Goldberg Coins and Collectibles

Sale 36

Pre-Long Beach Coin and Currency Auction

Budget, Bulk & Bullion Half Dollars

Lot	Photo	Description	Realized
Lot 222		1805 Draped Bust Half Dollar. Fine-15. Slightly bent. Original two-tone gray toned surfaces. Estimated Value $200 - 225. View details and enlarged photos	Unsold
Lot 223		1807 Draped Bust Half Dollar. NGC graded VF-30. Nice antique toning possibly arising from an album. The centers are lighter silver gray. Well centered on a problem-free planchet. Estimated Value $300 - 350. View details and enlarged photos	Realized $748
Lot 224		1824 Capped Bust Half Dollar. PCGS graded AU-58. Old green holder. Well struck and mostly untoned, this is a lustrous example of a middle period bust half dollar. This denomination and not the silver dollar was the real workhorse coin in circulation and banking circles throughout much of the early part of the 19th century and well into the period leading up to the Civil War (PCGS # 6137) . Estimated Value $250 - 300. View details and enlarged photos Check results on similar lots	Realized $690
Lot 225		1826 Capped Bust Half Dollar. PCGS graded AU-55. Attractively toned around the borders with a sharp impression left by the dies. Choice rims; original mint frost extending well into the fields and on most of the devices (PCGS # 6143) . Estimated Value $225 - 275. The Victor Kramer Collection. View details and enlarged photos Check results on similar lots	Realized $748
Lot 226		1832 Capped Bust Half Dollar. PCGS graded Small Letters. AU-53. Toned a nice even gray to steel brown color on both sides, there is ample luster left at and within the devices. An attractive coin. A minor tarnish streak seen on the eagle (PCGS # 6160) . Estimated Value $225 - 250. View details and enlarged photos Check results on similar lots	Realized $345
Lot 227		1834 Capped Bust Half Dollar. Large date and letters. PCGS graded MS-61. Old green holder. A hint of light gold toning on top of the smooth lustrous fields. 1834 seems to have been a year of experimentation at the mint. On the cents and well as these half dollars, there occur wide variances in the size of the date digits, the stars, and of the letter punches used for the legends on the reverse (PCGS # 6164) . Estimated Value $400 - 450. View details and enlarged photos Check results on similar lots	Realized $978
Lot 228		1834 Capped Bust Half Dollar. Small date and letters. PCGS graded AU-58. Good eye appeal with nice golden toning. A lustrous example of this always-popular Type. This sparkling example is naturally toned and struck with ample but not complete detail by the dies (PCGS # 6166) . Estimated Value $250 - 300. View details and enlarged photos Check results on similar lots	Realized $604
Lot 229		A group of Bust Halves. Consists of: 1818, 1820, 1827, 1828, 1832, 1836. Grades range from Very Good to Very Fine. These have not been checked for scarce varities. Lot of 6 coins. Estimated Value $375 - 425. View details	Realized $546
Lot 230		1846 Liberty Seated Half Dollar. Tall date. NGC graded MS-61. Light gold toning. An pleasing example of this No Motto date, with attractive toning atop the frosty fields and significantly bold devices. Some blue iridescence at the peripheries. Pop 6; 28 finer. Estimated Value $450 - 500. View details and enlarged photos	Realized $748
Lot 231		1853. Arrows and rays. ANACS graded AU-53. Lightly toned on both sides. Lustrous underneath this color, with sharp detail and great "eye appeal" for the collector (PCGS # 6275) . Estimated Value $400 - 450. View details and enlarged photos Check results on similar lots	Unsold
Lot 232		1854-O Liberty Seated Half Dollar. Arrows. ANACS graded AU-50. Attractive variegated light to medium gray toning over lustrous surfaces. A choice example (PCGS # 6280) . Estimated Value $200 - 225. View details and enlarged photos Check results on similar lots	Realized $311
Lot 233		1863-S Liberty Seated Half Dollar. MS-61. Attractively preserved with light golden toning. A hint of weakness at the denticles as typically seen although the other areas are generally strongly impressed by the dies. Estimated Value $400 - 500. View details and enlarged photos	Realized $489
Lot 234		1877-CC Liberty Seated Half Dollar. PCGS graded AU-55. Nice old time book toning. Well struck with agreeable surfaces. The popular Carson City branch mint issue (PCGS # 6356) . Estimated Value $200 - 250. The Victor Kramer Collection. View details and enlarged photos Check results on similar lots	Realized $690
