The Pre Long Beach Auction

1802 S-231 R1 Stemless Wreath VG10. Sharpness VF20 but covered with microscopic roughness, mostly microscopic pitmarks. No verdigris, and the only not

1802 S-232 R1 VG10. Sharpness F15 or slightly better but cleaned and retoned glossy chocolate and lighter steel brown. No corrosion or verdigris, but

1802 S-236 R1 F12. Sharpness VF30 but covered with uniform very fine granularity. No verdigris, and the only marks are a small chip at the junction of

1802 S-239 R3 G5. Very slightly sharper but there is a dull pitmark or planchet void under BE in LIBERTY and some fine hairline scratches at the top o

1802 S-241 R1 Stemless Wreath with Doubled Fraction Bar VG7. Sharpness F15 or slightly better but the surfaces are dull and covered with uniform fine

1802 S-242 R2 VF20. Sharpness VF25 or slightly better but there is a lot of dirt caked into protected areas on the reverse. A dull rim nick over the L

1802 S-242 R2 G6. Struck 30% Off Center. Sharpness VF25 but dark and covered with fine to moderate granularity. In addition, there are a half dozen pa

Trio of 1801 & 1802 Cents. Includes 1801 S-220 R3 Error Fraction 1/000 G5, 1802 S-230 R1 VG8, and 1802 S-240 R3 LDS AG3. The first is slightly ...

1803 S-243 R2 Stemless Wreath with Double Fraction Bar F15. Sharpness VF30 but covered with extremely faint roughness under a glossy dark olive and st

1803 S-244 R4 VG8. Sharpness F12 but covered with faint roughness under a slightly glossy very dark steel and olive patina. No verdigris, and the only

1803 S-253 R2 VG8. Sharpness F15 or slightly better but covered with extremely fine porosity, strongest at the top of TE in UNITED and RIC in AMERICA.

1803 S-257 R2 Large Fraction F12. Slightly sharper but a glass reveals extremely faint roughness under the rather glossy chocolate and dark steel toni

1803 S-258 R1 Large Fraction VF20. Ten points sharper but cleaned and retoned glossy dark olive and steel mixed with lighter chocolate brown. There ar

1803 S-258 R1 Large Fraction VG10. Glossy chocolate brown and steel. Smooth surfaces with only a few minor marks consistent with the grade. The notabl

Pair of 1803 Cents with Large Fraction grading G6. Includes S-259 R4 EDS and S-260 R1 MDS. Both are sharper with defects but have a clear date. Lot of

1804 S-266c R2 G4. Considerably sharper where the designs were protected by strong cud breaks, but very fine roughness covers the fields and protected

1805 S-268 R3 VG8. Sharpness VF25 but covered with far too many contact marks for the sharpness grade. A dull nick on the rim left of the lowest curl

1806 S-270 R1 VG10. Sharpness F15 or slightly better but there is some light corrosion in the field behind the portrait plus raised verdigris behind t

1807 S-275 R3 Large Fraction. PCGS graded AU-58. Very attractive frosty chocolate brown with lustrous lighter steel brown faded down from mint color i

1808 S-279 R1 F15+. Turban Head. Sharpness VF25 with traces of extremely fine roughness well hidden under a glossy dark olive and steel patina. The hi