The Pre Long Beach Auction

1856 N-3 R1. VF-35. Italic 5. Rim Cud at Stars 12-13. Glossy light chocolate brown with frosty lighter brown toning in some of the protected areas. Th

1856 N-4 R2. AU-50. Italic 5. Very attractive glossy medium brown and light chocolate. The obverse is flawless but the reverse has a spot of very fine

1856 N-6 R1. AU-50. Upright 5. Sharpness near mint state but lightly cleaned and nicely retoned glossy olive brown and chocolate. Satiny luster covers

1856 N-10 R1. AU-50. Upright 5. Sharpness near mint state but lightly cleaned, now retoned frosty olive and light chocolate. The obverse is several sh

1856 N-12 R1+. AU-58. Upright 5. Frosty light chocolate brown mixed with darker steel and olive brown toning. No notable defects, just the slightest t

1856 N-13 R2. VF-30. Italic 5 with Obverse Rim Cud at stars 9-11. Glossy medium brown. Smooth and attractive with only minor contact marks. The notabl

1856 N-17 R2. NGC graded MS-64 Red & Brown. Italic 5. Frosty bluish steel and light olive brown with 15% of the mellowed mint red remaining, mos...

1856 N-21 R2. MS-60. Italic 5. Frosty steel brown and chocolate. Great eye appeal for the grade, virtually flawless. A hint of darker steel toning on

Quartette of 1856 Cents grading EF40 to EF45. Includes N-1 E-MDS (b), N-11 MDS (b), N-14 very rare EDS (a), and N-19 EDS (a). The second has an Uprigh

Group of Nine 1856 Cents grading F15 to VF35. Average grade is VF25. Includes N-6, N-7, N-9, N-10, N-12, N-16, N-18 (2), and N-20. Six have an Upright