Goldberg Coins and Collectibles

Sale 25

Pre-Long Beach Coin and Currency Auction

Large Cents

Lot	Photo	Description	Realized
Lot 46		1793 Flowing Hair Cent. Wreath reverse, vine and bars edge. Sheldon-9. PCGS graded Fine-15. Light chocolate and tan surfaces with a unique lizard skin mottled appearance. Slight porosity in the obverse field to the right of Liberty's portrait. Date and three leaves above date strong. Obverse detail is a small step above Fine while the reverse shows technical Fine wear to the right of the bow. Entire coin void of any disturbing rim bumps or bruises. Identified by a small obverse nick at 11:00 near the rim and a small pit an the lower serif of the N in CENT. The United States Mint produced Wreath Cents in 1793 after public and political pressure put an end to the Chain Cent design. The Vine and Bars Wreath Cent is an extremely desirable issue and this specimen is attractive and in a obtainable grade range. Great specimen for the early type collector. Estimated Value $2,500 - 3,000. View details	Realized $4,600
Lot 47		1793 Flowing Hair Cent. Wreath reverse, vine and bars edge. Sheldon-8. Sharpness of VG-7. Rough surfaces on both sides. Uniform medium brown in color. Estimated Value $500 - 600. View details	Realized $1,438
Lot 48		1794 Liberty Cap Cent. Sheldon-65. Sharpness of VF-35. Rough surfaces, medium chocolate brown with some slightly darker shades of reddish-brown. Estimated Value $400 - 500. View details	Realized $1,323
Lot 49		1794 Liberty Cap Cent. Sheldon 21, Rarity 3. PCGS graded VF-30. Struck on a slightly rough planchet with mottled shades of chocolate brown. In an old green holder. Estimated Value $900 - 1,100. View details	Realized $1,323
Lot 50		1795 Liberty Cap Cent. Plain edge. Sheldon-76b. NGC graded MS-61 Brown. Nice sharp strike with full hair detail above the ear and a well defined cap. Extremely sharp leaf detail and lettering on the reverse. Even light chocolate surfaces with hints of clay red in the fields on both obverse and reverse. Reverse die rotated clockwise several degrees. Identified by a small nick just to the left of the fraction on the reverse. Early type, especially in such high grade, becomes more in demand each year and this is the perfect piece for the type collector or high grade copper collector. Estimated Value $3,500 - 4,000. View details	Realized $4,485
Lot 51		1798 Draped Bust Cent. Sheldon-151. VG-10. With blunt striking as usually seen on this variety. Sharpness of Extremely Fine 40 but scratches and small abrasions exist on the right half of the obverse, on the bust is a lightly corroded area, more light corrosion is scattered around the reverse, at the left base of F is a pit mark and the coin has been cleaned and nicely retoned to a dark reddish steel color. Not as bad in appearance as the description makes it sound. The overdate is strong, and the obverse surface problems are not too deep or problematic. Struck a bit off-center with a wide rim below the date and to the left on the obverse, similar on the reverse, with the wide rim at the top and right side; obviously the dies were not lined up when these were struck, accounting for the blunt striking. On the reverse, OF AME is weak. This coin has a lot of detail for the grade assigned and we expect a strong price despite the minor problems. Estimated Value $800 - 1,200. Ex. Dr. Christian A. Allenburger; B. Max Mehl M.B.S. 111 3/48:433 as "D-111 (S-150)" at $25; Ex Benson Collection. View details and enlarged photos	Realized $489
Lot 52		1801 Draped Bust Cent. S-224. Good-5. Variety with huge die-bulge at 3 o'clock on the reverse. No damage, nice smooth surfaces of dark brown copper. Estimated Value $75 - 100. View details	Realized $63
Lot 53		1802 Draped Bust Cent. Stemless wreath. S-241. EF-40. Variety with "dropped S" in "STATES" which is very dramatic on this specimen. Sharp and somewhat prooflike, pleasing chocolate brown surfaces, much cleaner than most seen. A choice copper! Estimated Value $600 - 750. View details	Realized $805
Lot 54		1803 Draped Bust Cent. Small date, small fraction. Sheldon-247. Sharpness of VF-35. Cleaned long ago and retoned. Estimated Value $200 - 250. View details	Realized $460
