Goldberg Coins and Collectibles

Sale 37

Pre-Long Beach Coin and Currency Auction

$1 Gold

Lot	Photo	Description	Realized
Lot 1643		1849 $1 Gold Liberty. Open wreath. NGC graded MS-65. Needle sharp and delicately toned. The deeply struck, matte-like surfaces are draped in soft reddish-golden patina and show minimal abrasions. Further, a very nice, sharp impression was left by the recoil of the dies that struck this lovely 1849 Type 1 gold dollar. 21.588 coins minted. Pop 16; 4 finer in 66. Estimated Value $4,000 - 4,500. The Greenhill Collection. View details and enlarged photos	Realized $4,543
Lot 1644		1849 $1 Gold Liberty. Open wreath. NGC graded MS-64. Intensely lustrous untoned surfaces. Estimated Value $1,700 - 1,800. The Greenhill Collection. View details and enlarged photos	Realized $1,955
Lot 1645		1849 $1 Gold Liberty. Open wreath. NGC graded MS-64. Well struck and quite choice; golden-orange in color. Estimated Value $1,700 - 1,800. The Greenhill Collection. View details and enlarged photos	Unsold
Lot 1646		1849 $1 Gold Liberty. Open wreath. PCGS graded MS-64. A nice lightly toned example. A beautiful, frosty-gold Gem with luster happily trotting all over the surface of this delightful gold coin; there are no unsettling bagmarks on either side, just swirling mint glow. Keen-edged devices throughout, including the stars and hair detail. A beautiful first-year issue coin (PCGS # 7502) . Estimated Value $1,700 - 1,800. View details and enlarged photos Check results on similar lots	Unsold
Lot 1647		1849-D $1 Gold Liberty. NGC graded MS-62. Boldly struck and untoned. 21,588 coins minted. Brilliant and refreshingly clean for this scarce Dahlonega Mint issue, with flickering luster in the fields and sundrenched golden devices. The fields are mainly untoned and satin with much eye-appeal. It is interesting to see, as well, that it was struck from well-prepared dies that imported a sound and in point of fact, a bold design in the following areas: stars and coronet (with full 13 beads at the border), crisp hair and hair bun, and all of the leaves visible in the wreath. Very scarce. Pop 39; 24 finer. Estimated Value $6,000 - 6,500. The Greenhill Collection. View details and enlarged photos	Realized $7,188
Lot 1648		1849-O $1 Gold Liberty. NGC graded MS-61. A boldly struck example with intensely lustrous surfaces. Estimated Value $700 - 750. The Greenhill Collection. View details and enlarged photos	Realized $1,093
Lot 1649		1850 $1 Gold Liberty. NGC graded MS-65. Honey golden color. Glistening fields rise and fall with original extra frosty golden mint bloom typical of well-preserved Gems from the Philadelphia Mint. Against this are set serious, frosty design elements. Pop 12; 5 finer. Estimated Value $3,500 - 3,800. The Greenhill Collection. View details and enlarged photos	Realized $4,370
Lot 1650		1850 $1 Gold Liberty. PCGS graded MS-64. Frosty with lovely mint bloom toning (PCGS # 7509) . Estimated Value $1,500 - 1,550. The Greenhill Collection. View details and enlarged photos Check results on similar lots	Realized $1,725
Lot 1651		1850-C $1 Gold Liberty. SEGS graded MS-61. A nice untoned coin. Our grade is AU-58. Still has smooth frosted luster on a bright but satin finish, plus clear-cut devices pointing to it having been giving a bold strike by the dies. Scarce. Estimated Value $4,000 - 4,200. View details and enlarged photos	Unsold
