Goldberg Coins and Collectibles

Sale 39

Pre-Long Beach Coin and Currency Auction

Eisenhower Dollar/Commorative Coins

Lot	Photo	Description	Realized
Lot 1947		1936 Delaware-Swedish Tercentenary Exonumia. Consists of the original 5 coin cardboard holder and mailer. Both in Very Fine. Estimated Value $150 - 175. View details	Realized $115
Lot 1948		1936 Elgin Half Dollar. NGC graded MS-67. Lovely toning around the edges. Eye-catching satin luster cascades from top to bottom on the vibrant silver surfaces of this beautiful Elgin commemorative. The coin marks the centennial of the city of Elgin, Illinois, the obverse being a copy of "Head of a Pioneer" by Trygve Rovelstad, a name familiar in school history textbooks. The statue from which this head derives is represented on the reverse by the coin's artist who was also sculpted the statue. There were 20,000 Elgins sold at $1.50 each out of an original authorization of 25,000; the remaining 5,000 were returned to the mint and remelted in 1937. Pop 96; 14 finer. Estimated Value $550 - 600. View details and enlarged photos	Realized $719
Lot 1949		1936 Elgin Half Dollar. PCGS graded MS-64. Untoned (PCGS # 9303) . Estimated Value $190 - 210. View details and enlarged photos Check results on similar lots	Realized $216
Lot 1950		1936 Gettysburg Half Dollar. PCGS graded MS-65. A untoned brilliant white gem (PCGS # 9305) . Estimated Value $550 - 600. View details and enlarged photos Check results on similar lots	Realized $630
Lot 1951		1936 Gettysburg Half Dollar. NGC graded MS-64. Old holder. Easily the most visually arresting feature of this coin is its vivid, frosted mint luster. Full swirling luster on both sides, in fact (PCGS # 9305) . Estimated Value $300 - 325. View details and enlarged photos Check results on similar lots	Realized $403
Lot 1952		1936 Gettysburg Half Dollar Exonumia. Consists of the original 5-coin cardboard holder and accompanying mailer. All in Very Fine or better. Lot of 2 items. Estimated Value $150 - 175. View details	Realized $173
Lot 1953		Original Gettysburg Letter Form. Original typed letter for one Gettysburg commemorative coin issued by the Pennsylvania State Commission. Very Fine. Estimated Value $100 - 125. View details	Realized $98
Lot 1954		1922 Grant Half Dollar, with star. PCGS graded MS-63. Old green holder. Nice even toning on both sides. Highly lustrous and largely choice with warm toning highlights on both sides. Nearly fully struck, with just the faintest touch of weakness at the highest point of the Grant's hair at the temple. This is the much scarcer With Star variety (PCGS # 9307) . Estimated Value $1,400 - 1,500. View details and enlarged photos Check results on similar lots	Unsold
Lot 1955		1922 Grant Half Dollar, no star. MS-65. Lightly toned. This is a splendid silver gray specimen with a faint golden zephyr-like veil of russet on both sides. Well struck for the Type, certainly much better-quality than similar high-end examples offered in recent years in which the centers are weak; we find it worthy of strong bidder attention. Trivia: The question "Who's buried in Grant's Tomb?" was used by Groucho Marx in his radio and TV quiz show, the correct answer to which resulted in a consolation prize to contestants who had won no money. Some contestants thought it was a trick question. Grant's grandson, Ulysses S. Grant IV (a university professor) appeared on the program in 1953. Estimated Value $450 - 500. View details and enlarged photos	Realized $518
Lot 1956		1928 Hawaiian Half Dollar. Sharpness of AU Cleaned. The obverse is bright from an old cleaning while the reverse is lightly toned. Estimated Value $1,100 - 1,200. View details and enlarged photos	Realized $1,955
Lot 1957		1946 Iowa Half Dollar. MS-65. Lovely rainbow toning on both sides the coin ringed in color with a beaming white center like a headlight shining upon it. A very special coin. And a gem. Watch the losing bidder when, hearing the hammer drop after this coin's sale, place the palm of his hand on the forehead and moan at the cruel turn of Fate! (The winning bidder will be all smiles.). Estimated Value $500 - 700. View details and enlarged photos	Realized $1,150
