Goldberg Coins and Collectibles

Sale 34

Pre-Long Beach Coin and Currency Auction

$10 Gold

Lot	Photo	Description	Realized
Lot 1228		1795. 13 leaves below eagle. PCGS graded AU-53. Nice for the grade. Popular first year of issue. Pop 18; 66 finer. A date and type alwasys in demand. Well struck for this issue yielding only a thin hairline through the back curls below the cap. There is a lovely interplay between orange-gold and reddish colors that give this the eye appeal of an even higher grade. The mintages were small in the 1790s because little demand existed domestically for $10 eagles. The first United States Mint struck coins to order, for the most part. Bankers and others deposited silver and gold with the Mint, which the Mint's workers turned into coinage and then delivered to the owners of the precious metals. Those depositing gold with the Mint in those first years has a preference for the more convenient $5 half eagles to the $10 eagles, ordering more of the smaller denomination than the larger. As best as we can understand, the eagle was too large for small transactions but too small for convenient transportation or storage of large sums. Many 1795-1804 eagles were exported. Striking gold eagles that were only going to be exported or melted was wasteful of the Mint's production capacity. Production of this denomination ceased in 1804, possibly under the orders of President Jefferson. The halt in production for the gold eagle proved more than momentary. It wouldn't be struck for circulation again until 1838, at the second Philadelphia Mint (PCGS # 8551) . Estimated Value $40,000 - 50,000. View details and enlarged photos Check results on similar lots	Realized $48,875
Lot 1229		1796 $10 Capped Bust. PCGS graded Taraszka-6, Breen 1-A. Rarity-4. MS-62. Well struck with prooflike surfaces. Lightly toned. The surfaces are somewhat rough. Even yellow gold with halos of brownish gold toning around legends and devices. Somewhat reflective in the fields and retaining much of its original luster although as mentioned the surface is a little rough. The fields on both sides show a substantial smattering of tiny natural planchet chips, as struck and really not affecting the grade. Very few marks, hairlines, or post-striking flaws are noted -- in large part a byproduct of the safe storage of this piece in the years since it was snatch from a bank or treasure box by some early day collector. Indeed, the coin is exceptionally well struck, as sharp as any 1796 Small Eagle $10 eagle we have offered, with more than usual detail at the extreme central obverse and nicely bold strike on the eagle. For instance, concerning the latter feature, the eagle's breast is nearly fully struck, again which is as nice as any specimen in existence. An important opportunity to acquire high grade 1796 $10, a coin with significant rarity, one of just 4,146 struck and representing the only die variety of this date. Pop 3; 2 in 63; none better. (PCGS # 8554) . Estimated Value $120,000 - 130,000. View details and enlarged photos Check results on similar lots	Realized $138,000
Lot 1230		1798 $10 Capped Bust. 8 over 7. 9 stars left, 4 right. PCGS graded AU-53 PQ. A faint hairline through the ear and lovelock, but well preserved surfaces for the most part. Luster is found everywhere around the devices and extending partway into the fields on both sides. The devices, while not razor-sharp, are detailed enough and have perfect balance, to delight the connoisseur in every buyer of rare date gold. The 1798, 8 over 7 with the 7 x 6 star arrangement is the second rarest eagle in the entire series, second only to the 1795 9 Leaves variety. A total of 842 pieces were struck before the dies broke, and the most recent estimate of the number of survivors is a slim 15 coins (per Anthony Taraszka). This is the #2 coin on Taraszka's roster of Significant Specimens, and significant it is in this outstanding About Uncirculated grade! (PCGS # 8560) . Minor change came with the eagles of 1798. The expansion of the Union was at such a pace as to threaten to overwhelm coinage designs in the future if a star was added to the design for each new state. This led the Mint director to order a standardization of stars to 13 (for the original Colonies), beginning in 1798 on the eagle. Two arrangements of stars are found in 1798, the commoner die with nine left and four right, and this rarer variety with seven and six. All of the 1798 eagles are actually overdates: 1798/7, with the 8 punched into the die over a 7. No perfect date 1798 capped bust Eagles are known. The total mintage of 842 1798/7 capped bust eagles makes this the rarest of the capped bust eagles by mintage. Both obverse dies broke early, likely accounting for the cessation of production after so few were made, according to Breen. He estimated that fewer than 50 pieces survive from the two obverse dies. Pop 4; 8 in 55, 4 in 58, 2 in 61. Estimated Value $55,000 - 60,000. View details and enlarged photos Check results on similar lots	Unsold
