Goldberg Coins and Collectibles

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Pre-Long Beach Coin and Currency Auction

Half Dollars

Lot	Photo	Description	Realized
Lot 1705		1795 Flowing Hair Half Dollar. NGC graded AU-55. Nicely toned Flowing Hair example. The familiar variety which has parallel curving die breaks on the obverse, one descending from the R in LIBERTY and the other from the T and crossing through the base of the Y. Wonderful rich shades of antique gray to purple-gray color with areas of dusky gold thrown into the mix. All of the color is original, uncleaned, refreshing in its attractiveness. The devices are well executed by the dies. It pays to remember that in the early days of the first Philadelphia Mint, the coining presses were all operated by hand. The pressman would swing a great, weighted boom handle and the screw mechanism would impart a sharp "squeeze" to the coin by the top and lower dies. Is it any wonder these varied from coin to coin, since the amount of strike pressure could vary enormously depending on the state of the dies, the health of the pressman, and whether or not he was inebriated. For yes, in those days, the mint had a daily beer ration for its workers! (PCGS # 6052) . Estimated Value $13,000 - 15,000. View details and enlarged photos Check results on similar lots	Realized $16,675
Lot 1706		1796 Draped Bust Half Dollar. 16 stars. NGC graded Fine-12. Key date type coin. Cleaned at one time but allowed to retone, possibly in an old fashioned coin album, where it acquired multitudinous color combinations that together leave behind a vivid impression on the connoisseur of this rare issue. Pop 1 with 7 finer. This draped bust, small eagle series comprises just two dates, 1796 and 1797, each of which has two varieties. The 1796 issue that comes with 15 obverse stars is Overton 101, while that with 16 stars is classified as Overton 102. The 16 stars coin was apparently intended to observe Tennessee's June 1, 1796 admission to the Union as the 16th state. The two 1797 varieties (Overton 101 and 102) are differentiated by the alignment of the reverse wreath in relation to the legend. All four varieties were actually struck in 1797 and were part of three deliveries. Mint records show that the first delivery was made on February 28, 1797 (60 coins), the second delivery on March 21 (874 coins), and the last on May 26 (2,984 coins). The coins were minted from silver ingots deposited by the Bank of the United States, and all of the deliveries were made to the Bank. Walter Breen, in his Complete Encyclopedia of U.S. and Colonial Coins, expresses the opinion that the February delivery included 1796-dated pieces with 15 stars; the coins struck in March included some 1796 with 15 stars and others with 16 stars; and the coins struck in May consisted primarily of 1797-dated pieces and the last of the 1796's with 16 stars. Of the 3,918 half dollars of 1796-1797 that were minted, relatively few are thought to have survived. Estimates of extant pieces range from less than 100 to over 300 coins. Estimated Value $38,000 - 45,000. View details and enlarged photos	Unsold
Lot 1707		1805 Draped Bust Half Dollar. NGC graded AU-58. Large 5. 5 Berries. Nice grey and blue toning on this extremely handsome half dollar from 1805. The draped bust, heraldic eagle motif was in use for a few short years on the half dollars, 1801 to 1807 to be precise. 1805, as represented here, is often one of the best made, and is therefore doubly desirable from a Type Set collecting standpoint. Value it accordingly! (PCGS # 6069) . Estimated Value $5,000 - 5,500. View details and enlarged photos Check results on similar lots	Unsold
Lot 1708		1806 Draped Bust Half Dollar. MS-61. Pointed 6 with stem. A small mark on the forehead, others on the portrait an in the nearby field. Mostly light silvery in color but with attendant and desirable "old silver" patina hugging the rims. This is a popular heraldic eagle design and one which Mint States only occasionally make their way to market. Estimated Value $7,000 - 8,000. View details and enlarged photos	Unsold
