Superior Pre-Long Beach Elite Coin Auction

Glossy medium brown with darker olive brown toning in the protected areas creating an attractive two-tone appearance that accents the major details.

Glossy chocolate brown, the obverse woodgrained with lighter brown toning. The surfaces are smooth and attractive, although there are a few minor mar

Smooth glossy medium brown. No hint of roughness or verdigris. Only a few light contact marks, mostly on the reverse, including a small rim bruise r

Slightly sharper but there are some very light rim bruises on each side, the strongest one opposite the neck, a planchet flake on the left side of the

Glossy chocolate brown with medium brown highpoints. The surfaces are smooth and relatively free of marks for the grade, a tiny dig under the E in AM

Attractive glossy light to medium brown with medium brown toning on the highpoints. The obverse is VG10 while the reverse is weaker grading only G5,

The obverse is slightly better and the reverse a bit weaker, as usual for this variety. Slightly glossy chocolate and steel brown. The fields and pr

The obverse is a bit better while the reverse is weaker. Rather glossy medium brown with chocolate toning in protected areas and steel brown highpoin

The obverse is slightly better while the reverse is a bit weaker. Glossy dark chocolate brown. Smooth surfaces, free of any hint of roughness or ver

Glossy steel brown and chocolate with delicate overtones of light bluish steel. Possibly lightly cleaned and retoned long ago, but the eye appeal is

Slightly glossy light olive and steel brown. No corrosion or verdigris, but covered with extremely tiny contact marks, mostly on the highpoints of th

A couple points sharper with some light contact marks scattered about both sides, none significant but too many to justify the higher grade. The nota

Glossy dark chocolate and steel brown. No corrosion, verdigris, or major marks. The best identifying defect is a shallow planchet flake just left of

Slightly sharper with very light roughness in the fields and protected areas, mostly on the reverse. No verdigris and only minor contact marks, inclu

Glossy olive brown with lighter steel brown toning on the highpoints and reddish brown toning in protected areas of the obverse from an old cleaning.

Glossy chocolate and steel brown. No corrosion or verdigris. The only notable marks are some faint hairline scratches on the portrait visible only w

Dark steel brown and chocolate with uniform microscopic granularity under the rather glossy patina. No verdigris; only a few faint contact marks on t

The obverse is slightly better while the reverse is weaker. Glossy chocolate brown mixed with some lighter and darker shades of brown. The date and

Choice glossy chocolate and steel brown. Smooth and choice except for some shallow reddish verdigris well hidden in the wreath under the N in UNITED.

Glossy chocolate and steel brown. Smooth, attractive surfaces with only minor marks. These include some very light hairline scratches in the field a

Glossy dark olive brown with lighter chocolate and steel toning on the highpoints. The surfaces are mostly smooth but there is extremely fine roughne

Rather glossy chocolate brown with reddish chocolate toning in protected areas and lighter steel brown highpoints. No corrosion and only a few minor

Glossy chocolate brown with smooth, attractive surfaces. The only mark is a thin but rather deep scrape on the chin. LDS, Breen state II. The date

Glossy medium steel brown with chocolate brown toning in protected areas. The surfaces are smooth and offer excellent eye appeal for the grade. The

A couple points sharper but there is some roughness in the field before the portrait, mostly near the chin and neck. No verdigris, and the remainder

Rather glossy dark steel brown. Mostly smooth, but there are traces of extremely fine roughness in protected areas of the reverse, strongest at OF.

Perhaps very slightly sharper but there is extremely fine roughness hiding under a rather glossy patina of olive brown with lighter steel brown coveri

Glossy chocolate brown with darker reddish chocolate brown toning in protected areas. The obverse is slightly sharper than the reverse, but both side

Glossy chocolate brown with four small splashes of darker olive brown toning at the top of the reverse. No roughness or verdigris, the color and surf

Very slightly sharper with a few contact marks, including a thin scuff on the shoulder and another from the cheek to the upper lip, plus a small rim b

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 ...