The Pre Long Beach Auction - September 2011

1809/6 C-5 R1 Overdate 9 over 6 or Inverted 9 G5. Glossy chocolate and steel brown. No notable defects and a very ordinary piece except for the unique

1809/6 C-5 R1 Overdate 9 over 6 or Inverted 9 G5. Double Struck Off Center, Off Center Reverse Brockage Maker. Rather glossy light olive and steel wit

1809/6 C-5 R1 Overdate 9 over 6 or Inverted 9 AG3. Tab Double Strike. A point or two sharper but covered with moderate granularity and there are a few

1809/6 C-5 R1 Overdate 9 over 6 or Inverted 9 VF25. Clipped Planchet. Ten points sharper but there are a couple small splashes of very fine roughness

1809 C-6 R1 EF45+. Choice glossy steel brown and chocolate with lots of frosty tan and light steel brown faded down from mint color in the protected a

1809 C-6 R1 F12. Glossy olive brown and steel. No defects, only a few minor contact marks consistent with the grade. A small nick under the right foot

1809 C-6 R1 F12. Tab Double Strike. Slightly sharper but there is a small spot of very light corrosion close under star 8. Otherwise this piece is smo

1809 C-6 R1 Fair-2. Tab Double Strike. A couple points sharper, especially on the reverse, but the surfaces are granular and the obverse is covered wi

1809 C-6 R1 VG10. Double Struck over Brockage. Mostly glossy chocolate and steel brown mixed with some darker shades of reddish chocolate at stars 2-7

1809 C-6 R1 VF30. Impressed Off Center Planchet Arc on Obverse. Slightly sharper with a couple fine hairline scratches from the nose to the rim over s

1809 C-6 R1 G4. Off Center. A couple points sharper but the fields and protected areas are covered with very fine granularity while the devices are fa

Trio of Half Cents. Includes 1809 C-2 E-MDS (Manley 2.0) F12 (Davy #09.2.1), 1825 C-2 LDS (Manley 3.0) F12 (Davy #25.2.12), and 1826 C-1 E-MDS (Manley

1811 C-1 R4 G5. Choice glossy steel brown and chocolate. The surfaces are smooth and virtually free of defects. Virtually perfect for the grade. Ident

1811 C-1 R4 VG8. Sharpness F12 but covered with light corrosion that has been partially smoothed. Lightly burnished and nicely retoned glossy dark ste

1811 C-1 R4 AG3. Several points sharper with many small pitmarks, a dull dent on the rim below star 13, and a slightly bent planchet. Cleaned bright c

1811 C-2 R3. PCGS graded AU-50. Glossy dark chocolate brown. There are a few microscopic contact marks, including rim nicks at M and RI in AMERICA. MD

1811 C-2 R3 VF25. Sharpness EF40 with uniform microscopic roughness under a slightly glossy dark steel brown patina. No verdigris, and the only mark i

1825 C-2 R1 Counterstamped F15. Mostly glossy chocolate brown. EDS, Manley state 1.0. The tip of the wreath stem is strong. The obverse is nearly cove

1825 C-2 R1 AG3 but Holed. Off Center. Nice glossy light chocolate and medium brown. The surfaces are smooth and attractive. A dull dent under the fir

1825 C-2 R1 VG8. Clipped Planchet. A couple points sharper but covered with extremely faint granularity. No marks or verdigris. Slightly glossy dark o