Superior Pre-Long Beach Elite Coin Auction

The otherwise orange-gold color yields to warmer golden-rose hues toward some areas. (#9186)

A nice gradient of flaming golden frost from edge to edge. (#9186)

Bright warm-gold color. Well struck and lustrous with choice, lightly bagmarked surfaces. (#9186)

A simply beautiful specimen, the golden-orange surfaces are glistening with full, frosty textured luster consistent with 1927's high profile as ...

The warm gold color is bright and consistent. A well struck and lustrous twenty that has carefully preserved surfaces and only the lightest bagmarks.

A sparkling '27 double eagle with bright, untoned surfaces and a commanding strike. (#9186)

(#9186)

Another satiny specimen with a few contact marks. (#9186)

(#9186)

(#9186)

(#9186)

Pleasing sharp strike on the main devices. A frosty example despite a scattering of small marks on Liberty's skirt folds. (#9186)

A frosty Mint State coin with brilliant, unspotted surfaces and a powerful strike. (#9189)

Norris, Gregg, and Norris $5. Reeded Edge. Breen A lustrous, fully struck, greenish-gold prooflike specimen of this historic issue, the first private

Given the proper amount of strike pressure, the coin was fully brought up by the dies, including all of the shield stripes, the three arrows, the eagl

One of the most historic Territorial gold issuers and a challenging type, much scarcer than the often seen Assay Office strike on this denomination. K

A very choice example of this well-designed and historically intriguing gold piece from the Great Salt Lake, a suitable choice example among the very

Warm yellow-orange gold with even hues, fairly well struck, and a treat to the eye--one of the finest encountered of this issue. If you are seekin

1860 Clark, Gruber & Company $5. PCGS graded About Uncirculated 55. With flattering mint luster and a minimum number of wispy abrasions, this p...

Clark, Gruber & Company $10. Pikes Peak. PCGS graded About Uncirculated 55. A nice golden luster shoots from this coin which has outstanding co...

Standard greenish gold prooflike fields with lustrous devices and hairlines visible throughout the fields. It is as if these were actually struck hair

We are happy to describe this lovely gem specimen with marked satisfaction since it displays light yellow gold frostiness on the obverse, semi-proofli

One of the well made Robert B. Gray pieces (G below the bust); a popular Type coin. (#10594)

(#10626)

Bright golden orange color with flashy mirror fields. Collectors who take California Fractional Gold coins as they come will be please by this coin&...

Another frosty example of this Liberty head Type. Bidders will welcome this specimen with open arms for it has grand eye-appeal. (#10669)

Lightly toned and frosty, which always marks this variety. It appears this Type was made by an unknown manufacturer. (#10708)

Bright prooflike surface. (#10740)

We are clearly impressed by this coin's bright golden color and sparkling fields. The prooflike surface gives a base for the frosted Indian head...

No handling or news-worthy marks on this handsome deep orange-gold toned specimen. The fields are nicely prooflike while the Indian head is attractive

Toned and prooflike with deep reddish hues. (#10811)

(#10938)

And an 1874 Liberty Octagonal Gold Half Dollar. BG-1072. Lot of 2 coins. (#10938)

This large size flying eagle Pattern is one of the most popular and affordable of the early Longacre-designed pieces. Struck on a copper planchet, it

This is an experimental piece using the regular Indian head dies without the L on the ribbon. Judd-355 consists of copper (9 parts), aluminum (1 part)

Regular dies trial piece in copper with the large motto. A gem Proof. (#60540)

This is the pattern seated Liberty dime trial impression using the regular Proof dies of 1864, but struck in copper (low Rarity-7, possibly high Rarit

Similar to the regular die but the date is nearer the bust. The reverse is also similar to the regular die but the ribbon ends are larger and protrude

Similar to the adopted 1866 With Rays design, but transition in that the date reads 1865. The reverse is from the die adopted to strike the 1866 Proof

Only 500 Proofs minted this year. Sharply struck; lightly hairlined but still bold and attractive. (#70604)

Low Rarity-7. Sleek, glossy deep brown, soft reflective qualities underlie steel-blue patination. Bust of Lincoln on the obverse; UNITED STATES OF AME

This rare pattern uses the shield type obverse similar to the regular issue but the motto is in much smaller letters and there is a ball at the bottom

Same as the Judd-495 obverse with divided date 18-66. This time the mint employed the regular Proof Rays dies which has a small center dot within the

Extremely Rare: Rarity-8. Lovely gem with deep mellowed purple-brown and faded mint red color throughout, with exceptional fields that are spot-free a

And another outstanding example of the Pattern shield nickel by Longacre. This has wonderful deep purple and reddish magenta toning on a base of deep

The consignor, in acquiring this range of intriguing and attractive five-cent piece patterns, happened to find a lovely Gem Proof of Judd-570. This de

This is an important and prized trial strike of the regular die piece of the first or "With Rays" type of shield nickel, with stars and ra...

<I>Obverse and reverse: The dies used to coin regular-issue Proof coins this year.<I> Perhaps as scarce as Rarity-7, with a mere 4 to 12...

