Goldberg Coins and Collectibles

Sale 34

Pre-Long Beach Coin and Currency Auction

Draped Bust Dollars

Lot	Photo	Description	Realized
Lot 1659		1798 Draped Bust Dollar. Small eagle reverse, 15 stars on obverse. PCGS graded VF-25. Lightly toned, with a few nicks and marks on the face. Scarce variety. The year 1798 saw the number of obverse stars decreased from 16 (used in 1797) to 13, the number that remained in effect throughout the remainder of the series. An exception is provided by this BB-81, with 15 stars, an anachronism created by using a leftover undated die prepared in 1795 or early 1796 (before the 16-star format became standard following the admission of Tennessee to the Union), and dating it 1798 (PCGS # 6868) . Estimated Value $4,000 - 5,000. View details and enlarged photos Check results on similar lots	Realized $4,370
Lot 1660		1798 Draped Bust Dollar. Heraldic eagle reverse, close date. NGC graded AU-55. Mostly untoned with a hint of light russet brown and "old silver" tone. Pop 1; finest graded for the variety. Die cracks through date, as most often seen on this variety. "I believe that 300 to 500 examples are known of 1798 BB-123, making it in the middle range of availability. Nearly all are in lower grades through EF. AU coins are very rare," according to Bowers. BB-123 is the "Blundered Stars Reverse" with blundered star placement; some stars overlap clouds. Perhaps, the engraver had too much rum (or "ayle," per National Archives records) while cutting this die! Two uppermost stars in center partly in clouds. Cloud 4 has two rays of a star superimposed on it at lower left; clouds 5 and 6, which overlap, are with the top ray of a star touching cloud 5, the ray to the left of it barely touching the cloud, and the ray to the right slightly overlapping cloud 6. A star touches point of upper part of eagle's beak; star ray points to right side of B in PLURIBUS. Line star pattern. Estimated Value $7,500 - 9,000. View details and enlarged photos	Realized $9,200
Lot 1661		1798 Draped Bust Dollar. Heraldic eagle reverse, close date. PCGS graded EF-45 Large Eagle. 13 Stars. Light grey toning; uneven strike on some of the stars behind Liberty where the die breaks and bulges. A very late die state where portions of the 7th star and L are almost obliterated. Scarce. Somewhere in the range of 350 to 550 1798 BB-122 dollars are believed to exist. The variety is very rare above EF and may be unknown in Mint State. The distribution of available specimens is heavily weighted toward the low end of the Very Fine category (PCGS # 6873) . Estimated Value $7,000 - 7,500. View details and enlarged photos Check results on similar lots	Unsold
Lot 1662		1798 Draped Bust Dollar. Heraldic eagle reverse, close date. NGC graded AU-53 Large Eagle. Even light grey toning with traces of mint luster in the protected areas around the devices. The strike is relatively sharp for this year in having only the central hair on Liberty weak, along with the central part of the eagle and scroll. Some adjustment marks on the reverse (PCGS # 6873) . Estimated Value $7,000 - 8,000. View details and enlarged photos Check results on similar lots	Realized $7,475
Lot 1663		1798 Draped Bust Dollar. Heraldic eagle reverse, close date. PCGS graded EF-40 Large Eagle. 13 Stars. A few blotchy toning spots in the otherwise medium to deep gray color of this generally well struck example. Die break at date (PCGS # 6873) . Estimated Value $6,500 - 7,000. View details and enlarged photos Check results on similar lots	Unsold
Lot 1664		1798. Heraldic eagle reverse, close date. BB-113, B-27. NGC graded EF-40. Nice even toning on both sides, with diagonal adjustment marks on the neck and hair plus some vertical scratches also present. Gennerally well struck for the date although the dark color and somewhat granular appearance may point to it having been buried at one time (PCGS # 6873) . Estimated Value $3,000 - 3,500. View details and enlarged photos Check results on similar lots	Realized $3,105
