The Pre Long Beach Sale

1796 NC-6 R8 Draped Bust. About Good-3. Breen Plate Coin. A couple points sharper but dark and covered with fine granularity. A hairline scratch from

1796 S-118 R5+ Draped Bust F15. Fine-15. Slightly sharper but lightly cleaned and retoned glossy bluish steel brown and chocolate with traces of very

1796 S-118 R5+ Draped Bust. EF-40. Five points sharper but the toning is a bit dark and not as glossy as you would except for such a sharp coin, and t

1796 S-119 R3 Draped Bust. PCGS graded MS-64 Brown. Choice glossy medium brown with steel brown highpoints and frosty mint luster in protected areas.

1796 NC-7 R8- Draped Bust with Stemless Wreath. PCGS graded Fair-2. Nice glossy chocolate brown. The surfaces are smooth and very nice for the grade,

A display of 5 Gallery Mint products (reproductions) to illustrate the various steps required to produce the half cent struck over a cut-down example.

1797 C-3b Half Cent with Lettered Edge R4. Good-6. A normally struck half cent of the same variety that was overstruck on the cut-down 1796 NC-7 large

1797 NC-1 R7 Reverse of 1796. Good-6. Sharpness F12 or slightly better but covered with uniform fine to moderate porosity. The only mark is a light ri

1797 S-120a R3 Reverse of 1796 with Plain (Partially Beaded) Edge. PCGS graded EF-45. Lightly cleaned and nicely retoned a glossy chocolate and light

1797 S-120b R2 Reverse of 1796 with Gripped Edge. PCGS graded AU-55. Slightly sharper with several fine parallel planchet striations slanting through

1797 S-121a R7 Reverse of 1796 with Plain Edge. Good-5. The obverse is slightly better while the reverse is a bit weaker, as usual due to the worn-out

1797 S-121b R3- Reverse of 1796 with Gripped Edge. VG-10. Sharpness near VF30 but covered with fine granularity, and there is a patch of fine porosity

1797 S-121b R3- Reverse of 1796 with Gripped Edge. VF-35. Slightly sharper with some very fine roughness in the field before the nose and forehead. No

1797 S-122 R5+. VG-10. A couple points sharper with a dozen tiny pitmarks scattered about the upper half of the obverse, the largest a very shallow on

1797 S-122 R5+. Fine-15 Plus. Plated in Early American Cents, Penny Whimsy, Noyes, and Breen. Close to VF20 and listed at that grade by Del Bland in h

1797 S-122 R5+. Good-5. Nicely recolored glossy chocolate and olive brown. The surfaces are mostly smooth, just a few shallow pitmarks in the right ob

1797 S-122 R5+. Fair-2. Slightly sharper with minor roughness but no verdigris or significant marks. The best identifying marks are a small rim nick u

1797 NC-2 R6. VG-8. Sharpness VF30 or better but covered with uniform fine granularity that dulls the surfaces. No verdigris, and the only contact mar

1797 NC-2 R6. VG-10 Plus. Sharpness VF20 but covered with very fine porosity, the roughness so minor the surfaces remain rather glossy. No verdigris.

1797 NC-3 R6-. Good-5. Maybe a point sharper overall but the surfaces are covered with very fine roughness, mostly in the fields and protected areas.