Goldberg Coins and Collectibles

Sale 32

Pre-Long Beach Coin and Currency Auction

Half Dimes

Lot	Photo	Description	Realized
Lot 1598		1795 Flowing Hair Half Dime. PCGS graded MS-63. A few faint scratches behind the head. Well struck. No adjustment marks and nicely toned. Half dimes of the Flowing Hair type were made only with two dates, 1794 and 1795. Although the dies for 1794 were engraved that year, no half dimes were struck until 1795 due to security arrangements. Today, examples of both years are quite elusive, the 1794 being scarcer. The majority of existing 1795 flowing hair pieces are quite worn, VG to VF or so. Mint State coins, while not exactly rare, in the combination of choice Mint State plus decent preservation, as here, do have importance that cannot be overemphasized (PCGS # 4251) . Estimated Value $12,000 - 14,000. View details and enlarged photos Check results on similar lots	Realized $13,800
Lot 1599		1795 Flowing Hair Half Dime. PCGS graded EF-45 Breen-2967. Desirable flowing hair Type with 7 curls. The strike is bold and impressive, with all of Liberty's hair strands well defined but for the lowest curl, and the eagle sports most of his feathers but for the few soft ones at absolute center. The eye appeal is vivid for a coin in Extremely Fine grade, and careful scrutiny reveals the choice surfaces with only a few light hairlines, as one would expect of this advanced grade (PCGS # 4251) . Estimated Value $4,000 - 4,500. View details and enlarged photos Check results on similar lots	Realized $5,175
Lot 1600		1800 Draped Bust Half Dime. NGC graded Double Struck Rotated in Collar Mint Error MS-63. Lovely blue and gold toning that is deepest on the left side of the obverse where the color descends to almost iridescent qualities of steel blue or gunmetal color. An intriguing striking error, the mint in this period was sometimes inconsistent with its quality control procedures, letting out into the streams of commerce oddities that might otherwise have been returned for melting and recoinage. The present example is carefully struck and just as carefully graded by NGC. Pop of 3 with 20 finer. Estimated Value $11,000 - 13,000. View details and enlarged photos	Realized $16,100
Lot 1601		1796 Draped Bust Half Dime. 6 over 5. NGC graded MS-60. There are two known die marriages for this first-year issue in the Draped Bust Half Dime series. V-1, the "Normal Date," is the most frequently encountered in today's market. V-2 carries an R.6 rating in the book Federal Half Dimes: 1792-1837 by Russell J. Logan and John W. McCloskey. The authors opine that examples of the latter variety are scarce-to-rare in all grades, with most survivors being well worn. They also mention the MS-61 example that we sold as lot 895 in our May 1996 sale of the Louis E. Eliasberg, Sr. Collection as (we assume) finest seen for the V-2 die marriage. Like the Eliasberg example, this BU 1796/5 V-2 Half Dime easily qualifies as Condition Census. Both sides are modestly semi-Prooflike in finish with hints of reflectivity evident in the fields as the surfaces dip into a light. The strike is well centered with bold-to-sharp definition between the denticles and over the peripheral devices. The centers, however, are bluntly defined, particularly over the reverse eagle. There is, nonetheless, emerging definition over the recessed features of Liberty's hair and the eagle's wings. Grade-defining abrasions are small in size and singularly inconspicuous, and blushes of tannish-silver peripheral iridescence enhance the eye appeal. This is an immensely important coin that would serve as a centerpiece in even the most advanced collection of early U.S. silver. Several moderate-size adjustment marks (as made) are seen through the central reverse. NGC Census: 1; 5 finer. Estimated Value $22,000 - 25,000. LM-2 ex Price. View details and enlarged photos	Unsold
