Goldberg Coins and Collectibles

Sale 115

February 16-19, 2020 Pre long Beach Auction

Matron Head Cents

Lot	Photo	Description	Realized
Lot 222		1823 N-2 R2. PCGS graded Extremely Fine Detail Tooled. Glossy medium chocolate brown and steel. Looks smooth to the unaided eye but a glass reveals very fine roughness covering all but the highpoints of the devices, strongest at the U in UNITED. Lightly smoothed to minimize the roughness. No verdigris, and the only notable marks are a couple light rim bruises at stars 12 & 13 and a pair of small marks at the second A in AMERICA. M-LDS, with a rim cud break from star 4 to past star 6. Our grade is VF30 sharpness net F15+. Looks better than it might sound. The attribution and Great Pacific Collection provenance are noted on the PCGS label (PCGS # 36757) Value $500 - UP Ex Michael Demling 1999-Great Pacific Collection. View details and enlarged photos Check results on similar lots	Realized $750
Lot 223		1823 Private Restrike. PCGS graded MS-65 Brown. CAC. Attractive glossy medium brown and light chocolate with traces of very faded red on both sides. No spots or contact marks, only the usual tiny lumps from extensive die rust on both sides. M-LDS with die cracks on both sides, but the final crack down through TE in STATES has not formed. These were made outside the mint using discarded mint dies sold as scrap metal. The obverse die used was from the normal Newcomb-2 variety of 1823, but apparently a reverse die of the type used in 1823 was not available and they substituted a reverse die used for the 1813 Sheldon-293 variety. The result was an "1823" cent that looked nothing like the genuine mint product--except perhaps to an unsuspecting novice collector. Graded MS60 and tied for CC#5 in the Noyes census, his photo #58278. Our grade is MS60+. The attribution and Great Pacific Collection provenance are noted on the PCGS label. PCGS population 12; 6 finer in 66. (PCGS # 81627) Value $1,000 - UP Ex Thomas D. Reynolds 7/2004-Great Pacific Collection. View details and enlarged photos Check results on similar lots	Realized $2,100
Lot 224		1824 N-3 R2. PCGS graded MS-64 Brown. Choice lustrous light olive and steel. Faint hints of underlying mint color can be found in a couple places on the reverse. Satiny mint frost covers this cent and the eye appeal is outstanding. The only marks, and it takes a strong glass to find them, are a faint spot of extremely fine carbon below the ear lobe and another even smaller one between the date and star 1. LDS with flowlines in the fields and very fine die rust showing on the face and neck. Graded MS60 (way too harsh) and tied for CC#3 in the Noyes census, his photo #27552. Our grade is MS63. A wonderful 1824 cent, and it comes with an important provenance. The attribution and Great Pacific Collection provenance are noted on the PCGS label. PCGS population 3; none finer. (PCGS # 36772) Value $5,000 - UP Ex Harry King, New Netherlands Coin Co. #48, 11/1956:410-The Norweb Family Collection, Bowers & Merena 11/14/1988:2889-Dr. Wallace Lee, McCawley & Grellman Auctions/Superior 5/25/2003:687-Great Pacific Collection (includes the Superior lot ticket). View details and enlarged photos Check results on similar lots	Realized $7,800
Lot 225		1825 N-6 R3. PCGS graded MS-64 Brown. CAC. Lustrous bluish steel brown and light chocolate with traces of very faded mint color on both sides. There is a dull nick-like planchet chip on the cheek and a thinner one on the chin, both as struck, plus a few specks of darker toning in the obverse fields and a speck of crud on the lower point of star 5. Satiny mint frost covers both sides and the eye appeal of this cent is exceptional in spite of the minor marks. MDS with a faint die crack joining the N's in ONE CENT to the leaves over the O in ONE. Called MS63 and finest known in the Noyes and Bland census lists, Noyes photo #21686. Our grade is MS63. (Note: The envelope for this cent is literally covered with a typed note from Doug Smith. Doug liked to document interesting elements of coin transactions on his envelopes; this note is long and especially interesting.) The attribution and Great Pacific Collection provenance are noted on the PCGS label. PCGS population 1; none finer. (PCGS # 36796) Value $5,500 - UP Ex Henry A. Sternberg, M. H. Bolender (Mail Bid Sale) 3/2/1956:1629-Louis Helfenstein, Lester Merkin 8/14/1964:108-C. Douglas Smith-Dr. Robert J. Shalowitz-C. Douglas Smith 8/11/1974-Jerry A. Bobbe-C. Douglas Smith (Doug often said you didn't really love a cent until you owned it 3 times)-Dr. Robert J. Shalowitz-Kenneth D. Pines 6/12/1977-Dr. Robert J. Shalowitz 11/1979-R. E. Naftzger, Jr.-Naftzger Estate, McCawley & Grellman Auctions/Goldbergs 2/1/2009:161-The Great Pacific Collection (includes the Smith/Naftzger collection envelope and Naftzger lot ticket). View details and enlarged photos Check results on similar lots	Realized $6,900