Lot 1709		1806 Draped Bust Half Dollar. 6 over 5. NGC graded AU-58. With 5 berries in wreath (Breen=4583). Nicely toned, the overdate is clear on this popular 1806 variety, with luster in the protected areas and especially on the reverse. The high points received light but even wear from its show trip into and then back out of circulation, with decent strike in the hair, some minor weakness on the shield lines as well as the eagle's neck and wings (PCGS # 6077) . Estimated Value $5,000 - 5,500. View details and enlarged photos Check results on similar lots	Unsold
Lot 1710		1809 Capped Bust Half Dollar. NGC graded MS-64 O-106. A frosty white example. The surfaces are untoned, rocking with silvery color, and quite lustrous. Razor-sharp on all devices, as well, including all stars, hair curls, the cap, the clasp, etc. Perhaps if one wants to argue the point, there is some slight weakness in the eagle's wing where it joins with the shield, but this is too minor to bother about. The coin is, quite simply, a refreshing change from the normal Mint State 1809 one sees. Pop 1; 1 in 66 for the variety. Estimated Value $4,800 - 5,200. View details and enlarged photos	Realized $6,095
Lot 1711		1812 Capped Bust Half Dollar. 2 over 1. Large 8. PCGS graded VF-30. Very rare. A total of 1,628,059 minted in 1812. Years ago, collectors of this series used to instruct newcomers to "Look for the tougher 1812/1 overdates - if yours has a Large 8 in the date, you've got a real rarity!" Well, here, indeed, is THE great rarity for 1812, a splendid Very Fine 30 example displaying variegated "old silver" gray and steel patina over both surfaces. (The finest 1812/1 Large 8 example graded by PCGS is a single AU-50.) (PCGS # 6102) . Estimated Value $6,000 - 7,500. View details and enlarged photos Check results on similar lots	Realized $9,200
Lot 1712		1817 Capped Bust Half Dollar. 7 over 3. PCGS graded MS-64 Overton-101. Well struck with lovely toning. Semi PL surfaces. A resplendent example with gleaming antique gold, shades of amber, gray-violet, and natural blue on both sides from its decades of careful storage and handling. Nearly fully struck for this interesting overdate variety, with none of the usual weakness on the eagle's neck or wing-pits (to coin a phrase). In fact, considering the majority of 1817/3 overdates offered, this piece has to rank among the boldest survivors of the few Mint States reported! Pop 2 with none finer (PCGS # 6111) . According to Bust Half Dollar specialist Sheridan Downy, in a piece written about the 1817/3 and 1817/4 overdates, "In January 1816, John Reich was in his ninth year of service as Assistant Engraver for the United States Mint. Reich, from the time of his employment in September 1807, was regarded as one of the most skilled engravers in the country, having learned his trade in Germany before immigrating to the United States (as an indentured servant) in 1800. His talent certainly exceeded that of the Chief Engraver, Robert Scot. (Scot designed the earlier Flowing Hair and Draped Bust half-dollars.) Reich's first task, in 1807, was to redesign and prepare master dies and hubs for gold and silver coinage. The now familiar Capped Bust design is his enduring contribution to American numismatics. On the 10th of January 1816 the Mint delivered a token mintage of 47,150 half dollars for the year 1815. The entire mintage was coined from a single set of dies; the obverse die was prepared and date-punched in 1812, but had gone unused. In 1815 it was recovered, reworked and a '5' was punched over the partially effaced '2.' The overdating of unused dies was a common occurrence in the early years of the mint. In seven of the eleven years preceding 1816 the mint produced 'overdated' half-dollars. Hours after the delivery of the 1815/2 half dollars a fire in the Mint ruined its rolling mills. The rolling mills, of course, were needed to convert gold and silver bullion into strips from which planchets were prepared. Without planchets, no gold or silver coins could be struck in 1816. "One might suppose that Reich had plenty of time in 1816 to prepare working dies for 1817. Apparently not. The first two obverse dies used in 1817 were overdates. The 1817/3 came first, then the 1817/4. The two 1817 overdates share a common edge with the earlier 1814 O.103 and O.106, the 1815/2 and with the later struck 1817 O.110. (Remember, Overton's attribution numbers do not correspond with emission order.) Reich resigned in March 1817. His eyesight was failing and he was unhappy with the absence of a single pay raise during his 10-year