Goldberg Coins and Collectibles

Sale 34

Pre-Long Beach Coin and Currency Auction

Budget & Bulk Lots - Colonial-Cents

Lot	Photo	Description	Realized
Lot 1		1783 Nova Constellatio. Blunt rays. NCS graded Details of EF-40 obv. damage. Double struck. There are, unfortunately, two deep scratches across obv. possibly contemporary to when these were in circulation. Uneven flan. The blunt rays variety is much scarcer than those with pointed rays. All blunt rays pieces have a small US on the other side. Some have suggested the "LIBERTAS JUSTICIA NOVA CONSTELLATIO" was worded that way because it sounds melodic to the ear. Estimated Value $500 - 600. View details and enlarged photos	Realized $604
Lot 2		1787 Vermont. Britannia. PCGS graded Fine-15 Brown. Medium to dark steel brown with light granularity. This has the scarce Britannia reverse with typical soft detail as though the dies were intentionally made very weak so as to trick the authorities into thinking that a newly minted coin had been in circulation in Britain before import into America. This issue must be graded by the obverse only. Breen suggested the design was possibly ground off the die after it had been used with 4 different Tory copper obverses (PCGS # 554) . Estimated Value $300 - 350. View details and enlarged photos Check results on similar lots	Unsold
Lot 3		1787 Fugio Cent. Pointed rays, cinquefoils, "STATES UNITED". Fine-15. A pleasing example of the first coin issued by authority of the United States. The surfaces are medium brown with a planchet flaw on the reverse edge. Estimated Value $350 - 450. View details and enlarged photos	Realized $600
Lot 4		A lot of Colonial Cents. Consists of: 1787 New Jersey PCI EF-40 porous; 1788 Massachusetts PCI VF-20 graffiti; 1788 Massachusetts PCI EF-40 porous and laminations. Lot of 3 coins. Estimated Value $600 - 700. View details	Realized $661
Lot 5		1793 Flowing Hair Half Cent. Breen-1502. Fair-2. Shows damage and rim nicks. Date is visable, as is LIBERTY. Variety with no periods after CENT and AMERICA; short ribbons and stems. Breen estimates the two die varieties with these attributes comprised 28,334 pieces, coined between July 26 and September 18 that year. Estimated Value $400 - 500. View details and enlarged photos	Realized $1,035
Lot 6		1793. VF-20. Electrotype copy made out of lead and now copper in color. Nice cheap space filler. Estimated Value $100 - 200. View details and enlarged photos	Realized $127
Lot 7		1800 Draped Bust Half Cent. Coins grade from Good to Very Fine. Lot of 3 coins. Estimated Value $100 - 125. View details	Realized $460
Lot 8		1806 Draped Bust Half Cent. Small 6, stemless. PCGS graded AU-58 Brown. Breen-3. Dipped at one time but allowed to gently retone; now reddish chocolate brown. Pop 30 (PCGS # 1093) . Estimated Value $450 - 500. View details and enlarged photos Check results on similar lots	Realized $661
Lot 9		1806 Draped Bust Half Cent. Large 6, stems. PCGS graded AU-55 Brown. The common Breen-4 variety with an oversize 6 in the date. Smooth chocolate to reddish steel brown. Pop 8; 34 finer (PCGS # 1099) . Estimated Value $450 - 550. View details and enlarged photos Check results on similar lots	Realized $1,093
Lot 10		1809 Classic Head Half Cent. Each grades VF-20. Lot of 2 coins. Estimated Value $125 - 150. View details	Realized $489
Lot 11		1826 Classic Head Half Cent. PCGS graded MS-63 Brown. Normal date (Cohen-1). Chocolate brown in color, this has a reddish tint to the shading. All hair curls crisp while Liberty's profile is smooth and choice. Pop 24; 20 in 64BN; 5 in 65BN (PCGS # 1144) . Estimated Value $475 - 525. View details and enlarged photos Check results on similar lots	Realized $661
Lot 12		1828 Classic Head Half Cent. 12 stars. PCGS graded AU-50 Brown. A better than average strike since this variety is usually weakest on the hair curls. Lustrous steel brown color. Pop 15; 69 finer at PCGS (PCGS # 1150) . Estimated Value $200 - 240. View details and enlarged photos Check results on similar lots	Realized $265