Lot 1231		1799 $10 Capped Bust. Small obverse stars. SEGS graded T-18, Rarity 6 MS-62. Well struck and lustrous with some small rim scratches faintly seen on the rev. Expertly cleaned. Our grade is sharpness of MS60. On this reverse the lowermost star on left of beak touching ribbon but not the beak. Bottom of first A in America touches two different feathers. Base of I of AMERICA touches leaf. Very small berries. Anthony Taraszka lists variety #18 atop his census of five "significant specimens" of this variety. Production increased to 37,449 coins for 1799, giving this issue of capped bust eagle the second highest mintage for the series. While all of the obverse dies bear 13 stars arranged eight and five, two different star punch sizes were used; the resulting varieties are called Small Stars and Large Stars. The numerals in the date are spaced variously: Some coins have a Close Date, some a Wide Date, and others an Irregular Date. Ten die varieties are known for 1799, representing the combinations of five obverse dies and seven reverse dies. Estimated Value $15,000 - 20,000. View details and enlarged photos	Realized $17,825
Lot 1232		1799 $10 Capped Bust. Small obverse stars. SEGS graded MS-61. Wide even date, star 9 touches Y. Scratched/Retooled on the face. A rather pleasing looking coin although expertly worked on as described. Our grade is sharpness of AU-58. The obverse on this variety has 13 stars divided eight left and five right. Stars one and 13 on about the same horizontal line and both fairly close to central device. LIBERTY closely spaced and shifted right, with Y touching star 9 and L nearly touching cap. The reverse die shows a heraldic eagle with no tongue. A star left of the beak touches ribbon at bottom point. Tip of leaf touches base of I in AMERICA and first A of AMERICA is close to wing without touching. Die State: Obverse cracked from rim through star 8 into field behind head of Liberty and from rim through upright of L to top of cap. Reverse perfect. This coinage date provides the largest selection of die varieties among early eagles. From 1795 to 1804, a total of 34 die marriages are known, with ten of these dated 1799. Walter Breen authored a monograph covering varieties of this issue, published in the late 1960s and based on preliminary work by collectors earlier in the 1900s, to be followed by Anthony Taraszka's masterful die variety book in recent years, the standard reference today. Estimated Value $9,000 - 10,000. View details and enlarged photos	Realized $20,125
Lot 1233		1799 $10 Capped Bust. Small obverse stars. Taraszka-19. AU-55. Some minor rim bumps and cleaned at one time. This is a generally sharp example of the popular Small Stars variety. The color is greenish gold, possibly from the old cleaning, and still lustrous around the stars and legends. Scarce. Estimated Value $15,000 - 16,000. View details and enlarged photos	Unsold
Lot 1234		1799 $10 Capped Bust. Large obverse stars. SEGS graded Taraszka-22. MS-60. Expertly repaired obv. fields. Our grade Sharpness of AU-55. Actually, quite attractive despite the repair, it has abundant luster. Estimated Value $8,000 - 9,000. View details and enlarged photos	Unsold
Lot 1235		1801. ANACS graded EF-45. Sharp details however a scratched X on both sides, but these doesn't overly impress us as damage, since the basic underlying coin is choice with luster visible at the stars and between the letters of the legend. The strike, while not 100% crisp (these rarely are) is bold enough to deserve favorable mention (PCGS # 8564) . Estimated Value $6,000 - 7,000. View details and enlarged photos Check results on similar lots	Realized $7,188
Lot 1236		1801 $10 Capped Bust. NCS graded Tarascka-25. Details of AU-50 obv. repaired. Burnished With fine scratches in the fields. The variety with die clash marks from the shield stripes within the cap. Stars on left somewhat flat (caused by rim adjustment on the reverse), while those on the right are sharp. This otherwise choice appearing coin has luster around the main devices (PCGS # 8564) . Estimated Value $6,000 - 7,000. View details and enlarged photos Check results on similar lots	Unsold
