Goldberg Coins and Collectibles

Sale 34

Pre-Long Beach Coin and Currency Auction

Nickels

Lot	Photo	Description	Realized
Lot 592		1925-S. PCGS graded MS-64 PQ. Adequately struck with nice original toning. A lock-solid frosty surface with strong primary luster and rich toned highlights on both sides. More than adequately struck for the date, perhaps 75% so, since this issue rarely is, but certainly a coin that gets points design is concerned. There is a series of crosshatch marks on the hair at, above, and around the braid, which may be the result of insufficient metal flowing into the die rather than handling received after it went into the bank bag. This scarce coin never circulated. Pop 211; 15 in 65; 1 in 66. (PCGS # 3956) . Estimated Value $3,500 - 4,500. View details and enlarged photos Check results on similar lots	Unsold
Lot 593		1925-S Buffalo Nickel. PCGS graded MS-64. A fully lustrous beauty and spot free, with pleasing russet and nickel-gray patina. A far better strike that usual for this issue. The devices that were left by the dies lack a certain precision due to insufficient die pressure, but it often found on this date. Pop 212; 15 in 65; 1 in 66. (PCGS # 3956) . Estimated Value $3,000 - 3,500. View details and enlarged photos Check results on similar lots	Realized $4,025
Lot 594		1925-S Buffalo Nickel. PCGS graded MS-64. Nice even toning. A gleaming toned specimen with nice luster and lively rose and golden blue toning highlights. Typical strike for the date, somewhat soft at the head and shoulder area of the reverse as well as on the Indian's hair and braid, but still choice where physical quality is concerned. Pop 212; 15 in 65; 1 in 66. (PCGS # 3956) . Estimated Value $3,000 - 3,500. View details and enlarged photos Check results on similar lots	Unsold
Lot 595		1925-S Buffalo Nickel. PCGS graded MS-64. Lovely toning on both sides. A satiny golden example with frosty underlying luster. Weakly struck on the Indian's features as well as the buffalo. Indeed, the strike of the present coin easily mimics that of most 1925-S buffalo nickels and is why this issue is so difficult to find choice. Pop 212; 15 in 65; 1 in 66. (PCGS # 3956) . Estimated Value $3,000 - 3,500. View details and enlarged photos Check results on similar lots	Realized $3,105
Lot 596		1926-S Buffalo Nickel. PCGS graded AU-50. Lightly toned on both sides. This coin has a full detailed horn and complete tail end. Popular date in AU or higher. Pop 25. (PCGS # 3959) . Estimated Value $2,200 - 2,500. View details and enlarged photos Check results on similar lots	Unsold
Lot 597		1928-D. PCGS graded MS-65. Nice strike with lovely gold toning. All but fully struck, with just a small area of softness on the hair near the braid, etc. A gleaming, eye-catching, and thoroughly original '28-D. Pop 253; 28 in 66; none finer at (PCGS # 3964) . Estimated Value $700 - 750. View details and enlarged photos Check results on similar lots	Unsold
Lot 598		1928-S Buffalo Nickel. NGC graded MS-64. Light even toning on this pleasing, original specimen from the San Francisco mint. Pop 183; 36 in 65; 3 in 66. (PCGS # 3965) . Estimated Value $750 - 800. Ex: Las Vegas Collection. View details and enlarged photos Check results on similar lots	Realized $748
Lot 599		1929 Buffalo Nickel. PCGS graded MS-66. Well struck with nice light toning, a shade of lovely nickel blue. A gem. Pop 91; 1 in 67 as best by PCGS. (PCGS # 3966) . Estimated Value $950 - 1,050. View details and enlarged photos Check results on similar lots	Realized $1,150
Lot 600		1929-D. PCGS graded MS-65. Lovely lilac and rose toning. Very nice for the grade. In fact, this is a frosty Gem with captivating surfaces and a strong but not 100% powerful strike. Pop 115; 40 in 66; 1 in 67. (PCGS # 3967) . Estimated Value $1,300 - 1,400. View details and enlarged photos Check results on similar lots	Realized $1,466
Lot 601		1929-S. PCGS graded MS-66. Well struck with nice original toning. A one-in-a-thousand example of this San Francisco issue, with abundant luster that shimmers over near-pristine surfaces. Pop 120; 4 in 67 (PCGS # 3968) . Estimated Value $1,100 - 1,200. View details and enlarged photos Check results on similar lots	Unsold
Lot 602		1935-D Buffalo Nickel. NGC graded MS-66. Lightly toned and well struck. Pop 27; 1 in 66 Star; 2 in 67. (PCGS # 3975) . Estimated Value $850 - 900. View details and enlarged photos Check results on similar lots	Unsold
