The Pre Long Beach Auction - September 2011

1797 S-126 R3 G4. Sharpness F12 but covered with fine porosity. No verdigris, but there are several old pinscratches on both sides and a dozen shallow

1797 S-136 R3 VG8. Sharpness EF40 but dull and covered with fine to moderate granularity. The roughness is strongest on the lower half of the reverse

1798 S-157 R2 Style I Hair, Small 8 VG7. Sharpness F15 but there is a deep gash on the left side of the reverse plus some smaller contact marks elsewh

1798 S-166 R1 Style II Hair, Large 8 F12. Sharpness near VF20 but there is a deep rim nick above the bust tip. Otherwise the surfaces are smooth and a

1798 S-167 R1 Style II Hair, Large 8 F12. Several points sharper but there is extremely fine roughness hidden under the glossy dark olive and lighter

1798 S-175 R3 Style II Hair, Small 8. PCGS graded AU-50. Attractive glossy light to medium chocolate brown with frosty lighter steel brown toning in p

1798 S-178 R5+ Style II Hair with Small 8, Reverse of 1796 Fair-2. The obverse is AG3 while the reverse shows much more wear and grades only Basal Sta

1798 S-184 R1 Style II Hair, Small 8 VG10. Choice glossy olive brown and chocolate with steel brown toning on the devices. Smooth and very nice for th

1798 S-187 R1 Style II Hair, Small 8. NGC graded MS-65. Lustrous light golden olive and steel brown with hints of very faded mint color showing throug

1799 S-189 R2 VG7. Sharpness F15 but covered with fine roughness, strongest in the protected areas. There are traces of very shallow planchet scale in

1799 S-189 R2 Fair-2. A few points sharper but dull from a covering of uniform very fine granularity that dulls the surfaces. No verdigris, and the on

1800 S-203 R3 F15. Sharpness VF30 but lightly cleaned and retoned glossy olive and steel with faded artificial red in protected areas on the obverse.

1800 S-208 R3 G6. Sharpness F12 but covered with very fine porosity on all but the highpoints. Lightly cleaned with coppery tan toning on the highpoin

1801 S-219 R2 3-Error Reverse G5. Housed in a PCI slab graded VG10. Sharpness G6 or slightly better but a bit dull from microscopic roughness. No verd

1802 S-232 R1 VG10. Sharpness VF20 but the reverse is covered with fine granularity. The obverse is smooth and nearly choice. No verdigris and the onl

1803 S-247 R3 F15. Sharpness EF45 but there are a dozen small, shallow pits on the obverse plus a couple larger ones on the reverse, and fine corrosio

1803 S-254 R1 VF25. Sharpness EF40 but uniform extremely faint roughness covers the planchet. The roughness is well hidden under the slightly glossy d

1804 S-266a R4+ PCGS graded "Genuine". Sharpness VG10 but there are numerous small nicks plus several very old scratches scattered over bo...

Group of 5 ANACS graded Large Cents, 1796-1803. Includes 1796 S-91 Liberty Cap ANACS graded Good details net Fair-2 for corrosion and burnishing (our

Group of 8 Early Cents, 1794-1807. Grades range from Basal State-1 to AG3 with most grading Fair-2 to AG3. Some are sharper with defects, and all but

Group of 13 Large Cents, 1798-1807. Grades range from Fair-2 to VG8 with most averaging AG3 to G4. Includes 1798 (2), 1800, 1801, 1802 (2), 1803 (3),

Quartette of Early Cents, 1797-1802. Includes 1797 S-138 F12 net G6 for corrosion, 1798/7 S-151 F15 net G5 for porosity, 1800/179 S-196 VG7 net G6 for

Trio of Large Cents, 1801 & 1802. Includes 1801 S-219 3-error reverse G5 net AG3 for roughness and a planchet delamination (but the date and 3 d...

