The Pre Long Beach Auction - January 2012

1853 N-32 R4+ EF40. At least 5 points sharper but lightly cleaned and retoned glossy dark chocolate and steel brown with frosty lighter steel brown to

Group of Seventeen 1853 Cents. Grades range from VG7 to VF20 with an average grade of F12 to F15. All different die varieties with a couple duplicates

Quartette of Cents, 1853-1856. Includes 1853 N-15 MDS (b) VF35, 1853 N-25 EDS (a) VF30, 1855 N-9 Knob-on-Ear M-LDS (f) F12, and 1856 N-7 Upright 5 EDS

Group of 10 Cents, 1853-1856, grading VF25. Includes 1853 (4), 1854 (3), 1855 (1), and 1856 (2, one each upright and slanted 5). All are different die

1854 N-7 R2 Repunched 1 & 4 PCGS graded MS64 Red. Bright original mint red just starting to mellow to bluish steel brown on the highpoints, 85% ...

1854 N-8 R1 PCGS graded MS65 Red & Brown, CAC Certified. Lustrous frosty light olive and steel brown with at least 10% of the mint color remaini...

1854 N-18 R3 PCGS graded MS65 Brown. Frosty steel brown and chocolate with 10% of the red remaining on the obverse, 25% on the reverse. A small spot o

1854 N-20 R3 Stray 1 Punched Into Dentils MS60+. Lustrous bright original mint red fading to steel brown on the highpoints. More than two-thirds of th

1854 N-20 R3 Stray 1 Punched Into Dentils PCGS graded MS64 Red & Brown. Frosty light olive and steel brown with mellowed mint red covering at le...

1854 N-26 R3 MS63. Frosty mint red fading to steel and light olive with a third of the mint color remaining on the obverse and more than half of the r

Trio of Cents, 1854-1856. Includes 1854 N-19 MDS (b) EF40, 1855 N-8 Upright 55 MDS (b) EF45, and 1856 N-11 Upright 5 MDS (b) VF35. A couple are sharpe

Group of 5 Cents, 1850-1856, grading VF25 to VF30. Includes 1850 N-4 LDS (c), 1855 N-3 Upright 55 MDS (b), 1855 N-9 Italic 55 with Knob-on-Ear M-LDS (

Group of 18 Cents, 1854-1856. Grades range from VG8 to VF20 with an average grade of F12 to F15. Most are different die varieties but there are a coup

1855 N-3 R1 Upright 55 MS62. Very attractive lustrous medium brown and light chocolate. The only defects are a few tiny nick-like pre-striking planche

1855 N-3 R1 Upright 55 MS60. Glossy medium brown and light chocolate with traces of faded mint color on the obverse. Very attractive for the grade. Th

1855 N-4 R1 Upright 55 MS60. Lustrous chocolate and steel brown with faded mint red peeking through in protected areas on both sides. Satiny mint fros

1855 N-4 R1 Upright 55 MS60. Frosty chocolate and light olive brown with underlying faded mint color covering the protected areas. A small planchet ch

1855 N-10 R1 Italic 55 MS63+. Beautiful prooflike light olive and steel brown with 10% of the mint red remaining on the obverse, 30% on the reverse. T

1855 N-12 R1 Upright 55 MS62. Frosty steel brown and light olive with generous traces of mint red remaining, mostly on the obverse. Satiny mint luster

1856 N-2 R1 Italic 5 MS60. Frosty chocolate and olive brown with traces of faded mint color on both sides. The only notable mark is a streak of golden