Goldberg Coins and Collectibles

Sale 36

Pre-Long Beach Coin and Currency Auction

$5 Indian

Lot	Photo	Description	Realized
Lot 3871		1908 $5 Indian. PCGS graded Proof 63. Old green holder. Dull matte proof that needs to be sent to NCS. Small mark on both sides. Pop 2; 45 finer. Only 167 Proofs minted, although it is believed not all 167 pieces were distributed, and that some were later melted. This attractive Matte Proof has choice, variegated but still smooth, matte surfaces. There are a couple of tiny scuffs and marks in the hard finish but nothing else in the form of post-striking impairments on either side. Somewhat greenish brown tinted as many 1908 fives, the overall color on this piece is very attractive (PCGS # 8539) . Estimated Value $7,000 - 7,500. View details and enlarged photos Check results on similar lots	Realized $11,500
Lot 3872		1908 $5 Indian. PCGS graded MS-63. Rich golden-orange mint color with spirling frost throughout the fields and devices (PCGS # 8510) . Estimated Value $3,000 - 3,300. Frank McCarthy Collection. View details and enlarged photos Check results on similar lots	Realized $4,198
Lot 3873		1908 $5 Indian. PCGS graded MS-63. Well struck with lovely golden toning on both sides. A beautiful, frosty-gold 1908 initial-year date, there are no unsettling heavy bagmarks on either side. No more, no less, just as fully struck, as attractive, as you could ask for, with complete detail at the Indian's headdress feathers. Some of the later issues tend to be weak on these, especially the bottom 2 feathers (PCGS # 8510) . Estimated Value $2,500 - 2,700. View details and enlarged photos Check results on similar lots	Realized $4,198
Lot 3874		1908-D $5 Indian. PCGS graded MS-63. A choice, sharply made Denver mint half eagle with only marginal softness to some of the lower feather ends at the right obverse (PCGS # 8511) . Estimated Value $3,000 - 3,300. Frank McCarthy Collection. View details and enlarged photos Check results on similar lots	Realized $4,255
Lot 3875		1908-S $5 Indian. PCGS graded MS-62. Frosty throughout, this is the first of several very low mintage dates, and a semi-key in the series: only 82,000 minted. The Indian type conforms to the quarter eagle of the same date. The recessed relief designs and lettering make these two series unique in our United States coinage. Pop 39. (PCGS # 8512) . Estimated Value $2,000 - 2,200. Frank McCarthy Collection. View details and enlarged photos Check results on similar lots	Realized $3,105
Lot 3876		1909 $5 Indian. PCGS graded MS-64 PQ. In an old green label holder. Some warm orange gold patina over the very frosty surfaces. This one has eye-appeal (PCGS # 8513) . Estimated Value $6,000 - 6,500. Frank McCarthy Collection. View details and enlarged photos Check results on similar lots	Realized $6,325
Lot 3877		1909-D $5 Indian. PCGS graded MS-64 PQ. Well struck with rich orange and golden toning. A coin that should be sent in for regrade since it is so fresh and beautiful appearing. 1909-D is the most plentiful date in the Indian series, and is therefore the first to be chosen for a U.S. gold type set (PCGS # 8514) . Estimated Value $3,800 - 4,200. View details and enlarged photos Check results on similar lots	Realized $5,290
Lot 3878		1909-D $5 Indian. PCGS graded MS-63 PQ. Old green label. Nice and frosty. Both sides are beaming with vivid-gold iridescence that accents the ample luster. Only a few scattered marks in the fields. Even the finest, most delicate detail seen on this coin struck with uncommon exactness for the issue (PCGS # 8514) . Estimated Value $2,500 - 3,000. View details and enlarged photos Check results on similar lots	Realized $4,140
Lot 3879		1909-D $5 Indian. PCGS graded MS-62. A lustrous example of the most plentiful date in the set of Indian coinage (PCGS # 8514) . Estimated Value $1,000 - 1,100. Frank McCarthy Collection. View details and enlarged photos Check results on similar lots	Realized $1,265
