The Pre Long Beach Sale

1796 S-97 R3+ Draped Bust. Fine-15. Misaligned Dies. Five points sharper with a couple fine hairline scratches down the neck, another short one in the

1796 S-97 R3+ Draped Bust VF20. VF-20. Sharpness VF35 with extremely fine roughness covering the planchet plus shallow pitting at F-A, under the secon

1796 S-97 R3+ Draped Bust. Fine-15 Plus. Sharpness VF20 with a few too many light nicks for the higher grade, including a dull rim nick over the left

1796 S-98 R5 Draped Bust. Fine-15. Glossy chocolate brown with smooth, nearly mark-free surfaces. Possibly lightly cleaned long ago, but the color is

1796 S-98 R5 Draped Bust. VF-25. Slightly sharper with a few fine hairline scratches on the obverse, including a couple at the top of the neck, anothe

1796 S-99 R5+ Draped Bust. EF-40. Noyes Plate Coin. At least 10 points sharper with uniform extremely fine granularity under a rather glossy patina of

1796 S-99 R5+ Draped Bust. Fine-12. Sharpness VF20 but covered with very fine granularity. No verdigris. The only notable marks are a tiny planchet ch

1796 S-99 R5+ Draped Bust. VG-10. Sharpness near VF20 with some small, shallow pitmarks on the portrait and very fine granularity covering the fields

1796 NC-4 R5+ Draped Bust. Fine-15. Ten points sharper with extremely fine corrosion covering most of the planchet plus small patches of very light re

1796 NC-4 R5+ Draped Bust. VG-8. Fairly glossy dark chocolate brown with steel brown toning on the highpoints. The surfaces are mostly smooth and free

1796 S-100 R5+ Draped Bust. EF-40. Breen Plate Coin. Glossy steel brown and chocolate with traces of frosty lighter brown toning in protected areas. S

1796 S-100 R5+ Draped Bust. Good-4. The obverse is slightly sharper while the reverse is a bit weaker, the G4 grade an average of the two. Rather glos

1796 S-101 R5- Draped Bust. VF-20. Close to VF25 but there is a thin vertical planchet fissure from the bust down to the rim below, as struck. Otherwi

1796 S-102 R4 Draped Bust. EF-40 Plus. Plated in Penny Whimsy and Breen. Sharpness EF45 with a few too many light contact marks on the obverse for the

1796 S-103 R4+ Draped Bust with LIHERTY Obverse. EF-40. Plated in Early American Cents. Choice glossy chocolate and light olive brown with traces of f

1796 S-104 R3+ Draped Bust with LIHERTY Obverse. EF-40. Plated in Early American Cents, Penny Whimsy, and Noyes. Ten points sharper with patches of ve

1796 S-104 R3+ Draped Bust with LIHERTY Obverse. Good-5. Possible Discovery Coin for Terminal Die State. Nice glossy chocolate and light olive brown w

1796 S-105 R5+ Draped Bust. VF-25. Repunched 6. Sharpness EF45 with very fine roughness mostly hidden under a glossy patina of dark olive and steel br

1796 S-106 R5- Draped Bust. VF-25. Five points sharper but there is a rim bruise left of the lower curls, a smaller one left of the L in LIBERTY, a du

1796 S-107 R5+ Draped Bust. Sharpness F15 but covered with microscopic porosity that impairs the natural gloss of the patina, strongest over TATES. Th