Goldberg Coins and Collectibles

Sale 34

Pre-Long Beach Coin and Currency Auction

$20 Gold

Lot	Photo	Description	Realized
Lot 1294		1850-O $20 Liberty. PCI graded MS-62. Lightly cleaned. We also note some faint hairlines when held to an angle under a light source. Our grade of AU-58 seems quite appropiate given the amount of strike detail, the areas of smooth luster, and the overall appearance. Stars and main devices are detailed, although show a little weakening in the beaded edge of the coronet on which is inscribed LIBERTY. Estimated Value $12,500 - 15,000. View details and enlarged photos	Realized $14,950
Lot 1295		1850-O $20 Liberty. PCGS graded AU-55. Well struck with some luster visable. A few marks on the cheek and in the nearby fields. A satiny matte-like specimen with strong underlying luster around the main devices as well as stretching out far into the fields on both sides. Nicely struck too including sharp stars and sharp hair curls on Liberty. Pop 13; 4 in AU58; none higher at PCGS. (PCGS # 8903) . Estimated Value $10,000 - 13,000. View details and enlarged photos Check results on similar lots	Unsold
Lot 1296		1851. PCGS graded MS-62. Well struck and frosty. Light even gold toning. A few minor obverse hairlines and some minute spots on the face and obverse field. There is a lovely interplay between yellowish to orange-gold and reddish colors that give this the eye appeal of an even higher grade. Devices as "sharp as a two-edged sword" on all stars as well as Liberty's hair waves and hair bun. A strikingly beautiful matte-finish coin for the grade. Pop 30; 13 in 63; 2 in 64. (PCGS # 8904) . Estimated Value $8,000 - 9,000. View details and enlarged photos Check results on similar lots	Realized $10,925
Lot 1297		1852-O $20 Liberty. PCGS graded AU-58. Light golden toning. Luster still evident. A few little ticks on the cheek but far fewer than average for this important O-mint strike. A satiny coin whose lightly toned fields display ample lustrous around the main devices. Graceful underlying luster supports pale orange to brownish gold iridescence. A pleasing example of the 1852-O date, not fully struck, perhaps, but with enough detail in the head, stars, and eagle area of the reverse to easily support this higher-end grade. Pop 31; 11 higher. (PCGS # 8907) . Estimated Value $12,000 - 14,000. View details and enlarged photos Check results on similar lots	Realized $13,225
Lot 1298		1855-S $20 Liberty. NGC graded AU-55. Such was the flood of gold issuing from the Sierra Nevada foothills that the gold rush "rushed" the federal government to establish a Western mint, the first one authorized. San Francisco began producing double eagles in 1854 and continued with large mintage in 1855, the year of t his handsome, lustrous coin. In later days, many of these were returned for melting. Pop 133. (PCGS # 8916) . Estimated Value $1,200 - 1,500. View details and enlarged photos Check results on similar lots	Realized $1,840
Lot 1299		1856 $20 Liberty. PCGS graded MS-62. Well struck with light orange toning. Smoothly frosted, as befits a coin in which the surfaces are awash in rich reddish-gold color. This is a nicely struck example exhibiting fine detail to all the high points and star radials. The scarcity of this date is quickly revealed in the statistics: Pop 8; 3 in 63; none finer at PCGS. (PCGS # 8917) . Estimated Value $11,000 - 12,000. View details and enlarged photos Check results on similar lots	Realized $16,100
Lot 1300		1856-S $20 Liberty. NGC graded AU-55. Untoned. Frosted luster and acceptable fields with typical light abrasions including a deeper nick on the lower neck. Pop 105. (PCGS # 8919) . Estimated Value $1,200 - 1,500. View details and enlarged photos Check results on similar lots	Realized $1,610
Lot 1301		1857 $20 Liberty. PCGS graded MS-62. This is a very special 1857 double eagle and not the commonly seen S-mint issue from the S.S. Central America hoard. The strike deserves an A-rating, since all devices were struck with such force and determination by the dies that elements show with razor-edge detail. Furthermore, the centers have warm golden orange patina expanding outwards to the same balanced color and freshness all the way to the edge of the rim. A well struck MS62 that has imposing luster and excellent "eye appeal" surfaces. Pop 14; 3 in 63. None finer by PCGS. (PCGS # 8920) . Estimated Value $8,000 - 8,500. View details and enlarged photos Check results on similar lots	Realized $10,350