Lot 3880		1909-D $5 Indian. NGC graded MS-62. Another sharply struck and lustrous gold example. Estimated Value $1,000 - 1,100. Frank McCarthy Collection. View details and enlarged photos	Realized $1,265
Lot 3881		1909-D $5 Indian. PCGS graded MS-62. Very well defined, right down to the end of the last feathers in the headdress, with frosty orange-gold surfaces that are colorfully framed in lustrous iridescence (PCGS # 8514) . Estimated Value $725 - 775. The Victor Kramer Collection. View details and enlarged photos Check results on similar lots	Realized $1,438
Lot 3882		1909-O $5 Indian. NGC graded AU-58. Popular key date. A beaming AU58 rolling in unbeatable smooth luster that emits boldly beneath bright highlights and only minor circulation friction. Possessed of a much better-quality strike than is normally found for a key date issue like this, all of the "recessed relief" design is firmly struck by the dies, while the mintmark (the only part of the coin actually above the field surface) has a nicely formed "O" for all to see and the knowledgeable collector to think about and admire. Only 34,200 minted. Pop 249; 104 finer at NGC. Estimated Value $10,000 - 11,000. View details and enlarged photos	Unsold
Lot 3883		1909-O $5 Indian. NGC graded AU-55. Only light traces of wear on the high points; surfaces choice, smooth, attractive as well as being lustrous in areas. Only 34,200 minted. Popular key date. Pop 124. Estimated Value $8,000 - 8,500. Frank McCarthy Collection. View details and enlarged photos	Realized $7,188
Lot 3884		1911-D $5 Indian. NGC graded AU-55. The reverse (including the mintmark) very sharp, while portions of the obverse design failed to strike sharply, but the overall condition is choice. Original luster in the fields. This is another low mintage rarity, with 72,500 pieces struck. Estimated Value $900 - 1,000. Frank McCarthy Collection. View details and enlarged photos	Realized $1,035
Lot 3885		1911-S $5 Indian. PCGS graded MS-64. A thrilling example of this always-popular Type and desirable S-mint date. This exceptional coin is attractively toned and very nicely struck, including most of the lower feathers in the war bonnet. Probably a good many are not as carefully struck as this piece. Very scarce in choice mint condition, as revealed in the Population statistics. Pop 18; 6 in 65; 1 in 66. (PCGS # 8522) . Estimated Value $17,000 - 18,000. Frank McCarthy Collection. View details and enlarged photos Check results on similar lots	Realized $16,675
Lot 3886		1912 $5 Indian. NGC graded MS-64. Nice strike with lovely orange and golden toning. A nice warm gold piece with notable luster throughout. This is a well-struck example of the 1912 date with excellent details, splendid "eye appeal" and best of all, it has no bothersome abrasions or rub on the Indian's cheek. Estimated Value $4,500 - 5,000. View details and enlarged photos	Realized $6,038
Lot 3887		1912 $5 Indian. NGC graded MS-63. Nicely toned, with consistent quality and originality as in others in the McCarthy group of gold coins. Estimated Value $2,900 - 3,000. Frank McCarthy Collection. View details and enlarged photos	Realized $4,198
Lot 3888		1912 $5 Indian. PCGS graded MS-62. A hint of light gold tone. Satiny orange gold surfaces with some expressive marks and hairlines on the high points limiting the grade. A pleasing choice Uncirculated example of one of the most popular two and one-half dollar gold issues in American numismatics. 1912 is the year the Titanic sank and Theodore Roosevelt was shot in an assassination attempt. In 1912, angered over what he felt was the betrayal of his policies by his hand-picked successor, President William Howard Taft, former president Theodore Roosevelt sought the Republican nomination. When the party chose Taft and Vice President James Sherman at the convention, Roosevelt bolted and formed the Progressive party, or Bull Moose party. The split ticket allowed democrat Woodrow Wilson to win the election (PCGS # 8523) . Estimated Value $800 - 850. View details and enlarged photos Check results on similar lots	Realized $1,438