employment. Scot immediately set to work 'fine tuning' the hub from which working dies were prepared. We readily notice his addition of curls to Liberty's coif, yielding a more elaborate and delicate hairstyle. Reich, we now know, prepared only one obverse die in 1817 - and it was not used until 1818. From the advent of the Capped Bust design in 1807 until he left the Mint in early 1817 Reich placed a covert 'signature' on the obverse dies prepared during his tenure: a small notch on the outside point of star 13. Of the 10 obverse dies used in 1817 only the 1817/3 and 1817/4 have this notch. (These dies, of course, had been prepared in 1813 and 1814.) The single obverse die used to coin the 1818/7 O.101 and O.103 also has the notch, along with large 8's and the early style hair curls." Estimated Value $12,000 - 15,000. View details and enlarged photos Check results on similar lots	Realized $19,550
Lot 1713		1824 Capped Bust Half Dollar. NGC graded AU-55. Lightly toned (PCGS # 6137) . Estimated Value $220 - 240. View details and enlarged photos Check results on similar lots	Realized $345
Lot 1714		1826 Capped Bust Half Dollar. PCGS graded AU-58. Nice shades of gold and blue toning. A well struck example suitable for any U.S. 19th century Type set (PCGS # 6143) . Estimated Value $600 - 650. View details and enlarged photos Check results on similar lots	Realized $863
Lot 1715		1831 Capped Bust Half Dollar. NGC graded AU-55. White example with some minor planchet flaws on the cheek and neck caused by impurity in the metal (carbon or "slag" inclusions, more than anything else) (PCGS # 6159) . Estimated Value $250 - 300. View details and enlarged photos Check results on similar lots	Realized $230
Lot 1716		1832 Capped Bust Half Dollar. NGC graded MS-62. Nice golden toning around the edges. There were two reverse lettering styles employed on coins struck in 1832, with the more usually seen variety having so-called small letters in the legend. By comparison, the "large letters" seem to be more crowded together. Typical decent strike for 1832, with a few areas of softness as often found, though nothing unusual. Choice, lustrous, desirable (PCGS # 6160) . Estimated Value $800 - 1,000. View details and enlarged photos Check results on similar lots	Unsold
Lot 1717		1837 Capped Bust Half Dollar. PCGS graded AU-55. Well struck. Nice lavender toning. The 1837 is one of only two issues of Christian Gobrecht's Reeded Edge, 50 CENTS reverse half dollar. The scarcity of the low mintage (1,200 pieces) 1836 explains the desirability of the 1837 among high quality type collectors. In 1836, the use of the new steam coining press necessitated a design change from John Reich's familiar capped bust design to a somewhat similar design by Christian Gobrecht. The obsolete lettered edge was replaced by a reeded edge of 1836 (PCGS # 6176) . Estimated Value $400 - 500. View details and enlarged photos Check results on similar lots	Realized $661
Lot 1718		1842-O Liberty Seated Half Dollar. Small date (reverse of 1839). PCGS graded VF-20. Small letters. Nice even toning on this key issue, with the main areas of weakness lying at the centers (as always) -- flatness on Liberty's shoulders and upper body, with corresponding soft areas on the eagle's legs and lower body. The small date 1842-O uses a reverse first appearing in 1839. Although supposedly 203,000 or so are reported as made, included in the initial delivery of February 28, 1842, part of this figure comprises coins dated 1841. Usually seen in low grades when offered at all (PCGS # 6238) . Estimated Value $1,700 - 1,900. View details and enlarged photos Check results on similar lots	Realized $2,300
Lot 1719		1864 Liberty Seated Half Dollar. MS-60 Plus. Some light hairlines. Very well struck for the issue, with complete stars, a high, square rim, and high-impact designs from the dies. Were the luster only fresher we could picture this in a much higher grade. Estimated Value $400 - 500. View details and enlarged photos	Unsold
Lot 1720		1871-CC Liberty Seated Half Dollar. About Good-3. Rare Carson City mint issue that obviously did yeoman duty in circulation. Estimated Value $90 - 100. View details and enlarged photos	Realized $115
