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 750		1862-S Liberty Seated Quarter Dollar. Sharpness of VF-20. Smoothed on the upper reverse probably to remove some rim marks. The entire surfaces have been brushed, and show myriad lines. A scarce coin nevertheless, with a low mintage and with the retoning should please most collectors. View details	Realized $173
Lot 751		1863 Liberty Seated Quarter Dollar. EF-40. Steel gray devices with darker fields give this coin a nice, original look. Minor handling marks, typical for the grade. View details	Realized $144
Lot 752		1864 Liberty Seated Quarter Dollar. EF-40. Sharpness of a higher grade, but the fields and devices show a few too many lines from past cleanings. Still a bit of luster remains, and a coin with most of the eye appeal and without value impairing problems. View details	Realized $242
Lot 753		1864-S Liberty Seated Quarter Dollar. VF-35. A rare date in decent condition, this coin has lovely surface color and only one rather annoying stray scrape extending from the middle of the shield up to the first A in AMERICA. This scrape is old and toned over, so it doesn't stand out like a beacon, but needs to be mentioned. A few other minor marks are also located on the reverse. Only 20,000 were struck of this date, very few of which remain in high grades like this coin. View details	Realized $920
Lot 754		1865 Liberty Seated Quarter Dollar. AU-50. A really choice, lustrous coin that has abundant mint frost and delicate gold toning. However, the planchet is slightly bent, and more curiously, there is no sign of damage that we can find to have caused this problem. The fields do have hairlines, as usual. View details	Realized $322
Lot 755		1865-S Liberty Seated Quarter Dollar. VF-30. Medium gray in color and with average surfaces. There is an unimportant scratch from the rim between the first two stars, but it fades quickly. 41,000 were struck and no doubt most spent years in circulation as few are found in high grade today. View details	Realized $334
Lot 756		1866 Liberty Seated Quarter Dollar. With motto. VF-20. Choice for the grade, this very rare date is probably more available in Proof condition than in any other grade. A transition year with the addition of IN GOD WE TRUST above the eagle, as mandated by Congress. The coining chute saw a dribble of 17,000 slide past the counter for the entire year of 1866 quarters as demand was still a mess due to the just ended Civil War. Quarter mintages wouldn't recover until the mid 1870s. As to the coin here, it is simply beautiful, hints of luster remain in the fields, natural and beautiful toning adheres to the peripheral devices, and the strike is crisp and complete. Moderate handling marks as expected on a circulated coin. View details	Realized $978
Lot 757		1866-S Liberty Seated Quarter Dollar. With motto. VF-20. Steel gray in color and well struck. Full LIBERTY on the shield, and the new motto is clearly visible and enhanced by dark toning around the lettering and devices. Another low mintage date with 28,000 struck for the channels of commerce that year. View details	Realized $719
Lot 758		1867 Liberty Seated Quarter Dollar. VF-20. Choice and original for the grade, with clean surfaces too. Scarce, as are all of these post Civil War years. A few trivial rim ticks. View details	Realized $299
Lot 759		1867-S Liberty Seated Quarter Dollar. VG-8. Light silvery gray color throughout and a scarce date. Probably cleaned as a glass finds minor hairlines on the surfaces. View details	Realized $184
Lot 760		1868 Liberty Seated Quarter Dollar. AU-50. Mirror fields as usual for the date, the polished dies were scarcely used enough to wear off the die polish, hence many high grade specimens retain mirror fields. As is normal, once such a prooflike coin enters circulation, the mirror fields quickly attract handling marks. Still and all, this coin has nice eye appeal in spite of the hairlines from circulation. Only 30,000 struck. View details	Realized $276