Lot 3889		1912-S $5 Indian. ANACS graded MS-62. A few light marks on this generally frosty toned specimen of the more elusive 1912-S issue. The mintage hides the fact that few exist in Mint condition (PCGS # 8524) . Estimated Value $3,000 - 3,300. Frank McCarthy Collection. View details and enlarged photos Check results on similar lots	Realized $2,875
Lot 3890		1913 $5 Indian. NGC graded MS-64. Nice strike and lightly toned. An prestigious, blazing coin, the surfaces bursting with vivid warm golden frost and originality over both sides. In winding this up, we are pleased to see also a strike faithful to every detail from a full blow by the dies, with marvelously crisp detail found at feathers whose tiny vanes and barbs show their intricate detail far better than is usual. Estimated Value $4,000 - 4,500. View details and enlarged photos	Realized $6,613
Lot 3891		1913 $5 Indian. PCGS graded MS-62. Sharply made Philadelphia Mint date. Attractive toning over the frosty surface (PCGS # 8525) . Estimated Value $1,000 - 1,100. Frank McCarthy Collection. View details and enlarged photos Check results on similar lots	Realized $1,438
Lot 3892		1913 $5 Indian. NGC graded MS-62. Nice orange golden toning, dusky in places. A small mark on the Indian's face. Estimated Value $800 - 850. View details and enlarged photos	Realized $1,840
Lot 3893		1913-S $5 Indian. PCGS graded MS-62. A better offering in Mint condition, this possesses much eye-appeal from the warm orange gold color and sleek, lustrous fields and devices. A real charmer for the gold coin collector. Pop 120; 42 finer at PCGS. (PCGS # 8526) . Estimated Value $4,000 - 4,400. Frank McCarthy Collection. View details and enlarged photos Check results on similar lots	Realized $4,140
Lot 3894		1914 $5 Indian. PCGS graded MS-63. Lightly toned. Impressively toned on the obverse and reverse, the resounding warm orange-gold tone resonates to the eye. Save for the highpoints of the lower feathers on the Indian's war bonnet, the strike is above-average, if not sharp, in all areas (PCGS # 8527) . Estimated Value $2,300 - 2,500. View details and enlarged photos Check results on similar lots	Realized $4,198
Lot 3895		1914 $5 Indian. PCGS graded MS-62. Light toning with a few tiny copper spots. Minor weakness at the lower feathers (a traditional weak area of the design on both the half eagles and quarter eagles struck in 1908-29) (PCGS # 8527) . Estimated Value $1,000 - 1,100. Frank McCarthy Collection. View details and enlarged photos Check results on similar lots	Realized $1,438
Lot 3896		1914-D $5 Indian. PCGS graded MS-64. Well struck with rich golden toning. A beauty, with nice original copper gold color on very choice, undisturbed surfaces free of copper spots or intrusive marks. A smoothed rather than sharp impression was left by the pressure of the dies that struck this at centers, with some marginal weakness in the ends of the four lower feathers on the Indian. Denver Mint in 1914 seems to have made its quarter eagles and half eagles with about the same resolution from the dies, while the Philadelphia Mint's coinage is similar on the soft side when compared to either 1913 or 1915 issues. Pop 204; 12 in 65; 2 in 66. (PCGS # 8528) . Estimated Value $4,000 - 4,500. View details and enlarged photos Check results on similar lots	Realized $6,325
Lot 3897		1914-D $5 Indian. PCGS graded MS-63. Desirable choice mint state example whose "all original" surfaces and color invite your bids (PCGS # 8528) . Estimated Value $3,000 - 3,300. Frank McCarthy Collection. View details and enlarged photos Check results on similar lots	Realized $4,255
Lot 3898		1914-S $5 Indian. PCGS graded MS-62. Mostly untoned. Scarce date in Mint State. A high degree of cartwheel luster spins gracefully on the satiny, deep golden surfaces of this bright and exciting MS62. The strike is crisp in most places, though some weakness is noted at the lower feathers in the Indian's headdress (PCGS # 8529) . Estimated Value $3,200 - 3,500. View details and enlarged photos Check results on similar lots	Unsold