Lot 1652		1851 $1 Gold Liberty. PCGS graded MS-67. Well struck and very frosty. A few breaks in the luster from perfection. For the first time since the launch of the gold dollar in 1849, production at the Philadelphia Mint exceeded a million coins in 1851. A fair total of 3.3 millions coins were produced to make up for the absence of silver dollar coins, and, as one might surmise from this mintage figure, the 1851-P is a popular and readily obtained coin for type sets. Of course, at the MS67 grade, this issue is a significant condition rarity. What a breathtaking Superb Gem it is. The surfaces are overlaid in fine-grained, satin-smooth mint frost that exhibits lovely reddish-gold color. We have no doubt about this coin's originality, and the razor sharp strike completes the already memorable eye appeal. Pop 1; none finer. (PCGS # 6939) . Estimated Value $17,000 - 18,000. View details and enlarged photos Check results on similar lots	Realized $18,975
Lot 1653		1851 $1 Gold Liberty. NGC graded MS-65. Light golden-orange color. Soft satin-like fields careening with lustrous golden color. Struck with mathematical precision by the dies. One of several outstanding Gems of the Type 1 design Liberty head gold dollar. Pop 82; 25 finer. Estimated Value $3,500 - 3,800. The Greenhill Collection. View details and enlarged photos	Realized $4,025
Lot 1654		1851 $1 Gold Liberty. NGC graded MS-64. Softly struck in the centers with frosty mint luster throughout. Estimated Value $1,400 - 1,500. The Greenhill Collection. View details and enlarged photos	Realized $1,495
Lot 1655		1851 $1 Gold Liberty. NGC graded MS-63. A well struck example with light golden luster. Estimated Value $700 - 750. The Greenhill Collection. View details and enlarged photos	Unsold
Lot 1656		1851-D $1 Gold Liberty. NGC graded MS-62. Untoned. The centers and peripheral areas are all mellow yellow-gold oscillating with deeper tawny color. A diminished impression was left by the recoil of the (possibly worn) dies that struck this, although the main portraiture is excellent. One small mark by the star at the 3 o'clock position of the obverse. Scarce in Mint condition. We expect a great deal of enthusiasm from bidders for these outstanding C and D mint rarities. The whole sale is peppered with them, gold dollars to half eagles, and a range of dates from the 1830s to the 1860s, almost exclusively in higher grades like this attractive 1851-D gold dollar. Only 9,882 coins minted. Pop 25; 10 finer. Estimated Value $7,000 - 7,500. View details and enlarged photos	Realized $7,820
Lot 1657		1851-O $1 Gold Liberty. PCGS graded MS-65. Rich golden mint color. This conditionally rare contribution to the sale is brilliant with frosty gold surfaces. Impressive too is the strike, which we find is free of censure, being sharp in most areas except for some slight deviation in the sharp relief seen on the stars, mainly in the centers of the coin are crisply defined where the design filled the dies. A gem. Pop 21; 2 finer in 66. (PCGS # 7516) . Estimated Value $8,000 - 9,000. The Greenhill Collection. View details and enlarged photos Check results on similar lots	Realized $9,200
Lot 1658		1852 $1 Gold Liberty. PCGS graded MS-64. Rich golden toning and an exceptionally choice specimen (PCGS # 7517) . Estimated Value $1,500 - 1,550. The Greenhill Collection. View details and enlarged photos Check results on similar lots	Realized $1,725
Lot 1659		1852 and 1853. NGC graded each MS-63. Two choice examples. Lot of 2 coins. Estimated Value $1,600 - 1,700. The Greenhill Collection. View details and enlarged photos	Unsold
Lot 1660		1853 $1 Gold Liberty. PCGS graded MS-66. Well preserved and light golden color. Lightning-bolt bright mint luster and its rich, variegated golden color. Devices were struck with the primary energy to impart the design to the inner areas but not with enough oomph and vigor by the dies to impart clear-cut stars. This is a well-known trait. Pop 18; 10 finer. (PCGS # 7521) . Estimated Value $5,500 - 6,000. The Greenhill Collection. View details and enlarged photos Check results on similar lots	Realized $6,900