Lot 761		Fabulous 1868-S Liberty Seated Quarter. PCGS graded MS-63. This stunning coin boasts a PCGS population of a staggering 2 coins graded in all grades of Mint State, one an MS-67 and this coin. After examining this coin under a halogen lamp with a 10X B & L loupe, we can find scarcely a mark or hairline to account for this very average grade. We are certain this will be resubmitted for a higher grade, which it will no doubt get. Full cartwheel luster dances in the fields, while satiny frost covers the devices. Obviously this coin was set aside and carefully preserved from the day of its issue. On the reverse there is bit of mottled toning, very original and appealing. For future reference, there is a tiny tick mark right where a necklace would reside on Liberty's chest if she were wearing one, perhaps this will help trace this extremely rare coin as it begins its reholdering grade journey through Parsippany and Newport Beach. What grade this coin eventually achieves is not that relevant, for it is truly a beautiful coin of the utmost rarity and desirability. The only factor which is currently undecided is just what the coin is worth, which is what an auction is all about. We hope that all bidders who come to the sale take the time to view a beautiful coin such as this, for their own learning experience. Think of the many other MS-63 seated quarters you've seen and compare them with this coin. Only 96,000 struck, but an extreme rarity in Mint State or even in grades approaching. View details	Realized $7,475
Lot 762		1869 Liberty Seated Quarter Dollar. Proof 62. A lovely coin that is graced by deep blue colors and a central rose and gold blast of radiance. Similar toning on the reverse, but the silvery bright center extends further out towards the rim. Minor hairlines from choice, but these are mostly toned over. Only 600 struck in Proof. View details	Realized $1,150
Lot 763		1869-S Liberty Seated Quarter Dollar. EF-40. This is the scarce recut date variety noted in Breen, the 9 is recut in the lower part of that digit, and the 86 are recut and traces show in the dentils. Toned a light silver color, this is a very appealing coin which is another low mintage date that is scarce in all grades. View details	Realized $633
Lot 764		1870 Liberty Seated Quarter Dollar. MS-61. A frosty mint state coin that is well struck and awash in luster. Light gold toning around the rims. The fields and devices show minor tick marks from a higher grade, but are far better than one might expect for the grade. View details	Realized $489
Lot 765		1870-CC - The "Queen of Quarters". PCGS graded EF-40. This is the reigning queen of the seated quarter series in a very choice collector grade. The surfaces are far better than usually encountered from this Mint, with far fewer than normal handling marks. In color, this one is a delight, a steel gray tone evenly distributed on both sides with a few darker highlights near the devices. As to the strike, it is remarkable for the date, the eagle's feathers are all sharp, and the central obverse devices are also complete. If one must find fault, the obverse stars don't show their central radial lines, but this could be as much from wear as strike. In order to identify this extremely rare coin in the future, here are a couple of trivial hallmarks which should help, there is a tiny tick mark on the dentil between the two outer stars points of the second star on the obverse. On the reverse there is a tiny tick on the upper left serif of the F in OF. If you have been searching for a truly exceptional coin for your date set, then here is the coin that you must own and will never need to upgrade. View details	Realized $15,525
Lot 766		1871-CC Liberty Seated Quarter Dollar. PCGS graded Fine-15. Light silver in color and with clean surfaces for the grade. Only 10,890 struck by this wild west mint, most of which were lost, spent to death, or melted. An extremely rare coin in a moderate collector grade like this, and certain to attract considerable attention by date collectors. View details	Realized $5,060
Lot 767		1871-S Liberty Seated Quarter Dollar. VF-20. Lightly cleaned with resulting hairlines on the surfaces and starting to retone with darker colors offsetting the peripheral devices. Well struck for the issue. A meager 30,900 struck, and today not nearly enough to go around keeping prices high by eager demand from date collectors. View details	Realized $805
Lot 768		1871 to 1876. Mixed Seated Quarter lot. Includes: 1871 VF-20; 1872 F-15; 1873 Arrows VF-30 retoned; 1875 VF-20; 1876 EF-45 and 1876-S EF-45. A nice group of 6 coins. View details	Realized $345