Lot 3899		1914-S $5 Indian. PCGS graded MS-61. The highest portion of the surface toned a warm orange to peach-gold color on a base of brighter gold. Very weakly struck at the centers, which has been accorded due weight by the grading service. Pop 65. (PCGS # 8529) . Estimated Value $1,500 - 1,600. Frank McCarthy Collection. View details and enlarged photos Check results on similar lots	Realized $1,955
Lot 3900		1915 $5 Indian. PCGS graded MS-64. Quite lustrous. The middle years of 1914-15 tend to show some strike weakness along the lower four feathers near their ends, as seen here. Yet this is definitely a choice, original specimen with nice golden color (PCGS # 8530) . Estimated Value $3,500 - 3,800. View details and enlarged photos Check results on similar lots	Realized $5,865
Lot 3901		1915-S $5 Indian. PCGS graded MS-61. Nice pale olive and light golden-orange color. A truly handsome San Francisco mint gold coin. Old green holder. Pop 32; 79 finer. (PCGS # 8531) . Estimated Value $2,700 - 2,900. Frank McCarthy Collection. View details and enlarged photos Check results on similar lots	Realized $2,875
Lot 3902		1916-S $5 Indian. PCGS graded MS-64. Lovely color. Always a hard coin to find in MS64 or better. Both sides of this attractive '16-S half eagle are bright with vibrant peach to golden-rose and tawny patination. Given the proper amount of strike pressure, the coin was fully brought up by the dies as well, which bidders may want to make a note of in their catalogs. Pop 67; 8 in 65; 3 in 66. (PCGS # 8532) . Estimated Value $5,000 - 6,000. View details and enlarged photos Check results on similar lots	Realized $6,555
Lot 3903		1929 $5 Indian. PCGS graded MS-64. Key date to this series and a coin boasting beautiful color. The frosty textured surfaces are awash in rich orange-gold colors, and both sides are uncommonly well preserved for this often indifferently produced rarity. Regarding this date, the clearest details are found mainly in the upper left areas on the obverse, while the feathers are somewhat weak as noted in flattened state of the vanes and barbs. A small mark by the Indian's neck; otherwise exceedingly choice and original for this very scarce coin. Pop 98; 7 in 65; none finer at PCGS. (PCGS # 8533) . Estimated Value $26,000 - 28,000. Frank McCarthy Collection. View details and enlarged photos Check results on similar lots	Realized $31,625
Lot 3904		1929 $5 Indian. PCGS graded MS-61. Nice untoned example of this key date. A radiant example, fully original with brilliant gold color that rises and falls in an almost rhythmic display. Associated with this grade, a few light marks on the Indian's face and in the field on either side of the eagle. There is a small scuff in the frost of the lower leg on the eagle. Here, too, we are struck by the nice, convincing design detail for all areas of this important key date half eagle of 1929, a coin with only the slightest amount of flatness on the lower war bonnet feathers. When Bela Lyon Pratt's new Indian head motif was launched upon the American waters in 1908, the public was at first shocked but soon grew used to the novelty. Never before in American numismatics had a coin designer broken with tradition in such a overt way as did Pratt. For what Pratt did was to recess the design below the surface of the coin! Forget the fact that his half eagles and quarter eagles were far more aesthetically challenging than the long-running and tired-appearing Liberty heads they replaced. Unlike his predecessors, Pratt chose to honor a real American Indian for a change, not some allegorical Greek goddess wearing an incongruous Indian headdress. And because of this, his design helped to propel American coin design into the World Class league, as this rare 1929 issue exemplifies. Pop 23. (PCGS # 8533) . Estimated Value $12,000 - 13,000. View details and enlarged photos Check results on similar lots	Realized $16,100