The Pre Long Beach Auction

1854 N-20 R3 Stray 1 Punched into Dentils AU50. Glossy medium brown with frosty luster remaining in protected areas. There are a dozen small spots of

1854 N-21 R2 Repunched 185 MS60. This is a lustrous mint state cent that is covered with a thin layer of lacquer to protect the frosty red color that

1854 N-22 R4 MS60+. Lustrous light bluish steel brown with 15% of the mint red remaining, mostly on the obverse. Choice except for a shallow dig at th

1854 N-23 R2 AU58. Mint state sharpness but there is a stain of reddish chocolate toning at UNI to the tip of the wreath ribbon. Otherwise this cent i

1854 N-23 R2 MS60+. Frosty bluish steel brown with traces of original mint red remaining on both sides. The surfaces are satiny and quite attractive.

1854 N-24 R2+ VF35. Five points sharper with a few nicks on the obverse and a stain of dark steel toning in the field right of the main curl. EDS, die

1854 N-24 R2+. PCGS graded MS-64 Brown. Lustrous light olive and bluish steel brown with traces of mint color in protected areas, mostly on the revers

1854 N-25 R3 Stray 4 in Curl over 4 MS62. Glossy medium steel brown with at least 10% of the mint color remaining on the obverse. The fields are cover

1854 N-26 R3+ MS60. Glossy chocolate and steel brown. Satiny luster covers the fields on both sides. The only notable marks are a light diagonal hairl

1854 N-27 R3 MS60+. Lustrous steel brown with delicate overtones of light bluish steel in protected areas. There is a small struck-through line on the