The Pre Long Beach Auction

1847 N-3 R3 Repunched Date VF25+. Choice glossy medium brown. The notable marks are a thin horizontal nick right of the eye and a dull rim nick at 84.

1847 N-3 R3 Repunched Date EF45. Glossy medium brown with traces of frosty mint color in protected areas of the obverse. Excellent eye appeal for the

1847 N-3 R3 Repunched Date MS60. Glossy steel brown with delicate overtones of bluish steel and 10% of the mint red remaining, mostly on the reverse.

1847 N-4 R3 Repunched 18 MS63. Attractive lustrous light steel brown with hints of very faded mint color in protected areas of the obverse. The only m

1847 N-5 R3+ Repunched 84 MS60. Glossy medium brown with frosty sea-green overtones in protected areas. The fields are satiny and nearly flawless. The

1847 N-6 R1 Repunched 4 VF35. Glossy medium brown. There are a few trivial contact marks mixed in with some small low spots on each side. The notable

1847 N-6 R1 MS63. Mint red toning down to steel brown, nearly half the original color remaining. There is a tiny tick in the field under the outer hai

1847 N-7 R2+ VF35. Five points sharper but lightly cleaned and retoned steel brown and chocolate with steel toning on the highpoints and very faded ar

1847 N-7 R2+ MS63. Lustrous light steel brown with hints of underlying very faded mint red on both sides. The surfaces are satiny and very attractive.

1847 N-7 R2+ F15. Sharpness near VF20 with some light contact marks on the obverse. None of these marks is distracting, but there are too many for the