Goldberg Coins and Collectibles

Sale 20

Pre-Long Beach Coin Auction

Shield Nickels

Lot	Photo	Description	Realized
Lot 1215		1867 Shield Nickel. No rays. PCGS graded Proof 64 Cameo. Premium Quality. A nice proof that is desirable not only for its strong cameo but also because the coin itself comes very, very close to the PR-65 grade. In 1867, the coiner rebelled after being asked to produce Proof versions of the With Rays Nickel, citing die loss as a distinct possibility. He must have relented, since a scant few were known to have been struck. The removal of the rays from the back of the coin made it easier to strike the coins, so the same objections were not raised when it came time to strike Proof versions of the No Rays design. Estimated Value $800 - 850. View details and enlarged photos	Unsold
Lot 1216		1892 Liberty Nickel. NGC graded Proof 66 Cameo. Chrome-like brilliance and color. Fully reflective in the fields, lightly frosted on the devices. Free of spots, toning, or distractions.simply lovely. Estimated Value $500 - 750. View details and enlarged photos	Realized $661
Lot 1217		1893 Liberty Nickel. PCGS graded Proof 66. Light golden toning and a hint of violet adds to its appeal. Estimated Value $475 - 525. View details and enlarged photos	Realized $805
Lot 1218		1896 Liberty Nickel. PCGS graded Proof 66. Delicate golden and light lilac toning further enhances this lovely gem specimen. Estimated Value $475 - 525. View details and enlarged photos	Realized $748
Lot 1219		1898 Liberty Nickel. PCGS graded Proof 65. A glittering, totally brilliant coin and free from fly-specks. Estimated Value $300 - 330. View details and enlarged photos	Realized $483
Lot 1220		1912 Liberty Nickel. PCGS graded MS-65. Lightly toned (PCGS # 3873) . Estimated Value $350 - 400. View details and enlarged photos Check results on similar lots	Realized $437
Lot 1221		1912 Liberty Nickel. PCGS graded Proof 65. Nice lilac toning and free from distracting fly-specks. Estimated Value $300 - 330. View details and enlarged photos	Realized $506
Lot 1222		1913 Buffalo Nickel. Type 1. NGC graded Proof 66. Near-perfection in a Proof Buffalo Nickel, including strike and eye appeal. If you wish to see the most complete, full expression of what James Earle Fraser intended his design to be, take a peek at this Gem! First year of the Matte Proof finish on the Five-Cent piece (why, if Matte Proof Cents first appeared in 1909, was the matte finish not applied to Nickels beginning in that year?). Estimated Value $3,000 - 3,250. View details and enlarged photos	Realized $3,450
Lot 1223		1913 Buffalo Nickel. Type 1. PCGS graded Proof 65. A popular, always-in-demand one-year type coin, representing the first year of the Buffalo Nickel type and the only year in which FIVE CENTS appears on a raised mound. This one features a great strike and no toning. Only 1,520 Proofs were struck of the Type 1 version, along with a similar quantity of the Type II. Housed in an older style, green label PCGS holder (PCGS # 3988) . Estimated Value $2,200 - 2,400. View details and enlarged photos Check results on similar lots	Realized $2,990
Lot 1224		1913 Buffalo Nickel. Type 1. NGC graded MS-67. Boldly struck with lovely light pastel toning. Estimated Value $600 - 700. View details and enlarged photos	Realized $1,035
Lot 1225		1913-D Buffalo Nickel. Type 1. Tied for finest with a population of only 5. NGC graded MS-67. Absolutely immaculate surfaces with a light blush of toning starting to form. Estimated Value $1,600 - 1,800. View details and enlarged photos	Realized $2,990
Lot 1226		1913-S Buffalo Nickel. Type 1. NGC graded MS-65. Well struck with nice original toning. Estimated Value $400 - 500. View details and enlarged photos	Unsold