Lot 1721		1873 Liberty Seated Half Dollar. No arrows, open 3. Very rare date. PCGS has graded a grand total of 15 pieces of the 1873 No Arrows open 3, a date rarely found in seated half dollar collections unless they were assembled decades ago when this issue had fewer active buyers. Sharpness and detail of Very Good, but no letters in LIBERTY evident on the shield (PCGS # 6337) . Estimated Value $3,200 - 3,600. View details and enlarged photos Check results on similar lots	Realized $3,910
Lot 1722		1873-CC Liberty Seated Half Dollar. Arrows. PCGS graded EF-40. Pop 12. A short cut above the shield; full strong word LIBERTY on the ribbon. One of the scarcer CC-mint dates in this series (PCGS # 6344) . Estimated Value $1,500 - 1,700. View details and enlarged photos Check results on similar lots	Realized $1,524
Lot 1723		1875-S Liberty Seated Half Dollar. PCGS graded MS-64. Rich golden toning on the obverse. Choice, almost gem-level surfaces from the original luster of this appealing coin (PCGS # 6351) . President Grant was suffering through an embarrassing third year in office when this pleasing 1875-S was made. Press agents rolled with laughter over Grant's botched administration; meanwhile, scandal mongers had a field day as one revelation after another rocked the administration. Only a few of these historic relics are still around to remind us of that giddy, corrupt "Gilded Age" in American history. Estimated Value $900 - 1,100. View details and enlarged photos Check results on similar lots	Realized $1,323
Lot 1724		1880 Liberty Seated Half Dollar. PCGS graded Proof 66 Cameo. Pure white gem. Pop 4; none higher in proof cameo. A faint hairline (possibly as made) the length of Liberty's leg. The surfaces are untoned, oscillating with silvery color, and quite lustrous, from the mirror depth in the field to the purest frost on Liberty as well as the eagle (PCGS # 86441) . Estimated Value $5,500 - 6,000. View details and enlarged photos Check results on similar lots	Realized $10,063
Lot 1725		1890 Liberty Seated Half Dollar. PCGS graded Proof 65 Deep Cameo. Lovely hint of golden toning on both sides. Great eye appeal, Pop 3; 1 in 67. From center to periphery the intense flood of silvery mirror luster glows. All devices were struck by the Proof dies with such force and determination that elements show with razor-edge detail (PCGS # 96451) . Estimated Value $5,500 - 6,500. View details and enlarged photos Check results on similar lots	Realized $9,775
Lot 1726		1892-O Barber Half Dollar. MS-60 Plus. Lovely rainbow toning. Scarce first-year of issue, this has the large O mintmark and is one of only 390,000 produced, among the scarcest branch mint years in the 1892-1915 Barber half dollar set. Estimated Value $700 - 850. View details	Unsold
Lot 1727		1893 Barber Half Dollar. PCGS graded Proof 66 Deep Cameo. A wonderful white gem. Pop 1; 2 in 67 DCAM as finest by PCGS. A sparkling gem of the finest order. The mirror reflection is unbeatable, the strike is absolutely full, being quite crisply frosted in all relief areas, with blazing white color (PCGS # 96540) . Estimated Value $8,000 - 9,000. View details and enlarged photos Check results on similar lots	Realized $9,775
Lot 1728		1894 Barber Half Dollar. PCGS graded Proof 64 Cameo. A glittering white coin. Fresh-as-fallen-snow crispness leaps to the viewer's eye of nearly pristine surface, despite a few minute slide marks on the cheek that may be the only thing blocking the coin from full Proof 65 gem quality. Only 972 Proofs struck this year (PCGS # 86541) . Estimated Value $1,500 - 1,750. View details and enlarged photos Check results on similar lots	Unsold
Lot 1729		1896 Barber Half Dollar. PCGS graded Proof 67 Cameo. A wonderful white gem. Pop 2; none higher by PCGS. For the collector who wants the best, a glittering gem with spectacular mirror luster and lively frosted highlights. Typical strike for the date, 100% crisp and detailed at the head of Liberty as well as the eagle on the reverse, thereby first-class where physical quality is concerned (PCGS # 86543) . Estimated Value $8,000 - 9,000. View details and enlarged photos Check results on similar lots	Realized $10,580
Lot 1730		1897-O Barber Half Dollar. PCGS graded MS-64. Rich golden toning. Better than average strike. A highly lustrous New Orleans mint date that has rich frosty surfaces under the toning and a decent strike that cannot quite be said to be razor-sharp but is close enough to rate favorable mention. Pop 15: 14 finer (PCGS # 6478) . Estimated Value $5,800 - 6,000. View details and enlarged photos Check results on similar lots	Unsold