Lot 1602		1796 Draped Bust Half Dime. "LIKERTY" error. PCGS graded MS-61 PQ. Semi PL surfaces, Lovely golden toning that deepens to full russet brown in a lovely wood-grain effect. There is even some steel iridescence along the border in one area. Given the proper amount of strike pressure, the coin was fully brought up by the dies in the hair curls, the lovelock curl, and Liberty's drapery folds. Indeed, one would be hard-pressed to find a sharper example in this grade classification! PCGS reports just 14 in all grades. Pop 1 with 1 in MS-62, 2 in MS-63 and 1 in MS-64. The design for the 1796-97 Draped Bust, Small Eagle coinage was adopted by famed portraitist Gilbert Stuart, who employed Ann Willing for his model of Liberty, said at the time to be the most beautiful women in Philadelphia. On the reverse, the rendition of the eagle was also well received, with the outstretched wings and delicate wreath surrounding. Breaks at the top and bottom curves of the B in LIBERTY give this Valentine-1 variety its distinctive nickname (PCGS # 94254) . Estimated Value $20,000 - 25,000. View details and enlarged photos Check results on similar lots	Realized $43,700
Lot 1603		1805 Draped Bust Half Dime. NGC graded AU-55. Only one die marriage is known for this rare, early half dime, representing 75-100 examples, most of which are VF or less. This is one of the finest pieces known and has represented this date in two of the finest collections formed in the last hundred years. The 1805 is generally considered the second scarcest issue of this short-lived type, and is similar in rarity to the 1801. One of the striking characteristics of the 1805 is that localized weakness is seen on all specimens. On this coin, the bust is completely flat and the O in OF is not visible. The gray-rose surfaces show a darker patch of color on the left side of the obverse, and there are a few light abrasions noted on each side. Of the 1805 half dimes that have been certified, only six have been graded higher than this piece, and only one is better than AU-58 (the astounding coin owned by Kenny Goldman that is justifiably certified MS-64 and currently offered for sale for $750,000). Pop of 2 with 2 in AU-58 as best by NGC. Estimated Value $15,000 - 20,000. LM1 ex Eliasberg/Price. View details and enlarged photos	Unsold
Lot 1604		1831 Capped Bust Half Dime. NGC graded MS-66 Prooflike. Pop 1. The only PL graded by NGC. A flashy, fully struck, and thoroughly toned Prooflike example with superb depth of strike in the hair curls, the stars, and throughout most of the eagle (PCGS # 4278) . Estimated Value $2,500 - 3,000. View details and enlarged photos Check results on similar lots	Unsold
Lot 1605		1832 Capped Bust Half Dime. NGC graded MS-66 Star. Boldly struck with bull's eye toning, there being only some slight softness in the detail of a few hair curls at the forehead, above the ear, and at the back of the head. The toning is fresh with iridescence. A jewel! (PCGS # 4279) . Estimated Value $2,750 - 3,250. View details and enlarged photos Check results on similar lots	Realized $2,875
Lot 1606		1834 Capped Bust Half Dime. NGC graded MS-66. Beautifully toned in shades of purple and blue, with the usual shimmering iridescence in the blue shade. A resplendent gem for the connoisseur of Capped Bust half dimes (PCGS # 4281) . Estimated Value $3,500 - 4,000. View details and enlarged photos Check results on similar lots	Unsold
Lot 1607		1844-O Liberty Seated Half Dime. NGC graded AU-53. Nicely toned. 1844-O is decidedly rare in higher grades, since it seems that most survivors are well worn. Mintage: 220,000. Pop 3; 10 finer (PCGS # 4334) . Estimated Value $2,700 - 3,000. View details and enlarged photos Check results on similar lots	Unsold
Lot 1608		1854 Liberty Seated Half Dime. PCGS graded MS-64. Lovely green and gold toning. The type with Arrows at the date occurs only in three years, from 1853 to 1855. Metal for these came from melted down "old tenor" coins of the pre-Coinage Act of 1853 standard, which was slightly heavier in weight (PCGS # 4358) . Estimated Value $500 - 600. View details and enlarged photos Check results on similar lots	Unsold
