Goldberg Coins and Collectibles

Sale 137

Pre-Long Beach Auction

Mexico

Lot	Photo	Description	Realized
Lot 1191		Mexico. 4 Reales, ND (1536-8) M R. KM (Vogt)-16; Calico-115. 13.44g. Charles and Johanna. Mexico City mint. Early series. Assayer R (Rincon). Crowned arms. Reverse; Legend around pillars, 4 above PLVS. Boldly struck on a full planchet. Exceptional eye appeal, Very rare this nice. Pop 2; Only 2 graded at PCGS. PCGS graded EF-45. Estimated Value $2,500 - UP Ex Goldberg Sale 34, Feb 5, 2006, lot 2886. View details and enlarged photos	Realized $13,800
Lot 1192		Mexico. 8 Reales, 1732-Mo-F. Eliz-1; KM-103. 26.59 grams. Pillar coinage. Philip V, 1700-1746. Choice surfaces for grade, with a trace of luster, and lovely medium gray toning. Extremely Rare first year of issue. Pop 1; 1 in 61; 1 in 62; 1 in 63; 1 in 64. NGC graded AU-58. Estimated Value $30,000 - UP The Pillar Coinage reflects a design change to indicate the start of solely mechanized coin production in Spain's New World mints. Mexico City's operations were earliest among the associated mints, beginning its milled coinage in 1732. The minting was such that the date is scarce to rare in all denominations, more so in the higher value reales. Illustrated in Money of the World, coin 151; Ex Goldberg 'Millennia' Sale, 46, May 26, 2008, lot 1085. View details and enlarged photos	Realized $49,200
Lot 1193		Mexico. 8 Reales, 1733 Mo-MF. Eliz-3; WR-7; KM-103. 27.02 grams. Philip V, 1700-1746. Pillar coinage, with smaller crown over globes. Crowned Bourbon arms. Reverse: Crowned globes flanked by crowned and bannered pillars, over water. Especially bold strike. Brilliant proof-like fields, with lustrous devices. With superb smoky toning, resplendent with iridescent colors of blues, greens, magentas, violets, and deep red-golds. This is the finest known small crown type. Pop 1; The Finest graded at NGC. NGC graded MS-65. Estimated Value $30,000 - UP Ex Patterson Collection; Ex Goldberg 'Millennia' Sale, 46, May 26, 2008, lot 1087. View details and enlarged photos	Realized $132,000
Lot 1194		Mexico. 8 Reales, 1733-MX-F. Eliz-5; WR-7; KM-103. 26.65 grams. Philip V, 1700-1746. Pillar Coinage. Crowned Bourbon arms. Reverse: Crowned globes flanked by crowned and bannered pillars, over water. Splendid crisp, full strike. Softly lustrous, with handsome medium gray toning, tending to iridescent blues, russets, and golds. Extremely Rare - the "MX" mintmark is rarest of the 1733 pillars. NGC graded MS-60. Estimated Value $15,000 - UP The Bourbon kings ruled France from the time of Henry IV in 1589, until the French Revolution in 1792. Philip V, a Bourbon and grandson of king Louis XIV, was offered the Spanish throne. After a fourteen year war, Philip could rule Spain, but he and his heirs had to renounce the French crown. Thus the Bourbon arms on the Pillar Dollars. Ex Goldberg 'Millennia' Sale, 46, May 26, 2008, lot 1086, previously in NGC holder graded MS-63, price realized $35,000. View details and enlarged photos	Realized $18,600
Lot 1195		Mexico. 8 Reales, 1733-Mo-F. Eliz-6; WR-7; KM-103; Calico-1438. Pillar coinage. Philip V, 1700-1746. Trace of peripheral roughness one side of reverse, otherwise choice mint surfaces and luster, and well struck up centers. Fine dark gray toning, with hints of iridescent blue. Very Rare, and more so this choice. PCGS graded Uncirculated Detail (Corrosion Removed). Estimated Value $5,000 - UP Another example of Mexico City's earliest Pillar Dollars. For the 8 Reales, 1733, the second year of production, resulted in six different varieties - all very rare to excessively so. Ex Goldberg 'Millennia' Sale, 46, May 26, 2008, lot 1088, previously in NGC holder graded MS-64, price realized $16,000. View details and enlarged photos	Realized $4,560
