The Pre Long Beach Auction

1848 N-9 R1 MS64. Mint red fading to steel brown on the highpoints, half the original color remaining. Four tiny specks of darker toning under star 7

1848 N-9 R1 EF45. Sharpness AU50 or slightly better but lightly cleaned and retoned lustrous reddish chocolate brown with hints of bluish steel overto

1848 N-9 R1 EF45+. Sharpness AU50 with a few too many tiny nicks on the obverse for the higher grade. The nicks are located on the cheek and in the fi

1848 N-10 R3 MS60. Glossy chocolate brown with lots of underlying very faded mint red, especially on the obverse. The only mark is a small spot of dar

1848 N-11 R5 EF40. Five points sharper with a few too many light nicks for the higher grade. These include a dull, light rim nick above star 5 and ano

1848 N-11 R5 AU50+. Very attractive frosty medium brown with satiny luster covering the fields and protected areas and peeps of original mint red rema

1848 N-11 R5 AU55. Very close to mint state with a small, sharp rim nick at star 12 and a speck of reddish verdigris in the field under star 7. Otherw

1848 N-12 R1 MS62+. Lustrous light steel brown with at least 20% of the red remaining, mostly on the reverse. There is an extremely faint scuff on the

1848 N-13 R4+ MS60. Frosty light steel brown with a couple peeps of very faded mint red on the reverse. A small spot of reddish carbon in the field ri

1848 N-13 R4+ MS60. Lustrous medium brown with satiny mint frost in protected areas and hints of very faded mint color remaining in a couple of the mo