Goldberg Coins and Collectibles

Sale 32

Pre-Long Beach Coin and Currency Auction

$3 Gold

Lot	Photo	Description	Realized
Lot 2453		1872-CC $5 Liberty. PCGS graded AU-55. Only 16,980 minted. Well struck with light shades of gold toning. Very rare date in high grade. Wonderful cascades of luster accompany the borders and the recessed areas of the devices on this handsome 1872-CC, extending well into the fields on either side. The surfaces are refreshingly free from heavy contact. Furthermore, Liberty's hair curls and the eagle's neck and long feathers are extremely well brought up, in fact, the eagle's plumage and the stars are very sharp. Light die clashmarks are noted below the eagle's beak and below Liberty's chin seen on many of the higher grade examples reported. Of the few pieces that were struck, the majority of the approximately 100 survivors are in well circulated lower grades. Pop 3; 1 higher AU58 by PCGS. (PCGS # 8326) . Estimated Value $20,000 - 25,000. Ex Ashland City. View details and enlarged photos Check results on similar lots	Realized $18,975
Lot 2454		1873-CC $5 Liberty. PCGS graded EF-45. Only 7,416 minted. Nice even orange gold toning. The PCGS Population Report notes only 6 finer examples. Hence, this is a major rarity in grades above Very Fine, with its truncated mintage. Conditions in Carson City were pretty active in the 1870s, numismatists were generally unknown at the time, and coins were collected by date, not by branch mint. The mint's production mostly made its way into circulation where they did yeoman duty. The production of CC half eagles in 1873 saw rapid entry into circulation, as noted, most coins of this date and mint are found in very low grades, frequently with numerous circulation marks well beyond those expected for the wear received. Pop 11; 6 finer. (PCGS # 8331) . Estimated Value $9,000 - 11,000. View details and enlarged photos Check results on similar lots	Realized $17,825
Lot 2455		1874-CC $5 Liberty. NGC graded AU-58. Only 21,198 minted. Pop 10; none finer. Very rare in high grades. A beautiful specimen with excellent eye appeal, this 1874-CC is at once a rarity and a Condition Census coin, one of the top several finest known. The striking is typical for the variety, with some lightness on the high points of the hair (but not the star centers), and, on the reverse, the a portion of the eagle's legs and the edge of the shield. Perhaps these aspects are moot, since most 1874-CC eagles are akin to all others on this striking theme. The surfaces are a smooth with reddish-orange gold patina around devices and with abundant luster in the protected areas, this frost blending well with the field areas. Estimated Value $13,000 - 16,000. View details and enlarged photos	Realized $14,375
Lot 2456		1874-CC $5 Liberty. PCGS graded AU-55. Only 21,198 minted. Nice for the grade. Lustrous rivulets of golden frost still sparkle within the devices and partially forming the main foundation of the fields from edge to edge. Pop 8; 4 in 58; 2 in 62. (PCGS # 8334) . Estimated Value $6,500 - 7,000. View details and enlarged photos Check results on similar lots	Realized $9,200
Lot 2457		1875-CC $5 Liberty. NGC graded AU-58. Extremely rare in such high grade. Only 11,828 were coined and as with most Carson City Half Eagles of this period, they were spent and saw considerable usage. NGC reports 4 at this level with only 1 higher in MS-63 (PCGS # 8337) . Estimated Value $17,000 - 19,000. View details and enlarged photos Check results on similar lots	Unsold
Lot 2458		1875-CC $5 Liberty. NGC graded AU-53. Nice even gopld toning with typical strike weakness at centers as if the dies hadn't been properly gauged for the required striking tonnage. Very rare. Only 11,828 minted. Pop 10; 12 finer. Only one mint state graded by NGC (PCGS # 8337) . Estimated Value $9,000 - 11,000. View details and enlarged photos Check results on similar lots	Realized $8,913
Lot 2459		1875-CC $5 Liberty. NGC graded AU-50. Only 11,828 minted. Nice orange and gold toning. Pop 9; 22 finer. Only one mint state graded by NGC (PCGS # 8337) . Mintage for the "CC" half eagles began a gradual decline beginning in 1875, as double eagles dominated gold production at the mint. Furthermore, silver coinage too a significant hike in 1875 as the Treasury prepared for specie payment redemptions. Of the 11,828 half eagles struck at Carson City in 1875, a large majority were shipped out of state in obedience to Treasury orders. Very few have survived in grades approaching Uncirculated, suggesting meltdowns at some point in time. Estimated Value $8,000 - 9,000. View details and enlarged photos Check results on similar lots	Realized $7,763