Lot 226		1825 N-9 R2. PCGS graded MS-62 Brown. Frosty medium steel and light olive. Satiny mint luster covers this cent and the eye appeal is excellent. Looks choice but there is a very light scuff of microscopic diagonal hairlines on the cheek. Otherwise this cent is flawless. The best identifying mark is a tiny spot of lighter tan toning over the right side of the 5. LDS with a fine die crack from the dentils over star 3 to the forelock. The die rust of the earlier die state has been polished off the die. A beautiful cent with solid mint state eye appeal. Graded AU55 net AU50 by Noyes, his photo #21242. Del Bland says MS60. Our grade is net AU58. Comes with a nice provenance. The attribution and Great Pacific Collection provenance are noted on the PCGS label. PCGS population 3; 9 finer: 2 in 63, 5 in 64, 2 in 65. (PCGS # 36805) Value $1,750 - UP Ex James G. Macallister-Milton A. Holmes, Stack's 10/6/1960:1523-unknown-Stack's 9/1972:686-Rare Coin Company of America 9/1973-Myles Z. Gerson 7/1980-R. E. Naftzger, Jr., 1989 EAC Sale, lot 275-R. S. Brown, Jr., Superior 1/27/1996:504-Ronnie Adam, McCawley & Grellman Auctions/Superior 9/5/2004:792-Great Pacific Collection (includes the last lot ticket). View details and enlarged photos Check results on similar lots	Realized $2,520
Lot 227		1826 N-4 R2. PCGS graded MS-62 Brown. CAC. Lustrous golden tan and light olive with hints of light bluish steel overtone in the fields and protected areas. There are two parallel ticks high on the neck and a small spot of reddish brown toning right of the T in CENT. Otherwise this cent is essentially void of marks or other defects. Looks choice mint state but there is a hint of rub on the very highest points of the portrait. MDS with fine radial die flowlines in the fields, but the dentils are complete around both sides. There is strike doubling on most of the stars, along the top of the head, on LIBERTY, and on the mouth. Graded MS61 and tied for CC#3 in the Noyes census, his photo #39081. Our grade is AU58. The attribution and Great Pacific Collection provenance are noted on the PCGS label. PCGS population 2; 3 finer: 2 in 63, 1 in 64. (PCGS # 36820) Value $1,250 - UP Ex Bowers & Merena 9/1996:49-Denis Loring, 2001 EAC Sale, McCawley & Grellman Auctions 3/31/2001:378-Great Pacific Collection. View details and enlarged photos Check results on similar lots	Realized $1,560
Lot 228		1826 N-7 R1. PCGS graded MS-64+ Brown. Lustrous light chocolate and steel brown with a few peeps of faded mint red showing through in protected areas of the obverse, but 20% of the original mint color remains visible on the reverse. There are a pair of dull, light marks on the upper cheek near the eye and a small spot of darker reddish brown toning high on the neck plus another in the field over star 13. Otherwise this piece is quite nice and the reverse is flawless. MDS with die clashmarks on both sides, and the ones on the reverse show an outline of Ms Liberty that is rotated 30 degrees clockwise from the normal head-to-foot die orientation present on this coin. This odd situation is noted in John Wright's discussion of this variety in his book on the middle date cent series, "The Cent Book." Called MS63 and tied for CC#2 in the Noyes census, his photo #20586. Bland says MS60+ and tied for CC#3. Our grade is MS63. Previously removed from a PCGS slab graded MS65BN (PCGS label #36829.65/13094621). The attribution and Great Pacific Collection provenance are noted on the PCGS label. PCGS population 1; 6 finer: 4 in 65, 2 in 66. (PCGS # 36829) Value $3,000 - UP Ex Howard R. Newcomb, J. C. Morgenthau & Co. 5/16/1945:578-Floyd T. Starr (privately)-Willard C. Blaisdell 9/1976-Del Bland 9/1976-R. E. Naftzger, Jr. (via Jerry A. Bobbe) 3/1977-Myles Z. Gerson 7/1980-R. E. Naftzger, Jr.-Naftzger Estate, McCawley & Grellman Auctions/Goldbergs 2/1/2009:180-Great Pacific Collection. View details and enlarged photos Check results on similar lots	Realized $7,500