Lot 1958		1946 Iowa Half Dollar. PCGS graded MS-66. First generation holder. Untoned gem with blazing white luster. A bold, original coin as though it had just popped from a roll. The Iowa motto on the scroll: Our Liberties Our Rights We Prize and Will Maintain (PCGS # 9316) . Estimated Value $200 - 250. View details and enlarged photos Check results on similar lots	Realized $207
Lot 1959		1946 Iowa Half Dollar. PCGS graded MS-65. An untoned gem (PCGS # 9316) . Estimated Value $160 - 180. View details and enlarged photos Check results on similar lots	Realized $184
Lot 1961		1936 Lynchburg Half Dollar. NGC graded MS-67. Lovely light pale blue obverse. Deep irridescent russett around the reverse borders. Lustrous with dominant smooth frostiness on both sides indicative of a coin that was stored in an original issue card from the start and never handled or mishandled in any way. Superb!. Estimated Value $1,000 - 1,100. View details and enlarged photos	Unsold
Lot 1962		1936 Lynchburg Half Dollar Exonumia. Consists of the original 5-coin cardboard holder and accompanying mailer. All in Very Fine or better. Lot of 2 items. Estimated Value $150 - 175. View details	Realized $150
Lot 1963		1934 Maryland Half Dollar. PCGS graded MS-63. Quite choice and untoned (PCGS # 9328) . Estimated Value $130 - 140. View details and enlarged photos Check results on similar lots	Realized $180
Lot 1964		1921 Missouri Half Dollar, 2 x 4. MS-60 Plus. Deeply toned. Still very lustrous and, due to the range of hues in the toning, pleasingly attractive for this scarce, low mintage issue. The 100th anniversary of the admission of Missouri to the Union was celebrated at Sedalia during August 1921. The first coins struck show 2*4 incused, indicating that Missouri was the 24th star in the flag. Estimated Value $600 - 700. View details and enlarged photos	Realized $460
Lot 1965		1921 Missouri Half Dollar, no 2 x 4. PCGS graded MS-65. Lightly toned with soft pastel colors. The surfaces are highly lustrous and each side has a natural coating of patina that swirls and alternates between lighter and medium hues. A dampened impression is often found from the weak rebound of the dies that made the Missouri half dollar coinage; however, rather than being halfhearted, this particular coin's design is boldly crisp. A beautiful gem. Pop 205; 28 finer in 66. (PCGS # 9330) . Estimated Value $4,000 - 4,500. View details and enlarged photos Check results on similar lots	Unsold
Lot 1966		1921 Missouri Half Dollar, no 2 x 4. PCGS graded MS-65. Mostly white and frosty. An justifiably lustrous gem with sizzling frostiness beneath a hint of toning. The reverse and obverse centers play host to the rich frost Missouris are known for, and originality always appreciated by the stronger buyers. In short, a lovely bold coin, one that certainly meets the qualifications for MS65 grade. Scarce. Pop 205; 28 finer in 66. (PCGS # 9330) . Estimated Value $4,000 - 4,500. View details and enlarged photos Check results on similar lots	Unsold
Lot 1967		1921 Missouri Half Dollar, no 2 x 4. NGC graded MS-64. Lightly toned. The surfaces seem to dance from side to side with original silvery color, and quite lustrous. Excellent sharpness on all devices, too, with perhaps some slight weakening in the coonskin cap and hair immediably below this, and on the pioneer's shoulders on the reverse. Only 5,000 minted with 24 in the field, the scarcer of the two Missouri commemorative varieties (PCGS # 9330)* . Estimated Value $1,300 - 1,400. View details and enlarged photos Check results on similar lots	Realized $1,150
Lot 1968		1923 Monroe Doctrine Half Dollar. PCGS graded MS-64 PQ. Frosty white (PCGS # 9333) . Estimated Value $600 - 700. View details and enlarged photos Check results on similar lots	Unsold
Lot 1969		1938 New Rochelle Half Dollar. PCGS graded MS-67. Nice original toning. Tremendous detail from a very positive strike, which collectors like better to see than wishy-washy detail on their commemorative coinage; furthermore, the surfaces show sharp silver color underlying the beautiful (and original) toning. Superb! Pop 126; 2 finer in 68. (PCGS # 9335) . Why the calf? The title to the land that the French Huguenots purchased from John Pell provided that a fattened calf be given away every year on June 20. This is represented by a calf and figure of John Pell on the obverse of the coin. The fleur-de-lis, which is shown on the reverse, is adopted from the seal of the city. (The fleur-de-lis is a heraldic device somewhat resembling three petals or floral segments of an iris.). Estimated Value $1,000 - 1,150. View details and enlarged photos Check results on similar lots	Unsold