Lot 1665		1798 Draped Bust Dollar. Heraldic eagle reverse, close date. PCGS graded VF-35. Only 4 berries in the branch. Medium grey toning with a darker area at the right claw of the eagle. Pleasing surfaces and a generally strong strike on the main devices with only localized weakness, for example at the left wing near the corner of the shield. 1798 BB-125 shares honors with BB-105 as one of the two most common varieties of the year and, indeed, one of the most common early dollars of any date. Close to 1,000 are known, and the actual number may be over that (PCGS # 6873) . Estimated Value $2,500 - 3,000. View details and enlarged photos Check results on similar lots	Realized $2,760
Lot 1666		1798 Draped Bust Dollar. Heraldic eagle reverse, close date. PCGS graded VF-35. Light grey toning. Somewhat uneven toning on this medium rarity date. Die State IV: Bolender-11a. With die crack under chin across three points of last star to border, as pictured (PCGS # 6873) . Estimated Value $2,500 - 3,500. View details and enlarged photos Check results on similar lots	Realized $2,760
Lot 1667		1798 Draped Bust Dollar. Heraldic eagle reverse, close date. PCGS graded VF-35. Mostly untoned. Adjustment in hair. BB-124 is one of the most common varieties of the year. The population is estimated to be in the range of 600 to 1,100 pieces. Specimens are plentiful from worn grades through AU (PCGS # 6873) . Estimated Value $2,500 - 3,000. View details and enlarged photos Check results on similar lots	Unsold
Lot 1668		1798 Draped Bust Dollar. Heraldic eagle reverse, close date. PCGS graded VF-35 Large Eagle. 13 Stars. The usual circulation abrasions in the fields and on the devices. Red Book variety with a knob on the 9 and an line star pattern on the reverse. 1798 BB-92 is somewhat elusive with the Bowers encyclopedia estimate that about 200 to 350 are known, only a few of which have appeared in auctions over the years. Most specimens are in VF and EF grades. Some examples are lightly struck at the centers, while others are sharply defined (PCGS # 6873) . Estimated Value $2,500 - 3,000. View details and enlarged photos Check results on similar lots	Realized $2,760
Lot 1669		1798 Draped Bust Dollar. Heraldic eagle reverse, close date. PCGS graded VF-35 Large Eagle. 13 Stars. Later die state with extensive die breaks as described in Bowers. Smooth, even wear with typical field abrasions and medium gray color. Lighter gray highlights.1798 BB-115 is known to the extent of about 175 to 300 coins, and is one of the more elusive issues of the year. Most are of Die State IV, as here (PCGS # 6873) . Estimated Value $2,500 - 3,000. View details and enlarged photos Check results on similar lots	Realized $2,760
Lot 1670		1798. Heraldic eagle reverse, close date. BB-118, B-28. NGC graded VF-30. Mostly even toning on both sides, though somewhat rough and granular, plus a few light scratches near the lower left-hand stars. The 1798 BB-118 is of medium rarity among die varieties of the year. Bowers estimates that 275 to 450 exist (PCGS # 6873) . Estimated Value $1,800 - 2,000. View details and enlarged photos Check results on similar lots	Realized $1,840
Lot 1671		1798 Draped Bust Dollar. Heraldic eagle reverse, close date. Sharpness of VF-20. Cleaned and retoned, the surfaces rough and though from burial or in a fire. Still acceptable for the grade as the main devices are well struck (PCGS # 6873) . Estimated Value $600 - 700. View details and enlarged photos Check results on similar lots	Realized $978
Lot 1672		1799 Draped Bust Dollar. PCGS graded AU-55. Lightly toned. Semi reflective surface. Sharply struck for the issue with extensive detail in Liberty's hair curls and the ribbon bow at the back of her head; crisp sharp stars. The stars above the eagle, the scroll, and shield are also very detailed for this choice AU specimen. A lustrous example for the collector (PCGS # 6878) . Estimated Value $7,500 - 8,500. View details and enlarged photos Check results on similar lots	Realized $8,395
Lot 1673		1799 Draped Bust Dollar. PCGS graded EF-45. Mostly untoned, with attractive surfaces for the grade, the fields relatively smooth and free of heavy marks. This is another choice example of the popular (and plentiful) 1799 issue (PCGS # 6878) . Estimated Value $3,500 - 4,000. View details and enlarged photos Check results on similar lots	Realized $5,175
Lot 1674		1799 Draped Bust Dollar. PCGS graded EF-45. Evenly toned. A few small marks on the rims are not unusual with early bust silver dollars; the surface is medium gray, the true color of "antique silver". Nothing in the way of cleaning is found, the appearance is very choice (PCGS # 6878) . Estimated Value $3,500 - 4,000. View details and enlarged photos Check results on similar lots	Unsold