Lot 55		1810 Classic Head Cent. Sharpness of EF-45. We note some light scratches across the bust of Liberty and some areas of verdigris on the obverse. Estimated Value $150 - 200. View details and enlarged photos	Realized $489
Lot 56		1814 Classic Head Cent. S-294, Rarity 1. NGC graded AU-58. A boldly struck specimen, sharply defined throughout, with nice smooth surfaces. Uniform dark chocolate brown in color and a marvelous example for the Classic Head design. Pop of 3 with 1 in MS-61, 1 in MS-62 and 2 in MS-63. In an old NGC holder. Estimated Value $1,200 - 1,500. View details	Realized $2,185
Lot 57		1814 Classic Head Cent. Plain 4. Mint Error. PCGS graded EF-40. Obverse Double Struck in Collar. A nifty error that shows clear doubling of the obverse details, with the second strike appearing slightly off-center and rotated somewhat. The doubling is most evident at the date, where one 1814 sits atop the other. The reverse is completely normal, with no trace of doubling -- this indicates that the obverse die was loose in the press and chattered around between strikes. Olive in color, with underlying tan (especially on the reverse). The surfaces are glossy enough, but the reverse shows some old porosity. Nevertheless, the real attraction here is the error striking, thus condition is important but not the main determinant of value. Estimated Value $1,000 - 1,250. View details	Realized $1,840
Lot 58		1816 Coronet Head Cent. MS-64. Brown. N-5. Purchased in an NGC MS-64 BN slab by the consignor, who removed it from the holder in order to place it in his type set. Slab insert comes with lot. This is a scarce variety, and the consignor, an astute collector of coppers, considered it to place within the top 10 pieces in the Condition Census for this variety. It is certainly a beauty! Medium to dark chocolate brown in color, with a delightful texture to the metal and a hint of blue iridescence. It has the look of a Gem and should be worth a strong bid from knowing specialists. Estimated Value $750 - 1,250. View details	Realized $891
Lot 59		1817 Coronet Head Cent. 13 stars. NGC graded MS-66. Brown. N-13. The Lazy C variety. As the number grade suggests, this superb coin possesses an unusually strong visual impact, making it a condition-rarity. Gleaming medium brown surfaces create a marvelous glossy look. The strike is essentially "perfect" for this variety. Mixed subtly into the "chocolate" of the surfaces is a deep reddish cast, or hue, which is the remnant of the original mint bloom. Liberty's cheek is as smooth and "creamy" as anyone could wish for. All in all, a splendid copper! Estimated Value $1,500 - 2,000. View details	Realized $2,013
Lot 60		1818 Coronet Head Cent. PCGS graded MS-63 Brown. Some mint red luster still visible. Estimated Value $250 - 300. View details and enlarged photos	Realized $437
Lot 61		1827 and 1857 Coronet Head Cents. VF 20 and EF-45. Lot of 2 coins. Estimated Value $180 - 220. View details	Realized $242
Lot 62		1832 Coronet Head Cent. MS-64. Brown. N-2. Scarcest of the three varieties listed for this date by Newcomb. The consigner removed this from the slab he purchased it in, and the NGC MS64 BN tag comes with the lot. This beauty has cartwheel brown luster with mere "ghosts" of some red mint bloom behind the toning. The strike is also delightful, deeply impressed on the reverse and with Liberty bold but the surrounding stars mostly flat in the centers. A clasic diebreak connects stars 5 through 10. Whatever number grade viewers might decide to assign for themselves, this coin shimmers with luster and has exquisite eye-appeal. Estimated Value $500 - 750. View details	Realized $661
Lot 63		1833 Coronet Head Cent. PCGS graded MS-65. Brown. N-5. The famous Horned 8 variety. Hines-Starr specimen (without original envelopes, however). A simply luscious copper having essentially flawless surfaces evidencing mostly chocolate-brown luster but some mint red remains (perhaps 20%), subdued, despite the "BN" designation by PCGS. The classic diebreak begins at the lower right of the date and transects the first ten stars, left to right. On the reverse, the other well-known diebreak begins at the "E" of AMERICA and loops beneath the ribbon to continue through the lower portion of UNITED STATES and ends driftng upward through OF. The stars become progressively better impressed, starting out flat on star 1 and strengthening until the final five stars are deeply divided into their centers. All in all, exquisite and having an important pedigree. Estimated Value $3,000 - 4,500. View details	Unsold