Lot 1227		1913-S Buffalo Nickel. Type 1. NGC graded MS-65. Rich, olive-gold toning. Nicely struck. Estimated Value $350 - 400. View details and enlarged photos	Realized $483
Lot 1228		1913 Buffalo Nickel. Type 2. PCGS graded MS-66. A great grade with which to start off this new, purely American type. PCGS reports 83 in this grade, with only 55 higher (all in MS-67). Housed in an older style, green label PCGS holder (PCGS # 3921) . Estimated Value $750 - 800. View details and enlarged photos Check results on similar lots	Realized $978
Lot 1229		1913 Buffalo Nickel. Type 2. NGC graded Proof 67. An absolutely gorgeous example of this early Proof Buffalo, due mostly to the unusually brilliant surfaces and some bright, golden toning. Although NGC reports 2 finer (both PR-68), we doubt if they could match the eye appeal of this beauty. One of an estimated 1,500 Type II Proofs. A jewel worth a premium bid. Estimated Value $2,800 - 3,200. View details and enlarged photos	Realized $3,565
Lot 1230		1913 Buffalo Nickel. Type 2. ANACS graded MS-64 Doubled Die Reverse. Attributed on the holder as FS-014.86. The clearest evidence of the doubling appears to be on the final S of CENTS. Estimated Value $100 - 120. View details and enlarged photos	Realized $69
Lot 1231		1913-D Buffalo Nickel. Type 2. PCGS graded MS-66. Excellent, bold strike with even toning. Housed in an older, green label PCGS holder. The PCGS Population Report shows 36 at this level, with only 6 finer (PCGS # 3922) . Estimated Value $2,300 - 2,700. View details and enlarged photos Check results on similar lots	Realized $4,255
Lot 1232		1913-S Buffalo Nickel. Type 2. NGC graded MS-65. Popular, key date, now showing "FIVE CENTS" in exergue. Toned. The strike is a trifle mushy on the obverse but there is no question that this is a Gem. Estimated Value $1,500 - 1,700. View details and enlarged photos	Realized $2,415
Lot 1233		1913-S Buffalo Nickel. Type 2. PCGS graded MS-64 PQ. Brilliant and bold, with a hard, chrome-like brilliance on both sides, highlighted by a delicate, golden tone. A nice coin in a tough grade (PCGS # 3923) . Estimated Value $1,000 - 1,200. View details and enlarged photos Check results on similar lots	Realized $1,553
Lot 1234		1914 Buffalo Nickel. NGC graded Proof 67. No need for rose-colored glasses to view this Gem -- the color is already on the coin, along with some golden highlights on the reverse. Perfect strike and perfect surfaces. One of only 1,275 Proof Nickels struck in 1914 and certainly one of the finest. NGC reports 40 in this grade and only 4 higher (all PR-68). Estimated Value $2,800 - 3,200. View details and enlarged photos	Realized $3,450
Lot 1235		1914 Buffalo Nickel. NGC graded Proof 66. Beautiful rose and gold pastel toning. A special coin -- specially produced in a limited edition of 1,275 Matte Proofs and specially cared-for ever since. You will never find this much detail on a Mint State piece! Estimated Value $2,250 - 2,500. View details and enlarged photos	Unsold
Lot 1236		1914 Buffalo Nickel. PCGS graded MS-66. Lovely gold and turquoise toning on the obverse; the reverse has a bright, rose-red color. Excellent eye appeal. Housed in an old, green label PCGS holder (PCGS # 3924) . Estimated Value $600 - 700. View details and enlarged photos Check results on similar lots	Realized $1,093
Lot 1237		1914 Buffalo Nickel. 4 over 3. ANACS graded AU-50 FS-014.87. Well struck and very seldom offered for sale. Estimated Value $700 - 900. View details and enlarged photos	Realized $920
Lot 1238		1914-D Buffalo Nickel. PCGS graded MS-65. Nicely toned in a blush of gold. Sky-blue iridescence surrounds some of the lettering and devices on the reverse. Housed in an old, green label PCGS holder (PCGS # 3925) . Estimated Value $1,000 - 1,200. View details and enlarged photos Check results on similar lots	Realized $1,553
