The Pre Long Beach Auction - January 2012

1835 C-1 R1 VF30. Struck on a planchet without upset rims (Stage I). Sharpness AU50 but there is a cut out of the rim over AT in STATES and a few very

1835 C-2 R1 VF35. Glossy light chocolate brown with traces of frosty lighter tan and steel toning in protected areas. Smooth and attractive, only triv

1837 Hard Times Token Low-49 Rulau HT-73 R2 VF35. Choice glossy medium brown and light chocolate. Smooth and very attractive for the grade with just a

1844 Proof Original Breen 1-A R6 F15. Sharpness near mint state but the planchet is lightly eroded with a few patches of shallow pitting on the revers

1849 C-1 R2 EF40. Five points sharper but there are a few light contact marks on the neck and in the field off the chin. The marks are trivial and the

Pair of Half Cents, 1849 & 1856. Includes 1849 C-1 R2- MDS VF35 and 1856 C-1 R2 MDS VF30. Both are slightly sharper with a few too many tiny nic...

1850 C-1 R2 AU50. Glossy olive brown and chocolate. Sharply struck with smooth, attractive surfaces. The only marks are a tiny scratch hidden in the h

1851 C-1 R1 AU58. Lustrous medium brown with traces of mint color remaining in protected areas on both sides. Nice eye appeal, just a hint of friction

1853 C-1 R1. NGC graded MS-66 Brown. Frosty chocolate brown with bluish steel overtones on the obverse. Traces of faded mint red show on both sides. N

1854 C-1 R1+ MS62. Lustrous bluish steel brown and olive with faded mint red bleeding through in the fields and protected areas on both sides. No spot

1854 C-1 R1+ MS60+. Lustrous light greenish olive brown with overtones of light bluish steel in protected areas. Very sharply struck showing needle-sh

1854 C-1 R1+ AU50. Glossy medium brown and light chocolate with satiny lighter steel brown in protected areas. A puff of darker chocolate toning in th

1855 C-1 R1. NGC graded MS-66 Red & Brown. Lustrous mint red fading to bluish steel, nearly a third of the mellowed mint color remaining. The on...

1855 C-1 R1. NGC graded MS-66 Brown. Light chocolate brown with darker olive toning in protected areas. Traces of very faded mint red remain on both s

1855 C-1 R1 MS60. Lustrous light chocolate and steel with a vertical swipe of reddish chocolate toning right of T in CENT. Satiny mint frost covers th

1855 C-1 R1 AU55. Mint state sharpness but lightly cleaned and retoned light golden brown and tan fading to darker steel brown. A collection of tiny s

1856 C-1 R2 AU58. A frosty mint state piece but there are several microscopic pinscratches in the field at the inner curl. Frosty olive and bluish ste

1857 C-1 R2 EF45. Glossy light greenish olive and steel with satiny mint frost in protected areas. No spots or stains, only a few microscopic ticks of

1857 C-1 R2 EF45. Five points sharper but there are a few tiny nicks on the tip of the chin, and these are easy to miss. The best identifying mark is

Quartette of Half Cents, 1826-1851. Includes 1826 C-1 MDS Manley 3.0 with the reverse rotated 50 degrees CCW VF25, 1828 C-2 12-Star Obverse VF30, 1828