The Pre Long Beach Auction

1852 N-14 R1 Repunched Date EF40. Very slightly sharper with some very fine carbon dust between stars 6 & 7 and a pinprick in the hair under the...

1852 N-15 R3 MS60. Lustrous medium brown with at least 25% of the red remaining on the reverse. Would rate a grade a few points higher except for some

1852 N-15 R3 VF35. Five points sharper with some small contact marks on each side, the strongest ones at the base of EN in CENT. Glossy steel brown an

1852 N-16 R1 AU50. Slightly sharper with some extremely tiny pinpricks on the cheek under the eye and some more high on the neck. Frosty light steel b

1852 N-16 R1. PCGS graded MS-64 Red. Blazing bright original mint red just starting to fade to steel brown on the highpoints, at least 90% of the orig

1852 N-16 R1 AU55. Frosty light steel brown with hints of faded mint color in a few protected areas. A tiny planchet flake in the field close off the

1852 N-17 R1 Repunched 1 MS64+. Mint red fading to light steel brown, about two-thirds of the faded mint color remaining. Just a few trivial defects f

1852 N-18 R3 MS64. Highly lustrous mint red with blue steel toning covering the highpoints, nearly half the red remaining. A tiny, very light curved s

1852 N-20 R3+. PCGS graded MS-66 Brown. Lustrous light chocolate and bluish steel brown with at least 5% of the mint color remaining. A faint pinscrat

1852 N-20 R3 F15. Ten points sharper with short hairline scratches and small nicks covering much of the face and neck. The remainder of the planchet i