Lot 603		1936 Buffalo Nickel. Type 1. PCGS graded Proof 67 Satin. Bold strike. Lovely toning and choice. The color ranges from strikingly beautiful gold with an almost wood-grain effect when viewed under magnification, to deep purples and silver-gray iridescence. What a treat for the eye. Meticulous strike on every device is what collectors hope for in a buffalo nickel Proof, and this coin, unlike those that don't quite make the "full" grade, is extra crisp, twice as sharp as an average Mint State specimen. For that reason, the numerical condition is exact. Pop 205; 25 in 68; 1 in 69 (PCGS # 3994) . Estimated Value $3,200 - 3,400. View details and enlarged photos Check results on similar lots	Realized $3,795
Lot 604		1936-S. PCGS graded MS-67. Well struck with lovely lilac toning. A superb specimen! Pop 52: None finer. (PCGS # 3979) . Estimated Value $1,100 - 1,200. View details and enlarged photos Check results on similar lots	Unsold
Lot 605		1937 Buffalo Nickel. PCGS graded Proof 66 PQ. Great toning with gold, lilac and blue colors. A lustrous example, fully struck with rippling silver-nickel color whose impressive quality received a wonderful set of tints at the rims where, as seems likely, the coin was held in an old collector album for many years. The color is smoothly gleaming with iridescence (PCGS # 3996) . Estimated Value $1,800 - 1,900. View details and enlarged photos Check results on similar lots	Realized $2,185
Lot 606		1937 Buffalo Nickel. NGC graded Proof 66. Nicely toned and brilliant. A gleaming gem with resilient underlying luster and faint toning highlights. From center to periphery, the coin is absolutely well struck with just extraordinary detail in the bison as well as on the Indian's hair and hair braid (PCGS # 3996) . Estimated Value $1,500 - 1,700. View details and enlarged photos Check results on similar lots	Unsold
Lot 607		1937 Buffalo Nickel. Proof 65. A brilliant gem Proof. A glittering gem with intense mirror luster that radiates broadly beneath sleek nickel bright surface. Nicely struck in all places, including the bison's shoulder on the reverse. Includes old ANACS cert. Pf 65/65. Estimated Value $1,250 - 1,500. View details and enlarged photos	Realized $1,495
Lot 608		1937-D Buffalo Nickel. 3 legs. NGC graded MS-64. Nice light gold toning. While Mint State examples are occasionally available through the Choice '63 level, higher grade examples are surprisingly elusive. This is a lustrous, lightly patinated survivor that is indicative of an even higher grade. Pop 172; 40 in 65; 14 in 66; 1 in 67 star. Estimated Value $4,200 - 5,000. View details	Realized $6,095
Lot 609		1937-D Buffalo Nickel. 3 legs. NGC graded MS-63. Lovely golden toning on both sides. A diminished impression was left by the recoil of the (obviously worn) dies that struck this scarcer 3-legged buffalo nickel, yet the abundant luster points to careful storage and preservation away from the destructive tendencies of circulation. Estimated Value $2,700 - 3,100. View details and enlarged photos	Unsold
Lot 610		1937-D Buffalo Nickel. 3 legs. PCGS graded MS-62 PQ. Nice strike. Nice even toning. Very popular variety. Pop 238. (PCGS # 3982) . Estimated Value $2,500 - 2,900. View details and enlarged photos Check results on similar lots	Unsold
Lot 611		1937-D Buffalo Nickel. 3 legs. NGC graded MS-61. Lightly toned. A lustrous example of this popular error coin in which, after injury to the dies from clashing, the mint technician accidentally polished away the foreleg of the buffalo in an attempt to prolong the die's life. Little did he know it then, but he created one of the most talked-about buffalo nickel oddities of all time. Estimated Value $2,000 - 2,500. View details and enlarged photos	Unsold
Lot 612		1938-D Buffalo Nickel. PCGS graded MS-67. Lovely rainbow toning with some green colors. the prettiest buffalo we have seen color wise. A perennial favorite date among collectors, the 1938-D is the last year of the buffalo nickel series. Superb! (PCGS # 3984) . Estimated Value $5,000 - 6,000. View details and enlarged photos Check results on similar lots	Unsold
Lot 613		Partial set of Nickels. 1883 to 1938-D/S. Consists of: 17 different Liberty Nickels and 18 different Buffalo Nickels. The grades range from Very Fine to Uncirculated. A nice collection and worthy of close inspection. Housed in a deluxe Dansco album. Lot of 35 coins. Estimated Value $1,300 - 1,500. View details	Realized $1,553

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