Lot 1302		1857-S $20 Liberty. PCGS graded AU-50. Nice strike and light original toning. A lustrous and well preserved About Uncirculated that has hues of beautiful brownish and orange color (PCGS # 8922) . Estimated Value $800 - 850. View details and enlarged photos Check results on similar lots	Realized $949
Lot 1303		1858 $20 Liberty. SEGS graded MS-62. A bold, needle sharp strike. Slightly prooflike with scattered light hairlines due to an old cleaning. The grade is appropiate with the afforementined hairlines. In 1858 the recently cobbled-together Republican Party named Lincoln its candidate for the U.S. Senate seat then held by Stephen Douglas, author of the doctrine of popular sovereignty. The debates Lincoln and Douglas held that fall would receive national attention, and turn Lincoln into a serious contender for the Republican Party's 1860 presidential bid. In a speech delivered on June 17, 1858, at the close of the Republican State Convention, Lincoln caught the mood of many in the North who were increasingly concerned about the morality of slavery on the one hand, and the need to keep freed slaves from competing with immigrant jobs and so lowering wages in the big northern cities. (Northerners were, in many instances, more bigoted and fearful of the end of slavery than the populace of the South.) Though the "house divided" phrase had been used frequently before as political pabulum for the masses, it was this speech of Lincoln's fiery oratory that gave currency and familiarity to the phrase and the idea. Estimated Value $5,000 - 6,000. View details and enlarged photos	Realized $6,325
Lot 1304		1858 $20 Liberty. ICG graded AU-53. Well struck and untoned. A small mark on the eyebrow, another at the chin, plus the usual small abrasions elsewhere for this grade. Lustrous and prized by collectors for its Type 1 design (without motto IN GOD WE TRUST). Estimated Value $1,400 - 1,600. View details and enlarged photos	Unsold
Lot 1305		1859-O $20 Liberty. PCGS graded AU-50. Only 9100 struck semi-reflective surfaces. Pop 7; 17 finer. Nice golden toning. Another rare date in outstanding condition. The surfaces show very few handling marks, as do virtually none of the other coins from this Mint, which shows that the New Orleans double eagles circulated especially hard, just like the Ccs that commenced coinage in 1870. Smooth golden orange finish is the rule here, yet these were not saved, but spent for needed supplies of life, an activity that led directly to this date's rarity. To preserve such a coin in this condition was a matter of chance, which may explain why the Breen encyclopedia estimated that 99 percent of these were melted, lost or simply disappeared. A coin that deserves special attention and a solid bid (PCGS # 8927) . Estimated Value $22,000 - 27,000. View details and enlarged photos Check results on similar lots	Unsold
Lot 1306		1861 $20 Liberty. PCGS graded MS-62. Well struck with pale peach toning over amber gold surfaces which are quite clean for the assigned grade. Breen-7207, where the author interestingly mentions "Mostly coined from melted type I gold dollars." Pop 60 with 46 finer (PCGS # 8932) . Estimated Value $5,200 - 5,800. View details and enlarged photos Check results on similar lots	Realized $6,124
Lot 1307		1861-S $20 Liberty. NGC graded AU-58. Lustrous surfaces with nice golden toning. A few light abrasions on the cheek, although the light brown lines seen in the color photo arises from hairlines on the NGC slab, not on the coin itself. (Several of the pieces from one consignment came to us in scruffy NGC or PCGS holders; we tried to photograph them as best we could, but bidders will understand that sometimes the lines and scratches on the holders just had to be there in the end photos.) Pop 93; 14 grade higher. (PCGS # 8935) . Estimated Value $2,800 - 3,000. View details and enlarged photos Check results on similar lots	Realized $4,485