Lot 769		1872-CC Liberty Seated Quarter Dollar. Fine-15. Dark gray in color and somewhat muddy in appearance, no doubt original. Well struck for this Mint, with full feathers on the eagle and drapery lines complete on Liberty. There is a dark raised spot at the end of the legend on the reverse. 22,850 struck for the year, and overshadowed by its older brothers the 1870-CC and 1871-CC, this coin is still very rare in its own right. Bid accordingly, it won't be easy to find one this original for your date set. View details	Realized $1,898
Lot 770		1872-S Liberty Seated Quarter Dollar. Fine-15. Light silvery gray in color and with nice surfaces for the grade. Probably cleaned at some point, as hairlines are visible with a glass. Mintages finally started increasing, up to 83,000 for this date and Mint, but this is still a very scarce coin. View details	Realized $1,668
Lot 771		1873 Liberty Seated Quarter Dollar. No arrows. Open 3. EF-45. Dark smoky gray in color with lighter devices offset by the deep gray fields. Boldly struck and scarce, with 172,000 struck, most of which survive in worn grades. View details	Realized $115
Lot 772		Candidate for Finest Known 1873 Arrows Quarter. NGC graded Proof 67. Gleaming deep iridescent blue and magenta mirrors here, and virtually flawless surfaces. A splendid coin! What more could anybody ask in such a coin? PCGS has not graded anything higher than a PR66. In fact, this appears to be the only one given a 67, and it fully deserves this accolade. View details	Realized $14,375
Lot 773		1873-CC Liberty Seated Quarter Dollar. Arrows. VG-8. Bright at the centers with darker toning around the peripheries. With the slight increase in the weight of silver in 1873, Congress announced this minor change by adding arrows on these slightly heavier (96.45 grains versus 96.0 grains) coins. Meanwhile the big silver strikes in Nevada began flooding the market with silver, and this was mostly coined into Morgan silver dollars once the appropriate silver friendly legislation was passed through Congress. Minor handling marks, and identifiable by a rim tick over the N of UNITED. View details	Realized $4,370
Lot 774		1873-S Liberty Seated Quarter Dollar. Arrows. VF-30. Dark toning throughout with a few very light horizontal scratches (fresh) located on Liberty. These should tone over if given even a little time. Well struck and pleasing. View details	Realized $63
Lot 775		1874 Liberty Seated Quarter Dollar. MS-63. A frosty jewel of a coin that is awash in luster and toned by a delicate golden ring at the extreme edge on the obverse, while the reverse is virtually untoned. Extremely flashy and desirable, even a glass will scarcely find a hairline. A two-year type coin and certain to please any demanding numismatist. View details	Realized $1,495
Lot 776		1874-S Liberty Seated Quarter Dollar. PCGS graded MS-64 Premium Quality. Now here's a coin we would expect to see in a recent MS65 holder, so it's been in a case for a while. With Arrows quarters are generally scarce, as Red Book prices indicate, for they were made in only two years. This specimen has an exotic and delicate look to it consisting of a golden lustrous white background on the obverse bathed in pale iridescent shades of gold and blue. The reverse side is deeply toned to an intense russet-amber in the center surrounded by a deep blue. A fine die-line cuts across Liberty's belly, but this is not a scratch. Frankly, this is among the truest MS64s we have seen in a 19th-century silver coin. View details	Realized $1,725
Lot 777		1874-S Liberty Seated Quarter Dollar. VF-20. Cleaned to an unnatural brightness, but well struck and should tone back. View details	Realized $63
Lot 778		1875-CC Liberty Seated Quarter Dollar. VF-35. Cleaned with resulting hairlines in the fields but retoning to a golden hue. Well struck, with full device detail and LIBERTY on the shield bold. Typical handling marks for the grade. View details	Realized $322
Lot 779		1875-S Liberty Seated Quarter Dollar. VF-35. Light scratches but nicely toned and well struck. View details	Realized $81
Lot 780		1876-CC Liberty Seated Quarter Dollar. Sharpness of AU-50 but cleaned. The surfaces show very little wear and most of the devices are fully struck. A few minor hairlines in the fields keep this from a higher grade. Starting to retone on the obverse with golden hues starting to form around the devices. Struck from cracked dies, especially the reverse. View details	Realized $127
