are some very old abrasions across the date to hel

A couple points sharper with a small patch of fine verdigris in the field at the bust tip, and this area has been lightly abraded to remove the roughn

Rather glossy dark steel and olive brown. No significant defects, just well worn. The upper third of the date is visible but the remainder is gone,

Mint state sharpness but someone foolishly smoothed out the die defect under the eye. The work was done with great skill, but the effort was unnecessa

Glossy chocolate brown. The obverse is slightly better than the reverse, as always on this variety. No corrosion or notable marks other than a small

Choice glossy medium brown. Just a few trivial contact marks on otherwise smooth surfaces. These include a small planchet chip in the dentils over t

Glossy chocolate brown with a splash of darker olive toning at the top of the obverse, including traces of very fine crud dusted around LIB. No sigin

Sharpness VF35 but covered with small contact marks, especially on the obverse. In addition, there is a dull dent that distorts the rim over TES at t

Glossy dark chocolate brown. No corrosion and only a few minor marks, including a dull rim nick under the bust tip and a pinprick in the dentils left

Slightly sharper with a planchet chip in the hair left of the earlobe, as struck. Otherwise the surfaces are smooth and free of notable defects. Glo

Slightly glossy chocolate brown, the highpoints a couple shades lighter than the fields and protected areas. Only minor contact marks, including a du

Nice glossy chocolate brown. There is some extremely fine roughness hiding under the attractive glossy patina, but the overall eye appeal is very nic

Glossy chocolate and steel brown. Smooth surfaces, the only significant mark being a short struck-through line or scratch between the I & B in ...