Lot 1308		1863-S $20 Liberty. SEGS graded AU-58. We note a minor planchet flaw as made in the hair below I in Liberty. We also note evidence of cleaning. Our grade is AU55. Scarce in higher grades. Estimated Value $1,600 - 1,800. View details and enlarged photos	Unsold
Lot 1309		1867 $20 Liberty. ICG graded AU-55. Untoned and semi prooflike. This is a popular date with collectors, and one of the few issues from the 1860s easily found in Mint condition or high-quality AU from a small hoard distributed into the marketplace way back when. Typical bagmarks are encountered on the portrait, in the field and on the eagle, abut all are consistent with the grade. The fields sparkle with brilliance. Estimated Value $1,200 - 1,300. View details and enlarged photos	Realized $1,495
Lot 1310		1867-S $20 Liberty. AU-50. A small nick at the throat where another coin socked it most inappropriately, but this hasn't offended Miss Liberty whose strong profile and traces of luster point to only a short time in circulation. Not particularly rare as a date, since the mint struck large numbers of double eagles for international payments transactions, yet just the same, the collector of Type 2 $20 gold will enjoy its finer qualities. Estimated Value $1,000 - 1,200. View details and enlarged photos	Unsold
Lot 1311		1869-S $20 Liberty. PCGS graded MS-64 PQ. Lovely golden even toning. Here is a very rare Type 2 San Francisco mint issued twenty for the collector to find in this choice Mint State grade. The surfaces are simply terrific for this usually dull and bagmarked date, since most other double eagles made in 1869 were heavily handled, circulated, or shipped abroad; they are nearly always found in miserable states of preservation when Uncirculated, or in circulated condition. Note the beauty of Liberty's facial profile and the surrounding fields, whose smooth contours show just trivial scuffs and a few minute tics, unlike the heavily scratched surfaces of others. Clear-cut devices point to it having been giving a decent, but not quite full strike by the dies. Weakness occurs at these few locations only: the obverse stars but not the pearls lining the coronet; while the reverse impresses us with its near perfection of strike and near gem quality luster. Examination of the reverse fails to find a fault, in fact, and this portion of the coin would probably grade even higher on its own, as we alluded to. This coin is identifiable by a tiny nick crossing the lower portion of the N in TWENTY and a tiny scratch below the first obverse star. As to rarity, that is where this beautiful 1869-S twenty really shines. The combined NGC and PCGS Population reports show a total of four coins graded this high, with none seen higher by either service. Obviously, this coin is a contender for the finest known of the date, and such quality is highly coveted by most serious collectors. Expect a battle for this coin when it crosses the block. Pop 5; none finer at PCGS or NGC. PCGS #6586960 (PCGS # 8956) . Estimated Value $70,000 - 75,000. View details and enlarged photos Check results on similar lots	Realized $77,625
Lot 1312		1872-CC $20 Liberty. SEGS graded AU-58. Cleaned. Signs of old polishing on the reverse. Our grade is AU53. In a period in which very few Mint State coins are known (this being true of the 1872-CC eagle as well) the collector is offered a high-end AU example which we have net-graded as AU-53, actually a choice coin at this level since few have been classified at better. The mintage of the 1872-CC $20 amounted to just 26,900 pieces. Most depositors in those far off days preferred the easier-to-count $20 denomination but chose to send their gold across the mountain range to San Francisco, instead, for the better smelting fees than Carson City Mint could offer. Of that figure, we estimate the vast majority no longer exist, with the typically encountered specimen apt to grade an ugly Very Fine. The early coins of the Carson City Mint, especially those of 1870 through 1872 in all denominations and the smaller denominations for a time after that, seem to have been roughly handled in circulation. In addition, these pieces wore rapidly, and over a period of time most were melted or otherwise disappeared. Very few were ever exported. Estimated Value $5,500 - 6,500. View details and enlarged photos	Unsold