Lot 1609		1855 Liberty Seated Half Dime. PCGS graded Proof 66. Old green holder. Lovely blue toning. While Breen states that the 1855 With Arrows Proof Half Dime is not as rare as the 1854, such a judgment has little meaning to the collector since few have seen an example of either date in Proof. There is no official mintage known for the 1855 Proof, but it is widely accepted from auction evidence that possibly as few as 20 were struck. Of that figure, perhaps 15 can be traced today in all grades. However, the population data from PCGS and NGC fail to support this estimate, since any casual glance at the number certified shows the number certified is inflated by resubmissions (for example, 6 in PR66 at NGC). This piece meets all the diagnostics for a Proof with the fields beautifully mirrored on each side and no evidence of mint frost affecting the reflectivity. The finish on the devices is satiny, and shows nicely through the scattered turquoise and gray toning that is seen on both obverse and reverse, and close examination fails to reveal any marks. A coin of great weight and value to collectors of 19th century coinage (PCGS # 4433) . Estimated Value $17,000 - 18,000. View details and enlarged photos Check results on similar lots	Realized $20,700
Lot 1610		1855-O Liberty Seated Half Dime. NGC graded MS-68 Star. Gorgeous blue, gold and lilac toning on both sides. A near perfect coin except for a small break in the luster under the first 5 in the date. Pop 1; none higher. The best graded by PCGS is a single MS66. Blame it on California. Yes, by 1853 the virtual flood of gold pouring into New York and other cities from the gold rush out West, had struck down the price of gold as priced in silver dollars. As a result, the price of silver, reckoned in gold dollars, actually increased by comparison. In short order, the value of silver coins exceeded face value, and large meltings occured. Few understood how to deal with the lack of silver coins in circulation As a stop-gap measure, Mint Director Eckert proposed reducing the silver content of each dollar worth of coins from 412.5 grains to 384 grains. Congress went along with his plan, and President Millard Fillmore signed into law a coinage act on February 21, 1853. Eckert had little warning to prepare new designs, yet it was important to differentiate between the reduced weight coins from the prior heavier standard. Eckert put arrows on each side of the date, and ordered Longacre, the chief engraver in those days, to prepare dies as expeditiously as possible for half dimes through half dollars. (Inexplicably, the silver dollar was not included in the silver weight reduction.) By 1855, when this lovely half dime was produced, mintage had declined with the fall off in retrieval of old tenor silver, which partly explains why this date is scarcer than 1853 or 1854 in high grades. A die break connects all but the first three stars. Estimated Value $25,000 - 30,000. View details and enlarged photos	Realized $28,750
Lot 1611		1855-O Liberty Seated Half Dime. PCGS graded MS-64. Lovely golden toning. The New Orleans Mint concentrated on Half Dollar production in 1855 at the expense of other silver denominations. The Half Dime fared somewhat better than the Dime and Quarter. No Dimes were struck, and just 176,000 1855-O Quarters emerged form the presses as opposed to 600,000 1855-dated Half Dimes. The final mintage is, however, the lowest in the Arrows Seated Half Dime series of 1853-1855, with survivors fairly scarce even in circulated grades. Mint State examples are rare (PCGS # 4361) . Estimated Value $1,500 - 2,000. View details and enlarged photos Check results on similar lots	Realized $1,725
Lot 1612		1861 Liberty Seated Half Dime. 1 over 0. NGC graded MS-65. The top of the leaves on the left side of the wreath are a bit softly struck, but otherwise this is a predominantly well struck specimen. The surfaces are quite clean and it is toned in mottled violet, russet and blue iridescence. Pop 7, with 1 in 66 and 1 in 67. Estimated Value $2,500 - 2,800. View details and enlarged photos	Realized $2,760
Lot 1613		1867 Liberty Seated Half Dime. PCGS graded MS-64. Nice original toning. The 1867 is a well-known rarity among Seated half dime collectors as only 8,625 pieces were struck. In Mint condition it is scarcer than the other P-mint dates of the 1860s, and it is always under intense collector demand since it has the lowest mintage of any regular issue Seated half dime (PCGS # 4390) . Estimated Value $1,200 - 1,400. View details and enlarged photos Check results on similar lots	Realized $1,553