Lot 13		1834 Classic Head Half Cent. PCGS graded MS-64 Brown. Only one variety, Cohen-1. Sharp strike with traces of mint red visable at the date and around the devices. A lovely purple to steel-brown patina elsewhere and all original. Pop 42; 9 in MS65BN; none higher (PCGS # 1165) . Estimated Value $400 - 440. View details and enlarged photos Check results on similar lots	Realized $414
Lot 14		1850 Coronet Head Half Cent. PCGS graded MS-62 Brown. Chocolate Brown in color with glossy fields underneath and only a little dullness accounting for the MS62 grade. Rims are wide, square, and sharp, as is the hair, hair bun, and beaded hair cord (PCGS # 1221) . Estimated Value $250 - 300. View details and enlarged photos Check results on similar lots	Realized $437
Lot 15		1851 Coronet Head Half Cent. PCGS graded MS-63 Brown. Chocolate brown in color with steel and pinkish accents, the latter on the topmost hair curls. All 1851 half cents are from the same die pair (Cohen-1) with part of a third 1 (base and lower upright)weakly visible at the right of the date, as shown here (PCGS # 1224) . Estimated Value $225 - 250. View details and enlarged photos Check results on similar lots	Realized $288
Lot 16		1854 Coronet Head Half Cent. PCGS graded MS-63 Brown. Mostly brown with slight traces of red with a little verdigris in the reverse field. Bold strike on this pleasing half cent (PCGS # 1230) . Estimated Value $225 - 250. View details and enlarged photos Check results on similar lots	Realized $311
Lot 17		1857 Coronet Head Half Cent. PCGS graded MS-63 Red & Brown PQ. Cohen-1, only the 1 variety this year. Well struck with lots on mint red, though a few toned spots, the main one visible between stars 3 and 4. Pop 70; 30 in 64RB (PCGS # 1240) . Estimated Value $400 - 450. View details and enlarged photos Check results on similar lots	Realized $460
Lot 18		1794 Liberty Cap Cent. "Head of 1794". Sharpness of Fine 15. Under close inspection, the surfaces show light porosity. Estimated Value $250 - 300. View details and enlarged photos	Realized $633
Lot 19		1800 Draped Bust Cent. 80 over 79. NGC graded VF-20 Brown. 2nd hair style. Some scattered marks here and there and a very minor edge bruise at 3 o'clock. Nice uniform chocolate brown throughout. Estimated Value $300 - 350. View details and enlarged photos	Realized $630
Lot 20		1802 Draped Bust Cent. VG-8. Glossy chocolate brown. Probably lightly burnished long ago. Estimated Value $60 - 70. View details and enlarged photos	Realized $92
Lot 21		1807 Draped Bust Cent. 7 over 6. Large 7. Sharpness of Very Fine 25. Some minor roughness due to porosity is noted in areas of the fields. Uniform medium brown. Estimated Value $100 - 125. View details and enlarged photos	Realized $265
Lot 22		1818 Coronet Head Cent. PCGS graded MS-63 Red & Brown. Nice strike with the extensive die breaks through the stars and date as found on this and other Randall Hoard dates from 1818 to 1820, alias "Connected Stars". Some reddish tints around the main devices (PCGS # 1601) . Estimated Value $350 - 400. View details and enlarged photos Check results on similar lots	Realized $460
Lot 23		1820 Coronet Head Cent. Large date. PCGS graded MS-63 Brown. Nice bold strike and steel-brown to chocolate brown in color with plenty of old "gloss" in the luster. Typical for this issue, there is a circling die break through all stars and the date (PCGS # 1615) . Estimated Value $300 - 350. View details and enlarged photos Check results on similar lots	Realized $414
Lot 24		1829 Coronet Head Cent. Medium letters. EF-40. Together with: 3¢ nickel 1865 AU-50. Lot of 2 coins. Estimated Value $100 - 125. View details	Realized $253
Lot 25		1838 Coronet Head Cent. NGC graded MS-63 Brown. Mint Error. Obv. lamination through the upper right quadrant. Reddish brown; unevenly struck on the rims fore and aft of Liberty at the 4 and 10 o'clock positions. Possibly cleaned and recolored with minor wear points on the curl and leaf tops. Estimated Value $250 - 350. View details and enlarged photos	Realized $403
Lot 26		1839. Booby head. MS-60 Plus RB. Smooth, glossy luster with traces of flatness on the topmost hair curls, Liberty's eyebrow, and weak denticles standard at the rim. This is the cleverly named "Silly Head" variety, note the browlock at the forehead. All Silly Head coins have a beaded hair cord. Estimated Value $400 - 450. View details and enlarged photos	Unsold