Lot 1313		1873-CC $20 Liberty. SEGS graded MS-60. A lustrous and frosty mint example with faint hairlines from light cleaning, plus a noticeable X scratch on the face of Liberty. Our grade is sharpness of MS60 lightly cleaned. A rare coin in this high state of preservation. The 1873-CC double eagle is scarce enough in any grade to make a collector envious of the next owner of this coin. Although 22,410 were struck, this is a very rare date in higher grades, especially above Extremely Fine, hence a double eagle specialist will soon find this date to be quite a challenge if he misses this opportunity to strike before this "CC" gold offering disappears. Estimated Value $9,000 - 11,000. View details and enlarged photos	Realized $9,775
Lot 1314		1874-CC $20 Liberty. AU-50. Bright from an old cleaning though still with plenty of mint frost around the stars and legends. The usual accompaniment of small surface abrasion on both sides. Estimated Value $1,300 - 1,600. View details and enlarged photos	Unsold
Lot 1315		1875-CC $20 Liberty. PCGS graded EF-45. Another popular "CC" Double Eagle. PCGS reports 213 in this grade. Estimated Value $1,000 - 1,100. View details and enlarged photos	Realized $1,150
Lot 1316		1876-CC $20 Liberty. PCGS graded AU-58. Nice toning and well struck. Very choice for the grade. If you were to pick only one CC-mint twenty to represent this fabled Western mint, then consider the present 1876-CC example. Gleaming with tawny-gold color, both sides exhibit scattered blemishes for the grade but unusually choice eye-appeal and plenty of frostiness left (PCGS # 8977) . Estimated Value $1,900 - 2,100. View details and enlarged photos Check results on similar lots	Realized $2,645
Lot 1317		1876-S $20 Liberty. SEGS graded Type 2 MS-64. A well struck example and quite choice. No serious marks or scratches, just some faint hairlines from light cleaning. This year marks the last in which the Liberty $20 was produced with the reverse denomination spelled TWENTY D. The San Francisco mint's delivery of 1876 is one of the more readily obtainable issues in the Type II Double Eagle series, but it is rarer at or above the Mint State level than many would suppose. All 1876-S Twenties that are extant in Mint State 64 are solidly within the Condition Census for the issue, and they are currently unsurpassed in beauty or desirability. An exceptionally well-preserved example of both the type and the issue, as mentioned, this fresh Mint State 64 example is sharply struck from the dies. Luster is full, pulsating, and displays a satin-to-softly frosted texture that flickers from rim-to-rim. The color is a key element, and mostly pale-gold in shade and quite enjoyable to gaze upon. Estimated Value $8,000 - 10,000. View details and enlarged photos	Unsold
Lot 1318		1881-S $20 Liberty. PCGS graded MS-62. Nice looking coin. Well struck for the scarcer S-mint issue -- all of the San Francisco strikes from the 1880s tend to be either worn or, when mint state, somewhat baggy. Yet they are very popular with the collecting public. Pop 88; 15 in 63; 1 in 64. (PCGS # 8995) . Estimated Value $2,500 - 2,800. View details and enlarged photos Check results on similar lots	Realized $3,450
Lot 1319		1882-CC $20 Liberty. NGC graded AU-58. Untoned and retaining a good deal of its original frosty surface. This is a scarce twenty with only 39,140 struck. Pop 221; 39 finer: none finer than MS62 at NGC. (PCGS # 8997) . Estimated Value $3,000 - 3,200. View details and enlarged photos Check results on similar lots	Realized $3,680
Lot 1320		1883-S $20 Liberty. PCGS graded MS-63. Light even toning. A highly lustrous MS63 with a nuance of pale toning on both sides, all of which is enfolded in the full satin freshness. Struck from typically clear dies that imported a smooth rather than a coarse texture to the luster, especially at in the nice fields. Pop 102; 6 in MS64. Rare date in High grade (PCGS # 9000) . Estimated Value $9,000 - 10,000. View details and enlarged photos Check results on similar lots	Unsold
