The Pre Long Beach Auction

1798 S-155 R3 Style I Hair with Small 8, Reverse of 1796 VG7. Glossy chocolate brown. No corrosion or verdigris, only scattered small contact marks co

1798 S-157 R2 Style I Hair with Small 8 VG10. Ten points sharper but covered with fine granularity that dulls the natural gloss. No verdigris, and the

1798 S-161 R2 Style I Hair with Small 8 VG7. Sharpness near F12 but lightly corroded, then gently burnished and retoned. No verdigris or notable conta

1798 S-162 R4 Style I Hair with Small 8 VG8. Sharpness F15 but covered with fine porosity, strongest on the upper edge of the bust and at D-S. No mark

1798 S-163 R4 Style I Hair with Small 8 VG10. Sharpness VF25 but dark and covered with uniform moderately strong granularity. No marks or verdigris. S

1798 S-163 R4 Style I Hair with Small 8 G6. Sharpness VG10 but dull thanks to uniform extremely fine roughness under a slightly glossy dark greenish o

1798 S-165 R4 Style II Hair with Large 8 VG7. Several points sharper with tiny pits scattered over both sides, strongest near the rim before the chin

1798 S-166 R1 Style II Hair with Large 8 VG10. A couple points sharper but there are two shallow digs in the field before the nose and another under t

1798 S-166 R1 Style II Hair with Large 8 VG8. Sharpness F15 but the obverse is covered with light contact marks including a stronger scratch from the

1798 S-167 R1 Style II Hair with Large 8 VG10. Glossy chocolate and light olive brown. A small planchet void on the bust, a couple tiny splashes of da

1798 S-170 R3 Style II Hair with Small 8 VG8. Glossy medium chocolate brown. Smooth with no notable defects, only minor contact marks consistent with

1798 S-174 R2 Style II Hair with Small 8 F15. Sharpness VF35 with a half dozen small patches of light corrosion and shallow greenish verdigris on both

1798 S-174 R2 Style II Hair with Small 8 VG8. Sharpness VF20 but there are numerous light rim dents on both sides and the surfaces are covered with fi

1798 S-179 R2 VF20+. Variety with E over Inverted E in AMERICA. Slightly sharper but there is a collection of very tiny scratches at RTY and a barely

1798 S-184 R1 Style II Hair with Small 8 EF40. Sharpness EF45 or slightly better but there is hairline scratch from just under the earlobe to the jaw

1798 S-184 R1 Style II Hair with Small 8 VG8. Rather glossy chocolate and olive brown. The surfaces are decent but not perfectly smooth showing extrem

1798 S-185 R2 Small 8 with Style II Hair. ANACS graded VF-20. Glossy chocolate and olive brown. No roughness or verdigris, only trivial contact marks,

1798 S-185 R2 Small 8 with Style II Hair G6. Slightly sharper but covered with very fine roughness that dulls the natural gloss. No notable verdigris

1799/8 S-188 R4 Overdate 9 over 8 VG7. Very slightly sharper but there is a light rim bruise left of the lower end of the hair ribbon and over the opp

1799 S-189 R2 VG8. Very attractive glossy medium chocolate brown. Smooth surfaces that are void of any hint of corrosion or verdigris. Only trivial co