Goldberg Coins and Collectibles

Sale 2

Coins, Manuscript and Collectibles Auction

Half Dollars

Lot	Photo	Description	Realized
Lot 1282		1806. NGC graded VF-30. Overton-109, Rarity-1. Pointed 6, no stem through claw. Choice medium gray in color with lighter areas on the devices. Clean rims and fields, without the oft-seen problems that plague these early Draped Bust silver issues. Popular and always in demand. View details	Realized $219
Lot 1283		1807. ANACS graded EF-40. Draped Bust. Overton 105. Dark silver toning and well struck on the lower obverse, but the upper curls on Liberty are weak. Pleasing condition for a Draped Bust Half Dollar. View details	Realized $437
Lot 1284		1807. VF-30. Draped Bust. Smooth, even wear with typical circulation marks. Graced by silvery-gray toning and well struck throughout. Perfect for the type collector. View details	Unsold
Lot 1285		1806 Overton-115, Rarity-1. PCGS graded AU-50. Antique silver gray in color with lustrous fields and well struck devices. Although a common variety, this is seldom available in grades this nice. The obverse has a die crack through the date and several stars. Nearly the later "a" die state, but the lumps haven't appeared near the stars when this one was struck. View details	Unsold
Lot 1286		Remarkable 1812 ICG graded MS 67. ICG graded MS-67. An amazing coin to behold. The surfaces are absolutely pristine, nary a tick mark to be found anywhere. Best of all, this isn't some somber toned midnight gamble! The entire coin is just lightly toned with rose hues, leaving no place to hide for those so oft-seen hairlines which seem to plague nealy all of our early silver coins. Interestingly, the dies cracked on the obverse, with faint cracks through the date, stars and down through Liberty herself. Early Bust Half Dollars like this are very rare in high grades, especially in Mint State. To find a very high end gem is a quite task, and experienced numismatists know that such opportunities are seldom repeated. View details	Unsold
Lot 1287		1817. VF-20. Overton 110, Rarity-2. Steel gray, smooth, even wear and no problems. View details	Realized $40
Lot 1288		1823. EF-45. Overton 112, Rarity-2. Medium to dark gray in color and well preserved. View details	Realized $127
Lot 1289		1824. EF-40. Overton 111, Double Profile. Nice surfaces and color for the grade. View details	Realized $69
Lot 1290		1826. NGC graded MS-65. The eagle and most of the stars are sharp, and some of the stars even show crisp definition in the radials. Deep iridescent color set ages ago by the passing of time: golds and mauves and blues over a bright silvery base. In all, an elegant coin from the time of John Quincy Adams's presidency. Strictly a "type" date, but it remains a vivid reminder of the beginning of the Western Movement--in fact, in this year the first overland trek from Utah cleared the Cajon Pass and arrived in San Diego, California. 26 graded MS65 by NGC, and a few finer. View details	Unsold
Lot 1291		1827. Fine-15. Overton 104. Darkly toned. View details	Realized $28
Lot 1292		1829. NGC graded MS-64. Mauve and rose-gold pastel toning evenly covers both sides of this beauty from the time America began to expand into the unknown West. Stars on the right all sharp, and the eagle's feathers are nice, too--right into the neck. Solidly graded, with 33 given this same number, and 9 better. View details	Realized $1,668
Lot 1293		1830. NGC graded MS-64. Bright, oldtime, deepset golden mauve and green iridescent toning adds to the eye appeal of this beauty. Stars and the eagle mostly sharp. View details	Realized $1,668
Lot 1294		1831. NGC graded MS-65. Bright silvery iridescence, mixed with golden hues. Good strike overall. Years ago, before slabbing came on the numismatic scene, collectors rarely saw truly Mint State Bust half dollars. Usually only when a major, oldtime collection was disbursed. Slabbing changed all that, together with increasing prices, which has brought neat coins like this one "out of the woodwork" for us all to enjoy. Worth a good bid! Population: 16 graded MS65, and only three just a touch better. View details	Unsold
Lot 1295		1836 Lettered Edge. NGC graded AU-50. Overton 108. Medium silvery gray throughout and popular. View details	Realized $144
