Goldberg Coins and Collectibles

Sale 115

February 16-19, 2020 Pre long Beach Auction

Large Cents

Lot	Photo	Description	Realized
Lot 634		1793 S-8 R3 Wreath Cent, Vine & Bars Edge PCGS Genuine. Sharpness VF20 or better but corroded with specks of greenish verdigris on both sides. The only contact marks worthy of note are a dig on the cheek and a rim bruise right of the bust tip. Chocolate brown and darker olive with some medium brown toning on the reverse. MDS with a diagonal die crack through the center dot on the reverse. The 3 is the only digit in the date that remains visible but the remainder of the legends are complete and easily readable. Our grade is net G4. Value $650 - UP View details and enlarged photos	Realized $1,260
Lot 635		1793 S-9 R2 Wreath Cent with Vine & Bars Edge PCGS AU50, CAC Approved. Very attractive frosty tan and light brown blending to darker steel brown on the highpoints of the devices. The surfaces are smooth and virtually flawless. The best identifying marks, and they are microscopic, are a tiny tick under the left foot of the B in LIBERTY and a pinprick between the N & I in UNITED. MDS, Breen state VII, with die cracks on the bottom of the reverse. Struck slightly off center to K-10 leaving some of the border beads tight to the edge of the planchet. A beautiful 1793 Wreath Cent, about as perfect as you could expect for a lightly worn early copper. Our grade is VF35+, close to EF40, and Choice. Perfect for a date or type set of problem-free coins. Pop 7; 24 finer at PCGS. Value $35,000 - UP View details and enlarged photos	Unsold
Lot 636		1793 S-9 R2 Wreath Cent with Vine & Bars Edge PCGS VG Detail, Environmental Damage. Steel brown and chocolate mixed with darker olive brown on the reverse. The obverse looks smooth and quite nice to the unaided eye, but a glass reveals uniform microscopic granularity. The granularity on the reverse is slightly more pronounced and there is some shallow dark scale in protected areas. No notable marks or other defects, and the eye appeal is rather nice, especially on the obverse. EDS, Breen state I, before any die cracks on the reverse. The date is strong and the legends are clear. Our grade is VG10 sharpness net VG7. The attribution is noted on the PCGS label. Value $1,500 - UP View details and enlarged photos	Realized $1,860
Lot 637		1794 S-22 R1 PCGS graded MS63 Brown. Very attractive glossy tan and golden brown with darker steel brown toning on the highpoints. Puffs of darker steel brown toning are scattered over the reverse. Frosty luster shows in the fields and protected areas on both sides and this cent has mint state eye appeal in spite of a touch of rub on the highpoints of the portrait. The surfaces are perfectly smooth and the only notable marks are a pair of nicks high on the cheek and a small planchet chip on the rim at the first A in AMERICA (as struck). M-LDS, Breen state VII. A fine die crack reaches from the rim through the 4 to the truncation but goes no farther and the "Mounds" on the reverse are well advanced. Called EF45 net EF40 Average Plus and tied for CC#9 in the Noyes census, his photo #34041. Our grade is EF45. This variety, while relatively common in lower grades, is unknown in true Mint State by EAC standards. This is certainly one of the better ones, and it comes with an important provenance. The attribution is noted on the PCGS label. Pop 2; tied for the finest examples graded at both services for the variety. Value $17,500 - UP Ex Anderson Dupont Sale, Stack's 9/24/1954:30-Jack H. Robinson-McLaughlin & Robinson Auctions 9/19/1987:144-Evan L. Kopald, McCawley & Grellman Auctions 1/9/1993:30 (plated)-unknown-McCawley & Grellman Auctions/Goldbergs 8/31/2014:139. View details and enlarged photos	Realized $16,800
Lot 638		1794 S-25 R3 VG8. Sharpness F15 or better but burnished for an unknown reason because the surfaces appear to have been smooth anyway. Retoned glossy dark olive brown and steel with lighter steel brown toning on the highpoints. MDS with die clashmarks on both sides but no die crack on the reverse. Softly struck along the bottom edge of the reverse but everything else is nicely impressed. The date is strong. Value $400 - UP Ex R. J. Rudolph Collection. View details and enlarged photos	Realized $570
Lot 639		1794 S-32 R2 PCGS graded XF45, CAC Approved. Frosty chocolate and darker steel brown with traces of lighter brown and tan in protected areas. No roughness or notable contact marks, but there is some dirt nestled into protected areas on the reverse, especially at ES in STATES and around the N in UNITED. The best identifying mark is a tiny spot of planchet impurity off the leaf tip left of the first A in AMERICA (as struck). E-MDS, Breen state II, with a fine die crack through the first S in STATES and strong die clashmarks on the reverse, but before the cud break at LI in LIBERTY. Softly struck along the dentils before the portrait, as always on this die combination (due to non-parallel die faces). Our grade is VF30. Value $5,000 - UP View details and enlarged photos	Unsold