Lot 1239		1914-S Buffalo Nickel. NGC graded MS-64. Well struck for the date. Evenly toned. Estimated Value $320 - 350. View details and enlarged photos	Realized $334
Lot 1240		1915 Buffalo Nickel. PCGS graded Proof 67. Satiny in appearance (much like the earliest 1936 Proof Nickels) but clearly nicer and better than any example of the date struck for circulation. Most importantly, the surfaces are immaculate, without a trace of a contact mark on either side. Only 1,050 Proofs were made in 1915, many of which have been carelessly spent over the years. This Superb piece is tied with 34 others at the 67 level, with only two graded higher by PCGS (both PR-68) (PCGS # 3992) . Estimated Value $3,000 - 3,500. View details and enlarged photos Check results on similar lots	Realized $3,910
Lot 1241		1915 Buffalo Nickel. PCGS graded MS-66. Bold strike, with streaks of golden toning on both sides. Housed in an old, green label PCGS holder (PCGS # 3927) . Estimated Value $325 - 375. View details and enlarged photos Check results on similar lots	Realized $426
Lot 1242		1915-D Buffalo Nickel. PCGS graded MS-66. Lovely gold, lilac and green tones, especially on the reverse, where a circle of rainbow toning rings the reverse. PCGS has graded 14 at this level with only 2 finer (both MS-67). A great coin for the advanced specialist (PCGS # 3928) . Estimated Value $3,700 - 4,200. View details and enlarged photos Check results on similar lots	Realized $4,830
Lot 1243		1915-S Buffalo Nickel. PCGS graded MS-64. Well struck for the date. Nice gold and lilac toning. Housed in an old, green label PCGS holder (PCGS # 3929) . Estimated Value $750 - 800. View details and enlarged photos Check results on similar lots	Realized $1,668
Lot 1244		1916 Buffalo Nickel. PCGS graded Proof 65. Lovely rose-gold toning over exceptional luster. Surface quality is excellent, the only mentionable flaws being two tiny carbon spots above and below the bison's head. Housed in an older style, green label PCGS holder. Only 600 Proofs were minted in 1916, the official last year of Proof coinage (we say "official" because some 1917 Proof Nickels are known to exist, but none were offered publicly that year) (PCGS # 3993) . Estimated Value $2,000 - 2,500. View details and enlarged photos Check results on similar lots	Realized $2,645
Lot 1245		1916 Buffalo Nickel. NGC graded MS-66. Lovely lilac and gold toning. Estimated Value $400 - 450. View details and enlarged photos	Realized $805
Lot 1246		1916-D Buffalo Nickel. PCGS graded MS-65. As nice a strike as one could expect on a 1916-D Buffalo Nickel and certainly a stone-cold Gem. PCGS reports 61 in this grade with only 6 higher (all in MS-66). Housed in an older style, green label PCGS holder (PCGS # 3932) . Estimated Value $1,500 - 1,700. View details and enlarged photos Check results on similar lots	Realized $2,185
Lot 1247		1916-S Buffalo Nickel. ANACS graded MS-65. Boldly struck and toned. Estimated Value $500 - 700. View details and enlarged photos	Realized $920
Lot 1248		1917 Buffalo Nickel. PCGS graded MS-66. Wonderful strike, bold luster, and streaks of golden toning on both sides. Housed in an older, green label PCGS holder (PCGS # 3934) . Estimated Value $750 - 800. View details and enlarged photos Check results on similar lots	Realized $1,150
Lot 1249		1917-D Buffalo Nickel. PCGS graded MS-65. Nice, original toning and a very strong strike. PCGS has graded 65 at this level, with only 8 finer (all MS-66) (PCGS # 3935) . Estimated Value $2,600 - 3,000. View details and enlarged photos Check results on similar lots	Realized $4,140