Lot 2460		1877-CC $5 Liberty. NGC graded AU-50. During this year, Carson City produced only 8,680 pieces of half eagles making surviving examples very rare today. Medium yellow gold tone graces quite decent surfaces and the strike is equally acceptable. Breen-6700, "Usually in low grades; prohibitively rare above EF." Pop 7, with 4 in 53, 13 in 55 and 4 in 58. No mint state coins have been graded by NGC. Estimated Value $7,000 - 8,000. View details and enlarged photos	Realized $7,188
Lot 2461		1879-CC $5 Liberty. PCGS graded AU-58. Only 17,281 minted. Well struck and very nice for the grade. Similar to other Carson City dates in the 1870s, the prices rises quickly from Very Fine through Extremely Fine and especially with About Uncirculated quality, where so few exist as to make just about any CC-date a landmark offering in the half eagle series. 1879-CC in this grade is outstanding, especially with the abundant luster and frostiness seen here. Pop 8; 1 in 61 for finest by PCGS. (PCGS # 8349) . Estimated Value $5,500 - 6,000. View details and enlarged photos Check results on similar lots	Realized $6,613
Lot 2462		1881-CC $5 Liberty. NGC graded AU-55. Pop 18; 5 in 58; 1 in 62; 1 in 63. Lightly toned. Well struck. Only 13,886 minted, accounting for its great scarcity in all grades, with this sharp example being especially attractive. Ideally placed for a rarities set of Liberty half eagles (PCGS # 8356) . Estimated Value $5,500 - 6,500. View details and enlarged photos Check results on similar lots	Realized $6,613
Lot 2463		1882-CC $5 Liberty. NGC graded MS-61. Well struck and untoned. Pop 18; 4 in 62; none higher. Scarce in mint state. A nice flow of golden frost from center to periphery marks this as an entry-level grade, but there is nothing not fully formed about the rarity of 1882-CC, a date most collectors of the series either lack or only possess in circulated form (PCGS # 8359) . Estimated Value $6,000 - 7,000. View details and enlarged photos Check results on similar lots	Realized $6,325
Lot 2464		1882-CC $5 Liberty. NGC graded AU-58. Lightly toned. Only 82,817 were coined, most of which entered circulation quickly. Some may have been found in European hoards, but only a handful, which is likely the source of this piece, from pieces which were sent overseas soon after coining. This one has minor handling marks, but is loaded with frosty luster and a delicate brownish to orange gold tone. Liberty's cheek is clean and shows only moderate handling (PCGS # 8359) . Estimated Value $3,000 - 3,300. View details and enlarged photos Check results on similar lots	Unsold
Lot 2465		1883-CC $5 Liberty. NGC graded AU-58. Low mintage of only 12,958 for this date. Akers points out that this issue is "very rare and underrated in all grades." Breen-6725, "prohibitively rare above EF." Small round letters in the mintmark. This attractive specimen is sharply struck and lustrous. Pop 33, with 2 in 61 and 1 in 64. Estimated Value $6,500 - 7,000. View details and enlarged photos	Realized $6,038
Lot 2466		1883-CC $5 Liberty. PCGS graded AU-58. Lots of mint luster still intact with warm coppery gold patina and very choice surfaces! Better still, there were only 12,958 pieces made (PCGS # 8362) . Estimated Value $6,500 - 7,000. View details and enlarged photos Check results on similar lots	Unsold
Lot 2467		1884-CC $5 Liberty. NGC graded AU-58. Only 16,402 issued. Well struck with some luster evident. Pop 27; 5 in 61; none finer. This is a high quality example of a rare date, one for the connoisseur of Carson City Mint half eagles (PCGS # 8365) . Estimated Value $6,500 - 7,500. View details and enlarged photos Check results on similar lots	Unsold
Lot 2468		1884-CC $5 Liberty. NGC graded AU-58. Here is a lovely specimen of an important rarity of which only 16,402 pieces were struck. Tall letters in the mintmark and with the diagnostic line through the RTY of Liberty. Breen-6730, in which he states that the issue is "often weakly struck." Not this beauty, as the strike is excellent throughout as are the surfaces which are very clean and attractive. The color is equally appealing in warm honey gold. Pop 27, with 5 in 61 as the best graded by NGC. Of those 27, we doubt that very many, if any at all, will be this nice. Indeed an opportunity for the Carson City specialist, Half Eagle date collectors or just about anyone who enjoys rare and beautiful gold coins. Estimated Value $6,500 - 7,500. View details and enlarged photos	Realized $7,475