Lot 1675		1799. PCGS graded EF-40. Well struck and attractively toned if somewhat mottled in hues of russet brown and "old silver" gray. Virtually fully struck, with just a trace of weakness at the lovelock curl on the neck, the shoulder area where the drapery merges into the hair, and on the eagle's head. But there is complete lettering in E PLURIBUS UNUM on the ribbon. Small die break after the second S in STATES is diagnostic of this BB-166 reverse (PCGS # 6878) . Estimated Value $3,400 - 3,800. View details and enlarged photos Check results on similar lots	Realized $4,140
Lot 1676		1799 Draped Bust Dollar. PCGS graded VF-35. Light gold and grey toning. Normal circulation wear on the tops of the hair curls, Liberty's cheek, and lower drapery curve. E PLURIBUS UNUM is complete and readable on the scroll and the shield has nice horizontal and vertical stripes with no areas of weakness (PCGS # 6878) . Estimated Value $2,500 - 3,000. View details and enlarged photos Check results on similar lots	Unsold
Lot 1677		1799 Draped Bust Dollar. PCGS graded VF-35. Lightly toned. Recall that some of the marks and hairlines are on these early bust dollars, but others that appear to be hairlines are actually on the grading holders, which the camera, ever dutiful to the image it sees, pick up and shows in the accompanying photographs. This is a pleasing, well struck and attractively toned example of the 1799 issue (PCGS # 6878) . Estimated Value $2,500 - 3,000. View details and enlarged photos Check results on similar lots	Unsold
Lot 1678		1799 Draped Bust Dollar. PCGS graded VF-25. Pleasing medium gray surface with lighter "rubbed silver" for the hair and portrait of Liberty, creating a nice, balanced appearance. The 1799 issue is one of the most affordable dates in the short 1794-1803 series of Bust dollars, hence is popularly collected by Type Set buyers (PCGS # 6878) . Estimated Value $1,900 - 2,200. View details and enlarged photos Check results on similar lots	Unsold
Lot 1679		1799 Draped Bust Dollar. PCGS graded VF-25. Nice original grey toning with deeper shades of gray around the stars, legends, and date. Best of all, we see everything positive about the coin, without rim problems or digs in the surface, an all too common occurrence with early silver dollars. If it has seemed years since you've come across a choice circulated example like this, then place your bid while the opportunity knocks (PCGS # 6878) . Estimated Value $1,900 - 2,200. View details and enlarged photos Check results on similar lots	Realized $2,530
Lot 1680		1799. NGC graded VF-25. Nice original toning on both sides makes this a worthwhile pick for a United States Type set. BB-164 with leaf tip undernath left tip of I in UNITED (PCGS # 6878) . Estimated Value $1,900 - 2,200. View details and enlarged photos Check results on similar lots	Realized $1,783
Lot 1681		1799 Draped Bust Dollar. PCGS graded VG-10. A few old marks and normal wear from use, there is a small edge bruise at 3 o'clock but the rims are nice for the grade (PCGS # 6878) . Estimated Value $700 - 800. View details and enlarged photos Check results on similar lots	Realized $776
Lot 1682		1799 Draped Bust Dollar. 7 stars left, 6 right. Sharpness of VF-20. Cleand and retoned, but this is of little matter considering this scarce variety, which is listed in the Red Book, is a needed variety by date and variety collectors. The 8x5 star variety has been popular for the better part of a century among bust dollar collectors (PCGS # 6881) . Estimated Value $600 - 700. View details and enlarged photos Check results on similar lots	Realized $863
Lot 1683		1799 Draped Bust Dollar. 9 over 8. 15 stars on reverse. NGC graded MS-64. Lovely original toning on both sides. Here, too, we are pleased to describe a frosty bust dollar as among the finest order whose explosive cartwheel frost underpins the exciting and well-developed toned surfaces. Piercingly sharp for the date, easily finer in sharpness than many in nominally higher grades, it also displays the curious error of having 15 stars above the eagle (two of which are partially hidden beneath clouds at left and right!) -- a marvelous looking coin for the connoisseur of this series. Pop 1; the finest graded for the variety. Estimated Value $70,000 - 80,000. View details and enlarged photos	Unsold