Lot 235		A group of circulated Barber Halves (70). Consists of: 1908-0 (10), 1909-S (10), 1910-S (10), 1912-S (10), 1914-S (15), 1915-S (15). Coins grade mostly Good. Lot of 70 coins. Estimated Value $350 - 400. The Victor Kramer Collection. View details	Realized $322
Lot 236		1892 thru 1915-S. Complete Set of Barber Halves. A nice circulated set grading About Good to Very Fine. Housed in old Meghrig boards. Lot of 77 coins. Estimated Value $1,500 - 2,000. The Victor Kramer Collection. View details	Realized $1,898
Lot 237		1916 Liberty Walking Half Dollar. PCGS graded MS-63. Light even natural toning. First year of issue. Satiny, lustrous surfaces display natural medium gray toning on the obverse and similar gray with patches of steel overlay on the reverse. Well struck for this primer issue (PCGS # 6566) . Estimated Value $300 - 350. The Emile A. Tartakow Collection. View details and enlarged photos Check results on similar lots	Realized $437
Lot 238		1917 Liberty Walking Half Dollar. NGC graded MS-64. Nice bold strike. A brilliant and highly lustrous near-gem that has carefully preserved surfaces. Weinman's walking Liberty half dollar, highly regarded today, evoked mixed feelings when it made its debut. "At last we have on our coins the great American eagle in a natural, lifelike form," The Numismatist said. "As represented on the half dollar he is, as the small boy would say, 'some bird,' and his size and proportions are in keeping with the greatness and power of the country." However, ornithologist Frank M. Chapman chided, "The artist has made this bird a terrestrial fowl, striding or marching on the ground like a turkey-cock, and with as much dignity as one." Estimated Value $200 - 250. View details and enlarged photos	Realized $299
Lot 239		1936-S Liberty Walking Half Dollar. MS-64. A lustrous untoned example. Estimated Value $150 - 170. View details and enlarged photos	Realized $604
Lot 240		1937 Liberty Walking Half Dollar. PCGS graded MS-65. Lightly toned on the obverse while more heavily toned on the reverse with a dark gray area covering two wing feathers (PCGS # 6601) . Estimated Value $270 - 300. View details and enlarged photos Check results on similar lots	Realized $345
Lot 241		1937-D Liberty Walking Half Dollar. MS-63. A small mark at Liberty's knee. An mostly toned example in choice condition and with excellent luster, surfaces that show only the most trivial luster grazes. Estimated Value $150 - 170. View details and enlarged photos	Realized $219
Lot 242		1937-S Liberty Walking Half Dollar. PCGS graded MS-64. Nice original toning. This is a pleasing, lustrous MS64 coin with a few grade-limiting luster grazes. A rounded impression was left by the stamp of the dies that struck this at the central region near Liberty's hand but the eagle's left leg (which is usually also soft) has, in this instance, very nice detail to the feathers (PCGS # 6603) . Estimated Value $150 - 160. View details and enlarged photos Check results on similar lots	Realized $184
Lot 243		1938 Liberty Walking Half Dollar. MS-63. Nicely toned. Estimated Value $70 - 90. View details and enlarged photos	Realized $63
Lot 244		1938-D Liberty Walking Half Dollar. MS-60. The lowest mintage issue in the 1930s, only 491,600 pieces were minted. There is an amazing photograph in existence (published in a few numismatic periodicals years ago) that shows a flat-bed cart with metal wheels at the Denver Mint in 1938, piled high with bags of half dollars, each date-stamped "1938". From what we know of the limited mintage this year, this photo may be of the entire year's mintage, all captured in one goosebump enducing black-and-white photograph! Estimated Value $250 - 300. View details and enlarged photos	Realized $558
Lot 245		1940 Liberty Walking Half Dollar. NGC graded MS-66. Light rainbow toning on both sides. The "both sides" is especially desirable here! About as close to watertight perfection as can be expected, this vibrant array of colors. A real charmer for someone adding to a set of toned Walkers. Estimated Value $200 - 225. View details and enlarged photos	Realized $336