Lot 1196		Mexico. 8 Reales, 1765-Mo MF. Eliz-63; KM-105. Charles III. Pillar coinage. Reflective fields with considerable luster and toned. Pop 3; 1 in 65. NGC graded MS-62. Estimated Value $2,500 - UP Ex Goldberg Sale 36, May 28, 2006, lot 2600. View details and enlarged photos	Realized $3,240
Lot 1197		Mexico. Hook-Neck Eagle 8 Reales, 1824-Do RL. KM-376.4; Eliz-174. Small Libertad. This is an exceptional struck specimen with virtually full breast feathers and considerable original mint luster. Better than the Parker's specimen and in our opinion conservatively graded by the grading service. Very rare this nice. Pop 2: Tied for Finest graded at PCGS. PCGS graded AU-55. Estimated Value $4,000 - UP Ex Goldberg Sale 34, Feb 5, 2006, lot 2898. View details and enlarged photos	Realized $5,520
Lot 1198		Mexico-Republic. 8 Reales, 1827-Pi JS (San Luis Potosi). WR-63; Eliz-801; KM-377.12. 26.95 grams. Cap & Rays type. Eagle and snake on cactus. Reverse: Liberty Cap, with rays behind. Strike very soft at center, otherwise coin choice and clean. With remarkable multicolored toning. The first year of production of this type for the San Luis mint. An extremely rare and elusive coin. This coin garnered a mystique among Mexican numismatists and collectors of the early ocho reales series. Only 5 or 6 examples are known, with 2 being in low grade, and another 1 or 2 having been holed. Thus only 2 superior grade examples remain, with this coin being one of them. The coin is virtually as struck. Pop 1; 1 in 63. NGC graded MS-60. Estimated Value $20,000 - UP San Luis Potosi was founded in 1592. The city is named after Saint Louis (Louis IX), of France and the rich mines of Potosi, Bolivia, discovered forty years earlier. Yet the Mexican San Luis owes its success to its own gold and silver mines, which helped finance Spain's New World adventures. Today, the city has close to a million inhabitants. Illustrated in Money of the World, coin 165. Ex Goldberg 'Millennia' Sale, 46, May 26, 2008, lot 1126. View details and enlarged photos	Realized $12,600
Lot 1199		Mexico. 8 Escudos, 1833-Do RM/RL. Fr-68; KM-383.3. Republic. Eagle with snake on cactus facing right. Reverse; Hand holding Liberty cap on pole in front of open book of constitution. Pop 1; The Finest of 5 graded at NGC. NGC graded MS-62. Estimated Value $4,000 - UP Ex Goldberg Sale 44, Feb 12, 2008, lot 4089. View details and enlarged photos	Realized $6,000
Lot 1200		Mexico. Complete Set of 50 Pesos, 1921 to 1947. Fr-172; KM-481 and 482. Total weight of set 19.2912 ounces. Winged Victory. Reverse: Eagle. For the Centennial of Independence. The denomination does not appear on the year of 1943. Years 1921 and 1931 are scarce dates. Lot of 16 coins. Almost Uncirculated to Uncirculated. Estimated Value $30,000 - UP Ex Goldberg Sale 34, Feb 5, 2006, lot 2376. View details and enlarged photos	Realized $54,000
Lot 1201		Mexico. Platinum 50 Pesos, "1947". As Fr-172; As KM-481a; BW-897. Unofficial Restrike. Platinum. 41.3 grams. Plain edge. Winged Victory. Reverse: Eagle. The so-called Centenario. Only 5 pieces struck at the Mexico City mint sometime in the 1950's, as per Metcalf, all for him. Very Rare. Pop 1; The only Example graded at PCGS. PCGS graded MS-67. Estimated Value $5,000 - UP Ex Edwards H. Metcalf Collection; Ex Goldberg Sale 44, Feb 10, 2008, lot 4095. View details and enlarged photos	Unsold