Lot 1970		1938 New Rochelle Half Dollar. PCGS graded MS-65. A brilliant white gem example (PCGS # 9335) . Estimated Value $375 - 425. View details and enlarged photos Check results on similar lots	Realized $460
Lot 1971		1936 Norfolk Half Dollar. PCGS graded MS-64. Untoned (PCGS # 9337) . Estimated Value $375 - 400. View details and enlarged photos Check results on similar lots	Realized $460
Lot 1972		1926-S Oregon Trail Half Dollar. PCGS graded MS-66. Nice light blue toning. A razor sharp Gem whose rich frosted surface undulates with inner glow. Lustrous and almost immaculately preserved, hence the MS66 grade from PCGS (PCGS # 9341) . Estimated Value $400 - 425. View details and enlarged photos Check results on similar lots	Realized $480
Lot 1973		1926-S Oregon Trail Half Dollar. PCGS graded MS-65 (PCGS # 9341) . Estimated Value $250 - 275. View details and enlarged photos Check results on similar lots	Realized $253
Lot 1974		1928 Oregon Trail Half Dollar. PCGS graded MS-66. Nice white example (PCGS # 9342) . Estimated Value $350 - 400. View details and enlarged photos Check results on similar lots	Realized $414
Lot 1975		1933-D Oregon Trail Half Dollar. PCGS graded MS-65. Old green holder. Frosty white coin. A lovely Gem that has radiant blazing white color. Lustrous and sharply struck with top-quality pristine fields for an Oregon Trail commemorative. Only 5,000 minted (PCGS # 9343) . Estimated Value $400 - 425. View details and enlarged photos Check results on similar lots	Realized $460
Lot 1976		1937-D Oregon Trail Half Dollar. PCGS graded MS-68. Well struck with lovely golden toning around the edges. A near perfect coin. This coin radiates attractive original color from the issue card, with no detracting marks or problems. Superb and sharply struck on obverse and reverse. Designs are by Laura Gardin Fraser. Many are of the opinion the Oregon Trail is one of the classiest designs ever used on a commemorative issue. On the obverse, the artist depicts an Indian with blanket and bow. On the reverse, a Conestoga wagon of the period heading into the sunset. Oregons were struck intermittently from 1926 to 1939 at the various mints. Several issues have extremely low mintage. Pop 36; 1 in 69. (PCGS # 9347) . Estimated Value $1,000 - 1,500. View details and enlarged photos Check results on similar lots	Realized $1,725
Lot 1977		1938-P,D,S Oregon Trail Half Dollar Set. PCGS graded MS-64, MS-63 and MS-63 respectively. A very choice untoned set, each in old green label holders. Lot of 3 coins. Estimated Value $475 - 500. View details	Realized $518
Lot 1978		1938-S Oregon Trail Half Dollar. NGC graded MS-67. Attractive tab Toning. Both sides are remarkably lustrous with full-moon glow pearl-shell whiteness surrounded by the sprays of toning. Superb! It so happens that 1938-S is also among the scarcer dates and mints in this on-again, off-again series that ran from 1926 until 1939. Only 6,000 were minted and sold as part of the P-D-S three coin sets (none offered individually). Estimated Value $700 - 800. View details and enlarged photos	Unsold
Lot 1979		1939-P,D,S Oregon Trail Half Dollar Set. PCGS graded MS-65, MS65 and MS-64 respectively. The key date Oregon Set with only 3004 minted. A well matched lightly toned set, each in an old green label holder. Lot of 3 coins. Estimated Value $1,500 - 1,700. View details	Realized $1,725
Lot 1980		1938-P,D,S Oregon Trail Half Dollar Set. A brilliant white set that grades as follows: 1938-P MS-64, 1938-D PCGS MS-66 and 1938-S PCGS MS-66. One of the key sets in the commemorative series. Lot of 3 coins. Estimated Value $750 - 850. View details and enlarged photos	Realized $920
Lot 1981		1939 Oregon Trail Half Dollar. NGC graded MS-66. Light pastel toning. Part of a three-coin set (which we are offering in individual lots), mintage for the 1939-PDS set was only 3,000. Desirable satin luster flows across pristine surfaces. Devices, which are the luster's accompaniment, were struck with energy and full vigor by the dies, imparting all design elements boldly. Pop 272; 84 finer; 79 in 67; 1 in 67 Star; 2 in 68; 2 in 68 Star. (PCGS # 9352) . Estimated Value $600 - 700. View details and enlarged photos Check results on similar lots	Realized $690
