Goldberg Coins and Collectibles

Sale 4

The Dr. Jon Kardatzke Coin and Currency Collection, Part 1

Liberty Seated Quarter Dollars

Lot	Photo	Description	Realized
Lot 700		1838 Liberty Seated Quarter Dollar. VF-35. The first year of issue for quarters of the new Seated Liberty style. Apparently it was well received overall, with minor modifications it continued until 1891. Choice original color and decent surfaces. View details	Realized $63
Lot 701		1839 Liberty Seated Quarter Dollar. AU-55. A choice coin that boasts a lovely deep blue color with russet at the centers, boldly struck and well preserved. Just a touch of wear on the highest devices, like on most so-called mint state coins we see. View details	Realized $920
Lot 702		1840-O Liberty Seated Quarter Dollar. No drapery. MS-60. A gorgeous, original coin that is graced by deep blue colors around the rims, fading to fiery russet at the centers. Luster dances in the fields, while only moderate handling marks can be located. An impressive coin, more so with the "O" mintmark. View details	Realized $1,093
Lot 703		1840 Liberty Seated Quarter Dollar. Drapery. EF-40. A choice, original coin for the grade with fully struck devices and totally problem-free. View details	Realized $173
Lot 704		1840-O Liberty Seated Quarter Dollar. Drapery. EF-45. Cleaned with resulting hairlines in the fields, now retoning to a light silvery-gray and well struck. Scarce. View details	Realized $1,323
Lot 705		1841 Liberty Seated Quarter Dollar. EF-45. Typical circulation marks for the grade, lightly toned and about average for the grade. View details	Realized $207
Lot 706		1841-O Liberty Seated Quarter Dollar. VF-20. Cleaned to a level of brightness which offends the trained eye. Heavy die cracks through UNITED. If toned, this coin would improve immensely. View details	Realized $115
Lot 707		1842 Liberty Seated Quarter Dollar. Large date. EF-40. Cleaned and recovering today with light toning around the peripheries. Boldly struck. View details	Realized $334
Lot 708		1842-O Liberty Seated Quarter Dollar. Small date. Fine-12. Moderate handling marks, average for the grade. Light silvery-gray on the obverse and reverse, with a bit of yellow-gold around the periphery. A rare coin with the small date feature, and well worth putting away. View details	Realized $978
Lot 709		1842 Liberty Seated Quarter Dollar. Large date. VF-35. By far the more common variety of 1842, but still scarce in nice grade. Clean surfaces and lightly toned with a ring of gold around the rims. The reverse has a dull scrape in the field to the left of the eagle's beak, in the usual area of monkey-business on these coins. View details	Realized $63
Lot 710		1843 to 1860. Mixed Liberty Seated Quarter Lot. Includes: 1843 EF-45; 1846 sharpness of EF, retoned and hairlined; 1849 VF-30 cleaned; 1853-O Arrows and Rays F-15; 1856 EF-45; 1857 EF-45 and 1860 EF-45. Several nice coins are included in this group. Group of 7 coins. View details	Realized $391
Lot 711		1843-O Liberty Seated Quarter Dollar. EF-40. An excellent coin for the grade, lovely color, luster and strike. View details	Realized $173
Lot 712		1844 Liberty Seated Quarter Dollar. Sharpness of AU-50 but mounted. Examination of the rims shows this coin was mounted, with dark areas and botched engraving on the rims. Ever-present hairlines in the fields, a bit too bright still and blessed by a sharp strike. One dollop of a spot in the field below the left wing on the eagle. View details	Realized $69
Lot 713		1844-O Liberty Seated Quarter Dollar. VF-35. The first 4 recut along the crossbar. Dark toning in the fields near the devices, lighter device colors. Minor handling ticks. View details	Realized $81
Lot 714		1845 Liberty Seated Quarter Dollar. AU-50. Light hairlines as seen on virtually every coin from this era. With the eye-appealing look of a mint state coin because of the frosty luster and mint-fresh surfaces. The obverse die has several little cracks on the lower left. Light gold toning. View details	Realized $242
Lot 715		1847 Liberty Seated Quarter Dollar. AU-50. Lustrous and lightly cleaned, with minor hairlines and a couple of other stray marks. A bit of toning would help this one a lot. View details	Realized $109
Lot 716		1847-O Liberty Seated Quarter Dollar. AU-55. Original blue and russet toning throughout, a bit weakly struck by badly cracked dies, especially on the reverse. Delightful in appearance. View details	Realized $506
Lot 717		1848 Liberty Seated Quarter Dollar. EF-40. Washed out in appearance and not exciting. View details	Realized $173
