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