The Pre Long Beach Auction

1845 N-1 R4 EF45+. Glossy chocolate and darker steel brown with faded mint red in protected areas of the reverse. The only marks are a tiny pinprick h

1845 N-2 R1 MS60+. Glossy bluish steel brown with smooth, slightly reflective fields. A tiny splash of darker olive toning shows midway between star 1

1845 N-3 R4 MS60. Glossy bluish steel brown with traces of faded mint red in protected areas. The fields are smooth and attractive, although the obver

1845 N-4 R1 EF40. Slightly sharper with some microscopic contact marks on the obverse, including a faint vertical scuff on the neck. Great eye appeal

1845 N-4 R1 MS62+. Glossy steel brown and chocolate with 25% of the original mint red remaining. Choice except for a small, light nick on the right en

1845 N-5 R1 VF30. Ten points sharper with light nicks scattered about both sides and small rim bruises at ED and under the stem tip. Glossy chocolate

1845 N-5 R1 MS63. Mint red fading to light steel brown, about half the original color remaining. There is a long, very light nick down the cheek under

1845 N-6 R2 MS63+. Lustrous light steel brown with overtones of bluish steel and 5% of the mint red remaining on the obverse, 50% on the reverse. The

1845 N-7 R5 Repunched 84. PCGS graded MS-64 Brown. Attractive glossy chocolate and light olive brown with traces of mint red remaining on the obverse,

1845 N-7 R5 EF40. Five points sharper with some light nicks on both sides, including small rim nicks at stars 1, 8, 12, and over IT in UNITED. Frosty