Lot 1661		1853 $1 Gold Liberty. PCGS graded MS-66. Frosty, golden orange mint luster. Both sides are soaked in in copper-gold iridescence that accents the ample remaining luster. Struck with systematic exactness throughout. A jewel, close to superb quality. Pop 18; 10 finer. (PCGS # 7521) . Estimated Value $5,500 - 6,000. The Greenhill Collection. View details and enlarged photos Check results on similar lots	Realized $7,188
Lot 1662		1853 $1 Gold Liberty. NGC graded MS-64. Untoned and a nice full strike. Estimated Value $1,500 - 1,550. The Greenhill Collection. View details and enlarged photos	Unsold
Lot 1663		1853 $1 Gold Liberty. NGC graded MS-64. Untoned bold and frosty. Estimated Value $1,500 - 1,550. The Greenhill Collection. View details and enlarged photos	Unsold
Lot 1664		1853 $1 Gold Liberty. NGC graded MS-64. Bright, untoned and well struck. Estimated Value $1,500 - 1,550. The Greenhill Collection. View details and enlarged photos	Unsold
Lot 1665		1853 $1 Gold Liberty. NGC graded MS-63. A well struck beauty with untoned frosty mint surfaces. Estimated Value $800 - 850. The Greenhill Collection. View details and enlarged photos	Realized $748
Lot 1666		1852 and 1853. PCGS graded both MS-63. Two choice brilliant uncirculated examples. Lot of 2 coins (PCGS # 7521) . Estimated Value $1,600 - 1,700. The Greenhill Collection. View details and enlarged photos Check results on similar lots	Realized $1,495
Lot 1667		1853-C $1 Gold Liberty. NGC graded MS-62. Mostly untoned. It is not all gold that glareth says Geoffrey Chaucer, who wrote in a funny English several hundred years ago, but he probably wasn't looking at this bright golden 1853-C gold dollar. Had he done so, he might have noticed its marginally weak impression left by the rebound of the (possibly dilapidated) dies. All the same, the thought of owning a full Mint quality 1853-C gold dollar goes a long way. Total of 11,515 coins minted. Pop 10; 16 finer. Estimated Value $6,000 - 6,500. View details and enlarged photos	Realized $6,555
Lot 1668		1853-C $1 Gold Liberty. NGC graded AU-53. Exhibits natural light slightly greenish color gold and untoned. Only 11,515 struck. Estimated Value $1,500 - 1,600. The Greenhill Collection. View details and enlarged photos	Realized $2,070
Lot 1669		1853-O $1 Gold Liberty. NGC graded MS-62. A frosty mint example that shimmers with luster. Lot of 2 coins. Estimated Value $800 - 850. The Greenhill Collection. View details and enlarged photos	Unsold
Lot 1670		1853-O $1 Gold Liberty. NGC graded MS-62. Mostly untoned. Velvety to satin-like fields almost suggest an MS63 rating under the influence of its nicely lustrous gold color. Estimated Value $800 - 850. View details and enlarged photos	Realized $949
Lot 1671		1854 $1 Gold Liberty. NGC graded MS-64. Well struck and intensely lustrous. Estimated Value $1,500 - 1,600. The Greenhill Collection. View details and enlarged photos	Unsold
Lot 1672		1854 $1 Gold Liberty. Sharpness of MS-64. Light obverse hairlines. Estimated Value $800 - 850. The Greenhill Collection. View details and enlarged photos	Realized $1,035
Lot 1673		1854 $1 Gold Liberty. NGC graded MS-63. Well struck and frosty. Estimated Value $800 - 850. The Greenhill Collection. View details and enlarged photos	Realized $776
Lot 1674		1854 $1 Gold Liberty. NGC graded MS-63. A nice full struke. We note a die crack on the 4th star. Estimated Value $800 - 850. The Greenhill Collection. View details and enlarged photos	Realized $748