Lot 1237		1845-O $10 Liberty. PCGS graded AU-50. Lightly toned. An interesting line connects the eagle's wing to the leaf below. Nearly fully struck, with just the faintest touch of weakness at the stars on the obverse, which is normal for a No Motto eagle of this mint. Light abrasions, but choice with some luster evident. Pop 24; 12 in 53; 6 in 55; 4 in 58; 1 in 61. (PCGS # 8593) . Estimated Value $2,000 - 2,200. View details and enlarged photos Check results on similar lots	Realized $2,070
Lot 1238		1847-O $10 Liberty. NGC graded AU-58. Untoned. The mostly honey-gold surfaces display modest, yet pleasing cartwheel luster effects from the remaining frost as the coin turns under the light. The usual light abrasions. Especially bold strike on hair, stars, and eagle. Pop 76; 13 finer. (PCGS # 8598) . The year 1847 was a unique year for emigration. Famine in Ireland leads the list of reasons for the increase in the number of emigrants in that year with reports of vessels arriving at various parts of the United States and Canada, New Orleans being a major entry point for new arrivals As the emigrant flood continued to cross the ocean, the U.S. ports began to reject vessels thus forcing them to make their way to Quebec or New Brunswick ports in Canada. Estimated Value $1,500 - 1,700. View details and enlarged photos Check results on similar lots	Realized $1,725
Lot 1239		1849-O $10 Liberty. NGC graded AU-58. Unusally bold. Slightly greenish-golden color. A most desirable example. And despite a small mark near the lovelock curl on the neck, the surface is gorgeous with smooth lustrous finish. Bright yellow gold. A very nice specimen, among the finest seen, of what Douglas Winter calls the "second rarest New Orleans eagle to be struck during the 1840s," and more importantly from the same distinguished writer, "It is, in my opinion, the single most underrated eagle from this mint and is among the most difficult dates of this entire type to locate in higher grades." The present coin will attract wide attention as it crosses the block. Pop 5, only 2 better. (PCGS # 8602) . Estimated Value $8,000 - 9,000. View details and enlarged photos Check results on similar lots	Realized $8,913
Lot 1240		1851-O $10 Liberty. NGC graded AU-58. Some light contact marks but still generous amounts of mint frost everywhere and well into the fields on both sides. Pop 84; 9 better. (PCGS # 8607) . Estimated Value $4,500 - 5,000. View details and enlarged photos Check results on similar lots	Realized $4,255
Lot 1241		1853 $10 Liberty. 3 over 2. NGC graded AU-58 FS-007. Lightly toned. A lustrous, reddish tinted example of this scarce variety. The date logotype on the 1853/2 is very low, far from neck truncation and very close to a denticle. Two lines are within the bottom of the final digit, 3, and are said by Breen to represent an underdigit 2. A comparison of the final digit on the 1852 eagle logotype shows that the lower part of the two contains an element, right above the base, that is somewhat similar to the artifact seen within the 3 of the 1853/2, but the angle does not seem correct. The Guidebook of United States Coins unequivocally lists the piece as an overdate, as does Breen as noted. Thus, it may well be, although some, like the Bass Foundation website, do not view the situation as definitive. Pop 14; 1 better. Estimated Value $5,000 - 6,000. View details and enlarged photos	Unsold
Lot 1242		1854-S $10 Liberty. NGC graded AU-55. A few deep marks on the cheek and neck; generally lustrous and well preserved for this first year strike at the San Francisco mint. Pop 46; 40 finer. (PCGS # 8615) . Estimated Value $2,500 - 3,000. View details and enlarged photos Check results on similar lots	Realized $1,840
Lot 1243		1854-S $10 Liberty. NGC graded AU-55. Untoned and lustrous. Pop 44; 36 in 58; 2 in 60; 1 in 61. (PCGS # 8615) . It was not all fun and games during the gold rush years in San Francisco. The years 1854 and 1855 were tumultuous at best. No one had time for city business because of the rush to the gold fields. Politics and the government of the city and State were neglected by the residents, and naturally the offices and financial rewards fell to the criminal elements who came west. Some of the worst characters driven from New York's Bowery and from Botany Bay, Australia, held office and reveled in corruption and graft. As is true today, some of the functions of the bankers in 1854 San Francisco were the safeguarding the deposits of miner, merchant and gambler, shipping of gold coins to the East or selling "exchange" on the eastern cities or the homelands of the '49ers. The banks, not all of them run by paragons of virtue, congregated in the center of the booming town, around Portsmouth square and Montgomery street, and the financial center of the city still remains in that vicinity. The first panic hit the city in 1855, the year following this 1854-S eagle's issue, when one of the express companies, which had engaged in banking, suspended. Angry miners stormed the closed banks. A story is told that one of the banks informed its customers most of their money was incorporated into building the bank's structure. The depositors were cheerfully told they might help themselves to the bricks! Estimated Value $1,800 - 2,000. View details and enlarged photos Check results on similar lots	Realized $1,898
