Superior Pre-Long Beach Elite Coin Auction

Pleasingly bright and lustrous, both sides are warmly colored in orange-gold hues. Very scarce in this outstanding condition even though 1854 isn...

Frosty. (#7769)<p><i>The Endangered Species Collection</i>

This is a most attractive, carefully graded example with frosty yellow gold luster and very faint reddish toning in areas. The surfaces are choice thr

Light yellow gold. Hints of prooflike surface on both sides. There is a short thin hairline in the hair above Liberty's brow. A high Condition C...

Splendidly lustrous, both sides of this orange-gold example exhibit oscillating cartwheel effects from the semi-prooflike radiance. Rarely offered in

Not a rarity by any measure, but desirable as a choice example from an earlier period in our history. The 1870s decade, at least for that portion of t

(#7817)<p><i>The Endangered Species Collection</i>

Clearly superior to the vast majority of heavily abraded Uncirculated pieces, this dazzling pinkish-golden example has only a few well scattered blemi

Frosty if somewhat muted luster on both sides. (#7817)

Mildly abraded on the portrait. (#7818)<p><i>The Endangered Species Collection</i>

Pleasing choice quality. Each side has a beaming fresh-gold center that is surrounded by a nice margin of pale red-gold color Struck with scientific e

Attractive color and luster, although areas of the reverse have some granularity on the lettering where the strike failed to fill the dies. A light ha

(#7845)<p><i>The Endangered Species Collection</i>

Superb Gem Uncirculated, with frosty unbroken mint luster. (#7850)

Struck with controlled precision throughout the stars, hair, and eagle's body. Nice mint frost and pulsating yellow-gold to orange-gold color wi...

Were it not for some hairlines, this would easily have the look of a Mint State 66 quarter eagle! Satiny and bright. (#7856)

Creamy luster and rich warm gold color with none of the usual tiny alloy spots on the obverse or reverse. The strike as keen as a razor on this 1905,

A satiny golden gem including reddish accents from the copper alloy plus strong luster on gleaming surfaces. (#7857)

(#7857)

Frosty and attractive. (#7859)

And 1928 $2.50 MS-60. Lot of 2 coins. (#7859)

Bright with tawny-gold color, both sides exhibit scattered blemishes (as per the grade), but a smooth mirror finish in the fields provides the foundat

A few dozen of these specimens qualify as Gems by today's standards and, true to the high production standards employed during the mid 1890s, co...

A satiny gem with faint yellow-gold surfaces that explode atop the bright and hard-working mirrors beneath. Needle-sharpness is seen at the stars, hai

A satiny golden gem with strong underlying luster. Nicely struck, with close to 100% full sharp stars, coronet, hair and eagle; in fact, so bold as to

Creamy luster and rich orange-peel color and none of the usual tiny alloy spots on the surface other than for a small orange dot at the rim above one

A satiny frosted gem Proof of the finest order. Explosive cartwheel mirrors grace the glittering surfaces. Sharply struck for the date, easily finer i

A nice flow of golden frost from center to periphery. (#7940)

A nice dusting of flaming orange golden luster covers the surface. (#7940)

The otherwise pale orange-gold color yields to warmer hues in places. Undipped. Struck with systematic exactness throughout, although one might quibbl

Fully pulsating with lovely full-gold color, the surfaces are free of bothersome striking incompleteness and so close to MS65 level it is a toss-up. A

Possibly a piece of cloth or metal clung to the die when this coin was made obliterating much of IN GOD WE TRUST. Some prefer to call these "er...

A short scratch in the reverse field; lustrous. (#7942)

A tiny mark on the jaw and assorted faint hairlines in the fields. The Denver Mint produced its first Quarter Eagles in 1911 with a limited delivery o

Just making Mint State, this well struck example has delicate frost under "old gold" patina. (#7943)

Scarce key date. A lustrous example. (#7943)

Frosty and attractive with just slight friction on the high points. Well struck mintmark. (#7943)

Flattering mint frost and warm yellow-gold complements the strong, clockwork precision seen in the main devices from a bold strike. Philadelphia Mint

A nice dusting of flaming golden luster covers the surface. Crisp detail on all devices with the sole exception (found on most Denver Mint dates) at t

This is a remarkably lustrous coin whose rose-gold features are alive with rich mint frost. There is a slight tone line in one of the feathers of the

Glittering rivers of flame-colored mint frost from center to periphery causes us to pause and think about the possibilities for some far-sighted colle

Frosty with a few marks above the eagle and near the Indian's lips. Scarce D mint date. (#7947)

Scarce in Mint condition. (#7947)

Single tiny mark by star 4. Pleasing high quality for the '64 grade level. Each side has a beaming mellow-gold center that is surrounded by a ni...

Frosty with a full strike on the devices. (#7949)

A nice warm yellow gold piece with notable luster throughout. (#7949)

This example is quite pleasing with good luster and splashes of almost peach-orange patina on each side. (#7949)

(#7949)

(#7950)

Sleek, choice luster throughout. Extra crisp detail on all relief portions as is the way of the dates in the 1920s, especially those struck in Philade