Lot 27		1855 Coronet Head Cent. Upright 55. PCGS graded MS-64 Red & Brown. Lovely surfaces, almost perfect in their freedom from marks (PCGS # 1908) . Estimated Value $350 - 400. View details and enlarged photos Check results on similar lots	Realized $604
Lot 28		1857 Coronet Head Cent. Large date. Breen-1920, Newcomb-1. AU-55 Brown. Only 333,456 minted in 1857. Cleaned years ago. Estimated Value $125 - 150. View details	Realized $322
Lot 29		1857 Coronet Head Cent. Small date. Breen-1921. MS-60 Plus RB. Dusky red color with the usual uneven strike on the rims and stars that this variety is noted for; still an attractive coin for the Type set buyer. Estimated Value $200 - 240. View details and enlarged photos	Realized $1,783
Lot 30		A collection of Large Cents 1798 to 1856. Consisting of 29 different coins grading from Poor to Very Fine. We suggest careful study for varities prior to sale. Lot of 29 coins. Estimated Value $400 - 500. View details	Realized $1,208
Lot 31		1857 Flying Eagle Cent. PCGS graded Mint Error AU-50 Mis-aligned Rev Die. The right rim wider than normal while the left edge of the design comes to the very edge. Unusual (PCGS # 2016) . Estimated Value $150 - 200. View details Check results on similar lots	Realized $345
Lot 32		1859 Indian Head Cent. PCGS graded MS-63. Nice and lustrous and lightly toned (PCGS # 2052) . Estimated Value $325 - 350. View details and enlarged photos Check results on similar lots	Realized $460
Lot 33		1864 Indian Head Cent. Bronze. NGC graded MS-66 Brown. A well struck gem with a trace of mint color. Frosty blue-brown fields are here blessed with cartwheel luster. Some roughness results from the weakened, age state of the dies and is a strike characteristic seen on some 1864 and 1865 Indian cents. Note as well the crumbling of the edge along the obverse from AMERICA to the date area, again, this the result of overworking the die. The reverse, by comparison, seems to be from a fresher die. Estimated Value $400 - 450. View details and enlarged photos	Unsold
Lot 34		1869 Indian Head Cent. NGC graded Proof 65 Brown. Wonderful lilac, rose and blue iridescent toning on both sides! A stunning moderately deep mirror gem with a beautiful cameo contrast. Many of the Proofs in the late 1860's and early 1870's are only found with moderately deep mirrors. A question often arises as to why. The reason for this may have been that the dies were polished after they were hardened, which does not convey as deep a mirror as found on later dates. Moreover the reverse dies were often used for many years, being repolished throughout its life. Estimated Value $500 - 600. View details and enlarged photos	Realized $1,725
Lot 35		1883 Indian Head Cent. PCGS graded Proof 65 Brown. Nice toning that shades from rich purples to warm purple-browns. A lively gem Proof of this date from the early 1880s. Pop 39; 16 in 66; 3 in 67 (PCGS # 2336) . Estimated Value $200 - 250. View details and enlarged photos Check results on similar lots	Realized $357
Lot 36		1885 Indian Head Cent. PCGS graded Proof 66 Brown. Gorgeous bluish brown iridescent toning on both sides. Broadly and well struck on the legends and main device including all feathers, which is wonderful to obvserve and even more enjoyable to examine under magnification, with a bold of detail at the centers and elsewhere (PCGS # 2342) . Estimated Value $500 - 600. View details and enlarged photos Check results on similar lots	Realized $1,035
Lot 37		1887 Indian Head Cent. Proof 60 or better. Each with mottled multi-color toning. Lot of 2 coins. Estimated Value $300 - 330. View details	Realized $345
Lot 38		1895 Indian Head Cent. PCGS graded Proof 65 Brown. Attractive, rose and bluish iridescent toning on both sides. The devices were struck smack on the dot at the required force by the Proof dies leaving all design elements plain and clear-cut, with not even an iota of weakness as found on the feathers or the wreath (PCGS # 2372) . Estimated Value $300 - 350. View details and enlarged photos Check results on similar lots	Realized $575