Lot 1296		A splendid NGC graded MS 64 1839 No Drapery Half. NGC graded MS-64. Although the grading experts at NGC obviously pegged the grade right, they got a bit excited and hit the wrong button on the description, as this 1839 Half Dollar has Drapery from Liberty's elbow, while the holder tersely states "NO DRAPERY." Nevertheless, this near gem boasts fiery orange-red colors beneath a coating of somber gray toning. Some luster still peeks up from the fields, but it is mostly toned over. There are some minor marks in the fields, but they are old and hidden by the toning. A scarce date that is impossible to find better than the one offered here. An important type coin with a low population. NGC reports that just 11 have been so graded, with none graded higher. Please, have this reholdered when you buy it! View details	Unsold
Lot 1297		An outstanding 1853 Arrows and Rays Half Dollar in Gem MS 65. NGC graded MS-65. An outstanding coin that is graced by blazing luster and boldly struck devices. Untoned and with exceptionally clean fields and devices. Liberty herself is a model of perfection, her graceful drapery lines hang without interruption by bagmarks or other surface impurities. Similarly, the reverse is a blaze of luster which is further enhanced by the explosion of rays surrounding the eagle. The Arrows and Rays were to intended announce the slight reduction in silver weight now used to coin "a half dollar," a bit of inflation which ultimately resulted in today's silverless coinage. View details	Unsold
Lot 1298		Glistening 1854-O Arrows Half Dollar PCGS graded MS 66. PCGS graded MS-66. One of the very finest graded of this important type coin. PCGS, for all their years of service and grading expertise, have only awarded this coveted "66" grade to 7 coins, with a single coin grading higher. And one can see why when a strong glass and light are used to pick this one apart. There simply aren't any signs of mishandling, no bagmarks cratering Liberty's face, no canals of hairlines in the fields, simply a dazzling array of unblemished luster. Sure, there are a few tiny ticks here and there, but far fewer than seen even on gems of this date. All is toned with a delicate golden halo around the edges, the center brighter. Similar color on the reverse, a bit of fiery sunset rose toning evenly distributed by decades of time. Boldly struck throughout, and a resounding gem in every regard. View details	Unsold
Lot 1299		1854-0 Arrows and 1855-0 Arrows. Both grade VF-20. Lot of 2 coins. View details	Realized $69
Lot 1300		1855-O Arrows. EF-40. Lightly cleaned, but still lustrous and with a bit of toning around the periphery. Scarce. View details	Realized $40
Lot 1301		1858-O. PCGS graded AU-53. Silvery luster. View details	Unsold
Lot 1302		1858-O. Sharpness of AU-50 but cleaned. Light toning starting to form; well struck and still a pleasing coin. View details	Realized $109
Lot 1303		Toned Gem 66 1859-O. PCGS graded MS-66. A stunning gem coin that boasts russet gold toning throughout coupled with hints of green and rose hues. Beneath this protective color, the fields are alive with luster. These attributes, while certainly a delight to the specialist, don't fully bring to account why this coin is so special; it is the pristine condition, the undiminished devices, fields and rims, that combine to separate this particular coin from so many others. New Orleans popped off 2,834,000 of these back in 1859, virtually all spent in the fury before the Civil War began. A few were saved that retained their original mint freshness. Now, nearly a century and a half since it was struck, PCGS has only graded 3 coins this high, none better. NGC hasn't graded any better than Mint State 65. Obviously this coin is in top running for the Finest Known of the date. Every star and letter is brought up fully by the dies; central details also are sharp and complete. An opportunity to put away one of the very finest of this entire issue. View details	Realized $9,200
Lot 1304		1861-O. PCGS graded MS-66. Oh boy! Here's a coin that's a sheer delight to catalogue. Struck just as the South was breaking away from the Union, and the New Orleans Mint was about to close, what we have here is possibly the nicest of the survivors of this year. It's the only coin graded this high by PCGS, and they haven't exaggerated the coin's merits one iota, in our opinion. It seems about fully struck (some of the stars are the only devices not perfect) and the toning is real oldtime stuff: just a delightful silvery golden iridescence is evenly distributed on both sides. If you want to see a neat half dollar, look at this one! View details	Realized $8,970
Lot 1305		1861-O. PCGS graded AU-55. Some luster remains and a glass notes a light group of hairlines in the fields. View details	Realized $230
