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Lot 4205 |
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1873 Half Dollar Octagonal Liberty Head. . BG-915. Rarity 4. PCGS graded MS-63. Old green holder. Light golden toning with a silvery wash like a halo around the portrait and date. Stars are well in from the rim.and evenly spaced around Liberty. Pop 33; 58 finer. (PCGS # 10773) .
Estimated Value $500 - 550.
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$575 |
Lot 4206 |
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1873 Half Dollar Octagonal Liberty Head. . BG-928. Low Rarity 6. PCGS graded AU-58. Scarce California Jewelry Company issue with a close date, small five-pointed stars. On the reverse, there is a berry left of D in DOLLAR. Lustrous with the usual light hairlines and only minor wear on the highest points of the hair and coronet. Pop 4; 8 finer. (PCGS # 10786) .
Estimated Value $1,000 - 1,100.
Ex: Bruce Collection.
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Lot 4207 |
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1854 Half Dollar Round. Liberty Head. . BG-425. Low Rarity 7. PCGS graded AU-55. Plated in the Breen-Gillio book. Warm olive gold with strong underlying luster and touches of golden orange toning. Pop 1 with 8 finer. Only 9 graded in total at PCGS (PCGS # 10461) .
Estimated Value $1,300 - 1,400.
Ex Jay Roe Collection; Ex David Doering, lot 1986.
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$1,495 |
Lot 4208 |
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ND Half Dollar. Round. Indian Princess Head. . BG-1316. "Kroll". The plate coin for the Breen-Gillio book. Encapsulated by PCGS but ungraded. Our grade AU-50 with a spot of solder at the base of the reverse. A modern fantasy piece most likely made for jewelry purposes.
Estimated Value $600 - 650.
Ex Jay Roe, purchased at the Virgil Brand Sale Part II, June 1984, lot 1624.
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Lot 4209 |
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1881 Half Dollar Octagonal. Indian Head. . BG-957. Low Rarity 6. PCGS graded MS-65. A well struck gem in natural greenish color gold. The surfaces are semi prooflike and exhibit warm golden toning. Pop 4 with none higher (PCGS # 10815) .
Estimated Value $1,600 - 1,800.
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Lot 4210 |
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1874/3 Half Dollar Octagonal. Indian Head. . BG-959. Rarity 7. PCGS graded MS-64. A lovely example, intensely lustrous with bright mirror fields against frosty devices. The PCGS holder is wrong as it says "BG-943". A splendid example of this rarity, in fact, the Jay Roe example graded only AU-50. Pop 12 with 2 in MS-65 (PCGS # 10801) .
Estimated Value $3,000 - 3,500.
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$3,565 |
Lot 4211 |
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1871 Half Dollar Round. Liberty Head. . BG-1044. High Rarity 6. PCGS graded MS-64. Well struck and frosty with beautiful natural olive-golden toning. Pop 3 with none higher. PCGS reports a total of 8 in all grades (PCGS # 10873) .
Estimated Value $1,100 - 1,300.
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$1,955 |
Lot 4212 |
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1874 Half Dollar Round. Indian Head. . BG-1072. Rarity 6. ICG graded AU-55. Bright and prooflike with moderate "ghosting" on both sides. We note a fine hairline scratch the bisects the obverse. This variety was discovered by Ken Lee sometime between 1950 and 1955.
Estimated Value $1,000 - 1,100.
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Lot 4213 |
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1864 Half Dollar Round. Liberty Head. . BG-1015. Rarity 7. PCGS graded MS-61. The plate coin for the Breen-Gillio book. One of only eight specimens certified by PCGS. This beauty exhibits a rich honey color gold with natural golden-orange highlights over semi prooflike surfaces. Pop 2 with 3 in MS-62 (PCGS # 10844) .
Estimated Value $1,000 - 1,100.
Ex Jay Roe.
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Lot 4214 |
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1875/3 Half Dollar Round. Indian Head. . BG-1058. Rarity 3. PCGS graded MS-65. A boldly struck cameo gem exhibiting bright mirror surfaces against frosty raised devices. Pop 4 with none higher at PCGS (PCGS # 10887) .
Estimated Value $650 - 750.
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$1,035 |
Lot 4215 |
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1869 Half Dollar Round. Liberty Head. . BG-1021. High Rarity 6. PCGS graded MS-62. An impressive yellow golden specimen and a very rare variety. The fields are slightly prooflike and the motifs nice and frosty. Pop 4, 1 in MS-63, 1 in MS-64. PCGS has graded only 15 coins in total (PCGS # 10850) .
Estimated Value $500 - 600.