Lot 1684		1799 Draped Bust Dollar. 9 over 8. 15 stars on reverse. PCGS graded VF-25. Light grey toning. A few old marks in the field at left. Nice rims and stars (PCGS # 6883) . Estimated Value $2,200 - 2,500. View details and enlarged photos Check results on similar lots	Unsold
Lot 1685		1799 Draped Bust Dollar. 9 over 8. 13 stars on reverse. NGC graded BB-142 AU-50. Nice medium gray toning on both sides with a short planchet impurity streak between T and Y of LIBERTY. Well centered on a problem-free planchet whose rim lack the usual nicks and bumps. Pop 2; 1 finer AU53 for the variety. "During calendar year 1799," explains Bowers, "the quantity of silver dollars minted reached an unprecedented 423,515. I believe many of these were dated 1798. At the time, little attention was paid to the use of dies in the year they were dated. The net coinage of 1799-dated dollars amounted to an estimated 395,000 (within 10%). Some of these may have been minted in calendar year 1800. Among the production of 1799-dated dollars were some coined from an obverse die overdated 1799/8, although these were not the first struck." Estimated Value $7,000 - 8,000. View details and enlarged photos	Realized $8,338
Lot 1686		1800 Draped Bust Dollar. NGC graded AU-50. Problem free and uniformly toned in antique greyish-violet. The white scratches are on the NGC grading slab and not on the coin. A lovely bust dollar with the correct "look" and presence to show it is completely original, uncleaned, and has been carefully handled through the years (PCGS # 6887) . Estimated Value $6,500 - 7,500. View details and enlarged photos Check results on similar lots	Realized $6,900
Lot 1687		1800 Draped Bust Dollar. PCGS graded EF-45. Nicely toned on both sides. Die break through O on reverse, diagnostic of this 12 arrows reverse. Clean surfaces with plenty of eye-appeal to go around. A great deal of discussion also surrounds a coin's strike, especially the strike on early dollars. This 1800 has excellent detail with no sign of weakness to the eagle's breast, wings, shield lines, or E PLURIBUS UNUM. Pop 6; 11 finer. (PCGS # 6890) . Estimated Value $4,000 - 4,500. View details and enlarged photos Check results on similar lots	Realized $5,463
Lot 1688		1800 Draped Bust Dollar. PCGS graded EF-45. Lightly toned. This is a very well struck, nicely centered early bust dollar. The fields are choice while all stars, saving numbers 12 and 13 are full. Liberty's hair waves, too, show excellent detail meaning that the dies gave it a full, firm blow to bring up this amount of design. Choice rims on both sides (PCGS # 6887) . Estimated Value $4,000 - 4,500. View details and enlarged photos Check results on similar lots	Realized $4,485
Lot 1689		1800 Draped Bust Dollar. PCGS graded EF-45. Light even grey toning over lovely surfaces, the rims are complete without breaks or injury. Centers are as bold as a collector could ask for on an early large coin like this that was struck using a hand-operated minting press. The 1800 has numerous varieties, some of them minor, but is still an affordable date for the collector (PCGS # 6887) . Estimated Value $4,000 - 4,500. View details and enlarged photos Check results on similar lots	Unsold
Lot 1690		1800 Draped Bust Dollar. PCGS graded VF-35. Nice even grey toning on both sides. Reverse with light clash marks at F, clouds 7 and 8, and below cloud 7, incuse impression of drapery folds. As additional strikings occur, the obverse clash marks fade away slightly. Scarce (PCGS # 6887) . Estimated Value $2,000 - 3,000. View details and enlarged photos Check results on similar lots	Realized $2,990
Lot 1691		1800 Draped Bust Dollar. Sharpness of Fine-12. Scratch on right obv. field. Pleasing medium to deeper gray toning with lighter gray hair, facial features, and drapery as contrast. A few reverse rim bumps. Estimated Value $500 - 700. View details and enlarged photos	Realized $1,035
