The Pre Long Beach Auction - January 2012

1802 NC-1 R5+ AG3. Lightly cleaned and retoned glossy steel brown and chocolate with a few overtones of faded rose that betray the earlier cleaning. S

1802 NC-2 R6 Fair-2. Sharpness G6 but moderately corroded. There is shallow greenish verdigris in many of the protected areas with myriad light scratc

Trio of Slabbed 1802 Cents. Includes S-225 R3 E-MDS, Breen state II ANACS graded F12 (our grade VG10); S-230 R1 SEGS graded XF40 corroded (our grade V

Quartette of 1802 Cents. Includes S-228 R2 Error Fraction 1/000 VG7, S-232 R1 VG7 (2 pieces), and S-242 R2 VG7. Most are slightly sharper with minor d

1803 S-243 R2 Stemless Wreath with Doubled Fraction Bar F12. Sharpness VF25 with shallow corrosion and reddish chocolate verdigris on the left half of

1803 S-244 R4 F12. Glossy medium chocolate brown. No roughness or verdigris, only small contact marks scattered over both sides, none notable. An attr

1803 S-245 R3 VF20. Sharpness EF45 but there is shallow pitting and planchet erosion scattered over the obverse while the reverse is smooth and very a

1803 S-246 R3 VF30. Sharpness EF40 or slightly better but there are three rim bruises at the bottom of the reverse, the strongest of these under the 1

1803 S-247 R3 VF30. Sharper by at least 5 points but lightly cleaned and retoned frosty chocolate and steel brown with traces of lighter reddish steel

1803 S-249 R2 Corrected Fraction 100 over 000 F15. Sharpness EF40 but covered with fine roughness, strongest in the field behind the portrait. No verd