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$510 |
Lot 4216 |
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1872 Half Dollar Round. Liberty Head. . BG-1016. Low Rarity 6. PCGS graded AU-58. Light golden toning. Weakness along the top hair waves at the brow and on the back of the head including the hair bun. Pleasing color with residual luster both sides. Pop 1; 11 finer. (PCGS # 10842) .
Estimated Value $700 - 800.
Ex: Bruce Collection.
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Lot 4217 |
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1881 Half Dollar Octagonal. Liberty Head. . BG-964. Low Rarity 7. PCGS graded MS-62. The "Crude Liberty Head" design. A somewhat soft strike, as is typical of all known specimens, with lustrous frosty mint surfaces. PCGS has graded only nine examples of this rarity. Pop 5 tied for finest graded (PCGS # 10822) .
Estimated Value $1,700 - 1,900.
Ex Jay Roe, from Kurt Kreuger's ANA sale, July 30, 1984, lot 2832.
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Lot 4218 |
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1876 Dollar Octagonal. Liberty "Baby Head". . BG-1117. High Rarity 7. PCGS graded MS-62. The plate coin for the Breen-Gillio book. A magnificent example of this rare and popular type. A nice complete strike with stunning olive and copper-orange iridescence over slightly mirror surfaces. Only four or five known in all grades. PCGS has graded a total of 2 examples. Pop 1 with 1 in MS-63 (PCGS # 10928) .
Estimated Value $5,000 - 6,000.
Ex Jay Roe, from Superior's "Club Cal Neva" Sale, Sept. 22, 1987, lot 4689; earlier from F.C.C. Boyd.
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$7,475 |
Lot 4219 |
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1871 Dollar Octagonal. Liberty Head. . BG-1104. High Rarity 4. PCGS graded MS-65. A stunning gem example of this desirable BG-1104. The strike is full and the surfaces shimmer with mirror fields and frosty devices, all delicately toned. In an old green label holder. Pop 3 with none finer (PCGS # 10915) .
Estimated Value $3,800 - 4,200.
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Lot 4220 |
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1875 Dollar Octagonal. Indian Head. . BG-1126. Rarity 5. PCGS graded AU-58. A lovely example exhibiting a nice clean strike with gorgeous lustrous surfaces which are overlaid with natural orange toning. Pop 6 with 19 finer (PCGS # 10937) .
Estimated Value $500 - 650.
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$690 |
Lot 4221 |
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1860 Dollar Octagonal. Liberty Head. . BG-1102. Rarity 4. PCGS graded EF-45. Toned. Frontier and Deviercy issue that has the identical head of Liberty as in BG-1102 but now with 13 tiny six-pointed stars. No FD or star on the reverse; normal L's in DOLLAR. Pop 1; 72 finer. (PCGS # 10913) .
Estimated Value $800 - 850.
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Lot 4222 |
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1868 Dollar Octagonal. Liberty Head. . BG-1105. Rarity 4. PCGS graded MS-65. Prooflike surfaces. Somewhat of a "hoard" date, considering the population of finer pieces, yet clearly an impressive specimen for the collector who requires the desirable Octagonal Dollar for a Cal Gold Type set. Pop 1; 32 finer (PCGS # 10746) .
Estimated Value $800 - 900.
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$920 |
Lot 4223 |
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1871 Dollar Octagonal. Liberty Head. . BG-1109. Low Rarity 4. PCGS graded MS-62. Prooflike surfaces with a few very wispy hairlines. A handsome $1 denomination uses the regular Nouizillet head of Liberty with its careful design and sharp execution, above the date the large G for Robert B. Gray. The reverse has a unique look to the ribbon bow which has overlapping bows. Available in lower grades, but much scarcer in this choice condition. Pop 23; 17 finer. (PCGS # 10920) .
Estimated Value $1,900 - 2,100.
Ex: Jay Roe Collection.
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$2,128 |
Lot 4224 |
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1872 Dollar Round. Indian Head. . BG-1207. Rarity 4. PCGS graded AU-58. Lustrous. A very attractive example of the round Indian head style, and of the scarce One Dollar denomination. The later round dollars with large Indian heads are by unknown makers, possibly Herman J. Brand. BG-1207 has a close date and uses the same reverse as BG-1206, with its distinctive "spur" on the top of the C in CALIFORNIA. Pop 11; 56 finer. (PCGS # 10952) .
Estimated Value $5,500 - 6,000.
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Lot 4225 |
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1876/5 Dollar Octagonal. Indian Head. . BG-1128. Rarity 5. PCGS graded MS-62. Nice golden toning with areas of the low-alloy copper content showing through. Somewhat prooflike. The date was hand-engraved into the die rather than using date punches, which accounts for the kindergarten look to the numerals. Scarce Indian head Type. Pop 7; 16 finer. (PCGS # 10939) .
Estimated Value $1,900 - 2,100.
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