Lot 1731		1898 Barber Half Dollar. Proof 60 plus. Retoned, but not in the least bit unattractive as it shows all of the intricate detail of a well-struck Proof including razor-edge stars and letters plus a bold square rim. Only 735 Proofs struck in 1898. Estimated Value $400 - 450. View details and enlarged photos	Realized $633
Lot 1732		1901 Barber Half Dollar. PCGS graded Proof 66 Cameo. Nice white coin. Clockwork precision seen in the hair and cap, the eagle's feathers as well as the shield lines. A lustrous example that has rich mirror-deep fields and cameo-frosted devices. Pop 8; 5 in 67 Cameo (PCGS # 86548) . Estimated Value $4,000 - 4,300. View details and enlarged photos Check results on similar lots	Unsold
Lot 1733		1908 Barber Half Dollar. NGC graded Proof 64. Nice blue toning shows shades of iridescence throughout and makes this an eye-cataching coin for the Type Set buyer. Proof issuance reached a low for the period when only 545 sets were struck for collectors in 1908 (PCGS # 6555) . Estimated Value $950 - 1,000. View details and enlarged photos Check results on similar lots	Realized $1,294
Lot 1734		1912 Barber Half Dollar. PCGS graded Proof 65 PQ. Older blue holder. Nice cameo effect. A high degree of flashy proof-surface luster springs to life beneath pale gold and faint russet highlights. Incredibly sharp at the reverse as well as the obverse, with much more detail than can be found on typical Proof Barber half dollar examples. A lively gem that will please just about every collector with its Premium Quality originality (PCGS # 6559) . Estimated Value $2,500 - 2,800. View details and enlarged photos Check results on similar lots	Unsold
Lot 1735		1916 Liberty Walking Half Dollar. AU-55. Light golden toning. A lustrous example of this first year of issue. Estimated Value $150 - 175. View details and enlarged photos	Realized $276
Lot 1736		1916-D Liberty Walking Half Dollar. NGC graded MS-65. Old holder. Nice if rather heavy blue toning. The underlying surface heavy with mint frostiness. The pressure transmitted from the die to the blank reveals itself in sharp head, hand, and leg details as well as a resplendent eagle which dominates its side of the coin (PCGS # 6567) . Estimated Value $1,200 - 1,500. View details and enlarged photos Check results on similar lots	Unsold
Lot 1737		1916-D Liberty Walking Half Dollar. MS-60 Plus. Cleaned years ago, new yet attractive toning. Rims very wide (PCGS # 6567) . Estimated Value $150 - 200. View details and enlarged photos Check results on similar lots	Realized $489
Lot 1738		1916-S Liberty Walking Half Dollar. PCGS graded MS-64. Frosty white example. Pop 153; 80 in 65; 13 in 66; 1 in 67 (PCGS # 6568) . Mint Director F.J.H. von Engelken said in 1916, "The design of the half dollar bears a full-length figure of Liberty, the folds of the Stars and Stripes flying to the breeze as a background, progressing in full stride toward the dawn of a new day, carrying branches of laurel and oak, symbolical of civil and military glory. The hand of the figure is outstretched in bestowal of the spirit of Liberty. "The reverse of the half dollar shows an eagle perched high upon a mountain crag, his wings unfolded, fearless in spirit and conscious of his power. Springing from a rift in the rock is a sapling of mountain pine, symbolical of America." Estimated Value $1,500 - 1,700. View details and enlarged photos Check results on similar lots	Realized $4,255
Lot 1739		1917-D Liberty Walking Half Dollar. Mint mark on obverse. PCGS graded MS-63. Well struck and mostly white but for some natural russet brown and gray patina snaking in from the edges. Strong, wide rims on this issue (PCGS # 6570) . Estimated Value $675 - 725. View details and enlarged photos Check results on similar lots	Realized $1,783
Lot 1740		1917-S Liberty Walking Half Dollar. Mint mark on obverse. PCGS graded MS-64. Pop 95; 33 in 65; 2 in 66; 1 in 67. The 1917-S Obverse is the scarcest of the four mintmark variations for 1917, and it is also one of the most difficult early Walkers at this grade level. This is a toned yet lustrous coin with balanced light amber brown on both sides. Highly attractive for the grade, with better than average striking details on Liberty's head and a split-thumb hand (most desirable). The eagle's breast is sharply defined, but the left leg is characteristically weak. A very choice example of this date that is very difficult to find so well preserved (PCGS # 6572) . Estimated Value $4,500 - 5,500. View details and enlarged photos Check results on similar lots	Realized $7,475