Lot 1306		1874 Arrows. Proof 55. Lightly cleaned and showing lots of horizontal hairlines. Medium gray color. No marks, though, so it did not circulate. One of 700 coined as Proofs. View details	Realized $414
Lot 1307		Near Gem 1874 With Arrows. NGC graded MS-64. Frosty and lustrous throughout, well struck and desirable in every way. Not any toning to speak of, so the surfaces are pure and exposed to careful examination. Popular two year type coin. View details	Realized $3,220
Lot 1308		One of the Finest Known 1879 Half Dollars, NGC graded MS 67. NGC graded MS-67. In 1879 mintages of most denominations plummeted as the mints focused on Morgan Silver Dollar production. Half Dollars for 1879 amounted to 4,800. Of these, NGC has only graded 4 this high, with none graded higher. Clearly one of the top coins known for the date, this antique gray and russet toned gem is tied with others for the top twelve known of the date. Boldly struck and with nary a tick mark to be found combine to create this condition rarity. View details	Unsold
Lot 1309		1879. PCGS graded MS-65. A vibrant white gem that is fully struck and ablaze with luster. The fields are not the usually seen prooflike mirror, but have more of a satiny look. This is unusual in that the Philadelphia Mint only struck a total of 5,900 coins, including 1,100 Proofs, in 1879 as virtually their entire production was focused on grinding out gillions of Morgan Dollars instead of other denominations. Always popular with collectors, these later date Seated Half Dollars are rare in Gem Mint State. View details	Unsold
Lot 1310		1880. PCGS graded Proof 64. A flashy, frosted and really pleasing example of this low-mintage year. White and completely untoned, hiding zero. If you like looking at designs, rather than inspecting surfaces, this coin's for you. View details	Realized $1,006
Lot 1311		Nearly complete set of Barber half dollars. 1892 through 1915-S. Missing only the 1893-S and 1895-S. Grades range from About Good to Very Good. Lot of 71 coins mounted in a custom Dansco Coin album. There is no 1892-O Micro "O". View details	Unsold
Lot 1312		1900. PCGS graded Proof 68. Deep blue and mauve toning, slightly mottled on the obverse. Only 8 given this elite grade by NGC, and 1 by PCGS. Obviously cared for all its existence. View details	Realized $10,925
Lot 1313		1902. NGC graded Proof 67. Gleaming bright silvery mirrorlike surfaces with a mild cameo appearance. Just five graded this high, and two better. Mintage of 777 pieces, thus just a "type coin," and of only scant interest in the current market, which is so focused on rarity. Yet 1902 was an interesting year, at the start of the last millennium. The Bureau of the Census was created, giving the nation a greater sense of what is was. The famous Sherman Anti-Trust Act passed into federal law, allowing the Feds to sue Morgan and his cronies to break up their railroad stronghold on the country--yet, interestingly, almost a hundred years later Congress is now relaxing its banking laws, which might swing us back to 1901 in terms of corporate collusion. The age of the Robber Barons was seemingly drawing to a close--but was it really? So, this coin holds a lot of history upon its face. View details	Unsold
Lot 1314		1906. NGC graded Proof 64. Mostly brilliant silvery surfaces with some light toning in the right obverse field. A few tiny specks of carbon. A solid PR64. View details	Realized $863
Lot 1315		1906. NGC graded Proof 64. Hints of orange-gold toning starting to form around the periphery of this lovely near gem Half Dollar. Appealing contrast throughout; clean for the grade assigned. View details	Realized $1,150
Lot 1316		1907. PCGS graded Proof 64. A nearly gem example of this popular type coin. Lightly toned around the periphery with deeply frosted devices and deep mirror fields surrounding. Trivial hairlines from perfection. View details	Realized $1,208
Lot 1317		1909. PCGS graded Proof 66. Technically in the Superb category, this coin has a wonderful, golden iridescent reverse but a splotchy obverse consisting of deep gray areas with iridescent hues, and otherwise silvery surfaces where the underlying brilliance shows through. Pristine, but examine this Proof to determine its eye appeal for yourself. View details	Realized $2,990
Lot 1318		1913. VG-8. A scarce, low mintage date. Clean rims and original color. View details	Realized $40
