Superior Pre-Long Beach Elite Coin Auction

Lightly cleaned and retoned glossy bluish steel brown and chocolate. Smooth surfaces and only a few minor marks, including a light rim bruise at the

Lustrous medium brown with a couple peeps of very faded mint color remaining on the reverse. The surfaces are satiny and very attractive. There is a

Sharpness near mint state but there is a short, dull scratch in the field left of star 11. Lightly cleaned and retoned a glossy chocolate and bluish

Frosty medium brown and chocolate with small splashes of slightly darker steel brown and olive toning on both sides and hints of faded mint color in a

Lustrous bluish steel brown with wisps of darker steel toning on the obverse and generous traces of mint red remaining in protected areas, especially

Frosty light to medium brown with darker steel brown toning covering the highpoints. Only a few trivial marks, including a thin vertical nick or plan

Frosty golden brown very delicately mottled with some light reddish chocolate brown, the obverse a few shades lighter than the reverse. The surfaces

Sharpness a bit closer to mint state but there are four small vertical nicks in the field over star 1 plus a dull nick on the rim over star 8. Otherw

Glossy steel and chocolate brown with frosty lighter steel brown toning in protected areas and a splash of reddish brown toning on the throat. Only a

Ten points sharper but cleaned, now retoning glossy bluish steel brown with lots of faded red remaining on both sides. There are fine hairlines remai

Slightly sharper with a few light nicks scattered about both sides, none notable but a few more than expected for a higher grade. Glossy light to med

Glossy medium brown. Just a few small rim nicks on both sides plus a pinprick close over the second 1 in the date. Struck 5-10% off center to K-4 le

Five points sharper but cleaned and retoned glossy golden brown and darker steel brown. Otherwise free of defects. LDS with a series of rim cud brea

Here, too, we see careful preservation and obvious strong minting characteristics in the hair and coronet, the legends and wreath, with only the stars

Mint red fading to steel brown, at least a third of the original mint color remaining. The surfaces are lustrous and quite attractive. The only nota

Lustrous dark bluish steel brown. The surfaces are satiny and quite attractive, the satiny luster extending even to the highpoints of the design. Th

Sharpness very close to mint state but there are some light contact marks on the jawline and neck down to the bust, plus a few other trivial contact m

Choice deep matte brown to steel brown color, no doubt this handsome overdate traces to the famous Randall hoard of early Matron head cents (or Corone

Five points sharper but there is a rim dent under star 1. Otherwise free of notable marks. Glossy steel and light olive brown with reddish brown ton

Glossy light olive and medium brown with overtones of bluish steel and sea-green, especially on the reverse. Only a few microscopic marks, including