The Pre Long Beach Auction - January 2012

1803 S-250 R3 VF25. Sharpness EF45 but covered with uniform fine granularity under a rather glossy dark olive brown and chocolate patina. There are a

1803 S-252 R2 F12. Very slightly sharper but there is a dull scratch in the field behind the head. Otherwise the surfaces and eye appeal of this cent

1803 S-253 R2 VF20. Ten points sharper but burnished and retoned glossy steel brown. No roughness or verdigris, only a few trivial marks, none notable

1803 S-254 R1 VF35. Sharpness close to mint state but there are two small patches of microscopic roughness off the lower end of the hair ribbon and se

1803 S-254 R1 F15. Sharpness EF45 but very dull thanks to extremely fine granularity. No marks or verdigris. This cent appears to have been exposed to

1803 S-255 R1 G5. Double Struck. Sharpness F15 but dark and covered with fine porosity. No verdigris or marks. Slightly glossy dark steel. The diamete

1803 S-256 R3 VG10. Glossy light olive brown and chocolate. The surfaces are mostly smooth but there are traces of microscopic roughness in the fields

1803 S-260 R1 Large Fraction VF35. Five points sharper but lightly cleaned and nicely retoned glossy chocolate brown with overtones of light bluish st

1803 S-260 R1 Large Fraction VF20. Sharpness VF30 or slightly better but there is microscopic roughness hidden under the rather glossy dark olive and

1803 S-262 R3 VG8. Sharpness F12 or a bit better but covered with fine roughness on all but the highpoints. No verdigris. The only marks are a small r

1803 S-263 R3 EF40. At least ten points sharper with traces of extremely faint roughness on both sides. No notable signs of verdigris and only a few l

1803 S-263 R3 F15. Sharpness EF40 but slightly rough with specks of verdigris scattered over both sides. The notable marks are a faint scuff of hairli

1803 S-265 R4 Large Date and Fraction G5. Five points sharper but covered with uniform very fine roughness under a slightly glossy dark olive brown an

Quartette of 1803 Cents. Includes S-247 R3 "Mumps Obverse" VG8, S-257 R2 Large Fraction VG8, S-258 R1 Large Fraction VG10, and S-261 R2 La...

Group of Five 1803 Cents. Includes S-245 G4, S-250 AG3, S-251 G4, S-252 G4, and S-256 G4. Some are sharper with defects but all have a readable date.

1804 S-266b R5 G5. A couple points sharper but covered with extremely faint roughness and there is a swipe of stronger roughness extending from the fa

1804 S-266c R2 Fair-2+. Slightly sharper but there is a collection of small but relatively strong digs left of the L in LIBERTY that caused a bulge on

1805 S-267 R1 VF25. Slightly sharper but there are a few too many light contact marks for the higher grade. The notable marks are a very light rim bru

1805 S-268 R3 VF20. Sharper by at least 5 points but the surfaces are slightly dull due to underlying extremely faint roughness that is only visible u

1806 S-270 R1 NGC graded AU50. Frosty medium chocolate brown with steel brown toning on the highpoints and lighter brown and golden tan toning showing