The Pre Long Beach Auction - September 2011

1804 C-9 R2 VG10. Double Struck Off Center, Reverse Brockage Maker. Mostly glossy light olive and steel with a small splash of reddish chocolate tonin

1804 C-9 R2 VG8. Double Struck Off Center. Sharpness VF25 but covered with very fine corrosion and the fields have been crudely abraded to remove some

1804 C-9 R2 VG7. Triple Struck with Small Offset. Glossy light chocolate and medium brown. Smooth and attractive, very nice for the grade. This piece

1804 C-9 R2 VG7. Heavily Blunted Reverse. Slightly sharper but the surfaces are covered with microscopic roughness. No verdigris or notable marks. Sli

1804 C-10 R1 EF45. Double Struck with Small Offset over Off Center Brockage. Glossy olive brown and chocolate with flowline luster covering the fields

1804 C-10 R1 VF20. Triple Strike with Small Offset. Slightly sharper but there are a few too many tiny nicks for the higher grade. A short, thin verti

1804 C-10 R1 VG8. Double Struck with Rotation, Reverse Brockage Maker. Slightly sharper but there are some hairline scratches on both sides, strongest

1804 C-10 R1 F12. Double Struck with Small Offset. Very attractive glossy chocolate brown with traces of frost showing in protected areas. The only de

1804 C-10 R1 AG3. Double Struck with Small Offset. Very slightly sharper but the portrait is covered with hairline scratches. In addition, there is a

1804 C-10 R1 F12. Struck Through Wire or Thread. Sharpness VF30 but covered with uniform fine roughness. No notable contact marks but there are traces

1804 C-10 R1 AG3. Altered into a High-Quality Gear. Slightly glossy chocolate brown with a small hole in the center. The surfaces are not perfect, but

1804 C-11 R2 Plain 4 with Stems VG8. Glossy dark steel and olive with slightly lighter steel brown toning on the devices. Virtually flawless except fo

1804 C-11 R2 Plain 4 with Stems F15+. Sharpness VF25 but there are traces of extremely faint roughness well hidden under the glossy dark olive and ste

1804 C-11 R2 Plain 4 with Stems VG10. Sharpness near VF20 but covered with very fine roughness. There is a pitmark right of the date and an area of mo

1804 C-11 R2 Plain 4 with Stems VG7. Glossy steel brown and chocolate fading to olive brown in protected areas. Smooth and attractive for the grade, j

1804 C-11 R2 Plain 4 with Stems F12. Flipover Off Center Double Strike. Sharpness near EF40 but harshly cleaned and covered with microscopic porosity.

1804 C-11 R2 Plain 4 with Stems VG10. Double Struck with Small Offset. Slightly sharper but the planchet displays a very subtle bend causing a bulge a

1804 C-11 R2 Plain 4 with Stems VG10. Double Struck with Small Offset. Slightly sharper with extremely fine roughness covering the fields and protecte

1804 C-11 R2 Plain 4 with Stems G5. Double Struck Obverse. Very slightly sharper with some fine hairline scratches left of the lowest curls, all blend

1804 C-12 R2 Crosslet 4 without Stems VF35. Clipped Planchet. Sharpness EF45 but lightly cleaned and nicely retoned glossy chocolate and steel brown.