Lot 1321		1884-CC $20 Liberty. PCGS graded AU-55. A pleasing example for the grade. Always in demand. PCGS reports 109 at this level. Estimated Value $1,400 - 1,600. View details and enlarged photos	Realized $1,783
Lot 1322		1884-CC $20 Liberty. PCGS graded VF-35. Light toning. Light marks on the face and neck. Light on the mintage as well, since 1884-CC is a scarcer double eagle with only 81,139 pieces made (PCGS # 9001) . Estimated Value $800 - 1,000. View details and enlarged photos Check results on similar lots	Realized $1,150
Lot 1323		1884-S $20 Liberty. NGC graded MS-62. Well struck. A lovely, frosty-gold example of the scarcer S-mint this year; there are no deep bagmarks on either side (PCGS # 9002) . Estimated Value $900 - 1,000. View details and enlarged photos Check results on similar lots	Realized $1,265
Lot 1324		1888 $20 Liberty. NGC graded AU-58. Lightly toned with semi reflective surface. Only the slightest friction on the high points of the cheek and hair remove it from full Mint condition (PCGS # 9008) . Estimated Value $550 - 600. View details and enlarged photos Check results on similar lots	Realized $691
Lot 1325		1888-S $20 Liberty. PCGS graded MS-62. Light hint of gold toning. Pop 665; 255 in 63; 38 in 64. (PCGS # 9009) . Estimated Value $1,000 - 1,500. View details and enlarged photos Check results on similar lots	Unsold
Lot 1326		1890-CC $20 Liberty. PCGS graded MS-62. Nice light orange toning. While the 1890-CC is the most available Carson City double eagle, it is generally available only in circulated graded; on up into to the lower grades of Mint State it becomes much scarcer. However, any coin that grades MS62 still qualifies as a Condition Census coin. Only a few MS63s have been certified by PCGS (none by NGC). Sharply struck, including the often weak stars, there are a few small marks scattered about with some nice orange patina in areas. An outstanding 1890-CC double eagle and a coin that is sure to please the next owner as much as it pleases us to describe it for you. Pop 35; 5 in 63; none finer at PCGS. (PCGS # 9014) . Estimated Value $7,500 - 8,000. View details and enlarged photos Check results on similar lots	Unsold
Lot 1327		1890-CC $20 Liberty. NGC graded AU-58. Reddish to tawny-gold in color with a bold strike, the surfaces reveal a few scattered obverse abrasions and only slight friction on the cheek, tops of the coronet beads, and highest waves of hair, etc. A frosty example. Mintage: 91,209 pieces (PCGS # 9014) . Estimated Value $1,400 - 1,500. View details and enlarged photos Check results on similar lots	Realized $1,610
Lot 1328		1892-S $20 Liberty. NGC graded MS-62. Nice original toning. A frosty example of this slightly scarcer S-mint date from the year 1892. At that time in our history, the United States Treasury department was suffering pressure from gold exports to Europe under panicky condition. Mintage of double eagles held up nicely throughout the crisis, but it was a true crisis of major worldwide significance that didn't ease up until about 1896. Pop 1073; 282 in 63; 44 in 64; 2 in 65; 1 in 66. (PCGS # 9021) . Estimated Value $575 - 625. View details and enlarged photos Check results on similar lots	Realized $702
Lot 1329		1893 $20 Liberty. NGC graded MS-62. Mostly untoned except at the high points of the cheek and hair plus the RTY of LIBERTY. Normal bagmarks (PCGS # 9022) . Estimated Value $575 - 625. View details and enlarged photos Check results on similar lots	Realized $690
Lot 1330		1894 $20 Liberty. PCGS graded MS-62. Light golden toning. Light bagmarks as usual. But a coin to own as it will lighten your worries about the state of the money situation in America now that we are 35 years into a pure fiat money situation (PCGS # 9025) . Estimated Value $575 - 625. View details and enlarged photos Check results on similar lots	Realized $834
Lot 1331		1895-S $20 Liberty. NGC graded MS-62. Nice light gold toning with wonderful pinkish rose accents. A few neck nicks and other scattered abrasions place this in the MS62 category and not one that is higher, but the coin has pleasing original surfaces on both sides (PCGS # 9028) . Estimated Value $575 - 625. View details and enlarged photos Check results on similar lots	Realized $690
