The Pre Long Beach Auction

1849 N-4 R1 EF45. Frosty chocolate and steel brown with light brown toning in protected areas. No defects. Rare EDS, die state a, without any cracks o

1849 N-4 R1 MS62. Frosty light steel brown with traces of faded mint red on the obverse, 15% of the red remaining on the reverse. The only mark, and i

1849 N-4 R1 EF45. Glossy chocolate and steel brown with frosty mint luster in protected areas. The only marks are a light nick on the rim over F in OF

1849 N-4 R1 MS60. Highly lustrous golden light olive brown. Would rate a higher grade except for a light scrape in the dentils at TES plus a tiny rim

1849 N-5 R4- MS60. Frosty bluish steel brown with 5-10% of the mint red remaining. The fields are covered with attractive satiny mint luster. There is

1849 N-5 R4- EF40. Five points sharper with a few too many light contact marks on the obverse for the higher grade, including a tiny scratch just left

1849 N-7 R4 Repunched 18 MS60. Lustrous bluish steel brown with satiny surfaces and hints of very faded mint red in a couple protected areas. No spots

1849 N-7 R4 Repunched 18 AU50. Frosty steel brown and chocolate with a few peeps of faded mint red on both sides and a swipe of darker steel toning on

1849/8 N-8 R2 So-called Overdate 9 over 8 MS62. Highly lustrous bluish steel brown with traces of mint red in protected areas. There is a small spot o

1849/8 N-8 R2 So-called Overdate 9 over 8 VF25+. Sharpness VF35 with a rim bruise above star 6 and several light rim nicks, strongest at CA in AMERICA