Goldberg Coins and Collectibles

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Seated Liberty Dollars

Lot	Photo	Description	Realized
Lot 404		Seated Liberty Dollar. 1842. MS-60 Plus. Actually resembles a proof at first glance. The strike is sharp, including full center points within the stars, and the fields are fully proof-like. Enough mint frost is detected, including between the stripes in the shield, to properly deem this a business strike; all is lightly toned which adds to its appeal. View details	Unsold
Lot 405		Seated Liberty Dollar. 1842. AU-58. Lovely gray color and well struck, but there is one hidden mark on Liberty, near her waist. On the reverse the rim has been carelessly filed along the left side, perhaps to hide some rim bumps and other disturbances. These large heavy coins often suffered from rim bumps and similar problems and were then repaired by persons of varying degrees of skill. View details	Unsold
Lot 406		Seated Liberty Dollar. 1842. AU-50. A most unusual offering which includes a 1963 large silver medal dedicated to Christian Gobrecht by T. Johnson featuring Gobrecht's seated Liberty obverse, with stars and other design elements, the reverse with a flying eagle amid stars as seen on the 1838 Pattern Silver Dollars. The silver medal weighs several ounces. The 1842 coin is very choice, and both are mounted in a custom Capital Plastics holder. View details	Realized $506
Lot 407		Seated Liberty Dollar. 1842. Fine-15. Natural gray and without problems. Nice rims and fields, with good collector appeal. View details	Realized $143
Lot 408		Seated Liberty Dollar. 1843. AU-50. Cleaned and retoned to a dark rose and purple with blue overtones. Minor tick marks on both sides and one that should be inspected by prospective bidders. Well struck and scarce. View details	Unsold
Lot 409		Seated Liberty Dollar. 1846. NGC graded AU-55. Lightly toned around the periphery, with some prooflike surfaces remaining in the fields. Boldly struck on Liberty and the eagle. Choice for the grade and a coin which only briefly circulated. View details	Realized $528
Lot 410		Seated Liberty Dollar. 1847. AU-55. Frosty and lustrous with a delicate rose gold color in the fields. Well struck and the only complaint are minor tick marks around the rims. View details	Realized $484
Lot 411		Seated Liberty Dollar. 1847. EF-45. Medium toning. View details	Unsold
Lot 412		Seated Liberty Dollar. 1849. AU-50. Cleaned and still a bit too bright, but not too harshly. There is a small rim mark on the reverse below NE of ONE. Sharply impressed and popular. View details	Unsold
Lot 413		Seated Liberty Dollar. 1850. AU-50. Reverse shows light hairlines from an old cleaning. Tiny rim nicks. View details	Realized $1,485
Lot 414		Seated Liberty Dollar. 1850. Sharpness of AU-50. However, the entire coin has been worked on, burnished and retoned. A glass reveals several disturbances, but the coin has a decent appearance without a glass. Weak from repair work on ONE, with several areas having heat damage. A rare date and always in demand, which is why every single 1850 Dollar is a sought-after commodity. Retoned to a medium gray color. View details	Unsold
Lot 415		Seated Liberty Dollar. 1850-O. VF-30. One of the scarce dates from this popular series. Medium gray toning, evenly distributed on both sides. One rim bump between stars nine and ten has been carefully filed down, not affecting the dentils or devices. One for the collector. View details	Unsold
Lot 416		Seated Liberty Dollar. 1851. PCGS graded Proof 64. Restrike. Centered date. One of approximately 15 known, this clearly one of the very best in existance. PCGS has only graded 4 coins this high, with none graded higher. In the toning department, this coin has little to cover over any problems, it's virtually untoned aside from a delicate whisper of color around the extreme periphery. Frosted devices float off the mirror fields. Trivial hairlines reside atop the fields, but we have far fewer here than normally encountered. Identifiable by a short lint mark on the first star and a barely visible spot in the field below F A of OF AMERICA. We are proud to offer one of the classic rarities of the Seated Dollar series, long recognized as such. These restrikes were created sometime after 1851 once early collectors found that no original 1851 Dollars were available, certain "friends" in the Philadelphia Mint set up another obverse die, this one with the date centered instead of very high as on the originals, and ran off a few more to meet demand, no doubt at a small profit. An important rarity in the finest available grade! View details	Unsold
Lot 417		Seated Liberty Dollar. 1853. EF-45. Repaired in the right obverse field probably to remove a mark or two, and with a tiny planchet flaw on the edge above the fourth star. Darkly toned and with some mottling in the colors. A scarce date which is still needed by many collectors. Well struck and worth inspecting. View details	Unsold
Lot 418		Seated Liberty Dollar. 1859-O. MS-60. A frosty and lustrous coin which is undoubtedly from the original bag which turned up in the 1960s. Well struck, and with nice eye-appeal. Minor rim marks, from banging around a bag for a century. View details	Realized $770
Lot 419		Seated Liberty Dollar. 1860-0. MS-60. A sparkling white frosty mint example. Virtually all Uncirculated examples trace their orgins to the early 1960's when bags of dollars were released for Christmas. View details	Unsold
Lot 420		Seated Liberty Dollar. 1863. Proof 60 plus. Retoned with a mottling of violet hues. Actually, quite attractive, the strike is needle sharp and the mirror surfaces contain hairlines that only can be detected under magnification. Popular low mintage Civil War year and a total of 460 proofs were struck. View details	Realized $1,100
Lot 421		Seated Liberty Dollar. 1867. NGC graded Proof 64. Untoned and a boldly made proof with good contrast from field to device. One of 142 struck in Proof, this one of the better survivors. Undoubtedly dipped at some time, but clearly better than most found today, this near gem is top of its class and a worthy acquisition. View details	Realized $3,960
Lot 422		Seated Liberty Dollar. 1868. NGC graded Proof 63. A pleasing proof example with good contrast between the mirror fields and the frosty devices. Some light hairlines and mostly untoned. One of only 600 proofs struck for this year. View details	Realized $2,310
Lot 423		Seated Liberty Dollar. 1871. Proof 60. Light hairlines are well concealed by the attractive medium violet toning. A total of 960 proofs were struck. View details	Realized $1,375
Lot 424		Seated Liberty Dollar. 1871. EF-45. Cleaned. View details	Unsold
Lot 425		Seated Liberty Dollar. 1872. MS-60. Untoned and lustrous, with a decent strike. One spot in the upper left obverse field, and a single tick mark on the shield. Seldom found in Mint State. View details	Unsold
Lot 426		Seated Liberty Dollar. 1872. AU-55. Well struck and lustrous with light contact marks scattered about and on the rims. View details	Realized $451
Lot 427		Seated Liberty Dollar. 1872. Fine-12. Medium gray and with clean rims and fields. View details	Realized $127
Lot 428		Seated Liberty Dollar. 1873. Brilliant Proof 60 Plus. A late in the year struck proof as the weakness of strike is due to die wear. The fully reflective surfaces contain some light hairlines and we note a few minute contact marks about the rims. All, is overlaid with cloudy light violet toning. Only 600 proofs were struck with an unknown quantity melted after July 10, 1873. View details	Unsold