The Pre Long Beach Auction - September 2011

1793 C-1 R3+ VF25. Choice glossy light chocolate brown with slightly darker chocolate and olive brown toning on the highpoints. A truly beautiful exam

1793 C-2 R3 VF25. Frosty dark steel brown with lighter brown and tan toning in the most-protected areas. The surfaces are excellent but not perfect as

1793 C-3 R3 F15. Very attractive glossy chocolate brown with slightly lighter chocolate toning in protected areas on both sides. The planchet is smoot

1793 C-4 R3 VF25. Beautiful glossy medium brown with darker steel brown and chocolate toning on the devices. A faint area of reddish brown toning show

1794 C-1a R3 Large Edge Letters VF30. Glossy chocolate and olive brown. The surfaces are smooth and offer great eye appeal. The only marks are a faint

1794 C-1b R6 Small Edge Letters F12. Slightly sharper but there are a few fine old scratches at the top of the reverse with a couple extending down in

1794 C-2a R2+ Small Edge Letters VF30. Choice glossy olive brown and chocolate. Smooth and very attractive, virtually perfect for the grade. Finding a

1794 C-2b R6 Large Edge Letters G4. Sharpness VG7 but there are a few dull dents on the portrait that were strong enough to cause bulges at the opposi

1794 C-3a R5 Small Edge Letters VF25+. Beautiful glossy medium brown with slightly darker steel brown toning on the highpoints. The planchet is smooth

1794 C-4a R3 Small Edge Letters VF25. Sharpness EF40 but there is a very subtle dent under the M in AMERICA that caused an equally subtle bulge in the

1794 C-4b R7 Large Edge Letters VG8+. Glossy light to medium brown blending to light chocolate brown on the devices. The surfaces are smooth and the o

1794 C-5a R4+ Small Edge Letters VF25. Slightly sharper but lightly cleaned and nicely retoned uniform glossy reddish chocolate brown. The surfaces ar

1794 C-6a R5+ Small Edge Letters VG10. A couple points sharper but covered with extremely fine granularity under a rather glossy dark steel and olive

1794 C-7 R5+ EF40. Attractive glossy olive brown and chocolate with traces of lighter brown toning in protected areas on both sides. The surfaces are

1794 C-8 R5 VG10. Sharpness F12 but there are a too many light contact marks for the higher grade. These include myriad light hairline scratches on th

1794 C-9 R2 EF45. Glossy light olive and chocolate brown with lighter brown toning in protected areas. Great eye appeal for the grade. The only &quo...

1795 C-1 R2 Lettered Edge VF30. Sharper by at least 5 points but there are a few very light hairline scratches on the cap and a couple of these extend

1795 C-2a R3 Punctuated Date with Lettered Edge EF45. Very glossy dark chocolate and steel fading to light brown in the protected areas. Subtle tones

1795 C-2b R6+ Punctuated Date with Plain Edge G6. Lightly cleaned and retoned a rather glossy chocolate and steel brown fading to a slightly lighter s

1795 C-3 R5+ Punctuated Date with Plain Edge VG10. Slightly sharper but this piece was lightly cleaned and retoned glossy dark chocolate and steel ble