Lot 1614		1796 Draped Bust Dime. NGC graded MS-66. Pop 8; 1 in 67. Lovely sea green toning with reflective fields. Well Struck with the eagle's feathers almost full. Popular as the first dime issued. This is the JR-4 variety with a triple leaf below ST in STATES; neither side has a die cud as found on certain other die varieties of the first year. The design of the 1796-97 draped bust motif was adopted by famed portraitist Gilbert Stuart, who employed Ann Willing for his model of Liberty, said at the time to be the most beautiful women in Philadelphia. On the reverse, the rendition of the "small eagle" design was also well received, with the proud outstretched wings and delicate wreath surrounding. A superb example of an important type coin that is of unimprovable quality. Estimated Value $70,000 - 80,000. View details and enlarged photos	Unsold
Lot 1615		1796 Draped Bust Dime. PCGS graded AU-58. Boldly struck, problem free and beautifully toned. Much more attractive than most Unc's. This is JR-2 with a low date in which the 6 is equidistant between the drapery and the border denticles; the fifteenth star touches the drapery. Very boldly made and of exquisite character whose originality is as plain as day. If you require something special for your collection, and have been searching for this Draped Bust, Small Eagle rarity for years and years, why not spring for a little firmer price and capture this 1796 for your collection (PCGS # 4461) . The Mint Act of April 2, 1792 authorized the Mint to strike Cents, Half Dimes, Dimes, Quarters, Half Dollars, Silver Dollars, Quarter Eagles, Half Eagles, and Eagles. Most of these denominations, however, had to wait several years before their first examples emerged from the First Philadelphia Mint. In the case of the Dime, this historical achievement came in 1796 with the delivery of 22,135 pieces of the Robert Scot-John Eckstein Draped Bust, Small Eagle design. This type has long been prized by numismatists as it was supplanted by the Draped Bust, Large Eagle series after only two years of production (1796 and 1797). Estimated Value $10,000 - 12,500. View details and enlarged photos Check results on similar lots	Realized $15,525
Lot 1616		1811 Capped Bust Dime. 11 over 9. PCGS graded MS-63. Lightly toned on both sides, somewhat mottled and irregular. The hair curls are particularly sharp and in bold relief on this Dime, with better than average strike on the stars that flank Liberty. Scarce early Bust Dime. While not the first year of issue (that being taken by 1809), this 1811 large size Capped Bust left specimen is very similar. A trickle of 65,180 were coined, most of which entered circulation and stayed for years. Many were subsequently melted when they became worn, others were lost to oblivion. Somehow, this one survived in Mint condition. PCGS reports 8 with 3 in MS-65 and 2 in MS-66 (PCGS # 4487) . Estimated Value $4,800 - 5,200. View details and enlarged photos Check results on similar lots	Unsold
Lot 1617		1814 Capped Bust Dime. Small date. PCGS graded MS-62. Grey toning with smooth but not especially vibrant frost in the fields and covering the devices. A little bit of dullness found on the topmost hair curls, the cheek area, as well as the upper part of the cap. Typical flat relief on the stars. Scarce in mint condition. Pop 3; 2 in 64; 1 in 65 (PCGS # 4489) . Estimated Value $3,400 - 3,600. View details and enlarged photos Check results on similar lots	Unsold
Lot 1618		1831 Capped Bust Dime. NGC graded MS-65. Well struck with subdued mint luster overlaid with mottled light gray toning. A wonderful high grade example and an ideal type coin for the popular Capped Bust of the smaller modified design. NGC reports 20 in this grade with 9 in MS-66, 5 in MS-67 and 1 in MS-68 (PCGS # 14520) . Estimated Value $2,900 - 3,100. View details and enlarged photos Check results on similar lots	Realized $3,335
