Goldberg Coins and Collectibles

Sale 36

Pre-Long Beach Coin and Currency Auction

$3 Gold

Lot	Photo	Description	Realized
Lot 3767		1854 $3 Gold. NGC graded AU-58. Lustrous with very smooth, clean surfaces and devices. A beautiful specimen of the Type. Estimated Value $2,100 - 2,200. Frank McCarthy Collection. View details and enlarged photos	Realized $2,760
Lot 3768		1854 $3 Gold. NGC graded AU-55. First year of a new design, this has small letters in DOLLARS, a one-year variety. Estimated Value $1,600 - 1,700. Frank McCarthy Collection. View details and enlarged photos	Realized $1,725
Lot 3769		1854 $3 Gold. ANACS graded AU-53 Details, Cleaned. A few very light marks in the surface, and uneven toning from having been cleaned, but still acceptable for this early issue (PCGS # 7969) . Estimated Value $1,200 - 1,250. Frank McCarthy Collection. View details and enlarged photos Check results on similar lots	Realized $1,265
Lot 3770		1855 $3 Gold. NGC graded AU-58. A few very insignificant marks on the cheek, but surfaces contain luster around the devices and within the feathers, so this ranks as a choice AU specimen. Estimated Value $2,400 - 2,500. Frank McCarthy Collection. View details and enlarged photos	Realized $2,875
Lot 3771		1855 $3 Gold. PCGS graded AU-58. Lightly toned. Planchet flaw as made by the U in United, and a few shallow scuffs in the luster on the cheek. A frosty coin otherwise. Pop 72. (PCGS # 7972) . Estimated Value $1,900 - 2,100. The Emile A. Tartakow Collection. View details and enlarged photos Check results on similar lots	Realized $3,335
Lot 3772		1855 $3 Gold. NGC graded AU-55. Minor weakness on the hair below LIBERTY. Attractive warm gold and "antique" color. Estimated Value $1,800 - 1,900. Frank McCarthy Collection. View details and enlarged photos	Realized $2,128
Lot 3773		1855 $3 Gold. NGC graded AU-55. Mostly untoned with reflective surfaces. Not a rare issue, per se, but definitely scarcer than 1854. Only 50,555 minted. A few surface abrasions on both sides. Estimated Value $1,500 - 1,700. View details and enlarged photos	Unsold
Lot 3774		1856 $3 Gold. PCGS graded EF-45. Light golden toning on both sides. A sharp example (PCGS # 7974) . Estimated Value $900 - 1,000. View details and enlarged photos Check results on similar lots	Realized $1,380
Lot 3775		1857 $3 Gold. PCGS graded AU-55 PQ. A tiny mark between S-O and another below ITE, but generally very choice overall for this scarcer P-mint issue. Wonderful surface color. Mintage was 20,891 pieces. The history of the 19th century is peppered with bank runs and overextended stock markets. A financial panic erupted in October this year, which was blamed on the failure of the New York City branch of the Ohio Life Insurance Co., a collapse which was in turn blamed on over-speculation in railroads and real estate. Banks crashed as people lined up to remove their currency and gold deposits; as a result, within days almost 5,000 businesses failed. The Panic of 1857 brought unemployment to the cities. Rural areas went back to using the barter system for the exchange of goods (PCGS # 7976) . Estimated Value $2,100 - 2,200. Frank McCarthy Collection. View details and enlarged photos Check results on similar lots	Realized $2,645
Lot 3776		1863 $3 Gold. PCGS graded AU-53. Some minor hairlines. Light golden toning. Comes with a PCGS AU53 tag. A tiny nick on the fact, barely visible. A high degree of luster graces the satiny gold on this low mintage semi-rare date from the darkest days of the Civil War. Only 5,039 were minted; only a handful exist in choice condition like this. Estimated Value $1,800 - 2,200. View details and enlarged photos	Realized $2,530
Lot 3777		1874 $3 Gold. NGC graded AU-55. A few light marks on the face and in the lustrous fields. Excellent color, originality, plus choice rims. Estimated Value $1,600 - 1,700. Frank McCarthy Collection. View details and enlarged photos	Realized $1,668
Lot 3778		1874 $3 Gold. ICG graded AU-55. Highly presentable in this state of preservation. Three dates only are considered "common" within the bounds of the $3 denomination, 1854, 1874, and 1878. These are usually picked for inclusion in a Type set. The present example being ideal for such a set. Estimated Value $1,400 - 1,500. Frank McCarthy Collection. View details and enlarged photos	Realized $1,725
Lot 3779		1874 $3 Gold. PCGS graded AU-55. Old green holder. Light golden toning; a lustrous example of this unusual denomination gold coin (PCGS # 7998) . Estimated Value $1,200 - 1,400. View details and enlarged photos Check results on similar lots	Realized $3,565
Lot 3780		1878 $3 Gold. NGC graded MS-65. One small mark on the cheek. Gorgeous surfaces, swirling luster, and over the top color that swings from apricot-gold to brighter reddish gold across the fields and devices. A solid Gem at this level! Pop 134; 65 finer. Two events of note in 1878: the inventor chap, Thomas Alva Edison, took out a patent on the phonograph. Also this year, a new vehicle, called "Wheels," appeared in the streets of America. It consisted of a large wheel in front and a small wheel in back, and had a connecting bar and pad upon which the rider could seat himself while he pedaled precariously forward. This was the forerunner of the modern bicycle. Estimated Value $22,000 - 24,000. Frank McCarthy Collection. View details and enlarged photos	Realized $19,550
Lot 3781		1878 $3 Gold. PCGS graded MS-62. Frosty with light golden toning around the edges. A nice strike. A nice display of mint frost in amounts copious enough to deserve a second look since it borders on a higher grade with warm flaxen-orange gold color. There are a few stray hairlines on the cheek (PCGS # 8000) . Estimated Value $4,200 - 4,500. The Emile A. Tartakow Collection. View details and enlarged photos Check results on similar lots	Realized $7,188
Lot 3782		1878 $3 Gold. PCGS graded MS-62. Light golden toning. Bright rolling-fresh finish, smooth and frosty as when first retrieved by some long ago numismatist, and awash in originality. Not very difficult to find, but then too, it isn't one of those high ticket rarities (PCGS # 8000) . Estimated Value $4,200 - 4,500. The Emile A. Tartakow Collection. View details and enlarged photos Check results on similar lots	Realized $6,900
Lot 3783		1878 $3 Gold. NGC graded AU-58. Practically fully struck, with just a suggestion of weakness at the upper "puffs" on the feathered headdress. A lustrous, gorgeously toned example. Estimated Value $2,000 - 2,100. Frank McCarthy Collection. View details and enlarged photos	Realized $2,530
Lot 3784		1878 $3 Gold. PCGS graded AU-58. Attractive reddish gold specimen with abundant luster in the fields and within most of the devices (PCGS # 8000) . Estimated Value $1,700 - 1,800. The Victor Kramer Collection. View details and enlarged photos Check results on similar lots	Realized $2,760
Lot 3785		1878 $3 Gold. ANACS graded AU-50. Fresh golden color with a dab of luster at the devices on both sides. Typical for this design, most areas are sharp except for the high point of the ribbon knot that ties together the two halves of the wreath (PCGS # 8000) . Estimated Value $1,200 - 1,250. Frank McCarthy Collection. View details and enlarged photos Check results on similar lots	Realized $1,553