The Pre Long Beach Sale

1797 NC-3 R6-. VG-8. Sharpness near VF20 but covered with fine granularity that’s mostly hidden under a glossy dark olive brown patina. The highpoints

1797 S-123 R4. MS-60 Plus. Glossy steel brown and chocolate, the toning very delicately mottled with the slightly darker toning showing in the microsc

1797 S-124 R5+. Fine-15. Very slightly sharper with microscopic roughness in the reverse fields and protected areas, and the roughness is mostly hidde

1797 S-125 R5. VF-20. Sharpness VF35 with patches of very fine corrosion, mostly at the fraction and STA in STATES. No verdigris or contact marks, but

1797 S-125 R5. Fine-15 Plus. Sharpness VF20 with a few very fine hairline parallel hairline scratches slanting across the head from the back of the he

1797 S-126 R3. EF-45. Very attractive glossy medium brown and chocolate. The surfaces are smooth and nearly flawless except for a very light dusting o

1797 S-126 R3 AU50+. AU-50 Plus. Breen Plate Coin. Choice glossy chocolate brown with underlying frosty mint luster in protected areas. Flawless surfa

1797 S-126 R3. VF-35. Very attractive glossy medium brown and chocolate. The surfaces are smooth and virtually free of defects. The best identifying m

1797 S-127 R4. PCGS graded AU-55. Double Struck. Sharpness AU50 with a line of contact marks in the dentils right of the bust tip and faint roughness

1797 S-127 R4. Fine-15 Plus. Five points sharper with microscopic porosity covering much of the planchet. No contact marks and only traces of very lig

1797 S-127 R4. Fine-15. Nice glossy chocolate brown with steel brown toning on the highpoints. The only marks are a few very fine horizontal hairline

1797 S-127 R4. VG-8 Plus. Sharper by a point or two but there are a couple very light pinscratches in the hair and two more that are a bit stronger me

1797 S-128 R3- M over E in AMERICA. EF-40. Five points sharper with a trio of very tiny pinpricks in the field close before the eye plus a small rim n

1797 S-129 R5+ M over E in AMERICA. VF-35. Five points sharper with a few tiny rim nicks on both sides plus a dull diagonal nick at the right top of t

1797 S-130 R2. EF-40. Sharpness EF45 or slightly better but there are too many light contact marks for the higher grade, including a couple light hair

1797 NC-8 R8+ (Unique) Stemless Wreath. VF-20 Plus. Breen and Noyes Plate Coin. Sharpness VF30 but the surfaces are covered with minute roughness that

1797 S-131 R2+ Stemless Wreath. VF-25. Clipped Planchet. Ten points sharper but covered with light contact marks, including tiny nicks and faint hairl

1797 S-132 R5+ Stemless Wreath. Sharpness VF35 with a few light rim bruises, mostly on the reverse, a pair of dull nicks on the forehead, a short, lig

1797 S-133 R5 Stemless Wreath. VF-20. Sharpness VF30 but there is a scuff of old, light scratches on the portrait, all blending perfectly into the nat

1797 NC-7 R8+ (Unique). VG-7. Noyes and Breen Plate Coin. Sharpness F12 but covered with nearly uniform fine granularity. There is a small patch of li