Lot 246		1942 Liberty Walking Half Dollar. PCGS graded MS-66. This is a lovely, healthy-glowing Gem, whose obverse and reverse being essentially superb, beam with frosty, silver-white luster capped by light to medium (and all original) toning. A very attractive specimen (PCGS # 6614) . Estimated Value $150 - 165. View details and enlarged photos Check results on similar lots	Realized $184
Lot 247		1942-D Liberty Walking Half Dollar. PCGS graded MS-66. Nice strike. The surfaces are untoned, rocking with silvery color, and quite lustrous. A gem (PCGS # 6615) . Estimated Value $210 - 230. View details and enlarged photos Check results on similar lots	Realized $253
Lot 248		1943 Liberty Walking Half Dollar. NGC graded MS-66 Star. Rainbow toning on obverse. Pop 6; 7 in 67 Star. The brilliant luster is satiny and consistent underneath this heavenly array of colors. A well struck and first-class Gem that has carefully preserved surfaces. We expect to see a big price realized after this one is sold. Estimated Value $250 - 300. View details and enlarged photos	Realized $546
Lot 249		1943-D, 1945-D, 1945-S. PCGS graded all MS-65. Mostly brilliant and untoned. Lot of 3 coins. Estimated Value $325 - 375. View details	Realized $437
Lot 250		1943-S Liberty Walking Half Dollar. PCGS graded MS-65. Blazing-white luster with crisp definition and exceptionally clean surfaces. Definitely, a premium example of the gem grade. A very convincing impression was left by the recoil of the dies that struck this scarce branch mint coin, only the top part of the skirt lines are at all weak, along with Liberty's hand where it grasps the branch. All else is very nice defined (PCGS # 6620) . Estimated Value $250 - 300. View details and enlarged photos Check results on similar lots	Realized $334
Lot 251		1944-D Liberty Walking Half Dollar. PCGS graded MS-66. Very few survivors could possibly equal the nearly superb technical merits and originality of this 1944 half dollar. In addition to its strong strike and nearly flawless surface quality, both sides are gleaming with mint brilliance. Precision strike on every device is what collectors like to see (PCGS # 6622) . Estimated Value $170 - 190. View details and enlarged photos Check results on similar lots	Realized $184
Lot 252		1946-S Liberty Walking Half Dollar. NGC graded MS-66 Star. Rainbow toning around the borders on both sides. Pop 3; 2 in 67 Star. What is most noticeable when one first examines this coin is its thick, vibrant mint luster -- okay, we fibbed, it is the resplendent color. Still, the thick luster underneath swirls around each side unimpeded by obvious abrasions and untouched by even a hint planchet imperfection. A coin of singular beauty and importance to the collector. Nicely struck for the date, perhaps not entirely so at the centers, but certainly a coin that gets proper mention where completeness of design on a 1946-S is almost impossible to achieve. Estimated Value $350 - 450. View details and enlarged photos	Realized $900
Lot 253		1947 Liberty Walking Half Dollar. PCGS graded MS-65. Gorgeous multi-color toning on both sides. Worth a premium. There is little to say about the surfaces of this coin as they are as near to perfect as imaginable with their pastel iridescence that takes your breath away. The mint frost which pushes its way through is thick, and it radiates intensely over each side. There is an endless opportunity here for the far-sighted collector. So ends the discussion of the luster. Now on to the detail. This piece is not just close to, not just "almost", but completely and honestly struck, with terrific detail at Liberty and the eagle. Outstanding! (PCGS # 6630) . Estimated Value $200 - 250. View details and enlarged photos Check results on similar lots	Realized $920
Lot 254		A group of Better Date circulated Walkers. Consists of: 1916-S (10); 1917-S obv. (10); 1921-S (15); 1919-D (10); 1919-S (20). Coins will grade mostly About Good to Good plus. A worthwhile lot of semi-key dates that should be examined prior to bidding. Lot of 65 coins. Estimated Value $1,500 - 2,000. The Victor Kramer Collection. View details	Realized $1,725
Lot 255		A lot of PCGS graded Walkers. Consists of: 1936-S MS-63, 1939-S MS-64, 1942-S MS-64, 1943-S MS-64, 1944-S MS-64, 1945 MS-64, 1945-S MS-65, 1947 MS-65. A choice lot of Walking Liberty Halves, most lightly toned. Lot of 8 coins. Estimated Value $500 - 500. View details and enlarged photos	Realized $863
