The Pre Long Beach Sale

1800 S-202 R4+. NGC graded Good-5 Plus. Glossy chocolate and olive brown. Smooth and attractive with no hint of corrosion and just a few trivial conta

1800 S-203 R3. Fine-15. Sharpness VF20 but covered with microscopic contact marks. The only marks visible without the aid of a strong glass are a dull

1801 S-215 R4+. VG-10 Plus. Sharpness F15 with traces of very fine roughness on the obverse. No verdigris, and the roughness is not visible without th

1801 S-223 R1. Fine-15. Error Denominator 1/000. Sharpness EF40 but lightly corroded with traces of shallow greenish verdigris showing in some of the

1802 S-225 R3. VF-20. Very slightly sharper but there are some tiny pinpricks around STATES. These marks are visible only with the aid of a glass and

1802 S-231 R1 Stemless Wreath. Fine-12. Slightly sharper but covered with uniform microscopic roughness. No verdigris, and the only marks are a dull r

1802 S-241 R1 Stemless Wreath and Doubled Fraction Bar. VF-20. Sharpness EF40 but there are a half dozen old pinscratches in the left obverse field an

1803 S-250 R3. VF-20. Sharpness VF30 or slightly better but lightly cleaned and retoned using sulfur. No marks or verdigris, but the sulfur treatment

1803 S-258 R1. VG-10. Large Fraction. Sharpness EF40 but covered with uniform fine to moderate granularity. No marks or verdigris. The date and device

1805 S-267 R1. PCGS graded AU-58. The obverse is frosty tan and light brown with darker steel brown toning in the highpoints. The reverse is frosty ch

1806 S-270 R1. VG-10. Sharpness VF35 but dark and lightly corroded with specks of greenish verdigris scattered over both sides. A rim nick under the r

1807 S-271 R1. VG-10 Plus. Comet Obverse. Choice glossy light chocolate brown. Smooth and very attractive with only trivial contact marks, mostly tiny

1807/6 S-273 R1 Overdate Large 7 over 6. PCGS graded MS-63 Red & Brown. Beautiful lustrous steel brown and chocolate faded down from mint red wi...

1808 S-278 R3. PCGS graded MS-62 Brown. Turban Head. Lustrous light chocolate and steel brown with hints of faded mint color peeking through in a coup

1810 S-282 R2. VG-10. Turban Head. Steel and olive brown. The surfaces are decent and appear perfectly smooth to the unaided eye, but a glass reveals

1813 S-292 R2. VF-20. Turban Head. Sharpness VF30 but covered with extremely fine roughness. No verdigris, only a few minor contact marks, including a

Group of 6 Early Large Cents, 1794-1812. Includes: 1794 S-19b R4 Head of 1793 Basal State-1, 1794 S-63 R2 Fair-2, 1798/7 S-152 R2 Overdate 8 over 7 VF

Group of 25 Large Cents 1795-1851. Grades range from Basal State-1 to VG8 with an average grade of AG3. Includes 1795, 1797 (2), 1798 (6), 1802, 1803

Group of 13 Early Large Cents, 1797-1813. Grades range from Fair-2 to G6 with an average grade of AG3. Includes: 1797 (2), 1798 (3), 1800, 1802, 1803,

Group of 4 Large Cents, 1798-1805. Includes: 1798 S-166 G5, 1800/179 S-196 G5, 1803 S-260 Large Fraction G6, and 1805 S-269 Pointed 1 G5. A decent gro