Lot 229		1827 N-4 R2. PCGS graded MS-64 Brown. CAC. Highly lustrous light brown and tan with delicate overtones of light bluish steel. Faded mint color covers the protected areas on the reverse. The fields are satiny and the eye appeal of this cent is wonderful. The notable marks are a closely spaced pair of extremely faint hairlines slanting across the cheek to the neck just below the earlobe and a few tiny wisps of darker steel toning on both sides. Late die state with dentil crumbling at the bottom of the reverse from CA clockwise to under the end of the ribbon. Sharply struck with full radial lines in all the stars. Called MS63 and CC#2 in the Noyes census, his photo #20619. Bland says MS63 and tied for CC#1. Our grade is MS63. Previously housed in a PCGS slab graded MS65BN when sold in the Naftzger sale. The attribution and Great Pacific Collection provenance are noted on the PCGS label. PCGS population 2; 1 finer in 65. (PCGS # 36847) Value $3,750 - UP Ex Washington, DC collection 1930's-S. W. Freeman, Kreisberg & Schulman 5/24/1958:1225-R. E. Naftzger, Jr.-Naftzger Estate, McCawley & Grellman Auctions/Goldbergs 2/1/2009:191-Great Pacific Collection (includes the Naftzger collection envelope and lot ticket). View details and enlarged photos Check results on similar lots	Realized $4,320
Lot 230		1827. PCGS graded MS-64 Brown. Frosty light brown and tan with slightly darker steel brown toning on the highest points of the devices. Satiny mint luster covers the fields and protected areas and this cent has excellent eye appeal. Looks choice mint state but there is a faint hint of friction on the highest points of the portrait and wreath. Virtually void of marks. A tiny, faint spot of darker toning midway between star 1 and the chin can help identify this cent. M-LDS with a single die crack on both sides. Graded AU55 Choice and tied for CC#8 in the Noyes census, his photo #22205. Our grade is AU58+, very close to mint state. The attribution and Great Pacific Collection provenance are noted on the PCGS label. PCGS population 2; 2 finer in 66. (PCGS # 36850) Value $1,200 - UP Ex McLaughlin & Robinson Auctions 2/1987:658-Chris McCawley-Dennis Mendelson, Superior 2/3/1991:353-Manuel Ahumada-Thomas D. Reynolds 2007-Great Pacific Collection. View details and enlarged photos Check results on similar lots	Realized $2,400
Lot 231		1827 N-11 R1. PCGS graded MS-64 Brown. CAC. The obverse is lustrous light to medium brown with a few puffs of darker steel brown toning near the dentils. The reverse is lustrous darker steel and olive brown with lighter brown toning in some of the protected areas. No contact marks. A thin wisp of darker steel brown toning from star 2 to the throat may help identify this cent. MDS with crumbling on the brow but no crumbling under the nose. The doubling at the base of the T in CENT is sharp. In addition there are traces of strike doubling in several places on the reverse. Our grade is MS60+. The attribution and Great Pacific Collection provenance are noted on the PCGS label. PCGS population 3; 2 finer: 1 in 65, 1 in 66. (PCGS # 36868) Value $1,200 - UP Ex McCawley & Grellman Auctions/Superior 2/2000:2117-Great Pacific Collection. View details and enlarged photos Check results on similar lots	Realized $3,600
Lot 232		1828 N-11 R2. PCGS graded MS-64 Red & Brown. CAC. Lustrous mint red fading to bluish steel brown, more than half the slightly faded red remaining on the obverse, 25% on the reverse. This is a gem cent except for a small splash of carbon-infused toning under star 3 and a smaller spot tucked inside the upper right points of star 2. Otherwise this is a truly spectacular 1828 cent and the eye appeal remains outstanding. MDS. The details are sharply impressed except for stars 4-6 which do not have all their radial lines. Called MS65+ and CC#1 in the Bland census. Noyes says MS60 and tied for CC#2, his photo #21306. Our grade is MS63. The attribution and Great Pacific Collection provenance are noted on the PCGS label. PCGS population 1; none finer and the only RB graded at PCGS. (PCGS # 36902) Value $7,000 - UP Ex Barney Bluestone 11/1933-Nicholas Hoffman, M. H. Bolender 2/23/1952:736-R. E. Naftzger, Jr.-Naftzger Estate, McCawley & Grellman Auctions/Goldbergs 2/1/2009:215-Great Pacific Collection (includes the Naftzger collection envelope and lot ticket). View details and enlarged photos Check results on similar lots	Realized $8,100