Lot 1332		1896 $20 Liberty. PCGS graded MS-62. A frosty example of this Philadelphia Mint issue; light bagmarks on the cheek (PCGS # 9029) . Estimated Value $575 - 625. View details and enlarged photos Check results on similar lots	Realized $661
Lot 1333		1896-S $20 Liberty. PCGS graded MS-62. A short, sharp mark at Liberty's throat plus a tiny rim bruise between the 11th and 12th stars. Lustrous and generally well made for this branch mint issue (PCGS # 9030) . Estimated Value $575 - 625. View details and enlarged photos Check results on similar lots	Realized $719
Lot 1334		1897 $20 Liberty. NGC graded MS-63. Lovely golden toning. Scattered marks and a couple of fine scratches on Liberty's cheek. The surface on this piece is typically heavily frosted (a characteristic of P-mint twenties from all years of the 1890s). Pop 1996; 245 in 64; 11 in 65. (PCGS # 9031) . Estimated Value $900 - 950. View details and enlarged photos Check results on similar lots	Realized $949
Lot 1335		1898-S $20 Liberty. PCGS graded MS-65. Nice light golden toning. This is a splendid warm golden specimen with a faint orange zephyr-like veil of iridescence on both sides. Well struck for the date, certainly much better-quality than similar high-end MS65 examples offered in recent years; we find it worthy of strong bidder attention. Pop 95; 1 in 66; 1 in 67. (PCGS # 9034) . Estimated Value $9,000 - 10,000. View details and enlarged photos Check results on similar lots	Realized $10,005
Lot 1336		1899-S $20 Liberty. PCGS graded MS-62. A nice flow of golden frost from center to periphery with only minor abrasions on Liberty's cheek area and the tops of the hair curls, etc., accounting for the modest grade of MS62. The devices are boldly struck (PCGS # 9036) . Estimated Value $575 - 625. View details and enlarged photos Check results on similar lots	Realized $690
Lot 1337		1900. MS-64. Fulsome mint frost and pulsating yellow-gold to pale orange-gold color. Struck with controlled precision throughout, this 1900 features typical wide square rims of the Philadelphia Mint. Estimated Value $1,100 - 1,200. View details and enlarged photos	Unsold
Lot 1338		1900 $20 Liberty. PCGS graded MS-63. Lightly toned with shades of orange to rose gold giving it a very attractive appearance. Popular turn-of-the-century date (PCGS # 9037) . Estimated Value $650 - 700. View details and enlarged photos Check results on similar lots	Realized $863
Lot 1339		1900 $20 Liberty. PCGS graded MS-63. A hint of Light golden toning. Choice and frosty (PCGS # 9037) . Estimated Value $650 - 700. View details Check results on similar lots	Realized $920
Lot 1340		1901 $20 Liberty. PCGS graded MS-64. Lovely golden toning on this lower mintage date with outstanding color frm the underlying frosty luster (PCGS # 9039) . Estimated Value $1,100 - 1,200. View details and enlarged photos Check results on similar lots	Realized $1,438
Lot 1341		1901 $20 Liberty. NGC graded MS-63. Some marks on the face and one on the neck, but attractive luster with light gold toning. Low mintage of just 111,526 pieces. Pop 851. (PCGS # 9039) . Estimated Value $650 - 700. View details and enlarged photos Check results on similar lots	Realized $840
Lot 1342		1901-S $20 Liberty. PCGS graded MS-63. Lightly toned. Swirling frosty luster rounds out this coin's list of memorable attributes. Pop 336; 77 in 64; 1 in 65; 1 in 66. (PCGS # 9040) . Estimated Value $3,000 - 3,300. View details and enlarged photos Check results on similar lots	Realized $2,990
Lot 1343		1901-S $20 Liberty. PCGS graded MS-62. Nice golden toning. An appealing fresh silvery gold specimen, fully struck, indeed almost 100% so if not quite, and unmarred by discoloration or anything but very light contact marks. Quite difficult to encounter in choicer grade showing full mint bloom (PCGS # 9040) . Estimated Value $575 - 625. View details and enlarged photos Check results on similar lots	Realized $1,265

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