The Pre Long Beach Auction

1852 N-24 R8- Proof-Only. PCGS graded Proof 64 Brown. The obverse is reddish medium brown and chocolate with overtones of iridescent rose and violet.

1853 N-1 R2+ VF25. Very slightly sharper with a small rim dent over star 7. Otherwise very nice. Glossy medium brown. EDS, die state a. The fields ar

1853 N-1 R2+ MS60. Lustrous light bluish steel brown with 10% of the mint red remaining on the reverse. The only marks are a light rim nick left of st

1853 N-1 R2+ VF25. Five points sharper with a few light contact marks, including a small rim bruise under the 5 and a dull rim nick off the stem tip.

1853 N-2 R3 MS62. Frosty bluish steel and chocolate brown with generous traces of mint red remaining on the obverse. The surfaces are satiny and quite

1853 N-3 R1 MS62. Mint red toning to bluish steel brown, at least a third of the original color remaining. A few trivial defects, including a spot of

1853/3 N-4 R3+ Boldly Repunched 3. PCGS graded MS-64 Red & Brown. Frosty mint red fading to steel brown, a third of the mint color remaining on ...

1853/3 N-4 R3+ Boldly Repunched 3 AU50. Sharpness mint state but dipped, now retoned frosty light bluish steel brown with faded red in protected areas

1853/3 N-4 R3+ Boldly Repunched 3 EF40. Frosty light to medium brown. Very nice eye appeal for the grade, and it would be easy to argue for another 5

1853 N-5 R2- MS60. The obverse is glossy steel brown and chocolate while the reverse is lustrous bluish steel brown with faded mint red in protected a