Lot 718		1849-O Liberty Seated Quarter Dollar. PCGS graded AU-58. An extremely rare coin in this grade, the mintage is unknown but obviously small as few are known. This one has lovely original toning on the obverse, with a lighter rose colors on the reverse. One can see abundant jeweler's rouge residue or some other gentle solvent, still clinging near the devices and this could be removed without damaging the coin. However, it is entombed in a slab, awaiting the next attempted upgrade and hopefully a careful removal of the jeweler's rouge. Mintage was approximately 16,000 according to Dr. Breen, few of which remain in any decent grade. How this coin survived is a mystery, but here it is in all its glory. Nearly full luster in the fields, and identifiable by a tick mark below the eagles beak. Any collector with the slightest idea of what taste is, will absolutely love this coin for the original color, extremely low mintage and without a telephone number grade. We are certain that this coin will be broken out, "improved" and resubmitted and will no doubt see it in a higher grade holder before the summer surfers hit the beach. View details	Realized $5,520
Lot 719		1850 Liberty Seated Quarter Dollar. AU-53. Light hairlines in the fields, but nicely toned and pleasing to the unaided eye. View details	Realized $173
Lot 720		1850-O Liberty Seated Quarter Dollar. MS-61. Satiny luster throughout and toned a delicate rose gold color in the fields. Typical soft New Orleans style devices, but everything is present and accounted for. Original in abundance. View details	Realized $805
Lot 721		1851 Liberty Seated Quarter Dollar. AU-53. Boldly struck but a bit too bright from a cleaning, the resulting hairlines a forever annoyance in the fields. Starting to retone around the extreme edge. View details	Realized $276
Lot 722		1851-O Liberty Seated Quarter Dollar. AU-50. One of the key dates to this popular series, the 1851-O has a mintage of 88,000, few of which approach a decent grade, most falling in the grade range of Good or so. The fields do show some minor hairlines, probably as much from circulation as from any cleaning or mishandling. As a collector, you would do extremely well to purchase this rare date and put it away, focusing on these rare ones first, the common ones will always be available--and common--as long as you collect the series. View details	Realized $1,668
Lot 723		1852 Liberty Seated Quarter Dollar. MS-62. Choice rose-gold toning on both sides. Somehow, everyone forgot to clean, hairline or otherwise "improve" this one during the past 150 years. This state of affairs is extraordinary today, where virtually every surviving coin shows evidence of harsh cleaning or heavy hairlines in the fields. To see frosty undiminished luster is a real pleasure, be sure to view this one before the sale as the lucky collector who buys it will no doubt always cherish this piece. View details	Realized $1,265
Lot 724		1852-O Liberty Seated Quarter Dollar. AU-55. The surfaces of this coin have been altered in some way, with resulting roughness in the metal. Inspection mandatory by prospective buyers. Nevertheless, this is an extremely rare coin in high grade, as virtually all were melted during the gold rush years where silver became worth enough more than face value to make melting coins profitable. Hence most were lost in the melting pots, and few exist to fill those date collector sets. Retoned a pleasant gold color on the lower obverse, the reverse more natural in appearance. A very rare date indeed. View details	Realized $2,300
Lot 725		1853 Liberty Seated Quarter Dollar. Recut date, no arrows or rays. AU-50. Light hairlines from a cleaning, and still a bit too bright for its age. There is an unimportant drift mark on Liberty's knee from impurities in the silver. The date is recut, as seen on all of this tiny mintage, the surfaces are lustrous and pleasing, without serious detriment or problem. If left out to tone, this coin would soon look a lot more natural and appealing. In early 1853 coining silver had become futile, it was profitable to get silver coins at face value, melt them, sell them in the market at over face value as the price of silver had risen relative to the drop in the price of gold (that little gold discovery in California in 1849 affected prices drastically). No doubt a few wise people bought coins from the mint, melted them and resold the same silver to the mint at a profit. As usual, after a few years and a few million squandered from taxpayers pockets, a law was passed reducing the amount of silver in subsidiary coinage (half dimes to half dollars) to where the silver required to coin these less than a dollar denominations was now worth less than the face value of the coin. Curiously, the standard was not reduced for the silver dollars, as it was mandated by law at a fixed amount of 412.5 grains per dollar. As usual, the government got around their own law, they simply didn't strike many silver dollars in the 1850s, until the price of silver had fallen to a level that allowed silver dollars to circulate without being melted and resold to the mint. Here is one of the very tail end coins struck just while the law was being passed reducing the silver content in quarters from 103 and 1/8 grains to 96 grains in February of 1853. View details	Realized $1,783