Lot 640		1794 S-59 R3 PCGS XF Detail, Environmental Damage. Rather glossy medium chocolate brown and steel with darker chocolate brown toning in protected areas on the obverse. Tiny pits are scattered over the obverse while the reverse is smooth except for a spot of corrosion on the rim over TA in STATES. A small rim dent left of the date is the only notable contact mark. MDS, Breen state III, with a die crack arcing through the fraction. The date and legends are complete and clear. Our grade is VF25 sharpness net VG10. The attribution is noted on the PCGS label. Value $300 - UP View details and enlarged photos	Realized $528
Lot 641		1794 S-63 R2 PCGS VF Detail, Altered Surface. Mostly glossy chocolate brown with slightly lighter steel brown toning on the highpoints. The surfaces are smooth and the only notable marks are a few small rim nicks on the reverse and a minor rim bruise over the M in AMERICA. I suppose the "Altered Surfaces" comes from a poorly executed brushing that left microscopic brush lines on the obverse. EDS, Breen state I, before the dies clashed. Our grade is F12+. The attribution is noted on the PCGS label. Value $500 - UP View details and enlarged photos	Realized $1,200
Lot 642		Pair of PCGS slabbed Cents, 1795 & 1796. Includes 1795 S-78 R1 Plain Edge PCGS VF Detail Environmental Damage (our grade F12 sharpness net VG7 for light corrosion), and 1796 S-110 R3 Draped Bust PCGS Fine Detail Environmental Damage (our grade F12 sharpness net VG7 for light corrosion). Both are slightly glossy with a strong date and complete legends. Inspection recommended. Lot of 2 slabbed coins. Value $250 - UP View details	Realized $720
Lot 643		1796 S-85 R5- Liberty Cap VG7. Slightly sharper but there are about a dozen small nicks on the obverse; a thin nick between the tops of the R & T in LIBERTY can help identify this cent. Recolored glossy medium chocolate and darker olive brown with lighter steel brown toning on the highpoints. LDS, Breen state II; struck with a reground reverse die showing a detached left wreath stem. The date and legends are complete and easily readable although a few elements are a bit weak. Value $500 - UP Ex Mark Schwartz 2/17/2012-Dr. George Wilkins, Goldbergs 1/2019:265-Dr. Allan Pirnique. View details and enlarged photos	Realized $600
Lot 644		1796 S-85 R5- Liberty Cap Fair-2+. Rather glossy medium chocolate and olive brown mottled with some lighter brown toning on both sides. The highpoints are smooth while the fields and protected areas show minor roughness. No verdigris but there is an obvious horizontal scratch across the obverse. EDS, Breen state I. The wreath stems are strong and complete. The date is weak but easily readable and LIBERTY is strong while about half the legends on the reverse remain visible. Value $200 - UP Acquired at a coin show in Hot Springs, AR, 1/2005-Dr. Allan Pirnique. View details and enlarged photos	Realized $132
Lot 645		1796 S-88 R4 Liberty Cap G6. Rather glossy medium steel brown and chocolate. The surfaces are smooth and this cent has excellent eye appeal for the grade. Just a few trivial contact marks including a thin diagonal nick at the top of the numerator. LDS, Breen state II, with a die crack up the right side of the 7 to the truncation above. The date is bold and the legends are complete except for ONE, which is missing due to the usual weaker strike in that area. Value $1,250 - UP Ex Tom Reynolds 5/2015-Dr. Allan Pirnique. View details and enlarged photos	Realized $930
Lot 646		1796 S-89 R3 Liberty Cap F15. Sharpness VF25 with a few patches of very light roughness on both sides, strongest in the field before the face, plus some faint hairline scratches on the portrait, strongest down from the earlobe. A few specks of very light verdigris can be found in protected places around the eye. Glossy steel brown and chocolate. Nicely struck LDS, Breen state III, with delicate bulges in the field left of the date and over the bust tip. No low spots. The date and legends are bold and ONE CENT is strong. Called VF20 and tied for CC#8 in the Bland census. Noyes says VF25 net F12 and tied for CC#10, photo #24179. Value $2,500 - UP Ex consignment "DBG" Stack�s 12/1966:794-unknown-Robert E. Matthews, Superior 5/28/1989:226 ($715)-Tom Reynolds and Chris McCawley-Dr. Phil Ralls 5/2/1997-Jack Wadlington (via Bob Grellman & Chris McCawley) 6/30/2005-Daniel W. Holmes, Jr., McCawley & Grellman Auctions/Goldbergs 9/6/2009:144-Dr. Allan Pirnique (includes the Ralls and Holmes collection envelopes, the Wadlington collection notes, and the Matthews and Holmes lot tickets). View details and enlarged photos	Realized $2,100
Lot 647		1796 S-90 R5+ Liberty Cap VG8+. Attractive glossy medium steel brown and light chocolate blending to reddish chocolate in protected areas. The surfaces are smooth and the only marks are a couple small rim nicks at the bottom of the reverse plus one more over the T in UNITED. Nicely struck with a strong date and complete legends, although the denominator is relatively weak. Struck with the reverse upset oriented head-to-head rather than the normal head-to-foot orientation. This rare variety is usually found in very low grades; this one is clearly above average. At the lower end of the expanded condition census for the variety. Value $2,500 - UP Ex Chris McCawley 9/2011-Dr. Allan Pirnique. View details and enlarged photos	Realized $1,260