Lot 256		Mint State Group of Washington Quarters & Walking Liberty Halves. 36-S, 38-S, 39-D, 41-D, 41-S, 43, 43-S, 44-S, 60-D Half Dollars: 16 pieces, among which we note a 1937-D with the balance including 13 assorted S mint coins in the 40s, along with a 41 and 44 from Phila. All are Toned Unc. Lot of 25 pieces. Estimated Value $400 - 500. The Emile A. Tartakow Collection. View details	Realized $1,020
Lot 257		A Partial Collection of Mint State Wallking Liberty Halves. Consists of: 1939, 1939-D, 1940, 1940-S, 1941, 1941-D, 1942, 1942-D, 1943-D, 1944 (2 pcs), 1944-D, 1945-D, 1945-S, 1946-P-D-S, 1947, 1947-D Coin will grade from MS-60 plus to MS-64. Lot of 19 coins. Estimated Value $550 - 600. View details	Realized $805
Lot 258		A group of NGC graded Walkers. Consists of: 1941 MS-64, 1942-D MS-66, 1944-D MS-65, 1945-D MS-65, 1947 MS-66. A choice lot, some are lightly toned. Lot of 5 coins. Estimated Value $650 - 700. View details	Realized $748
Lot 259		A lot of Walking Liberty Halves. 1941-D to 1947-D. Coins range from MS-60 to MS-64. Lot of 12 coins. Estimated Value $200 - 250. View details	Realized $207
Lot 260		A lot of Walking Liberty Halves. Consists of: 1941, 1942, 1943, 1944, 1945. Coins range in grade from MS-60 to MS-63. Housed in a black Lucite holder. Lot of 5 coins. Estimated Value $150 - 160. View details	Realized $104
Lot 261		Nice Pair of Late Date Walkers. 1944-S and 1946-D. Both MS-64+ with some light toning. Lot of 2 coins. Estimated Value $100 - 125. View details and enlarged photos	Realized $138
Lot 262		1947 and 1947-D. PCGS graded both MS-66. Each with multi-color toning on the obverse. Lot of 2 coins. Estimated Value $500 - 600. View details and enlarged photos	Realized $870
Lot 263		1916 thru 1941-D. Complete. An average circulated set grading About Good and better. Some of the later dates are EF-AU. Includes a few extras. Also included: Franklin Half Dollar Set 1948 thru 1956 in AU-Unc. condition. This collection was formed 50 years ago. Housed in old blue Whitman folders. Estimated Value $750 - 850. The Victor Kramer Collection. View details	Realized $1,438
Lot 264		1916 thru 1947-D. Complete Set of Walking Liberty Halves. Coins will grade from Good to Uncirculated. The later dates are in the higher grades. Housed in old Meghrig brown boards. Lot of 65 coins. Estimated Value $800 - 1,000. The Victor Kramer Collection. View details	Realized $1,610
Lot 265		1948 Franklin Half Dollar. PCGS graded MS-66 Full Bell Lines. Unstoppable luster erupts flamboyantly on this handsome Franklin half dollar of the initial year of issue. The strike is strong including the often limited area of lightness at the lower bell. Pop 246; 2 finer in 67. (PCGS # 86651) . Estimated Value $300 - 350. View details and enlarged photos Check results on similar lots	Realized $322
Lot 266		1953-S Franklin Half Dollar. PCGS graded MS-65. Lovely original toning on both sides. Plucked out of an original mint set. Mint luster like this, with its underlying frosted glass smoothness gives this coin much of its life and pizzazz (PCGS # 6666) . Estimated Value $400 - 500. View details and enlarged photos Check results on similar lots	Realized $506
Lot 267		1958-D. PCGS graded MS-66 FBL. Beautifully toned. Together with: 1976-S JFK Silver Half Dollar in PCGS MS-68. Lot of 2 coins. Estimated Value $300 - 350. View details and enlarged photos	Realized $192
Lot 268		1948 thru 1956. Partial Set of Franklin Halves. Complete thru 1956. A lovely Uncirculated set with the coins exhibiting natural toning. Housed in Wayte Raymond boards. Lot of 21 coins. Estimated Value $500 - 600. The Victor Kramer Collection. View details	Realized $1,150
Lot 269		1949-S. Brilliant Uncirculated Roll. Lot of 20 coins. Estimated Value $1,500 - 2,000. The Victor Kramer Collection. View details	Realized $1,920
Lot 270		1949-S. (39). Coins grade AU to Unc. We suggest careful inspection as this group contains some choice examples. Lot of 39 coins. Estimated Value $1,000 - 1,500. The Victor Kramer Collection. View details	Realized $1,208
Lot 271		Undated Kennedy half dollar. 65% off center. NGC graded MS-65 65% Off Center. A spectacular major mint error. Struck on a type 2 planchet with upset rim (the final step in planchet making before it is sent to be stamped by the dies), this has IBE of LIBERTY visible with a portion of Kennedy's head and nose visible at the 5 o'clock position on the lower obverse. Estimated Value $500 - 750. View details and enlarged photos	Unsold