Lot 1619		1834 Capped Bust Dime. Small 4. NGC graded MS-66. Needle sharp with gorgeous violet and blue toning edging into amber gold towards the centers. There is a tiny mark on Liberty's chin, but the coin thoroughly pleases. Furthermore, it is a rock-solid MS66 by any measure without the least bit of hesitation on are part to recommend it to one and all for a U.S. Type Set of 19th century silver coins (PCGS # 4525) . Estimated Value $5,000 - 6,000. View details and enlarged photos Check results on similar lots	Realized $4,600
Lot 1620		1863 Liberty Seated Dime. NGC graded Proof 68 Star. Wonderful intense blue, green, violet and gold toning on both sides. Pop 1. One other graded by NGC PF-68 Star Cameo. PCGS hasn't graded one better than PF-66 except for a single PF-67 Cameo. As pretty as it gets. Only 460 proofs minted. Estimated Value $9,000 - 11,000. View details and enlarged photos	Realized $10,925
Lot 1621		1879 Liberty Seated Dime. PCGS graded Proof 65. Lightly toned. Very few Proof Seated Liberty dimes achieve this desirable Gem grade. Many of the Proofs that were made and distributed in the Proof sets were not handled in an ideal manner, thus a fair percentage of the survivors are in lower numeric grades. For the year 1879, the total Proof mintage was just 1,100 pieces, with one-third of those left in collectors' hands in all grades (PCGS # 4776) . Estimated Value $1,000 - 1,200. View details and enlarged photos Check results on similar lots	Unsold
Lot 1622		1882 Liberty Seated Dime. NGC graded MS-65. Nice original toning separates this from some of the so-so colored examples of late-period Legend Obverse type seated dimes. It is easy to see this piece was delivered a full, sharp blow by the dies (PCGS # 4690) . Estimated Value $625 - 700. View details and enlarged photos Check results on similar lots	Realized $748
Lot 1623		1884 Liberty Seated Dime. PCGS graded Proof 65 Cameo. Blazing white coin. A glittering Gem that has rich frosted surface. Lustrous and immaculately preserved. Substantial detail to the highpoints on this fine example further improves its appearance, as does the 875 mintage, a low low figure by comparison with today. Pop 7; 12 in 66 Cameo; 9 in 67 Cameo (PCGS # 84781) . Estimated Value $1,400 - 1,500. View details and enlarged photos Check results on similar lots	Realized $1,495
Lot 1624		1897 Barber Dime. NGC graded Proof 67. Check out the lovely shades of gold, green, blue, and lilac iridescence. Desirable with this precision strike on the head and wreath, the Proofs display razor-sharpness rarely seen on the business strike Barber dimes. Pop 18; 3 in 68 (PCGS # 4881) . Estimated Value $3,500 - 3,800. View details and enlarged photos Check results on similar lots	Realized $3,910
Lot 1625		1898 Barber Dime. PCGS graded MS-65. Well struck and mostly white. A frosty little gem (PCGS # 4815) . Estimated Value $500 - 550. View details and enlarged photos Check results on similar lots	Unsold
Lot 1626		1903 Barber Dime. PCGS graded Proof 65. Exquisite blue and light gold toning. A bold gem whose toning seems to explode atop the sparkling and hard-working mirrors beneath. Razor-sharpness of strike is seen at every point on the design (PCGS # 4887) . Estimated Value $1,100 - 1,250. View details and enlarged photos Check results on similar lots	Unsold
Lot 1627		Partial set of Barber Dimes 1892-1916-S. A total of 57 different housed in a Library of Coins album. Coins range in grade from About Good to Mint State. A nice run of coins that should be examined prior to bidding. Lot of 57 coins. Estimated Value $500 - 600. View details	Realized $1,725
Lot 1628		1916 Mercury Dime. PCGS graded MS-63 Full Bands PQ. Nicely toned (PCGS # 4905) . Estimated Value $40 - 50. View details and enlarged photos Check results on similar lots	Realized $63
Lot 1629		1916-D Mercury Dime. PCGS graded EF-45. Nice even light toning with wide, perfect rims and sharp detail. It seems the 1916 Philadelphia Mint issue and that struck in San Francisco the same year, were the two that were hoarded, but collectors around the midsection of the country failed to sock away the requisite new-issue hoard. As it turns out, it was this Denver issue that became the rarest in the series, but few were aware of it at the time and for years afterwards. Popular key date dime (PCGS # 4906) . Estimated Value $5,000 - 5,500. View details and enlarged photos Check results on similar lots	Realized $6,613
