The Pre Long Beach Auction

1848 N-27 R2. AU-58. Lustrous light chocolate brown with hints of underlying faded mint color showing through in protected areas on the obverse. A bea

1848 N-28 R1. AU-58. Glossy chocolate and olive with frosty light reddish steel brown and mint red in protected areas. Excellent eye appeal, very clos

1848 N-30 R5. VF-35. Sharpness EF45 but lightly cleaned and nicely retoned glossy light chocolate brown. No spots or stains, just a few light contact

1848 N-30 R5. VF-20 Plus. Slightly sharper with some minor contact marks, including a dull, faint scratch that skips through stars 6-8 and a couple ti

1848 N-30 R5. Fine-15. Slightly sharper but the obverse is covered with tiny contact marks, none notable but too many to ignore. Glossy chocolate and

1848 N-32 R5. VF-20. Five points sharper with some light nicks on the face and neck, none notable but too many to ignore. A pair of very tiny rim nick

1848 N-33 R5. VF-30. Sharper by at least 5 points with too many light contact marks on the obverse for the higher grade. These include a faint hairlin

1848 N-38 R3. MS-60. Frosty chocolate and steel with hints of faded mint color in some of the protected areas, mostly on the reverse. The surfaces are

1848 N-39 R5. VF-20. Glossy chocolate and light olive brown. No roughness, only some tiny contact marks. These include a dull, light horizontal scrape

1848 N-41 R1. NGC graded MS-65 Brown. Lustrous light olive and bluish steel brown with traces of mint color showing on the obverse while 10% of the re

Pair of Rare 1848 Varieties. Includes N-42 EDS VG10+ and N-44 MDS (die state b) VG8. Both are nice glossy brown and chocolate with clear attribution p

Quartette of Scarce-Rare 1848 Varieties. Includes N-26 MDS (b) VF20, N-34 MDS VG10, N-36 EDS (a) VG8, and N-37 F15. All are slightly sharper with mino

Trio of Scarce 1848 Die Varieties. Includes N-26 F15, N-32 VG7, and N-42 VG8. The first is slightly sharper with minor defects while the other 2 are n

Group of Five 1848 Cents grading VF30 to EF40. Average grade is VF35. Includes N-1 E-MDS (b), N-17 E-MDS (b), N-29 MDS (b), N-35 M-LDS (c), and N-40 E

Group of 5 Scarce 1848 Die Varieties. Includes N-4 EDS (a) VG7, N-13 MDS (a) VF25, N-14 E-MDS (a) F12, N-15 EDS (a) F12, and N-31 M-LDS (d) VF25. Some

Group of Twenty 1848 Large Cents grading VG-VF. Average grade is F12. Some are slightly sharper with minor defects, but overall this is a decent group

1849 N-1 R4. EF-45. Very attractive glossy medium brown and light chocolate with frosty luster covering the protected areas, especially on the reverse

1849 N-2 R2. MS-60. Lustrous light chocolate and steel brown with overtones of bluish steel, especially on the upper half of the obverse. About 10% of

Trio of 1849 Cents grading VF35+ to EF40. Includes N-2 M-LDS (z), N-4 M-LDS (c), and N-5 MDS (d late). All are sharper but nicely recolored. Lot of 3

1849 N-8 R2. EF-45. The so-called 9 over 8 Overdate. Close to AU50 but there is a tiny scratch near the dentils at star 13. Glossy chocolate and darke