Lot 1250		1917-S Buffalo Nickel. PCGS graded MS-64. A scarce date in the higher Uncirculated grades. This one has a better-than-average strike and hints of golden toning. Housed in an older, green label PCGS holder (PCGS # 3936) . Estimated Value $1,300 - 1,500. View details and enlarged photos Check results on similar lots	Realized $1,668
Lot 1251		1918 Buffalo Nickel. NGC graded MS-65. An otherwise lovely coin that has several small green spots that formed on both sides since the coin was holdered. This would be a great candidate for NGC's conservation service. Estimated Value $700 - 750. View details and enlarged photos	Realized $863
Lot 1252		1918-D Buffalo Nickel. PCGS graded MS-64. Faint toning over fully lustrous surfaces. Completely unworn, although the weak strike simulates the appearance of wear. The mintmark is crisp and clearly defined (PCGS # 3938) . Estimated Value $850 - 900. View details and enlarged photos Check results on similar lots	Realized $1,553
Lot 1253		1918-D Buffalo Nickel. 8 over 7. NGC graded Fine-15. A pleasing example for the grade. The key date in the series. Estimated Value $1,000 - 1,500. View details and enlarged photos	Realized $2,415
Lot 1254		1918-S Buffalo Nickel. PCGS graded MS-63. Nice lustre visible under lilac toning. Typical mushy strike on the reverse. A scarce date in high mint state condition (PCGS # 3940) . Estimated Value $1,500 - 1,700. View details and enlarged photos Check results on similar lots	Realized $2,185
Lot 1255		1919 Buffalo Nickel. PCGS graded MS-66. Great colors -- electric blues and rose-gold over hard, chrome-like lustre. PCGS has graded 72 at this level, with only 6 finer (all MS-67) (PCGS # 3941) . Estimated Value $1,000 - 1,200. View details and enlarged photos Check results on similar lots	Realized $1,610
Lot 1256		1919-D Buffalo Nickel. PCGS graded MS-64. Toned in bright, rose-gold iridescence over crisply struck details. A popular date in this high grade (PCGS # 3942) . Estimated Value $1,700 - 1,900. View details and enlarged photos Check results on similar lots	Realized $3,565
Lot 1257		1919-S Buffalo Nickel. A rare coin in high grade. Population of 65 with only 11 higher, all by one point. NGC graded MS-64. Well struck, fully lustrous and lightly toned. Estimated Value $2,000 - 2,300. View details and enlarged photos	Realized $2,645
Lot 1258		1920 Buffalo Nickel. NGC graded MS-65. Strong luster, strong strike, strong eye appeal -- a nice example for the grade. Estimated Value $400 - 440. View details and enlarged photos	Realized $633
Lot 1259		1920-D Buffalo Nickel. NGC graded MS-64 Eliasberg. Subdue mint luster with light pastel toning and a minor lamination streak across the buffalo's shoulder. Estimated Value $1,500 - 1,800. Ex Eliasberg Collection. View details and enlarged photos	Realized $1,560
Lot 1260		1920-S Buffalo Nickel. ANACS graded MS-63. Pleasing, golden toning atop the normal, soft strike. Estimated Value $600 - 750. View details and enlarged photos	Realized $1,035
Lot 1261		1921 Buffalo Nickel. NGC graded MS-65. PQ. A satiny Gem with bold luster, hints of gold on the reverse and wonderful eye appeal. A great coin at the top of the 65 grade. Estimated Value $600 - 675. View details and enlarged photos	Realized $719
Lot 1262		1921 Buffalo Nickel. ANACS graded MS-65. Well struck with golden toning. Estimated Value $300 - 350. View details and enlarged photos	Realized $552
Lot 1263		1921-S Buffalo Nickel. NGC graded VF-35. A problem-free example of this popular, rare date. Estimated Value $350 - 400. View details and enlarged photos	Realized $660
Lot 1264		1923 Buffalo Nickel. NGC graded MS-66. Soft golden toning rests atop razor-sharp details. Nearly as nice as they come -- NGC reports 25 in this grade with only 6 higher. Estimated Value $650 - 750. View details and enlarged photos	Realized $805

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