Lot 726		1853 Liberty Seated Quarter Dollar. Arrows and rays. Sharpness of MS-60 but with a few light obverse scratches. A very eye-appealing coin that has splendid blue toning around the rims, russet next, fading to satiny silver at the center. Lustrous fields and well struck throughout. The only problem is a group of minor scratches in the right obverse field, which are light, but there nevertheless. As to the reverse, it is without a blemish. An important and popular type coin. View details	Realized $345
Lot 727		1853 Liberty Seated Quarter Dollar. Arrows and rays. NGC graded AU-58. Somebody sent this in for grading because it looks Uncirculated. We don't in fact imagine it ever got into commercial use, but some faint rub shows beneath the color on the obverse. But we mean faint. It's an original looking grayish silver in color, all over, no splotches, very even. A huge diebreak extends to the border from the left arrow, and another, finer one does the same thing from the right arrow. Sharp strike. A desirable coin in every respect. View details	Realized $368
Lot 728		1853 Liberty Seated Quarter Dollar. Arrows and rays. EF-40. Well struck and blessed with smooth surfaces which show no sign of abuse. The color is rather tepid, ranging from dull gray on the left obverse, to a lighter blah gray on the right. On the reverse, the color is more normal and appealing. View details	Realized $92
Lot 729		1854 Liberty Seated Quarter Dollar. AU-50. Satiny luster remains in the fields, decently struck and without significant flaw. Minor lines visible with a glass. Mostly untoned and satisfying. View details	Realized $173
Lot 730		1854-O Liberty Seated Quarter Dollar. Huge O. AU-53. Breen-4002 and listed as "very rare" in his Encyclopedia. The surfaces show ample luster and a hint of gold toning around the periphery. While the obverse is pleasant in its own right, the reverse is spectacular, for there we see a dying die, with bizarre cracking and wave-like breaks through the lower third of the reverse. Clearly the reverse die was lapped and the "O" mintmark possibly strengthened with the results a huge, oblong and irregularly shaped mintmark. Breen's Encyclopedia has an excellent picture of this reverse under coin 4002. Breen also notes that this variety is "prohibitively rare above EF", this coin is a no brainer AU, and may qualify at a higher level with today's grading experts. The "O" mintmark stands well above the surrounding devices and holding the coin on its edge clearly demonstrates this. A wonderful coin for the Liberty Seated specialist or Breen enthusiast. View details	Realized $5,520
Lot 731		1855 Liberty Seated Quarter Dollar. AU-58. Lustrous fields and toned a speckled tan to gold, and very pleasing overall. All the pizzazz of a Mint State coin at a fraction of the price, making this AU-58 type coin a great value. View details	Realized $311
Lot 732		1855-O Liberty Seated Quarter Dollar. MS-62. Choice blue toning around the rims, fading to russet then gold, with the centers bright and frosty. A few stray hairlines in the right obverse field from choice, but with "gem" color. Well struck and a low mintage date. The "O" mintmark is very weak, as struck, making a curious comparison to the "huge O" variety just offered. View details	Realized $2,185
Lot 733		1855-S Liberty Seated Quarter Dollar. EF-40. With slightly porous surfaces that may be the result of a harsh cleaning, the coin now with a familiar "washed out" lusterless appearance. A few minor handling marks including a strategic nick located on Liberty's cheek. View details	Realized $288
Lot 734		1856-O Liberty Seated Quarter Dollar. AU-50. Untoned frosty fields dance with mint freshness while only the rims are starting to tone with gold highlights. Just under a million minted, this one certainly one of the better ones. Boldly struck throughout the obverse, minor weakness on the lower thigh feathers and arrow feathers. A glass will note a few stray hairlines, but nothing to worry about as this coin is very appealing. View details	Realized $265