Lot 1741		1918-D Liberty Walking Half Dollar. PCGS graded MS-64. Pop 172; 25 in 65; 3 in 66. Generally well struck for this often problematic issue and exceptionally clean with satin-like, creamy mint frost. Basically within a whisper of Gem MS65 quality with attractive natural "old silver" patina (PCGS # 6575) . The year 1918 introduces a design modification to the collar on Liberty's gown. It was redesigned and broadened. Also, ray 8 from the sun is now centered between rays 7 & 9. Before it had been out of alignment and closer to ray 7. There is an incuse border at the top edge of the ground line from date to sun and the motto was changed to taller, thinner, more widely spaced letters. Each of these design modifications was an attempt to improve the appearance and striking quality of the coin. Estimated Value $4,000 - 4,500. View details and enlarged photos Check results on similar lots	Realized $6,613
Lot 1742		1919 Liberty Walking Half Dollar. PCGS graded MS-65. Well struck and mostly white. Very nice for the grade. Pop 49; 16 in 66; 5 in 67. In addition to being a condition rarity, 1919 Philadelphia Mint Halves are also a strike rarity with well struck, Gems being especially difficult to locate. The striking details of this eye-catching Gem are uncommonly bold for an early Walker, with pinpoint detailing on the most skirt lines, hand area, and head on the obverse. All of the eagle's feathers are boldly defined as well, while the surfaces exhibit a smooth, well frosted appearance beneath delicate toning accents (PCGS # 6577) . Estimated Value $4,500 - 5,000. View details and enlarged photos Check results on similar lots	Realized $6,325
Lot 1743		1919-S Liberty Walking Half Dollar. PCGS graded MS-65. Well struck with light shades of golden toning around the edges. Nice eye appeal. Pop 36; 10 in 66; Finest by PCGS. A leading rarity in the Walking Liberty series, this is a 1919-S that boasts a strong strike on Liberty and frosty gem-level luster throughout. Long known as one of the key dates to the series, the 1919-S is rarely found with other than a very mushy strike, and is a true rarity in gem MS65 condition. To locate a gem that is well struck is something special. Further, this coin excites us with its smooth luster in the fields and toning that has natural shades on both sides. One tiny area of weak striking is noted along the eagle's leg, but there are no handling marks worthy of note. If you want a well struck example, then be sure to examine this one closely because it has details you simply won't see on others, even if they are the same grade. Quality such as this is always appreciated, so compute your bid precisely (PCGS # 6579) . Estimated Value $10,000 - 12,000. View details and enlarged photos Check results on similar lots	Realized $14,375
Lot 1744		1920-S Liberty Walking Half Dollar. PCGS graded MS-64. Hint of light gold toning. Pop 95; 40 in 65; 4 in 66. Crisp luster with sharp definition and only a few trivial marks and slightly soft at the centers. A truly exceptional 1920-S for the grade (PCGS # 6582) . Estimated Value $3,000 - 3,500. View details and enlarged photos Check results on similar lots	Realized $5,463
Lot 1745		1920-S Liberty Walking Half Dollar. PCGS graded MS-64. Lightly toned and about average in strike detail at the centers. Precious few 1920-S Walking Liberty Halves show even half of the detail that characterizes both sides of this frosty specimen. With the change to 1920-dated dies the mint adjusted the design of the Walking Liberty Half Dollar. Liberty's cap has been redesigned with more grooves at the back and a larger fold at the top. Below, the ground line from date to sun has been given a sharp raised edge. Finally, the outer edge of the flag curl by the knee has had a raised border added to (PCGS # 6582) . Estimated Value $3,000 - 3,500. View details and enlarged photos Check results on similar lots	Unsold