Lot 1244		1857 $10 Liberty. NGC graded AU-58. Nice strike and lightly toned. A nick under the hair bun, another on the chin, and one to the right of the date. Eye-appealing satin luster, just the same, it cascades from top to bottom on the warm golden surfaces. Low mintage of 16,606 struck. Pop 24; 2 in 60. Estimated Value $3,200 - 3,500. Ex:Bass Collection. View details and enlarged photos	Realized $4,025
Lot 1245		1861 $10 Liberty. PCGS graded MS-61. Well struck and untoned. A few tiny bagmarks on the chin and by Liberty's nose; bright with tawny-gold color, both sides exhibit splendid original frostiness. Pop 16; 5 in 62; 1 in 63; 1 in 66. (PCGS # 8633) . Estimated Value $5,000 - 5,500. View details and enlarged photos Check results on similar lots	Realized $5,290
Lot 1246		1861-S $10 Liberty. NGC graded AU-55. Mostly untoned with average number of abrasions on the portrait and in the fields. A lustrous coin. Pop 20; 13 in AU58; 1 in 61. Rare date with only 15,500 struck (PCGS # 8634) . Estimated Value $7,000 - 8,000. View details and enlarged photos Check results on similar lots	Realized $6,785
Lot 1247		1861-S $10 Liberty. AU-53. Well struck with traces of mint luster still adhering about the devices. Faint hairlines are noted from an old cleaning. This is a very high grade example that fits high in the condition census for this rare low mintage date. A total mintage of 15,500 were made. Only 15,500 minted. Estimated Value $3,500 - 4,500. View details and enlarged photos	Realized $3,450
Lot 1248		1867-S $10 Liberty. EF-45. Traces of luster still present. Lightly cleaned at one time. Mint mark slightly weak as always, but this is a minor point given the coin's overall excellence of appearance despite the light cleaning. A very scarce date from the 1860s period of San Francisco. Only 9,000 minted. Estimated Value $4,250 - 4,750. View details and enlarged photos	Realized $4,600
Lot 1249		1870-S $10 Liberty. PCGS graded AU-55. Nice strike and untoned. Choicer by 2 points than the Harry Bass specimen, this frosty example has very light yellow gold luster with sharp design details aplenty. One of the very finest in existence, for that matter, and indeed, when David Akers wrote his text on the eagle gold coins he observed that he had never seen one higher than Extremely Fine grade. Allowing for "condition stretch" over the years, perhaps the present piece could have been called "very high level Extremely Fine" in David Akers' time of study. Or, equally likely, this piece may not have been available for him to view. Not only is the 1870-S a great rarity in the high grade offered here, but the mintage, only 8,000 (Guide Book) or 9,000 (Breen) pieces, ranks it as one of the more difficult to find of this denomination. By all means of assessment, the present 1870-S is a milestone offering. Pop 3; 2 in 58; 1 in 61. (PCGS # 8659) . Estimated Value $6,000 - 7,000. View details and enlarged photos Check results on similar lots	Unsold
Lot 1250		1871-CC $10 Liberty. PCGS graded AU-55. Well struck with some light gold toning. Luster still visable. Light reddish gold with few of the usual abrasions seen on this date, the surfaces reveling in the mint frostiness as a result. More than just traces of mint luster are visible on this well-kept specimen, particularly on the fields on both sides. The 1871-CC is one of the scarcer Carson City dates, combining as it does an early date and the situation that most if not all pieces were circulated regionally rather than in the Eastern third of the nation where most collectors lived. Of the surviving examples, nearly all are in grades far lower than the present coin. In fact, the Eliasberg specimen was only Extremely Fine 40, itself a notable piece, and Harry Bass had an About Uncirculated 50, but not a match for the coin offered here. Pop 4; 1 in 62. (PCGS # 8661) . Estimated Value $20,000 - 25,000. View details and enlarged photos Check results on similar lots	Realized $20,700