Lot 2469		1884-CC $5 Liberty. NGC graded AU-58. A lustrous deep yellow golden specimen. A very elusive Carson City issue. Douglas Winter and Lawrence Cutler called this the second rarest of the Carson City half eagles after 1878. Pop 27 with 5 in MS-61. Estimated Value $6,500 - 7,500. View details and enlarged photos	Unsold
Lot 2470		1884-CC $5 Liberty. NGC graded AU-58. Nearly identicle to the preceeding example. A very elusive Carson City issue. Douglas Winter and Lawrence Cutler called this the second rarest of the Carson City half eagles after 1878. Pop 27 with 5 in MS-61. Estimated Value $6,500 - 7,500. View details and enlarged photos	Unsold
Lot 2471		1890-CC $5 Liberty. NGC graded MS-63. This choice specimen is well struck with lots of frosty mint luster. Contact marks are minimal and unobtrusive. On the obverse one can observe a few vary faint traces of adjustment lines, but these hardly detract at all. Though the original mintage was 53,800, survivors in this lofty state or better are in the low double digits. An example with excellent eye appeal which the new owner will enjoy greatly. Pop 34, with 21 in 64 and 2 pieces in 65. Estimated Value $6,000 - 6,500. View details and enlarged photos	Realized $6,038
Lot 2472		1890-CC $5 Liberty. PCGS graded AU-58. Pop 53. The mint at Carson, Nevada, began operations in 1870, twenty years before this half eagle came off the press. The mint would be closed for good during the second administration of President Grover Cleveland as an economy measure to keep a tight rein on the federal budget (PCGS # 8376) . Estimated Value $550 - 600. View details and enlarged photos Check results on similar lots	Realized $978
Lot 2473		1899-S $5 Liberty. MS-62. A few marks on the chin and lower portrait as well as one small rim nick by the third star. Satiny. Estimated Value $250 - 300. View details and enlarged photos	Realized $661
Lot 2474		1900 $5 Liberty. PCGS graded MS-63. Well struck and quite choice (PCGS # 8400) . Estimated Value $600 - 650. View details and enlarged photos Check results on similar lots	Realized $920
Lot 2475		1902-S $5 Liberty. PCGS graded MS-66. Well struck with nice even gold toning. Outstanding volcano-hot golden-fire luster across radiant surfaces, the quintessential Gem quality Liberty Half Eagle. San Francisco Mint is renowned for its sharp strikes in this period as well as for its gleaming lustrous gold coins (PCGS # 8406) . Estimated Value $4,600 - 5,000. View details and enlarged photos Check results on similar lots	Realized $6,613
Lot 2476		1881 $5 Liberty. A group of 3 half eagles grading EF-40. Lot of 3 coins. Estimated Value $325 - 350. View details	Realized $405
Lot 2477		A trio of U.S. gold. Consists of: $5.00 1883 AU-55; $5.00 1904 ANACS MS-62; $2.50 1907 AU-58. Lot of 3 coins. Estimated Value $550 - 625. View details	Realized $661
Lot 2478		A pair of $5 Libs. Consists of: 1880 and 1905. Each grades AU-53. Lot of 2 coins. Estimated Value $240 - 260. View details	Realized $357
Lot 2479		1908 $5 Indian. PCGS graded Proof 61. Toned. Far fewer marks than one would expect for this grade. The obverse portrays Brule Lakota Chief Hollow Horn Bear, who had taken part in Theodore Roosevelt's inaugural parade, March 4, 1905. The Chief died March 15, 1913, age 54, at Providence Hospital, according to the notice in the April 1913 Numismatist, which misidentified him as the model for the 1899 $5 Silver Certificates. His true identity as Boston sculptor Bela Lyon Pratt's model for the 1908 Quarter Eagles and half eagles first came to light in an exhibit in the 1988 ANA Convention; we have not yet learned who was the exhibitor. The raised flat fields of the new design meant that Proofs would have to be in one of the French matte finishes. Proofs (1908-15) were not as popular as the old-fashioned brilliant Proofs of former designs, especially because they were darker and duller than business strikes; many were mistakenly spent, others melted in 1916 as unsold. PCGS reports 2 at this level with 58 better. Prior to the 1940s, many collectors turned up their noses at Matte and Satin-finish Proofs. They were caught in a nineteenth century time warp and did not welcome the modernistic, French-inspired coin-matting influence which swept Europe and America during the opening decades of the twentieth century. But time and familiarity soon bore fruit. Today, Matte Proofs are revered more than their brilliant cousins by collectors, who pay highly to acquire them. If you would object with this assertion, then explain the wide price premium that Matte Proofs have (PCGS # 8539) . Estimated Value $5,000 - 6,000. View details and enlarged photos Check results on similar lots	Realized $6,613