Lot 64		1837 Coronet Head Cent. MS-65. Brown. N-13. The Noyes plate coin (#20592), which traces itself to the Naftzger collection and the 1990 EAC sale (lot 232). The consignor removed this beautiful copper from an NGC MS65 BN slab, feeling it possessed too much red remnant to be called merely "brown." Justifiably so, in the eyes of this cataloguer, for the coin shows strong evidence of an admittedly subdued tannish gold luster. The surfaces are truly Superb, nary a tick anywhere, and glossy. The metal's texture is smooth, satiny. Included with the lot are the NGC label and Naftzger's trademark kraft envelope on which he noted, in green ink, "MS-65, sea green and bronze, full lustre, R4, ex Joe Flynn 1964; Bert Cohen. EAC '83 as N-1." All in all, a wonderful and famous specimen! Estimated Value $2,500 - 3,500. View details	Realized $2,530
Lot 65		1838 Coronet Head Cent. PCGS graded MS-65. Red & Brown. N6. Here is a truly beautiful coin which the grading services cannot agree on, based on the accompanying NGC insert, calling it MS66 BN. Brown? At least 50% of the original, reddish mint bloom (not a faded tan) remains. How anybody could call this coin "brown" is beyond reason. Aside from the blatant mint red, this wonderful coin sports almost flawless surfaces (which NGC did acknowledge with their 66 number grade). Liberty's cheek even shows the die-polish lines from the U.S. Mint. Stars mostly flat in their centers, but the strike is still impressive, with Miss Liberty in bold relief. A precious copper! Among the finest of its kind, certainly in terms of eye-appeal alone. Estimated Value $1,750 - 2,500. View details	Realized $3,220
Lot 66		1841 Coronet Head Cent. PCGS graded Proof 64 Brown. Fully struck with lovely lilac, blue and green iridescent toning. The obverse retains about 20% of the original mint red, most of it fading to light brown. The reverse is a tad darker in color, but the iridescence is greater. Only two dozen Proofs are estimated to exist of this date, the low population due to the low demand when the coins were issued (the Mint was still well away from offering Proof coins to the general public, and only a few knowledgeable collectors and "friends of the Mint" were able to obtain them. PCGS reports 5 coins at this level, plus 2 in PR-65 BN and 1 in PR-66 BN. For identification purposes, future owners and researchers can look for the following: two tiny marks just in front of Liberty's nose, and a small carbon spot on the right arm of the second T in STATES. Estimated Value $6,000 - 7,000. View details	Realized $7,475
Lot 67		1847 Coronet Head Cent. N-23. NGC graded MS-63 Brown. A nice sharp strike, particularly so within the hair of Liberty. The surfaces exhibit a uniform reddish-brown color. Pop of 1 with none higher. Probably worth well in excess of our conservative estimate. Estimated Value $250 - 350. View details	Realized $748
Lot 68		1851 Coronet Head Cent. N-15. NGC graded MS-65 Red & Brown. Nice and bold with plenty of fiery mint red turning to violet. Pop of 1 with none higher for this Newcomb variety . Estimated Value $600 - 750. View details	Realized $863
Lot 69		1852 Coronet Head Cent. PCGS graded MS-62 Brown. Pleasing reddish-brown with mint red still present in the protected areas. In an old green holder. Estimated Value $175 - 200. View details	Realized $322
Lot 70		1853 Coronet Head Cent. NGC graded MS-65 Brown. Well struck and lovely bluish-brown in color. Pop of 125 of all varieties with 41 in MS-66 BN and 3 in MS-67 BN. Estimated Value $275 - 300. View details	Realized $403
Lot 71		1853 Coronet Head Cent. N-6 (Rarity 1). PCGS graded MS-64 Brown. Uniform medium reddish-brown. Estimated Value $250 - 300. View details	Realized $489
Lot 72		1853 Coronet Head Cent. PCGS graded MS-63 Brown. Estimated Value $125 - 150. View details and enlarged photos	Realized $219