Lot 39		1897 Indian Head Cent. NGC graded Proof 66 Red & Brown. Lovely shades of red color on both sides. A radiant Gem that has an outstanding strike with this crimson-gold color, an endless array of enjoyable features, as you can tell by the photographs. Pop 15; 3 in 67RB; 1 in 67 Star RB. Estimated Value $500 - 750. View details and enlarged photos	Realized $897
Lot 40		1901 Indian Head Cent. PCGS graded Proof 66 Brown. Brown with an area of deeper blue. Very pristine with grand eye-appeal (PCGS # 2390) . Estimated Value $400 - 500. View details and enlarged photos Check results on similar lots	Realized $660
Lot 41		1908 Indian Head Cent. PCGS graded Proof 65 Brown. A lovely iridescent toned example exhibiting shades of red and blue (PCGS # 2411) . Estimated Value $300 - 350. View details and enlarged photos Check results on similar lots	Realized $431
Lot 42		1908 Indian Head Cent. NGC graded MS-65 Red. One minuscule nick on the hair by the eye. Bright copper-gold color. Well struck and lustrous with gem quality surfaces; each feather in the headdress shows tiniest detail. A desirable San Francisco mint cent. Pop 139; 31 in 66RD; 2 in 67RD (PCGS # 2231) . Estimated Value $250 - 300. View details and enlarged photos Check results on similar lots	Realized $546
Lot 43		1908 Indian Head Cent. PCGS graded MS-64 Red & Brown. Together with: 1937 Buffalo Nickel PCGS MS-64. Lot of 2 coins. Estimated Value $80 - 100. View details	Realized $127
Lot 44		1909-S Lincoln Cent. PCGS graded MS-65 Red & Brown. Fully lustrous -- an important and rare criteria for this not all that well preserved issue -- the surfaces display dominant faded mint color with a little steel-brown in the mix. Surfaces are thoroughly gem level from an absence of marks or spotting (PCGS # 2433) . Estimated Value $300 - 400. View details and enlarged photos Check results on similar lots	Realized $460
Lot 45		1911-S Lincoln Cent. PCGS graded MS-64 Brown PQ. Well struck and nice rich brown. The otherwise satiny brown luster lightens to reddish wood grain frostiness in a few areas, making this an attractive example for the Lincoln cent collector. Only 4,026,000 minted (PCGS # 2447) . Estimated Value $200 - 250. View details and enlarged photos Check results on similar lots	Realized $207
Lot 46		1912-S Lincoln Cent. PCGS graded MS-64 Brown. What is most noticeable when one first examines this '12-S is its sleek mint luster -- it swirls from side-to-side unimpeded by noticeable abrasions and unscathed by even a hint of tarnish. A brown coin tinges of original red color at the date, etc. Sharply struck (PCGS # 2456) . Estimated Value $100 - 125. View details and enlarged photos Check results on similar lots	Realized $242
Lot 47		1919 Lincoln Cent. PCGS graded MS-65 Red PQ. 1st generation holder. The lovely golden to coppery orange color is bright and consistent. A well struck and lustrous Gem that has carefully preserved surfaces. The year 1919 saw a great deal of social conflict in America after the end of the first World War -- a wave of strikes, the passage of both Prohibition and Woman Suffrage, and the notorious Chicago race riot. A series of bombings by suspected anarchists began in the Summer 1919; on June 2, bombs went off in eight cities, including Washington DC, where A. Mitchell Palmer's home was partially destroyed. (A. Mitchell Palmer was President Wilson's reviled Attorney General.) (PCGS # 2515) . Estimated Value $100 - 150. View details and enlarged photos Check results on similar lots	Realized $104
Lot 48		1931-S Lincoln Cent. PCGS graded MS-64 Red & Brown. The otherwise coppery red color fades to light brown shades in areas. Reasonable detail from a good strike, but some softness in the portrait detail (PCGS # 2619) . Estimated Value $125 - 150. View details and enlarged photos Check results on similar lots	Realized $150
Lot 49		1972 Lincoln Cent. Doubled die obverse. NGC graded MS-65 Red. NGC reports 417 in this grade with 119 in MS-66 RD and 8 in MS-67 RD. Popular 20th century Red Book variety. Estimated Value $450 - 500. View details and enlarged photos	Realized $575
Lot 50		A lot of 23 Lincoln Cents 1909 to 1930-S. The coins will grade Extremely Fine to Mint State. Also includes a 1940-D nickel in Mint State. Lot of 24 coins. Estimated Value $100 - 125. View details	Realized $604