The Pre Long Beach Auction - January 2012

1838 N-6 R1 AU50. Mint state sharpness but the toning is a very dark steel and the surfaces are frosty but rather dull, no doubt from extremely faint

1838 N-10 R1 AU50. Choice lustrous steel brown and chocolate. Faint peeps of faded mint color can be found in a few of the protected areas around the

1838 N-12 R2 AU50. Frosty steel and chocolate brown. Satiny luster covers the fields and protected areas. The only defect is a shallow planchet lamina

1838 N-15 R5- G5. Sharpness F15 but covered with light to moderate roughness on all but the highpoints, which are relatively smooth. No verdigris or n

Trio of 1838 Cents grading VF30 to VF35. Includes N-3 R1 very late die state (VLDS), N-8 R1 MDS, and N-9 R3 MDS. A nice group, all glossy brown and ch

Quartette of 1838 & 1839 Cents grading VF20 to VF30. Includes 1838 N-4, N-6, and N-7 and 1839 N-9 Silly Head. A nice group, all smooth glossy br...

1839 N-8 R1 Head of 1840 EF45. Five points sharper but there are traces of very fine carbon or crud dusted into the fields around the date and adjacen

1839 N-12 R4 Booby Head VF25. Sharpness EF45 or slightly better but there are a couple dozen tiny pits scattered over both sides. No verdigris or cont

Trio of 1839 Booby Head Cents grading VF20 to VF25. Includes N-6, N-7, and N-13. All are nice glossy brown and chocolate with smooth surfaces. An attr

Group of Ten 1838 & 1839 Cents. Grades range from Fair-2 to F12 with an average grade of VG8. There are 9 different die varieties (one duplicate...