Lot 2480		1908-D $5 Indian. PCGS graded MS-64. A decent strike with bold mintmark. Nice luster covered in rich golden orange toning. Pop 214 with 8 in MS-65 as the best graded by PCGS (PCGS # 8511) . Estimated Value $3,000 - 3,500. The West Coast Collection. View details and enlarged photos Check results on similar lots	Realized $3,450
Lot 2481		1909 $5 Indian. PCGS graded AU-50 PQ. Lightly toned yet still providing abundant luster in the more protected areas of the design (PCGS # 8513) . Estimated Value $2,240 - 240. View details and enlarged photos Check results on similar lots	Realized $242
Lot 2482		1909 $5 Indian. Each VF-20. Lot of 2 coins. Estimated Value $300 - 330. View details	Realized $391
Lot 2483		1910 $5 Indian. PCGS graded AU-58. Lustrous with only minor wear on the high points (PCGS # 8517) . Estimated Value $220 - 250. View details and enlarged photos Check results on similar lots	Realized $426
Lot 2484		1910-S $5 Indian. PCGS graded AU-55. Toned (PCGS # 8519) . Estimated Value $350 - 400. View details and enlarged photos Check results on similar lots	Realized $334
Lot 2485		1911 $5 Indian. PCGS graded AU-55. Toned (PCGS # 8520) . Estimated Value $220 - 250. View details and enlarged photos Check results on similar lots	Realized $253
Lot 2486		1911-D $5 Indian. PCGS graded AU-58 PQ. Well toned and attractive, with frosty luster throughout the Indian's face and neck areas as well as within the feathers of the headdress and eagle. Key date in the series. Recently graded by PCGS and quite conservatively we might add (PCGS # 8521) . Estimated Value $2,200 - 2,500. View details and enlarged photos Check results on similar lots	Realized $5,750
Lot 2487		1912 $5 Indian. PCGS graded AU-58. Another attractive specimen, this time lustrous with a little toning (PCGS # 8523) . Estimated Value $220 - 240. View details and enlarged photos Check results on similar lots	Realized $368
Lot 2488		1912 $5 Indian. PCGS graded AU-58. The only wear that shows is on the top of the feathers and ribbon across the Indian's brow (PCGS # 8523) . Estimated Value $220 - 240. View details and enlarged photos Check results on similar lots	Realized $311
Lot 2489		1912 $5 Indian. PCGS graded AU-55. Lightly toned (PCGS # 8523) . Estimated Value $200 - 220. View details and enlarged photos Check results on similar lots	Realized $253
Lot 2490		1912 $5 Indian. PCGS graded AU-53. Toned. An inexpensive example of the Indian $2.50 Type (PCGS # 8523) . Estimated Value $200 - 220. View details and enlarged photos Check results on similar lots	Realized $247
Lot 2491		1913 $5 Indian. PCGS graded AU-55. Toned (PCGS # 8525) . Estimated Value $220 - 240. View details and enlarged photos Check results on similar lots	Realized $288
Lot 2492		1914-S $5 Indian. PCGS graded MS-63. Nicely struck for this date and mint, except for the mintmark which as often seen, is somewhat softly struck and almost filled. Excellent color from essentially complete original mint bloom with just a touch of light tone. Pop 12, with 6 in 64 as the best from PCGS (PCGS # 8529) . Estimated Value $10,000 - 12,000. The West Coast Collection. View details and enlarged photos Check results on similar lots	Realized $10,925
Lot 2493		1915 $5 Indian. PCGS graded AU-50 PQ. Toned (PCGS # 8530) . Estimated Value $200 - 220. View details and enlarged photos Check results on similar lots	Realized $265
Lot 2494		1915-S $5 Indian. PCGS graded MS-63. Another very rare San Francisco mint issue in Unc. This specimen with a better than average strike for the date and mint, has excellent mostly untoned luster. The mintmark is slightly soft and almost completely filled. Pop 18 with 18 in MS-64 (PCGS # 8531) . Estimated Value $12,000 - 14,000. The West Coast Collection. View details and enlarged photos Check results on similar lots	Realized $13,200

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