Lot 1692		1801 Draped Bust Dollar. PCGS graded AU-55 PQ. Lots of mint luster is till intact. No serious problems of note. In other words, a very pleasing and "premium quality" example of the scarce 1801 half dollar. Mintage of Draped Bust Half Dollars resumed in 1801, the first year of the new Heraldic Eagle reverse. Pop 9; 17 better. (PCGS # 6893) . Estimated Value $12,500 - 15,000. View details and enlarged photos Check results on similar lots	Unsold
Lot 1693		1801 Draped Bust Dollar. PCGS graded AU-55. Untoned and likely dipped in recent years, but this is still an "uncleaned" original specimen with grand eye appeal from its lustrous condition. The fields and devices display wonderful amounts of mint frost, which only the top part of Liberty's hair above the brow is at all softly struck. Pop 9; 12 in AU-58; 3 in 62; 1 in 63; 1 in 64. (PCGS # 6893) . Estimated Value $8,000 - 10,000. View details and enlarged photos Check results on similar lots	Realized $10,925
Lot 1694		1801. PCGS graded AU-50. A star point touches the eagle's bottom beak. Light to moderate mottled toning with golden luster peaking thru. A well preserved example of this late-issue draped bust silver dollar. There is a small rim bruise above E of STATES; otherwise the rims are very choice, if not full with denticles (PCGS # 6893) . Estimated Value $7,000 - 8,000. View details and enlarged photos Check results on similar lots	Realized $8,625
Lot 1695		1801 Draped Bust Dollar. PCGS graded AU-50. Untoned and another problem-free exmaple of this later bust silver dollar. The strike could possibly be sharper in Liberty's hair and on the shoulder, as well, some of the reverse stars are flat above the eagle. Just the same, the coin gets points where eye-appeal is concerned. Pop 27; 38 finer at PCGS (PCGS # 6893) . Estimated Value $7,000 - 8,000. View details and enlarged photos Check results on similar lots	Unsold
Lot 1696		1801 Draped Bust Dollar. PCGS graded VF-30. Light even grey toning on both sides. On the reverse of this variety, the point of the star touches outside of upper part of eagle's beak. Right foot of all T's missing, the result of a broken punch (apparently, this die was made immediately after the die for 1801 BB-214, which has a partially broken lower right serif). A touches 3rd feather only. 13 arrows. AM joined at base, E extremely close (PCGS # 6893) . Estimated Value $2,200 - 2,400. View details and enlarged photos Check results on similar lots	Realized $2,185
Lot 1697		1802 Draped Bust Dollar. EF-40. We note some faint scratches in the front and on the bust of Liberty. Mottled light to medium grey toning that is darkest around the stars, date, and legends. In this variety, easily recognized from its perfect date, the T in LIBERTY is missing its right base from a defective punch. Estimated Value $3,500 - 4,000. View details and enlarged photos	Unsold
Lot 1698		1802 Draped Bust Dollar. Narrow date. NGC graded AU-50. Light silver and gold toning. Even color and smooth surfaces for the grade, with only a few small contact marks; the rims are very choice. The design left by the dies lacks a certain robustness, but that isn't unusual for this year's production. Weakness seen at some hair curls, the clouds on the reverse at right, and tops of the wings, but the shield shows strong vertical and horizontal lines. Pop 3; 10 finer for the variety. Estimated Value $7,000 - 8,000. View details and enlarged photos	Unsold
Lot 1699		1802 Draped Bust Dollar. 2 over 1. Narrow date. PCGS graded AU-50. Old green holder. Lightly toned with deeper shades of gray-brown in areas, mostly on the lower reverse. This is the popular, widely collected and not rare 1802 overdate, of which several minor varieties are known. The strike is excellent for such an early piece, and includes full E PLURIBUS UNUM on the ribbon as well as nice distinct horizontal lines and vertical stripes in the shield. Luster throughout (PCGS # 6898) . Estimated Value $8,500 - 9,500. View details and enlarged photos Check results on similar lots	Realized $12,075
Lot 1700		1803 Draped Bust Dollar. Large 3. PCGS graded EF-45. Untoned. A few small nicks on and around the portrait, including a nick at Liberty's nose like a moustache. Generally well detailed for this year and grade, with pleasing choice rims adding to the nice appearance. Pop 19; 32 finer. (PCGS # 6901) . Estimated Value $4,000 - 4,500. View details and enlarged photos Check results on similar lots	Realized $5,463

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