Lot 735		1856-S Liberty Seated Quarter Dollar. Sharpness of VF-20 but retooled on the obverse. This is the curious S over S variety, with a much smaller S visible underneath the huge S hiding in the lower right side of the huge letter. The central obverse appears to have been tooled, perhaps to remove or hide some damage, then carefully worked to cover up the tooling. This is not very noticeable, and with the lovely gray toning around the periphery not many would notice. As to the surfaces, they still have more handling marks than one would expect for the grade. Better than we make it sound so inspection recommended as the S over S variety is popular and tough to find nice. View details	Realized $121
Lot 736		1857-O Liberty Seated Quarter Dollar. MS-64. A choice coin indeed, with deep blue and gray toning evenly distributed on both sides over the blazing luster in the fields. Hairlines appear under the harshness of a light, but the coin is boldly struck and appealing in every way. Free of other detractions. View details	Realized $3,565
Lot 737		1857-S Liberty Seated Quarter Dollar. EF-40. This must be the Large S variety as the S is huge, and touches both the feather and stem. A tough coin to find in high grade, this solid EF collector grade coin will find a welcome home. Steely gray in color, well struck and the only complaint is a few minor rim ticks. View details	Realized $690
Lot 738		1858 Liberty Seated Quarter Dollar. NGC graded MS-64. A number of bagmarks offset by strong luster and some album toning and a decent strike. View details	Realized $805
Lot 739		1858 Liberty Seated Quarter Dollar. AU-50. A satiny gray coin that has some luster and light toning, more so on the reverse than the obverse. Boldly struck. View details	Realized $115
Lot 740		1858-O Liberty Seated Quarter Dollar. AU-50. Lovely blue and green toning on the obverse, the reverse more golden in color. All the fields retain some luster, the strike is sharp and there are no problems to speak of. View details	Realized $242
Lot 741		1858-S Liberty Seated Quarter Dollar. EF-45. Lightly cleaned with resulting hairlines in the fields and with a bit of a shiny appearance now. Well struck and still appealing. View details	Realized $334
Lot 742		1859 Liberty Seated Quarter Dollar. MS-60. Mostly white luster with an arc of gold toning on the right obverse, untoned on the reverse. Sharply impressed by the dies, the surfaces have normal bag marking for the grade. View details	Realized $242
Lot 743		1859-O Liberty Seated Quarter Dollar. Sharpness of EF-40 but cleaned. Starting to retone, but the surfaces have been cleaned a bit too much. Sharply struck. View details	Realized $75
Lot 744		1859-S Liberty Seated Quarter Dollar. VF-20. A bit too bright for its age, this one was probably dipped and hasn't retoned as of yet. Full LIBERTY in the shield and a low-mintage date with just 80,000 struck in all. One minor rim mark on the lower reverse. View details	Realized $311
Lot 745		1860-O Liberty Seated Quarter Dollar. AU-55. Frosty and lustrous throughout, with full device detail imparted by the dies. All is toned a smoky silver color with hints of gold. The only detriment, and it's a tiny one, is where some fool made a minute drill mark after the word QUAR. right on top of the period. An excellent coin for the grade and worth a good price. View details	Realized $437
Lot 746		1860-S Liberty Seated Quarter Dollar. EF-40. Cleaned and retoned to a medium dull gray color, with resulting hairlines in the fields. Low mintage with only 56,000 struck in all, most of which were hoarded during the ensuing war years. View details	Realized $1,553
Lot 747		1861 Liberty Seated Quarter Dollar. MS-63. Satiny luster throughout and sharply struck too. The rims show a whisper of toning, and the fields only the lightest hairlines. The last really large mintage of Quarters until 1875. View details	Realized $345
Lot 748		1861-S Liberty Seated Quarter Dollar. Fine-12. Cleaned long ago and now retoned to a medium gray with golden colors near the devices. Broad, fat rims serve to frame Liberty and her friend the eagle, the surfaces show average marks for the grade. Scarce, with 96,000 struck for the year. View details	Realized $173
Lot 749		1862 Liberty Seated Quarter Dollar. MS-63. A winter white blast of luster greets the eye which is toned down just a bit by an arc of toning on the upper left obverse rim. The fields and devices show a scattering of tick marks, as expected for the grade, but not enough to impair the value from choice. Abundant eye-appeal and a worthy coin for the numismatist. View details	Realized $805

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