Trio of Large Cents, 1803-1807. Includes 1803 S-260 Large Fraction F12 net VG8 for rim dents, 1805 S-267 VG7, and 1807 S-271 G5 net G4 for minor rough

1809 S-280 R2 G5. Glossy chocolate and light olive brown. There are a few faint hairlines that break the toning on the portrait but the remainder of t

1812 S-290 R1 Small Date F15+. Attractive glossy chocolate brown and steel. No roughness and only a few minor contact marks, including a dull nick on

Trio of Large Cents 1794-1798. Includes 1794 Head of 1793 (S-18b or S-19b) Fair-2 (obverse AG3+, reverse slick), 1798 S-157 Style I hair with Small 8

Group of 10 Large Cents, 1794-1810, grading Fair-2 to G5. Average grade is AG3. Includes 1794, 1795 Plain Edge, 1798 (2), 1800/179, 1801, 1802, 1803,

Group of 23 Large Cents dated 1797 & 1798. Grades range from Fair-2 to G6 with most grading AG3. Some are sharper with defects but all have a re...

Group of 7 Large Cents, 1800-1807. Includes 1800/179 S-194 AG3, 1800 S-197 G6, 1801 S-220 (error fraction 1/000) G6, 1803 S-254 G5, 1803 S-255 G6, 180

Group of 16 Large Cents, 1800 & 1801. Grades range from Fair-2 to AG3. Some are sharper with defects but all have a readable date. Includes 6 da...

Pair of Large Cents 1802 & 1807. Includes 1802 S-225 LDS VG8 and 1807 S-276 Large Fraction with reverse rotated 90 degrees CCW and the obverse m...

Group of 19 Large Cents, 1802-1811. Grades range from Fair-2 to AG3. Some are sharper with defects but all have a readable date. Includes 1802 (11), 1

Group of 11 Turban Head Large Cents, 1808-1814. Grades range from Basal State-1 to VG8, average grade AG3 to G4. Includes 1808 (3), 1809, 1810, 1811,

Group of 6 Turban Head Cents. Grades range from G4 to VG10 with an average grade of G6. Includes 1808, 1810, 1811 Normal Date, 1812 Large Date, 1813,

Pair of Turban Head Cents, 1808 & 1809. Includes 1808 S-277 (the 12-star die state) VG10 net VG7 for fine granularity, and 1809 S-280 G6 net AG3...

Group of 7 Mixed Early Coppers. Includes a 1723 Wood's Hibernia Halfpenny VG7, two half cents (1804 & 1851) grading AG3, three Draped Bust l...

1817 N-4 R3+. PCGS graded VF-30. Frosty olive and dark steel mixed with chocolate. There is a bit of lighter toning on the face from a rub; otherwise

Pair of Scarce Varieties, 1817 & 1827. Includes 1817 N-17 R4 MDS VG10+ net VG8 for a couple rim bruises and 1827 N-12 R5 EDS VG10 net VG7 for li...

1818 N-10 R1. NGC graded MS-64 Red & Brown CAC certified. Frosty mint red fading to steel brown on the devices. A third of the mint color remain...

1819. Small Date. PCGS graded MS-64 Brown + CAC Approved. Soothing chocolate brown hues grace both sides of this attractive example. Pop 1; none finer

1825 N-3 R3 VF30. Very attractive glossy medium chocolate brown with satiny mint frost peeking through in protected areas on both sides. The surfaces

1827 N-10 R4+ VG10. A couple points sharper but there are traces of microscopic roughness at ES-OF-AMER. In addition there are three faint bisecting s

Pair of Scarce Varieties, 1829 & 1834. Includes 1829 N-7 R3 LDS (the Wheelspoke Reverse) F12 net VG10 for a few rim nicks and 1834 N-5 R5 (Large...

1831 N-12 R1 F15 but made into a Gear. Glossy chocolate brown. Smooth surfaces with only a few small marks, including a shallow punch just right of th

1832 N-1 R2 AU55. Frosty light steel brown with splashes of darker olive and steel toning on both sides. Very close to mint state, just a hint of rub

1834 N-5 R5 Large 8 & Stars with Medium Letters VG8. A few points sharper but lightly cleaned leaving the highpoints tan and light steel brown w...

Quartette of Large Cents, 1823-1833. Includes 1823/2 N-1 AG3, 1823 N-2 Normal Date G6, 1830 N-6 Small Letters Reverse G6, and 1833/2 N-4 VF25 net F12

Trio of Cents 1830-1839. Includes 1830 N-4 ANACS graded AU50 (our grade EF45), 1839 N-9 Silly Head ANACS graded VF25 (our grade F15), and 1839 N-11 Bo

Pair of PCGS graded Large Cents. Includes 1817 N-16 MDS 15-Star Obverse PCGS VF25 (our grade F15) and 1840 N-6 Large Date LDS (state c) PCGS AU53 (our