Lot 233		1829 N-8 R1 Large Letters. PCGS graded MS-62 Brown. Lustrous medium brown and light chocolate with golden tan faded down from mint color in the fields and protected areas. Looks choice mint state but there is a touch of friction on the highest points of the hair. No spots or stains, and the only mark is a small nick on the chin. A really nice cent. E-MDS with microscopic die flowlines in the fields but without any crumbling in the dentils at stars 9-10. Our grade is AU58. The attribution and Great Pacific Collection provenance are noted on the PCGS label. PCGS population 1; 6 finer: 2 in 63, 2 in 64, 1 in 65, 1 in 66. (PCGS # 36925) Value $1,000 - UP Ex McCawley & Grellman Auctions/Superior 10/1/2000:1353-Dr. Wallace Lee, McCawley & Grellman Auctions/Superior 5/25/2003:747-Great Pacific Collection (both lot tickets included). View details and enlarged photos Check results on similar lots	Realized $1,980
Lot 234		1830 N-4 R2. PCGS graded MS-64 Brown. Frosty light golden tan with subtle overtones of light bluish steel. The surfaces are satiny and lustrous, and this cent has great eye appeal. Just a few trivial marks including a collection of microscopic ticks in the field behind the portrait, a small spot at the dentils under the end of the wreath ribbon, and another spot at the dentils over the right edge of the C in AMERICA. MDS with the usual die cracks on both sides plus an additional die crack up to the dentils from the E in UNITED. A clear double profile (from die bounce or shift, often called machine doubling) shows on the forehead. Called MS65 and tied for CC#1 in the Noyes census, his photo #21659. Bland says MS65 and tied for CC#3. Our grade is MS64. Previously housed in a PCGS slab graded MS65BN (PCGS label #36946.65/13088114). The attribution and Great Pacific Collection provenance are noted on the PCGS label. PCGS population 3; 2 finer in 65. (PCGS # 36946) Value $3,250 - UP Ex Charles J. DuPont, Stack's (Anderson DuPont Sale) 9/24/1954:686-Emanuel Taylor 10/1960-R. E. Naftzger, Jr.-Naftzger Estate, McCawley & Grellman Auctions/Goldbergs 2/1/2009:240 (as PCGS MS65BN)-Great Pacific Collection (includes the Naftzger collection envelope and Goldberg lot ticket). View details and enlarged photos Check results on similar lots	Realized $2,640
Lot 235		1830 N-4 R2. PCGS graded MS-63 Brown. Lustrous medium olive brown and steel with 10% of the planchet displaying some underlying very faded mint color. Satiny mint frost covers this cent and it has excellent eye appeal. This cent is flawless except for two shallow rim bruises at stars 1 & 2. MDS with the additional die crack up from the top of the E in UNITED. Our grade is MS60. The attribution and Great Pacific Collection provenance are noted on the PCGS label. PCGS population 4; 5 finer: 3 in 64, 2 in 65. (PCGS # 36946) Value $750 - UP Ex Bowers & Merena 3/1994:89-Chris McCawley, McCawley & Grellman Auctions/Superior 9/5/2004:860-Great Pacific Collection (includes the Superior lot ticket). View details and enlarged photos Check results on similar lots	Realized $1,560
Lot 236		1831 N-3 R1 Medium Letters. PCGS graded MS-62 Brown. Frosty mint red fading to light steel brown with about 25% of the mellowed red remaining. The surfaces are lustrous and this cent is very attractive with only a few minor marks including a speck of dark toning in the dentils over the left side of star 7 and a large puff of olive brown toning below CENT. M-LDS with flowlines in the fields and weakened dentils. The PCGS grade seems a bit low to us. Our grade is MS63. The attribution and Great Pacific Collection provenance are noted on the PCGS label. PCGS population 3; 9 finer. (PCGS # 36997) Value $1,750 - UP Ex Thomas D. Reynolds 1993-Dr. Wallace Lee, McCawley & Grellman Auctions/Superior 5/25/2003:764-Great Pacific Collection (lot ticket included). View details and enlarged photos Check results on similar lots	Realized $1,380