Lot 1982		1939-D Oregon Trail Half Dollar. PCGS graded MS-65. Untoned. Original satin luster glitters throughout bright silver surfaces. As before, the devices on the D-mint example were struck with full energy by the dies imparting all design elements for the numismatist to admire (PCGS # 9353) . Estimated Value $500 - 575. View details and enlarged photos Check results on similar lots	Realized $633
Lot 1983		1939-S Oregon Trail Half Dollar. PCGS graded MS-65. Untoned. Both the peripheries and the central reverse are impressive for their detail, and the frosty textured surfaces are Gem quality. Silver luster exactly as it came from the dies radiates in all directions from the surfaces of this attractive Oregon (PCGS # 9354) . The Oregon Trail was one of the key overland migration routes on which pioneers traveled across the North American continent on foot, horseback or in wagons in order to settle new parts of the United States during the 19th century. The Trail spanned over half the continent, measuring 2,170 miles west through territories and land later to become six U.S. states (Missouri, Kansas, Nebraska, Wyoming, Idaho, and Oregon). It's heyday was from 1841 to 1869. Once the first transcontinental railroad was completed in 1869, the use of this trail by long distance travelers diminished as the railroad slowly replaced it. Estimated Value $500 - 575. View details and enlarged photos Check results on similar lots	Realized $546
Lot 1984		Oregon Trail Exonumia. Original 3-coin cardboard holder as issued in 1938-1939. Very Fine, slight tears on edge. Estimated Value $100 - 125. View details	Realized $58
Lot 1985		1915-S Panama-Pacific Half Dollar. PCGS graded MS-67. Lovely rainbow toning around the edges. An appealing fresh toned gem, fully struck, and unmarred by spots or contact marks. Quite difficult to encounter in this nice a grade showing such exquisite colors. Devices are sharp in all areas, as struck, as desired by collectors, which the grading service has weighed carefully in assigning the grade, as also desired by collectors. Coins were struck for the large memorial held in San Francisco in 1915 to publicize the opening of the Panama Canal. The half dollar was created by Charles E. Barber, one of the mint's engravers. It depicts Liberty and a child on the obverse. Liberty is holding two bunches of flowers while behind, the sun sets between the southern and northern ends of the Golden Gate, entrance to San Francisco Bay. Barber placed an eagle on the reverse, having it perch atop the union shield rather than the shield superimposed on its breast as was the custom until then. In all, 27,314 were sold out of an original approved mintage of 60,000. The unsold pieces were remelted. Pop 70; 2 finer in 68. (PCGS # 9357) . Estimated Value $5,000 - 6,000. View details and enlarged photos Check results on similar lots	Realized $6,900
Lot 1986		1915-S Panama-Pacific Half Dollar. PCGS graded MS-65. A frosty white gem with a touch of delicate electric blue and gold toning around the borders. This is a blemish-free example, satiny surfaces everywhere, with nice mint bloom. The strike is normal for the issue, as well, and highly revealing with the usual sharp flows on both sides into all areas of the die recesses. A two-man team worked cooperatively to design the Panama-Pacific International Exposition half dollar for 1915: Charles E. Barber designed the obverse while his able assistant, George T. Morgan, did the reverse (PCGS # 9357) . Estimated Value $1,400 - 1,600. View details and enlarged photos Check results on similar lots	Realized $2,013
Lot 1987		1920 Pilgrim Half Dollar. PCGS graded MS-65. Nice original toning. Silver cartwheel luster radiates from the surfaces of this attractive toned specimen. A great deal of discussion also surrounds a coin's strike when the grade gets to the gem 65 level. This beautiful 1920 Pilgrim has excellent detail, grand eye-appeal with no sign of weakness (PCGS # 9359) . By 1920, the U.S. population reached 105,710,620. For the first time in U.S. history the farm population fell to less than 30%, a far cry from the days of the pioneering Pilgrims of Plymouth Colony. Estimated Value $450 - 500. Ex Dr. Hesselgesser. View details and enlarged photos Check results on similar lots	Realized $495
