The Pre Long Beach Auction

1849 N-12 R1 MS60+. Choice lustrous bluish steel brown with a few faint peps of underlying faded mint red on the obverse. There is a barely visible sc

1849 N-14 R3- MS60. Glossy steel brown and chocolate with delicate overtones of bluish steel and hints of very faded underlying red in a few protected

1849 N-16 R5 VF30. Sharpness EF40 or slightly better with some nicks and dull hairline scratches on the cheek plus several light rim nicks and bruises

1849 N-16 R5 AU50. Slightly sharper but there is a diagonal nick left of the earlobe and patches of microscopic pinpricks at the browlock and cheek. F

1849 N-17 R4 MS60. Glossy steel brown with a third of the mint red remaining. Would rate a higher grade if not for a dull scrape on the highpoints at

1849 N-17 R4 AU55. Glossy medium brown with satiny mint frost and traces of faded red in protected areas of the reverse. The best identifying marks ar

1849 N-18 R6 Proof-Only. PCGS graded Proof 65 Red & Brown. Very attractive light bluish steel brown faded down from mint color with 30% of the r...

1849 N-19 R4. PCGS graded MS-64 Red & Brown. Frosty mint red fading to steel and olive on the devices, at least two-thirds of the mellowed mint ...

1849 N-20 R1 EF45+. Glossy medium brown with frosty lighter brown covering the protected areas. A small splash of darker olive brown toning in the fie

1849 N-20 R1 MS63. Frosty bluish steel brown with nearly a third of the mint red remaining, mostly on the obverse. The only notable defect is a small