A satin frosted gem Proof with richly imbued luster that graces the glistening pale toned surfaces. Nicely struck for the Type, indeed, about as fine

High Rarity-7. Pleasing reddish golden to blue-brown shades, both sides sleek, original, and spot-free, meaning that it can be purchased by any collec

Similar design to Judd-608, the one cent, a sterling Gem with wonderful color. (#70829)

This handsome Pattern for a five-cent piece is struck in Nickel and rated Rarity-4 by Judd. It displays a large head of Liberty wearing a coronet with

This uses the same Liberty head by Longace as the previous Judd-623 specimen, except there is a star on the coronet. On the reverse, a large V in a la

<I>Obverse and reverse: The dies used to coin regular-issue Proof coins this year.<I> A pleasing cameo-frosted Gem with surfaces the col...

The proposed one-cent denomination featuring a head of Liberty by Longacre (who died in January 1869). Liberty is wearing a coronet inscribed LIBERTY,

A splendid gem quality example of this pattern for a three-cent piece. Longacre's head of Liberty wears a coronet inscribed LIBERTY, incused. On...

Similar to the obverse of the three-cent pattern, Judd-676, this time a five-cent piece in which Liberty is wearing a coronet with a star inscribed LI

Longacre's design. A deep golden to silver-gray toned gem with strong underlying mirror luster and bold devices on both sides. Nicely struck for...

Rarity-7. A glittering superb Pattern "trime" based on the Barber seated Liberty design. A miniature Liberty sits supporting a shield and ...

Absurd to imagine anything fresher or more outstanding in terms of original surfaces and color, with faded mint red on a base of gleaming brown. If yo

A satin-frosted golden to electric blue toned gem with strong underlying mirrors and just as strong design elements. In fact "nicely struck,&qu...

A well-toned example with circulation marks. Part of the STANDARD SILVER group of Pattern coins, 1869-71, this piece struck in silver with reeded e

Early first-generation PCGS holdered Gem of the famous "Indian Princess" design with Liberty seated on a bale of cotton. At her side, a gl...

A razor sharp Gem that has rich coppery-gold color. Lustrous and immaculately preserved. Of the patterns of 1870, none is more impressive or popular t

<I>Obverse and reverse: The dies used to coin regular-issue Proof coins this year.<I> Struck in copper, Rarity-7, with possibly as few a...

Liberty seated wearing an Indian headdress, the right hand supports a liberty cap on a pole and the left rests on a globe inscribed LIBERTY; behind ar

Light milky surfaces with frosty white cameos. The petite seated figure of Liberty by Alexis Bailly, this is a very choice, well struck example with o

Another of the "set" pieces of which it is believed about 50 sets were prepared, the design for Judd 1322 is very close to the adopted des...

A satiny superb gem with faint purple-gray to dusky antique silver surfaces that envelope the swirling and hard-working luster beneath. Some weakness

Nevertheless, this is an attractive example with needle-sharp stike, bold rims and rim denticles. It leaves behind in its wake a bold statement of ear

<p><i>The Cross Rivers Collection</i>

Attractively preserved with full but not booming luster. (#9224)

Cleaned. (#9224)

The otherwise silvery iridescent color yields to warmer satiny hues in the fields around the main devices. Albany was one of the earlier permanent set

Original toning. The otherwise silvery hue warms to golden shades in areas with the fields and main devices left satin smooth by the dies rather than

Uncommonly smooth with fully metallic, silvery features. A gem. The Battle of Antietam (or Sharpsburg) on September 17, 1862, climaxed the first of Co

The surfaces are a modest silvery bright, with subtle rather than bright luster, yet everything is fresh, original, beaming. (#9229)<p><i&g...

(#9233)

(#9233)

PVC haze. Lot of 3 coins.<p><i>The Cross Rivers Collection</i>

PVC haze. Lot of 3 coins.<p><i>The Cross Rivers Collection</i>

PVC haze. Lot of 3 coins.<p><i>The Cross Rivers Collection</i>

PVC haze. Lot of 3 coins.<p><i>The Cross Rivers Collection</i>

Scarce in this condition. Beautiful natural toning. (#9247)

Lot of 3 coins. (#9254)

(#9254)

(#9254)

Daniel Boone (1734-1820) faces left on the obverse in an idealized portrait. Also known by his Indian name, Chief big Turtle, Boone is standing on the

The Cincinnati was brought into existence purely for monetary purposes, how shocking. Any artistic theme was secondary. It is another of the period&...

PVC haze. Lot of 3 coins.<p><i>The Cross Rivers Collection</i>

About as close to flawless as can be expected, this robust white Boone design. Scarce. (#9271)

Milky white surfaces swirl with luster as though it has just come off the dies. The S-mint dates will sometimes show tendencies to prooflike surface w

Lustrous but deep sleek silvery toning dominates the surfaces of this beautiful coin, with a particular glow to the reverse fields and impressive deta

<p><i>The Cross Rivers Collection</i>

Cleaned. (#9281)

PVC haze. Lot of 3 coins.<p><i>The Cross Rivers Collection</i>

A gem with bright luster and peripheral toning. (#9434)

(#9434)

(#9434)

A nice radiant tint tantalizes the eye from this lustrous piece, a coin whose mint glow goes round and round in typical Cincinnati satiny convection.