Lot 1630		1918-D Mercury Dime. PCGS graded MS-64 Full Bands. Pop 73; 14 in 65FB; 2 in 66FB. The surfaces seem to glow with amber brown color from the lovely mint frost that swirls around both sides underneath the original toned surface. Struck with preciseness only now and then found from Denver, both crossbands on the reverse show with complete separation between (PCGS # 4919) . Estimated Value $2,500 - 3,000. View details and enlarged photos Check results on similar lots	Unsold
Lot 1631		1918-S Mercury Dime. MS-63. Creamy white surfaces. Estimated Value $150 - 200. View details	Realized $98
Lot 1632		1919 Mercury Dime. PCGS graded MS-65 Full Bands. Well Struck. Mostly white underneath the mottled auburn brown to amber toning, bearing ample signs it has never been touched by a cleaning solution. Fresh quality dimes like this are achieving new price records every day (PCGS # 4923) . Estimated Value $450 - 500. View details and enlarged photos Check results on similar lots	Realized $489
Lot 1633		1921-D Mercury Dime. PCGS graded MS-62 PQ. Almost full bands. Frosted glass luster and impressive fields for the modest grade allotment from PCGS. This '21-D has plenty of what it takes to attract bidders -- eye appeal, in other words, and lots of it under the natural light color (PCGS # 4936) . The coinage of dimes was greatly curtailed during 1921 and suspended altogether during 1922. The Mint took advantage of a brief but severe recession to direct its efforts toward recoining the silver dollars destroyed under the Pittman Act of 1918. Having achieved most of this recoinage by the middle of 1923, the Mint resumed its production of subsidiary silver pieces. With only a few exceptions, mintage figures for the dime remained fairly substantial throughout the 1920s. Estimated Value $1,000 - 1,100. View details and enlarged photos Check results on similar lots	Realized $1,380
Lot 1634		1923-S Mercury Dime. PCGS graded MS-64 Full Bands. Nicely toned. Sparkling deep golden brown iridescence imbues this satiny beauty with a life of its own. Add a high degree of luster and the appeal is virtually irresistible for the strict MS64 grade (PCGS # 4941) . Estimated Value $1,400 - 1,600. View details and enlarged photos Check results on similar lots	Unsold
Lot 1635		1923-S Mercury Dime. MS-63 Full Bell Lines. Satiny brilliant surfaces with a touch of light tone about the obverse borders. We note some minor hairlines. Estimated Value $300 - 400. View details	Realized $242
Lot 1636		1924-D Mercury Dime. PCGS graded AU-58 PQ. Split bands. Well struck and nicely toned with abundant luster shining below, within, and through this marvelous original color (PCGS # 4944) . Estimated Value $100 - 125. View details and enlarged photos Check results on similar lots	Realized $311
Lot 1637		1924-S Mercury Dime. PCGS graded MS-64. Almost split bands. A beauty, with nice snappy frosty luster on virtually undisturbed surfaces free of discoloration, only normal patina as acquired over the years (PCGS # 4946) . Estimated Value $350 - 400. View details and enlarged photos Check results on similar lots	Realized $604
Lot 1638		1925-D Mercury Dime. PCGS graded MS-64 Full Bands PQ. Pop 89; 24 in 65; 22 in 66; 2 in 67. Mint luster like brilliant frosted glass gives this coin much of its life and pizzazz. Struck with scientific exactness throughout the fasces including the key center cross bands as well as Liberty's wing (PCGS # 4951) . Estimated Value $1,400 - 1,600. View details and enlarged photos Check results on similar lots	Realized $1,610
Lot 1639		1926-D Mercury Dime. PCGS graded MS-64 Full Bands. Typical strike from worn dies (yet this is still very lustrous underneath the toning), with portions of the design stretched into nothingness along the rim, especially evident at UNITED STATES and ONE on the reverse as well as LIBERTY on the obverse (PCGS # 4957) . Estimated Value $300 - 330. View details and enlarged photos Check results on similar lots	Realized $391