Lot 1251		1872-CC $10 Liberty. NGC graded AU-53. Light yellow gold. A splendid coin with clean fields makes this 1872-CC stand out from the others. In their reference on Carson City coinage, Douglas Winter and Lawrence Cutler commented that "the 1872-CC is one of the most underrated and undervalued coins struck at the Carson City Mint." Indeed, with a low mintage to begin with, and a low survival ratio, to boot, the comment stands, in fact, is reinforced by this beauteous example. One of many important opportunities in the present sale. Mintage, 4,600 pieces. Pop 4 with 4 better by a point. (PCGS # 8664) . Estimated Value $20,000 - 25,000. View details and enlarged photos Check results on similar lots	Unsold
Lot 1252		1872-CC $10 Liberty. PCGS graded EF-45. Nice golden toning on both sides. The mintage of the 1872-CC $10 encompassed just 4,600 pieces, as most depositors had a preference for the more larger $20 denomination (compare annual mintage figures from this mint). Of that number, we estimate that as few as 40 to 60 exist, with the typical specimen grading a problem-plagued Very Fine. The early coins of the Carson City Mint, especially those minted in 1870 through 1872, seem to have been in circulation for a longer span than average if we can judge by the survivors. These pieces wore heavily, and over a period of time most were melted or otherwise disappeared. Very few were ever exported, since the main export centers were New York, Boston, Philadelphia, and New Orleans, and to a lesser extent, San Francisco, places where CC-coinage would rarely circulate. Pop 11; 9 finer; no mint state examples graded by either service. (PCGS # 8664) . Estimated Value $8,000 - 9,000. Harry Bass Jr. Coll. View details and enlarged photos Check results on similar lots	Realized $10,350
Lot 1253		1873-CC $10 Liberty. NGC graded AU-53. A hint of gold toning on both sides. As a date, the 1873-CC is tied with the 1877-CC for fourth rarest honors among Carson City Eagles. In high grades (AU-Mint State), however, the '73-CC is even more challenging to find. Coins that grade as fine as the present AU53 example are equally as rare as those of the 1872-CC, both issues ranking second in high grade rarity after the first-year 1870-CC. Whereas most extant 1873-CC Eagles are extensively handled, marked and worn, the coin in this sale is remarkably for its distraction-free surface, as well as for a frontier era gold coin that saw only light circulation. Virtually all of the abrasions present are frail, thin and delicate, and well scattered, meaning that you won't notice they are there unless you spend time looking for them. The overall striking detail is also well above average for this often poorly struck issue with noticeably sharp features. An aesthetically pleasing example, therefore with a fresh appearance and remnants of original luster that are largely confined to the peripheral devices on the reverse. Pop 4; 2 in AU55; none finer by NGC. (PCGS # 8667) . Estimated Value $20,000 - 25,000. View details and enlarged photos Check results on similar lots	Realized $19,550
Lot 1254		1874-CC $10 Liberty. PCGS graded AU-53. Light hint of gold toning with some luster still evident. Choice for the grade. A sparkling specimen with just about perfect eye appeal, this 1874-CC is at once a rarity and a Condition Census coin, close to others in the census for finest known. The strike detail is above average for a CC-mint eagle, with virtually no lightness on the high points of the hair, the stars, and, on the reverse, as the photos show, there is a properly struck eagle. Perhaps these aspects are moot, for all genuine 1874-CC eagles are rare in this lustrous condition! The surfaces are a warm, rich yellow-orange gold with luster in the protected areas extending well into the fields, this frost blending nicely with the choice relief areas in the design. For the Carson City collector this, all the more, is a find of the first order of importance! Pop 1; 5 in 55; 1 in 58; 1 in 63. (PCGS # 8670) . Estimated Value $8,000 - 10,000. View details Check results on similar lots	Realized $8,338
Lot 1255		1875-CC $10 Liberty. NGC graded AU-50. A hint of light gold toning. This high-grade 1875-CC is in the upper ranges of surviving specimens and is close to but not in the Condition Census with regard to NGC and PCGS graded coins. A coin with lustrous honey gold surfaces, it displays plenty of brightness in the protected areas. From a modest mintage for the date of 7,715 pieces, with most survivors from that mintage at Very Fine or so, this stands well ahead of a typical specimen. As further evidence of its importance, the Winter-Cutler book calls this date "one of the rarest Carson City eagles from the standpoint of pieces known and rarity." Pop 5; 9 finer. (PCGS # 8673) . Estimated Value $16,000 - 18,000. View details Check results on similar lots	Realized $14,950