Lot 237		1832 N-3 R1. PCGS graded MS-64 Brown. Lustrous medium olive with faded mint red showing through in the fields and protected areas on the obverse. The reverse has faint traces of faded mint color under light olive and golden tan toning. The notable marks are a tiny diagonal nick in the field above star 1, faint traces of a fingerprint at stars 11-13, and a speck of golden toning at the left end of the line below CENT. LDS with a pair of tiny rim cud breaks over ES-O. Previously housed in a PCGS slab graded MS64RB (PCGS label #1688.64/9856775), but the mint color has faded too much to retain the RB designation. Our grade is MS62+. The attribution and Great Pacific Collection provenance are noted on the PCGS label. PCGS population 4; 2 finer: 1 in 65, 1 in 66. (PCGS # 37009) Value $2,000 - UP Ex lot #574 in an unidentified Lyman Low auction-Commodore Matthew C. Perry, Bowers & Merena 1/5/1995:592-Dr. Wallace Lee, McCawley & Grellman Auctions/Superior 5/25/2003:783-Great Pacific Collection (includes the Superior lot ticket). View details and enlarged photos Check results on similar lots	Realized $1,680
Lot 238		1833 N-5 R1 Repunched 8. PCGS graded MS-64 Red & Brown. CAC. Lustrous bright original mint red starting to fade to light steel brown on the highpoints with about 80% of the original mint color showing on both sides. A spot of chocolate brown toning (not carbon) in the field close to the tip of the nose is the only significant mark, but there are a half dozen additional smaller spots of similar toning sprinkled into the field before the portrait. MDS with the reverse rotated 30 degrees CW relative to the normal head-to-foot die orientation. The repunching on the 8 is obvious (the so-called "Horned 8") and the repunching on ICA remains visible. Called MS65+ and CC#3 in the Bland census. Noyes says MS65 and tied for CC#1, his photo #36416. Our grade is MS65. The attribution and Great Pacific Collection provenance are noted on the PCGS label. PCGS population 1; 1 finer in 66RB. (PCGS # 37031) Value $3,500 - UP Ex J. C. Morgenthau & Co. 10/1939:627-Willard C. Blaisdell 9/1976 (via Del Bland)-R. E. Naftzger, Jr.-Dr. Robert J. Shalowitz 5/16/1978-C. Douglas Smith 5/8/1983-R. E. Naftzger, Jr.-Naftzger Estate, McCawley & Grellman Auctions/Goldbergs 2/1/2009:287-Great Pacific Collection (includes the Goldberg lot ticket). View details and enlarged photos Check results on similar lots	Realized $3,600
Lot 239		1833 N-6 R1. PCGS graded MS-64 Brown. Frosty mint red fading to light olive brown on the devices with at least 25% of the planchet showing mint color, mostly on the reverse. No spots or stains, and the only notable mark is a mint-made incuse impression of a few dentils between stars 9 & 10. It appears this planchet may have been struck way off center leaving an arc of dentils in that area, then restruck properly. In addition there is a strong double profile from the forelock down to the chin with additional doubling on the neck and stars 6-11. MDS with fine flowlines in the fields and die cracks on the reverse. Graded MS61 and CC#7 in the Noyes census, his photo #58478. Our grade is MS63. (Previously housed in a PCGS holder graded MS64RB with CAC Approval; still looks RB to your cataloger.) The attribution and Great Pacific Collection provenance are noted on the PCGS label. PCGS population 1; 3 finer: 2 in 65, 1 in 66. (PCGS # 37033) Value $2,500 - UP Ex Thomas D. Reynolds, McCawley & Grellman Auctions/Superior 9/5/2004:900-Great Pacific Collection (lot ticket included). View details and enlarged photos Check results on similar lots	Realized $1,980
Lot 240		1834 N-5 R5 Large 8 & Stars, Med Ltrs. PCGS graded MS-63 Brown. Frosty medium olive and steel. The surfaces are satiny and this cent has solid mint state eye appeal in spite of a hint of friction on the highest points of the hair. No spots or stains, only trivial contact marks in the obverse fields. The best identifying mark is a thin, light diagonal nick midway between the tip of the coronet and star 5. MDS with the usual soft strike above the head. Graded AU55 net EF45 and tied for CC#6 in the Noyes census, his photo #20731. The Noyes assessment seems quite harsh. Our grade is AU50+, close to AU55. A wonderful example of this tough "Redbook" variety. The attribution and Great Pacific Collection provenance are noted on the PCGS label. PCGS population 1; 1 finer in 65. (PCGS # 37042) Value $5,000 - UP Ex Pacific Coast Auctions 6/1987:6-Douglas F. Bird-R. E. Naftzger, Jr.-Thomas D. Reynolds 2001-Great Pacific Collection. View details and enlarged photos Check results on similar lots	Realized $17,400