The Pre Long Beach Auction

1841 N-2 R2 EF45. Glossy medium brown with frosty lighter brown covering the protected areas. There is a dull nick or planchet flake on the rim at sta

1841 N-3 R2 MS60. Lustrous steel brown delicately woodgrained with medium brown on the obverse. The reverse has faded mint red in protected areas. No

1841 N-4 R1 MS62. Lustrous bluish steel brown with traces of faded mint red on the reverse. There is a small, very light nick in the field under star

1841 N-5 R3- VF30+. Sharpness EF40 with a light rim bruise under the date and another at NI in UNITED. Glossy chocolate brown with some darker chocola

1841 N-5 R3- AU55. Mint state sharpness but lightly cleaned and retoned golden tan and light brown with overtones of rose on the obverse. The reverse

1841 N-6 R1 VF25. Five points sharper with too many tiny nicks for the higher grade, none notable. A very thin diagonal nick under the left edge of th

1841 N-6 R1 MS60. Frosty bluish steel brown with satiny, lustrous surfaces and traces of faded mint red on both sides. There is a very faint vertical

1841 N-7 R2 EF40. Five points sharper with a small, light rim bruise at star 7 and another under the stem tip. Otherwise this cent is choice. Glossy m

1841 N-7 R2 MS60. Glossy bluish steel brown with very faded mint red in protected areas. The only marks are a faint, barely visible spot of darker ton

1841 N-7 R2 MS60+. Lustrous bluish steel brown with 20% of the slightly faded mint color remaining, mostly on the reverse. There is a tiny, very light

1841 N-7 R2 VG8+. Slightly sharper but the obverse was lightly cleaned and is now retoned glossy bluish steel brown. The reverse is glossy medium brow

1842 N-1 R7- (as a proof) Small Date. PCGS graded Proof 65 Brown. Light bluish steel brown with faded red tones covering the protected areas, especial

1842 N-2 R1 Small Date MS63. Lustrous bluish steel brown with 15-20% of the mint red remaining. There is a very faint scuff that barely alters the min

1842 N-3 R3 Large Date MS60. Glossy medium brown and steel with 5% of the red remaining, mostly on the reverse. There are a half dozen tiny spots of d

1842 N-4 R2 VF25. Slightly sharper with too many light nicks on the obverse for the higher grade, including a small pinprick just left of the peak of

1842 N-4 R2 MS60. Glossy medium brown delicately woodgrained with frosty lighter brown. There is a small, very thin nick in the field over the outer h

1842 N-5 R3+ MS63. Slightly faded mint red toning to bluish steel brown, more than a third of the mint color remaining, mostly on the reverse. There i

1842 N-6 R1 MS62. Faded mint red mellowing to light steel brown, about a third of the red remaining. Would rate a slightly higher grade but there are

1842 N-6 R1 MS62. Attractive frosty light steel brown with a trace of mint red on the obverse, at least 5% of the red remaining on the reverse. Covere

1842 N-7 R3+ MS60. Slightly faded mint red delicately toning to light steel brown on the highest points, at least half of the original color remaining