Lot 1640		1927-D Mercury Dime. MS-60 Plus. Almost split bands. Natural toning over muted luster. The rims are especially high and wide on this Denver struck dime (PCGS # 4962) . Estimated Value $100 - 125. View details and enlarged photos Check results on similar lots	Realized $173
Lot 1641		1928-S Mercury Dime. PCGS graded MS-64. The surfaces are a modest silvery gray with subtle rather than bright luster. Devices as "sharp as a two-edged sword" with the sole exception being the reverse bands (not at all unusual for the scarcer 1928-S issue) (PCGS # 4970) . Estimated Value $200 - 230. View details and enlarged photos Check results on similar lots	Realized $265
Lot 1642		1931 Mercury Dime. PCGS graded MS-65 Full Bands. Nice even toning on both sides; observation reveals that both sides are remarkably lustrous as well with full bloom off the dies underneath a spray of warm reddish brown patina (PCGS # 4983) . Estimated Value $240 - 260. View details and enlarged photos Check results on similar lots	Realized $449
Lot 1643		1931-D Mercury Dime. PCGS graded MS-64 Full Bands. 2nd generation holder. This sparkling full bands specimen boasts swirling cartwheel effects and uncommonly sharp striking detail for the issue (PCGS # 4985) . Estimated Value $100 - 125. View details and enlarged photos Check results on similar lots	Realized $230
Lot 1644		1931-S Mercury Dime. PCGS graded MS-64. Almost split bands. Crisp smooth surface of undisturbed mint frost that is gently toned yet still shimmers (PCGS # 4986) . Estimated Value $75 - 100. View details and enlarged photos Check results on similar lots	Realized $138
Lot 1645		1937 Mercury Dime. PCGS graded Proof 65 PQ. 1st generation holder. This sharp Proof has two small toned spots on the cap and another below the chin (PCGS # 5072) . Numismatist David Proskey thought that the profile of Liberty as modeled on the dimes introduced in 1916 resembled Mercury. "The new dime is far more beautiful than any since the 1807 issue," he said upon its first appearance in 1916, "but not nearly so beautiful in execution nor so appropriate in design as any of the issues from 1796 to 1807. The profile of Liberty is strongly masculine as to chin. The Phrygian cap, typical of Liberty, is adorned with a wing similar to that we are accustomed to see on the cap of Mercury. It may be suggested therefrom our Liberty is of fleeting character, or mayhap depending upon the development of our flying warships, both aerial and naval." The new dime of 1916 was christened with many pet names. Some people called it the "golf dime" because the fasces resembled a golf bag. Others referred to is as the "Wilson dime," a misinterpretation of the small "W" on the obverse. Estimated Value $500 - 550. View details and enlarged photos Check results on similar lots	Realized $633
Lot 1646		1939 Mercury Dime. PCGS graded Proof 66. 1st generation holder. Only 9,321 Proofs minted this year. New designs introduced with the Mercury dime in 1916 precluded normal "basining" of the dies to give a high polished look, which is one reason the mint abstained from manufacturing Proofs. By 1936, collector pressure caused the mint to reassess its policy. After experimentation, the die makers were able to overcome the obstactles (partially). Although often, upon repolishing the dies during production of the Proofs, a little bit of the design was eroded away from the bridge of Liberty's nose to some of the branches and leaves of the olive sprig on the reverse (which is the case here) (PCGS # 5074) . Estimated Value $300 - 350. View details and enlarged photos Check results on similar lots	Realized $380
Lot 1647		1941 Mercury Dime. PCGS graded Proof 65. 1st generation holder. Typical weakness on the bridge of Liberty's nose and along the mid-section of her neck close to the motto. A flashy, sparkling Gem Proof (PCGS # 5076) . Estimated Value $200 - 225. View details and enlarged photos Check results on similar lots	Realized $242

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