Lot 1256		1875-CC $10 Liberty. NGC graded AU-50. Mostly untoned. Surpassed in high grade rarity by only the 1870-CC and 1873-CC, the 1875-CC has an extant population of fewer than 100 coins from an original mintage of 7,715 pieces. According to authorities on the series, there are only a few About Uncirculated 1875-CC Eagles extant, with so few in Mint State as to make them essentially non-collectible. The offering of a high grade AU50 example of this beloved CC-mint rarity is an occasion of pride for us, and a passing opportunity for the gold specialist. The present survivor is, as one would expect, lightly abraded for a circulated CC-mint gold coin with a line of reeding marks on Liberty's neck that serve as pedigree markers. Ample satin luster remains on both sides, still, and the strike is typically soft for the issue with bluntness of detail noted over the central obverse and the lower reverse portrait. Pop 5; 9 finer. (PCGS # 8673) . Estimated Value $16,000 - 18,000. View details and enlarged photos Check results on similar lots	Realized $15,525
Lot 1257		1875-CC $10 Liberty. PCGS graded EF-45. Hope fights with scepticism when contemplating bidding for an 1875-CC eagle in most collector's minds, since this is one of the most elusive years in the series in nice condition. The present offering is strictly graded, strong in detail where it counts, and only a little softly struck at centers. Only 7,715 minted. Pop 9; 16 finer at PCGS. (PCGS # 8673) . Estimated Value $9,000 - 11,000. View details and enlarged photos Check results on similar lots	Realized $8,338
Lot 1258		1875-CC $10 Liberty. PCGS graded EF-40. Light golden toning on both sides. A few spots on both sides and some marks on the lower chin. Pop 14; 25 finer. (PCGS # 8673) . Estimated Value $6,000 - 7,000. View details and enlarged photos Check results on similar lots	Realized $6,613
Lot 1259		1876-CC $10 Liberty. PCGS graded AU-50. Rich golden toning on both sides. Semi reflective fields. A rare, key date Carson City gold coin that is one of the more elusive of all CC gold coins. Only 4,696 were produced and this issue is judged scarce today in any grade, with few examples known above the median Very Fine level. None have been graded by the major certification services in Mint State, and Akers, whose information is valuable if a little outdates, only recorded the appearance of one AU in his survey. This piece is a trifle softly struck in the centers, but shows much remaining luster glow around the devices. Clean and attractive. Pop 11; 4 in 53; 2 in 55; 3 in 58. (PCGS # 8675) . Estimated Value $13,000 - 14,000. View details and enlarged photos Check results on similar lots	Realized $14,375
Lot 1260		1876-CC $10 Liberty. NGC graded AU-50. Only 4,696 minted. Pop 7. 10 in 53, 4 in 55, 2 in 58, none higher. Attractive in that is has very clean surfaces for this scarce date, along with choice, problem-free rims. Centers are a tad weakly struck as almost always seen, with lessening of hair detail at Liberty's brow. Lustrous hugs the main devices in a close golden embrace (PCGS # 8675) . Estimated Value $13,000 - 14,000. View details and enlarged photos Check results on similar lots	Realized $15,000
Lot 1261		1876-CC $10 Liberty. PCGS graded EF-45. Lovely orange and gold toning. Some luster still visable under the toning. Meticulous strike on every device is what collectors hope for in a Carson City gold Eagle, but that is often a fond hope left wanting; this coin, doesn't quite make the "full" grade, yes is still detailed enough to please the grading service with a conservative Extremely Fine grade, and about twice as sharp as an average specimen. For that reason, the numerical condition is exact; and bidders will want to exact the correct price from it to insure a proper chance at winning this piece. Pop 17; 20 finer; no mint state examples graded by PCGS. (PCGS # 8675) . Estimated Value $5,000 - 6,000. View details and enlarged photos Check results on similar lots	Realized $8,338
Lot 1262		1876-CC $10 Liberty. ICG graded EF-40. We note a scratch on the face. Possibly lightly cleaned at one time, now lightly toned. Our grade is VF-30. Struck with the usual imprecision of strike commonly found on CC-mint eagles, with normal softness found at the centers, particularly on the hair and central eagle feathers. Still a decent example of this illusive date. Only 4,696 minted. Estimated Value $3,500 - 4,000. View details and enlarged photos	Realized $4,313
