The Pre Long Beach Auction - September 2011

1804 C-3/5 R7 Without Spike From Chin F12. Glossy dark steel brown and chocolate. The surfaces are smooth, void of any hint of corrosion or verdigris.

1804 C-5 R4 Spiked Chin F12. Choice glossy chocolate and steel. Smooth and quite nice for the grade with just a couple minor contact marks. The notabl

1804 C-5 R4 Spiked Chin EF45. Choice glossy chocolate brown with frosty light brown toning in the protected areas. The only notable defect is a light

1804 C-5 R4 Spiked Chin EF40. Very attractive glossy light chocolate brown with darker steel brown and chocolate toning covering the devices and frost

1804 C-6 R2 Spiked Chin VG8. A couple points sharper but there is a line of microscopic ticks across the chin, a few nicks at the E in CENT, and trace

1804 C-6 R2 Spiked Chin VG7. Sharpness F15 but covered with fine porosity on all but the highpoints. No verdigris, only a few light rim bumps on both

1804 C-6 R2 Spiked Chin VF25+. At least five points sharper with too many light contact marks for the sharpness grade, including a trio of dull nicks

1804 C-6 R2 Spiked Chin VF20. Glossy chocolate brown with reddish chocolate toning on the leaves below the first A in AMERICA. A smooth, very attracti

1804 C-6 R2 Spiked Chin VF25. Sharpness near EF40 with fine porosity covering much of the planchet, strongest on the upper right part of the reverse.

1804 C-6 R2 Spiked Chin VF30. At least ten points sharper but there is a dull a scratch in the hair left of the earlobe extending into the field below