Lot 1746		1921-D Liberty Walking Half Dollar. PCGS graded MS-62. Popular key date. Frosty white. Pop 19. A one-in-a-thousand example of this Denver issue, with original luster that shimmers over choice surfaces. One of the keys of the Walking Liberty Half Dollar series, the 1921-D has the lowest mintage of its type with a mere 208,000 coins struck. Walter Breen's research indicates that two die pairs were used to coin these Halves. The first pair produced 165,000 examples, the second pair 92,672 for a total of 257,672 pieces. Apparently 49,672 coins never left the mint and may have been melted, resulting in the net mintage figure of 208,000 given above. This coin is logically scarce, therefore, in grades above Very Fine, and Mint State pieces are downright elusive, this, the result of very few being saved from the channels of commerce (PCGS # 6584) . Estimated Value $4,000 - 4,500. View details and enlarged photos Check results on similar lots	Realized $9,200
Lot 1747		1923-S Liberty Walking Half Dollar. Some minor hairlines (PCGS # 6586) . Estimated Value $450 - 500. View details and enlarged photos Check results on similar lots	Realized $630
Lot 1748		1927-S Liberty Walking Half Dollar. PCGS graded MS-64. Well struck with nice even original toning. Should be cracked out and regraded. Pop 222; 46 in 65; 5 in 66. Metal flow enhances the billowing mint dazzle that emits like forked lightning from the beautifully toned surfaces, giving the coin a shimmering, glowing appearance. The original mint quality is only interrupted by an occasional speck or mark, hence it should be considered at the upper end of its grade class (PCGS # 6587) . Estimated Value $2,000 - 2,500. View details and enlarged photos Check results on similar lots	Realized $4,140
Lot 1749		1928-S Liberty Walking Half Dollar. PCGS graded MS-64. Nice original toning. This lustrous light to medium gray toned specimen boasts a grand display of luster on both sides. Normal strike, with centers and head not fully detailed but typical for this issue is to be expected; still well enough that its charm is unimpaired. A solid MS64 specimen (PCGS # 6588) . Estimated Value $2,500 - 3,300. View details and enlarged photos Check results on similar lots	Realized $3,795
Lot 1750		1928-S Liberty Walking Half Dollar. PCGS graded MS-62. Lightly toned. Nice original coin with minor weakness (as almost always) on the head, the hand, and upper part of the skirt lines (PCGS # 6588) . Estimated Value $850 - 1,000. View details and enlarged photos Check results on similar lots	Realized $1,783
Lot 1751		1929-D Liberty Walking Half Dollar. PCGS graded MS-62. Well struck and mostly white, this is a popular year, and the last time that Denver would strike Walking Liberty halves until 1934 (PCGS # 6589) . Estimated Value $250 - 300. View details and enlarged photos Check results on similar lots	Realized $518
Lot 1752		1933-S Liberty Walking Half Dollar. PCGS graded MS-65. Lovely light shades of gold toning. Bold strike. Pop 156; 66 in 66; 7 in 67. The strike as keen as a razor on this scarce 1933-S, a hallmark of the date, fortunately, and one which attracts the eye to the sharply defined skirt lines and other main features (PCGS # 6591) . Estimated Value $2,200 - 2,500. View details and enlarged photos Check results on similar lots	Realized $3,450
Lot 1753		1934-S Liberty Walking Half Dollar. PCGS graded MS-65. Pop 168; 70 in 66; 5 in 67. A scarce and highly lustrous Gem that has exquisitely preserved surfaces with natural toning, strong strike including the full skirt lines, and minimal marks (PCGS # 6594) . Estimated Value $2,800 - 3,000. View details and enlarged photos Check results on similar lots	Realized $3,795
Lot 1754		1936 Liberty Walking Half Dollar. PCGS graded Proof 66. Hint of light toning. Because this was the first year of production for Half Dollar Proofs since the days of the Barber series, a fair number of coins were acquired by new collectors and non-collectors who did not realize how to care for Proofs. The end result was that many 1936 Proofs were cleaned or otherwise impaired, and today very few are extant with unaltered and original surfaces as fresh as this Proof 66 example certified by PCGS. Pop of 210 with 18 in PR-67 and 1 in PR-68 (PCGS # 6636) . Estimated Value $5,500 - 6,000. View details and enlarged photos Check results on similar lots	Realized $6,325

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