Lot 1988		1921 Pilgrim Half Dollar. PCGS graded MS-65. A brilliant white gem (PCGS # 9360) . Estimated Value $450 - 500. View details and enlarged photos Check results on similar lots	Realized $460
Lot 1989		1937 Roanoke Half Dollar. PCGS graded MS-65. Mostly white (PCGS # 9367) . Estimated Value $270 - 290. View details and enlarged photos Check results on similar lots	Realized $276
Lot 1990		1937 Roanoke Half Dollar. PCGS graded MS-64. Untoned (PCGS # 9367) . Estimated Value $200 - 230. View details and enlarged photos Check results on similar lots	Realized $240
Lot 1991		1935-S San Diego Half Dollar. NGC graded MS-66 Star. Steel grey toning with russet to honey-red hues around the obverse borders. A blazing gem of the finest order in this grade. The satiny centers give way to deepening shades of color near the rims. San Diego half dollars were struck in San Francisco in 1935 and again in Denver in 1936. Estimated Value $500 - 600. View details and enlarged photos	Realized $604
Lot 1992		1926 Sesquicentennial Half Dollar. PCGS graded MS-65 PQ. In PCGS holder 10416047. Spectacular gem! Superb multi-color toning on both sides. Monster color! A satiny superb gem with strong underlying luster from the dies that reinforce the beauty of the toning. Substantial detail to the highpoints on this fine example further expresses the astounding quality found on either side, with full definition (despite the lightly impressed die-design) on the dual portraits of Washington and Coolidge as well as for the Liberty bell. Struck for sale at the Sesquicentennial Exposition held in Philadelphia June 1 to November 30, 1926. The obverse has conjoined busts of Washington and Calvin Coolidge, president at the time. Although it was then against policy to depict a living person on a United States coin (and still is, in spite of several recent lapses in following the law), this was overlooked when the president was given the shared spotlight with America's first chief executive. For the reverse, designer John R. Sinnock used the Liberty bell. This was the identical motif he would employ 22 years later when he composed the Franklin Half Dollar. Net mintage was 140,592, the issue price being $1. The Sesquicentennial coins, similar to many other commemorative issues, had also a corresponding U.S. stamp issued for the event. Gems are rare. Superb gems, decidedly so. And superb gems with gorgeous toning almost unheard-of! (PCGS # 9374) . Estimated Value $17,000 - 19,000. View details and enlarged photos Check results on similar lots	Realized $13,800
Lot 1993		1926 Sesquicentennial Half Dollar. NGC graded MS-65. Light golden toning. Smooth, satiny patina twinkles over both sides and is typical of the few high-end Sesqui half dollars that have been certified. Pop 221; 18 finer; 4 in 65 Star; 11 in 66; 3 in 66 Star. (PCGS # 9374) . Estimated Value $3,200 - 3,400. View details and enlarged photos Check results on similar lots	Unsold
Lot 1994		1926 Sesquicentennial Half Dollar. MS-63. Attractive delicate violet and golden toning. Estimated Value $110 - 120. View details and enlarged photos	Realized $63
Lot 1995		1935 Spanish Trail Half Dollar. PCGS graded MS-65. Untoned. Popular low-mintage commemorative: 10,000 pieces struck. What is most noticeable when one first examines this coin is its thick mint luster -- it eddies and flows from side-to-side unimpeded by noticeable abrasions and unscathed by even a hint of spotting. A coin of singular beauty and desirability to the collector of this popular series of half dollars (PCGS # 9376) . Estimated Value $1,600 - 1,700. View details and enlarged photos Check results on similar lots	Realized $1,725
Lot 1996		1935 Spanish Trail Half Dollar. PCGS graded MS-64. Delicately toned. Luster swirls around the coin like greased lightning, interrupted by an occasional faint hairline or mark in harmony with the MS64 grade (PCGS # 9376) . Estimated Value $1,300 - 1,500. View details and enlarged photos Check results on similar lots	Unsold
Lot 1997		1935 Spanish Trail Half Dollar. PCGS graded MS-64. Delicate light toning adds to its appeal (PCGS # 9376) . Estimated Value $1,100 - 1,200. View details and enlarged photos Check results on similar lots	Realized $1,495

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