Superior Pre-Long Beach Elite Coin Auction

A couple points sharper with several dull, old scratches on the portrait, all blending into the natural patina. The surfaces are lightly corroded, bu

Mostly glossy chocolate brown with lighter steel brown highpoints. The only marks are a couple very light rim bruises at TED. The date is clear and

Sharpness near F15 but there is a spot of microscopic reddish corrosion in the wreath right of the E in ONE and a very light horizontal hairline scrat

Glossy chocolate brown. There are traces of extremely fine roughness on the reverse but no verdigris or notable marks. The date and legends are stro

Glossy chocolate and steel brown. Smooth, attractive surfaces with a shallow planchet flake in the field over the end of the hair ribbon. Otherwise

Sharpness VF25 or slightly better but there are a couple shallow pitmarks on the forehead just above the eye and a few shallow planchet chips on the e

Sharpness VF20 but there is an area of light corrosion between the bust tip and the dentils below, and this area is depressed and shows microscopic tr

Five points sharper but the planchet is covered with uniform very fine granularity that dulls the natural gloss of the patina. The color, however, is

Glossy chocolate brown with hints of reddish brown toning in the left obverse field. There is a small arc of darker olive toning at the dentils left

Rather glossy dark steel brown and chocolate with lighter brown highpoints from a light cleaning. No roughness and only a few trivial marks, includin