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...

Group of 5 ANACS graded Large Cents, 1796-1803. Includes 1796 S-91 Liberty Cap ANACS graded Good details net Fair-2 for corrosion and burnishing (our

Group of 8 Early Cents, 1794-1807. Grades range from Basal State-1 to AG3 with most grading Fair-2 to AG3. Some are sharper with defects, and all but

Group of 13 Large Cents, 1798-1807. Grades range from Fair-2 to VG8 with most averaging AG3 to G4. Includes 1798 (2), 1800, 1801, 1802 (2), 1803 (3),

Quartette of Early Cents, 1797-1802. Includes 1797 S-138 F12 net G6 for corrosion, 1798/7 S-151 F15 net G5 for porosity, 1800/179 S-196 VG7 net G6 for

Trio of Large Cents, 1801 & 1802. Includes 1801 S-219 3-error reverse G5 net AG3 for roughness and a planchet delamination (but the date and 3 d...

Trio of Large Cents, 1803-1807. Includes 1803 S-260 Large Fraction F12 net VG8 for rim dents, 1805 S-267 VG7, and 1807 S-271 G5 net G4 for minor rough

1809 S-280 R2 G5. Glossy chocolate and light olive brown. There are a few faint hairlines that break the toning on the portrait but the remainder of t

1812 S-290 R1 Small Date F15+. Attractive glossy chocolate brown and steel. No roughness and only a few minor contact marks, including a dull nick on

Trio of Large Cents 1794-1798. Includes 1794 Head of 1793 (S-18b or S-19b) Fair-2 (obverse AG3+, reverse slick), 1798 S-157 Style I hair with Small 8

Group of 10 Large Cents, 1794-1810, grading Fair-2 to G5. Average grade is AG3. Includes 1794, 1795 Plain Edge, 1798 (2), 1800/179, 1801, 1802, 1803,