The Pre Long Beach Auction

1840 N-12 R2. NGC graded MS-65 Brown. Small Date. Lustrous dark bluish steel brown with slightly faded mint red covering the protected areas on the ob

Pair of 1840 Cents. Includes N-8 Large Date LDS (die state d) with strong rim cud breaks from star 9 to star 13 grading VF30 net F15 for light contact

1841 N-2 R2. EF-40. Slightly sharper except for a dull diagonal nick under the earlobe. Otherwise this cent is very nice, nearly flawless. Frosty choc

1841 N-3 R2. EF-40. Slightly sharper but there are too many small nicks on the obverse for the sharpness grade, including a dull rim nick or planchet

1841 N-3 R2. VF-30. Sharpness EF40 but lightly cleaned long ago and now retoned glossy light to medium brown and chocolate with darker steel toning on

1841 N-4 R1. PCGS graded MS-65 Brown. Lustrous medium brown and light chocolate with traces of mint red showing on both sides. The surfaces are satiny

1841 N-4 R1. EF-40. Glossy chocolate and olive brown. Smooth and very attractive for the grade with no notable defects. M-LDS, die state c. The tiny d

1841 N-5 R3. VF-35. Glossy brown and light olive with frosty lighter brown in protected areas. Only trivial contact marks and a shallow planchet flake

1841 N-6 R1. MS-60. Lustrous light bluish steel and olive with underlying faded mint red bleeding through in the fields and protected areas on both si

1841 N-6 R1. AU-50 Plus. Choice glossy chocolate brown. Satiny mint frost covers the fields and protected areas and this cent offers outstanding eye a

1841 N-7 R2. EF-45. Five points sharper but there is a dull rim nick at the first S in STATES. Otherwise the surfaces are satiny and very attractive,

1842 N-2 R1. MS-60. Small Date. Lustrous golden light olive. Satiny and very attractive, but this piece may have been lightly dipped long ago and allo

1842 N-2 R1. AU-55. Small Date. Frosty olive brown and chocolate. A choice example, just a touch of friction on the highest points from mint state. E-

1842 N-3 R3. MS-60. Large Date. Lustrous golden light brown fading to chocolate on the obverse devices. Faded mint color covers the protected areas. N

1842 N-4 R2. EF-40 Plus. Large Date. Very attractive glossy chocolate and olive brown with traces of frosty luster showing in protected areas. Nearly

1842 N-5 R3. AU-50. Large Date. Sharpness very close to mint state but there is a small, dull scrape on the chin and a few tiny contact marks elsewher

1842 N-6 R1. MS-63. Large Date. Lustrous chocolate and light olive brown with generous traces of faded mint color showing through in the fields and pr

1842 N-6 R1. AU-50. Large Date. Frosty steel brown and light chocolate. Close to AU55 but there are a few microscopic contact marks on both sides, non

1842 N-7 R2. AU-55. Large Date. Very close to mint state but there is a very thin, crack-like planchet lamination extending from the dentils over star

1842 N-8 R1. AU-55. Large Date. Glossy steel and light chocolate brown with satiny mint frost covering the protected areas. A very thin diagonal nick