Lot 1263		1877-CC $10 Liberty. PCGS graded AU-53. Well struck with light golden toning on both sides. A beautifully preserved example of this difficult CC-mint date. Pop 5; 1 in 55; 1 in 58. Nobody had the means to collect gold coins in 1877. By this, the third year of a Great Depression, roughly 3 million people were unemployed -- an astonishing 27 percent of the working population. Those who were able to keep a job worked six months a year and their wages were cut by about 45 percent, which calculates to be roughly 1 dollar a day. In light of profitless conditions, the Pennsylvania railroad began slashing wages, first 10 percent at the start of the year, then another 10 percent in June 1877. The management of the railroad laid off workers, cut wages, and then announced they would increase their eastbound trains to Pittsburgh without hiring more crew. Furious workers took control of the switches and blocked the trains, igniting the spark to a violet series of strikes that spread throughout the eastern half of the country. All in all, 100,000 workers went on strike in 1877 joined by countless unemployed and homeless, which simply added to the misery everyone was experience. Is it any wonder why so few $10 gold pieces were made in 1877? (PCGS # 8678) . Estimated Value $13,000 - 16,000. View details and enlarged photos Check results on similar lots	Realized $13,225
Lot 1264		1878-CC $10 Liberty. NGC graded AU-53. Mostly untoned. This 1878-CC eagle beckons you with its desirable qualities, what with its high PCGS ranking, and strong level of rarity. The coin has balanced medium reddish gold color with much remaining luster. Furthermore, the color is very pleasing for the AU53 grade level. While Philadelphia mintages increased quickly in 1878 after specie resumption took hold, Carson City stayed the course with a measly 3,224 pieces struck in 1878. The few that are left therefore tend to be rare in all grades; Akers notes "most known specimens grade only Fine or VF and the 1878-CC is extremely rare in full EF. Above that grade, it is prohibitively rare and no specimen I have seen or heard of even approaches full Mint State." The present piece is choice for the AU53 grade, indeed, very choice, and also very attractive. Give it a premium bid. The diagnostic feature of 1878-CC is its mintmark leaning slightly down to the right. First C centered over gap between E and N, second C centered over diagonal of N. Pop 5; 5 in 55; 3 in 58; 1 in 63. (PCGS # 8681) . Estimated Value $15,000 - 18,000. View details and enlarged photos Check results on similar lots	Realized $17,825
Lot 1265		1878-S $10 Liberty. NGC graded AU-58. Rich orange and golden toning with normal abrasions in the field. Only 26,100 minted. Pop 16; 3 in 60; 1 in 61; 1 in 64. (PCGS # 8682) . Estimated Value $2,700 - 2,900. View details and enlarged photos Check results on similar lots	Realized $2,875
Lot 1266		1879-O $10 Liberty. NGC graded AU-58. Some very slight marks in the fields and on the face. Slightly PL in the protected areas. Attractive gleaming yellow gold surfaces, these, when they are offered (which isn't often) tend to be prooflike. The 1879-O eagle brings together several facets of interest and prestige. The variety happens to be the first New Orleans $10 coin struck after the Civil War, and thus it is the first of type with the motto IN GOD WE TRUST. Second, the mintage amounted to just 1,500 pieces in an era in which no collectors were interested in saving mintmarked varieties. Third, the high grade promotes it to a rack where few have ever seen or offered such a superlative coin. Energetic bidding on this lot is the order of the day! Pop 11; 1 better. (PCGS # 8685) . Estimated Value $16,000 - 18,000. View details and enlarged photos Check results on similar lots	Unsold
Lot 1267		1881-CC $10 Liberty. PCGS graded MS-62. Untoned and well struck. Obverse mark in the right side. In terms of both total number of coins known and number of pieces believed extant above the Extremely Fine grade level, the 1881-CC (24,015 pieces produced) is the most plentiful Carson City Eagle struck prior to 1890. The most accurate estimate on the number of coins extant is 300-400+, with perhaps 30-50 pieces in Mint State (both figures are per Winter and Halperin, 2001). While not quite at the Condition Census level in MS62 since there are seventeen others in its class, the present BU quality survivor is certain to please many advanced type collectors who require a distinguished looking Eagle made at the historic Carson City Mint. This is a typically sharply struck coin for the date with no areas of soft detail. The surfaces are frosty with light to medium abrasions that are on the whole well distributed between the fields and devices. Pop 18; none finer at PCGS. (PCGS # 8692) . Estimated Value $7,500 - 8,000. View details and enlarged photos Check results on similar lots	Realized $8,913