Lot 1319		1915. NGC graded Proof 64. A low mintage date, with a small proof mintage to boot of only 450. Lovely golden toning at the periphery, white and untoned at the centers. Moderate hairlines from perfection. Boldly struck, and desirable in every way. View details	Realized $1,265
Lot 1320		1916. A large group of circulated Walking Liberty Half Dollars comprising a nearly complete set, many of the key dates included. There is a 1916-S, 1921 and many others. A total of 54 coins grading from Good to Uncirculated. View details	Realized $391
Lot 1321		1916-D. PCI graded EF-45. Speckled golden toning on both sides with well struck devices. Bold obverse mint mark, as are all of this date. Scarce. View details	Realized $115
Lot 1322		1916-S. PCI graded EF-45. A choice example of this rare, low mintage date. Production stopped at 508,000 coins, making this date in demand by date collectors in all grades. Excellent surfaces without the usual problems. Obverse mintmark, as are all this year. View details	Realized $414
Lot 1323		1917. NGC graded MS-64. White luster at the center, with darker toning around the periphery. Nearly a gem, and well struck too. View details	Realized $776
Lot 1324		1917. PCI graded EF-45. This lot also includes a 1917-S Reverse PCI graded EF40 and 1918-D PCI graded AU50 cleaned. Three for the date collector. View details	Realized $334
Lot 1325		Condition Rarity 1917-D NGC graded MS 65. NGC graded MS-65. One of the key dates to the Walking Liberty Half Dollar series, this low-mintage date was not saved in quantities. In fact, this is the highest grade awarded by NGC, with none graded higher. PCGS has only graded 3 higher, so MS 65 is about the best grade available. This particular piece has deep blue toning around the periphery, with central rose highlights on both sides. Furthermore, the coin is well struck, with a full thumb on Liberty's extended hand, and details of her face and hair complete. View details	Unsold
Lot 1326		1917-D Obverse. PCGS graded MS-63. Light golden toning and with a decent strike, although some design elements are a touch weak. Seldom found better, and if so, much more expensive. View details	Realized $604
Lot 1327		Gem 1917-D Reverse Half. PCGS graded MS-65. Delightful in every way; full satiny luster and with a hazy golden layer of toning. Well struck for this issue, with some flatness noted on Liberty's head and along the eagle's thick thigh. One of 21 so graded by PCGS, with but 4 graded higher. View details	Unsold
Lot 1328		1917-S Reverse. PCGS graded MS-64. Lovely silvery luster with hues of gold around Liberty. The strike isn't quite full, but it's fairly sharp. Looks awful close to a gem to this cataloguer. View details	Unsold
Lot 1329		Withdrawn	Unsold
Lot 1330		1920 Starr. NGC graded MS-66. Original, speckly silver surfaces and a pleasing strike, though it isn't quite perfect. Probably lived in an album for years and years, producing the color seen today. Tough date in high grade such as this: NGC has done just 2 MS66s; PCGS has called 4 coins MS66. Nobody's graded one higher yet. 1920 is a year that has generally been somewhat overlooked by collectors. It's hard to say why. But it's certainly a sleeper year for quality. This coin verifies that assertion: very few halves made it intact through the upcoming tumultuous decade, and then came the Depression, when whatever was saved probably got spent--over and over and over again, till the coins were smooth from use. So, if you are searching for some challenges, think about doing a neat set of 1920 half dollars. The 1920-D will be the biggest challenge, but the coin in this lot is seldom found--especially in a grade like this. Your resulting "three coin collection" might not seem like much to the casual observer, but the coins will be beautiful and really scarce and great symbols of their times: the Great War had just concluded, American patriotism was high, and the Roaring Twenties lay just ahead. In 1920, the Nobel Peace Prize was awarded to Woodrow Wilson, who quoted Abraham Lincoln in his acceptance speech, recalling the hard-won lessons of an earlier war. Wilson said, "Let us have faith that right makes might, and in that faith let us dare to do our duty as we understand it." Amen. View details	Unsold
Lot 1331		1921-D. PCI graded VG-10 Cleaned. Also included in this lot is a 1921-S PCI graded VG10. A great pair of the key dates to the Walking Liberty Half Dollar series in moderate grades. Lot of 2 coins. View details	Realized $132

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