The Pre Long Beach Auction - September 2011

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

1799 S-189 R2 Fair-2. A few points sharper but dull from a covering of uniform very fine granularity that dulls the surfaces. No verdigris, and the on

1800 S-203 R3 F15. Sharpness VF30 but lightly cleaned and retoned glossy olive and steel with faded artificial red in protected areas on the obverse.

1800 S-208 R3 G6. Sharpness F12 but covered with very fine porosity on all but the highpoints. Lightly cleaned with coppery tan toning on the highpoin

1801 S-219 R2 3-Error Reverse G5. Housed in a PCI slab graded VG10. Sharpness G6 or slightly better but a bit dull from microscopic roughness. No verd

1802 S-232 R1 VG10. Sharpness VF20 but the reverse is covered with fine granularity. The obverse is smooth and nearly choice. No verdigris and the onl

1803 S-247 R3 F15. Sharpness EF45 but there are a dozen small, shallow pits on the obverse plus a couple larger ones on the reverse, and fine corrosio

1803 S-254 R1 VF25. Sharpness EF40 but uniform extremely faint roughness covers the planchet. The roughness is well hidden under the slightly glossy d

1804 S-266a R4+ PCGS graded "Genuine". Sharpness VG10 but there are numerous small nicks plus several very old scratches scattered over bo...