Lot 1268		1881-CC $10 Liberty. NGC graded MS-61. Well struck with semi reflective surfaces with a few of the usual bagmarks on the cheek and in the fields. Very scarce. Pop 14; 9 in 62; 1 in 64. (PCGS # 8692) . Estimated Value $4,000 - 5,000. View details and enlarged photos Check results on similar lots	Realized $5,750
Lot 1269		1881-CC $10 Liberty. NGC graded MS-61. Lovely golden toning. Well struck and nice. Splendidly lustrous for this scarcer CC-mint issue, both sides of this example exhibit nice oscillating cartwheel effects, tempered only by some light field abrasions. Pop 14; 9 in 62; 1 in 64. (PCGS # 8692) . Estimated Value $4,000 - 5,000. View details and enlarged photos Check results on similar lots	Realized $5,750
Lot 1270		1882-CC $10 Liberty. PCGS graded AU-58. Well struck and untoned. The '82-CC is a scarce date with only 82,817 pieces produced. It is seldom available in choice condition like this which is why they are worth close scrutiny by any trained Carson City collector. This is a sharply defined example that has an obverse that is significantly choicer than usual in the near absence of abrasions. Low mintage of 6,764 coins. Pop 12; none higher by PCGS. (PCGS # 8696) . Estimated Value $10,000 - 11,000. View details and enlarged photos Check results on similar lots	Realized $11,500
Lot 1271		1882-CC $10 Liberty. NGC graded AU-58. Mostly untoned with some mint luster still evident. A beautiful, carefully preserved example of th is popular CC-mint issue from the 1880s. Pop 33; 1 in 62; none finer at NGC. (PCGS # 8696) . The big news event of the year 1882 was the trial of Charles J. Guiteau, a disappointed office seeker who approached President James A. Garfield in the Washington railway station and shot him in July 1881. Garfield died in September 1881. Guiteau, an obscure Chicago lawyer of French-Canadian descent, was tried and convicted in Washington, where he was hanged on June 30, 1882. Estimated Value $10,000 - 11,000. View details and enlarged photos Check results on similar lots	Realized $9,775
Lot 1272		1882-CC $10 Liberty. PCGS graded AU-58. Well struck and untoned. It must have taking a lot of searching and worn shoe-leather for our consignor to acquire this and the other 1882-CC eagles in the group, since they are by no means easily obtained. Pop 12; none finer at PCGS. (PCGS # 8696) . Estimated Value $10,000 - 11,000. View details and enlarged photos Check results on similar lots	Realized $10,350
Lot 1273		1885-S $10 Liberty. NGC graded MS-62. Scattered contact on the face and in the fields; pleasing rose-gold toning encases this date from the 1880s decade. Estimated Value $600 - 650. View details and enlarged photos	Unsold
Lot 1274		1891-CC $10 Liberty. NGC graded AU-58. Nice for the grade. A few tiny marks and areas of rub on the nose, eye, chin, and in the fields to the left of Liberty, but all these are in keeping with the grade and CC-mint of origin. Both sides are beaming with plenty of remaining warm-gold frostiness that accents the ample luster. Pop 331. (PCGS # 8720) . Estimated Value $525 - 575. View details and enlarged photos Check results on similar lots	Realized $690
Lot 1275		1893. NGC graded MS-64. Mostly well struck and lightly toned. Lightning-bolt mint frostiness with its rich, variegated golden color. Almost gem quality standards. Pop 468; 21 finer. By the population figures, it is plain to see 1893 is not one of the rarer dates in the series (PCGS # 8725) . Estimated Value $1,300 - 1,400. View details and enlarged photos Check results on similar lots	Realized $1,955
Lot 1276		1893. NGC graded MS-63. Untoned and heavy with mint frost. The usual bagmarks seen, along with a patch of dark verdigris on the obverse rim (PCGS # 8725) . Estimated Value $575 - 625. View details and enlarged photos Check results on similar lots	Realized $920
Lot 1277		1894-O $10 Liberty. SEGS graded MS-62. Our grade is MS61, due to the cleaning. Bright and lustrous with some faint hairlines due to cleaning. Most coins of this date are well struck; some are much better than others; and collectors, true to their tradition, wish that all could be like this nicely struck example exhibiting fine detail to all the high points, including the hair and edge of Liberty's coronet. Estimated Value $600 - 700. View details and enlarged photos	Realized $805

Page 1 of 2

1 | 2