The Pre Long Beach Auction - January 2012

1817 N-2 R3 AU55. Choice lustrous olive brown and steel. Satiny mint frost covers the fields and protected areas giving this cent outstanding eye appe

1817 N-2 R3 VF35. Glossy chocolate and olive brown. Smooth and very attractive, virtually flawless. The best identifying marks are a small spot of lig

1817 N-2 R3 VF35. Sharper by at least 5 points but there is a very faint scuff of hairline scratches on the cheek and a few dull, light rim nicks on t

1817 N-3 R2 VF30. Sharper by at least 5 points but lightly cleaned and retoned glossy chocolate and steel brown with a subtle wisp of darker olive bro

1817 N-3 R2 AU58. Mouse Top. Lustrous steel brown and chocolate with faint wisps of slightly darker steel brown toning on the reverse. The surfaces ar

1817 N-4 R4 Obverse Brockage ANACS graded Fine-12 Details, Graffiti-Cleaned. Slightly glossy golden tan with darker olive brown toning in protected ar

1817 N-4 R3+ VF35+. Choice glossy chocolate brown with traces of slightly lighter brown toning in protected areas on the reverse. A beautiful example

Trio of 1817 N-4 Die States. Includes MDS with strong die crack through base of date F12, M-LDS with a sunken retained cud break under the date G4, an

1817 N-5 R3 AU58. Choice lustrous medium brown and light olive with slightly darker steel brown toning on the highpoints. Great eye appeal, just a hin

1817 N-5 R3 VF35. Sharpness VF35 but there are a few too many light contact marks for the higher grade. The notable marks are a few ticks at the base

1817 N-6 R1 EF45+. Glossy chocolate brown delicately mottled with slightly darker olive brown. Frosty lighter steel brown toning shows in the protecte

1817 N-7 R7 (with perfect obverse) VG10. Slightly sharper but covered with extremely fine roughness, strongest on the reverse. No verdigris, and the o

1817 N-7 R3 (with Mouse) AU55. Lustrous steel brown and chocolate with slightly darker steel brown toning on the highpoints and lustrous lighter tonin

1817 N-8 R2 AU58. Lustrous chocolate and steel brown with frosty lighter steel brown and tan faded down from mint color in protected areas. Great eye

1817 N-8 R2 EF45+. Mouse Top. Glossy dark chocolate and olive brown with traces of reddish steel brown faded down from mint color in protected areas o

1817 N-9 R2 EF40. Slightly sharper but there are some rim nicks on the obverse, the strongest of these at star 1. Otherwise this piece is quite attrac

1817 N-9 R2 AU58. Lustrous light steel brown with darker steel brown toning on the highest points of the designs. Tiny peeps of mint color can be foun

1817 N-9 R2 NGC graded MS63 Brown. Lustrous steel brown and light chocolate with a couple tiny splashes of slightly darker reddish chocolate toning at

1817 N-9 R2 AU50. Mouse Top. Sharpness closer to mint state but there is a rim dent just right of the second S in STATES. Lustrous light brown and cho

1817 N-10 R1 MS60+. Very attractive lustrous steel and light olive brown with traces of faded mint color showing on both sides. The surfaces are satin