The Pre Long Beach Auction

1851/81 N-3 R1 51 over 81. NGC graded MS-64 Brown. Frosty light steel brown with darker steel brown toning on the highpoints. Satiny and quite attract

1851/81 N-3 R1 51 over 81. NGC graded MS-65 Brown. Lustrous light chocolate and medium brown with darker bluish steel overtones. Generous traces of fa

1851 N-4 R1 Repunched 1's. PCGS graded MS-65 Brown. Lustrous bluish steel and light chocolate with generous traces of mint color remaining on bo...

1851 N-8 R3 EF45. Glossy medium brown and reddish chocolate. Frosty luster covers the protected areas. The only marks are a thin horizontal streak of

1851 N-13 R1. PCGS graded MS-64 Brown. Lustrous chocolate and olive brown, the reverse several shades darker than the obverse, with 10% of the mint co

1851 N-15 R2. PCGS graded MS-64 Brown. Highly lustrous bluish steel and chocolate with traces of mellowed mint red remaining on the reverse. Satiny mi

1851 N-20 R3 Repunched 1's. NGC graded MS-65 Brown. Choice glossy medium chocolate brown. The fields and protected areas are covered with satiny...

1851 N-20 R3 Repunched 1's. NGC graded MS-64 Brown. Lustrous bluish steel and light chocolate with slightly lighter golden brown toning on the r...

1851 N-22 R4. PCGS graded MS-64 Brown. Lustrous light steel brown with traces of mint red remaining on both sides. There is a small spot of slightly d

1851 N-25 R3 AU50. Close to mint state, and the luster is consistent with a mint state grade, but there is a faint, mint-made planchet lamination from

1851 N-29 R2 EF40. Five points sharper with a rim bruise over star 9 and a shallow planchet flake or nick on the jaw over the throat. Glossy medium br

1851 N-30 R2. PCGS graded MS-64 Brown Plus. Lustrous steel brown with traces of mint color remaining on the obverse and at least 10% of the red remain

1851 N-37 R4 AU50. Very close to mint state sharpness but dipped long ago, now nicely retoned lustrous steel brown and light chocolate with peeps of v

1851 N-39 R3 EF45. Glossy light chocolate brown and steel with frosty luster covering the protected areas. A spot of very fine carbon on the rim above

1851 N-41 R4. NGC graded AU-53. Glossy medium chocolate brown. The only defects are a nick on the tip of the nose and some shallow verdigris at ITE in

1851 N-45 R4+ AU50. Sharpness near mint state but lightly cleaned and retoning uniform golden light brown. No spots or stains, and the only mark is a

Quartette of PCGS slabbed cents, 1851-1856. Includes an 1851 N-13 R1 EDS (state a) graded MS62 Brown (our grade AU50); 1854 N-19 R3 MDS (state c) grad

Quartette of NGC slabbed cents, 1851-1855. Includes 1851 N-18 R1 LDS (state c) graded MS62 Brown (our grade is AU55); 1852 N-6 R2 EDS (state a) graded

1852 N-21 R4. PCGS graded MS-63 Brown. Choice glossy medium brown with slightly darker steel brown toning on the highpoints and generous traces of min

1853 N-33 R2 Repunched 1 AU55. Very attractive lustrous medium brown and steel. Sharply struck and nearly flawless. The only marks are a couple tiny s