Lot 781		1877 Liberty Seated Quarter Dollar. AU-50. Really nice for the grade. View details	Realized $98
Lot 782		1877-CC Liberty Seated Quarter Dollar. MS-63. A real blazer with full luster and light golden peripheral toning. A glass notes some curious scratches around the extreme edge of the reverse on the left half of the coin, not affecting the dentils or any devices. One that should be inspected accordingly. View details	Realized $719
Lot 783		1877-S Liberty Seated Quarter Dollar. Sharpness of AU-50 but polished. Retoned to a dark, dull gray, the surfaces show some hairlines. View details	Realized $52
Lot 784		1878 Liberty Seated Quarter Dollar. MS-62. Delightful toning ranging from deep gold to satiny silver in color. A few stray hairlines from choice, but very appealing for the grade assigned. View details	Realized $184
Lot 785		1878-CC Liberty Seated Quarter Dollar. MS-63. With full gem colors ranging from deep blue at the dentils, to russet and gold rings at the stars, the centers a bit lighter. A flashy, abundantly appealing coin that will no doubt always attract attention for the beautiful colors it has. Minor handling marks in the fields keeping this from the gem classification. View details	Realized $1,495
Lot 786		1878-S Liberty Seated Quarter Dollar. VF-35. Choice and original for the grade with deep gray toning in the fields and lighter silver devices. Clean surfaces. View details	Realized $334
Lot 787		1879 Liberty Seated Quarter Dollar. MS-63. A lovely coin that has blazing luster, light gold toning and is well struck. Moderate hairlines. View details	Realized $460
Lot 788		1880 Liberty Seated Quarter Dollar. MS-63. A frosty and bright coin that is well struck, retains massive luster, and is lightly toned around the rims. Low mintage date of 13,500 struck for circulation. Ever-present hairlines from a higher grade and far more money. A bit prooflike, as are most. View details	Realized $483
Lot 789		1881 Liberty Seated Quarter Dollar. MS-63. Frosty golden tone throughout and well struck. The surfaces have moderate hairlines from mishandling. Only 12,000 struck for general circulation. View details	Realized $529
Lot 790		1882 Liberty Seated Quarter Dollar. VF-20. Original and well struck throughout, no problems to speak of. A rare date. View details	Realized $219
Lot 791		1883 Liberty Seated Quarter Dollar. Fine-15. Medium silver in color and sharp. Scarce. View details	Realized $230
Lot 792		1884 Liberty Seated Quarter Dollar. MS-65. A frosty gem that is graced by a full strike, blazing luster and a golden halo of toning through the stars and peripheral devices. Examination will note a couple of trivial contact marks, maybe even a faint hairline or two, but nothing like what we usually see. A meager 8,000 were struck as the mints virtually shut down subsidiary coinage in order to produce millions and millions of Morgan silver dollars. Apparently, coining silver dollars was the only way the mints could keep up with the massive inflows of silver from Nevada's Comstock mine and others, with silver being purchased at the mandated rate of $2,000,000 to $4,000,000 per month starting February 28, 1878. This law was rammed through Congress, over President Hayes' sensible veto, by "Silver Dick" Bland and Sen. Allison. One of the other tidbits about this law was that the mint had to purchase "domestic" silver, not foreign silver or recycled silver (both of which were less expensive). Hence, the massive production from the various mines in Nevada flowed in unceasing rivers to the various mints, where it was promptly turned into our familiar Morgan silver dollars, which were still being disbursed a hundred years later by various governmental agencies. With today's more effective governing, we note that the Susan B. Anthony hoards are finding ready acceptance by the adoring public a scant twenty years after production through the Post Office and other federal agencies, no doubt in order to make way for the new hoards of Sacagawea's which will soon burden the same treasury vaults as the Morgan Dollars and Susan B. Anthony's of the past. Hence, mintages fell to near nothing of subsidiary coinage in 1884, making this quarter a very rare coin indeed. View details	Realized $1,668
Lot 793		1885 Liberty Seated Quarter Dollar. VF-20. Medium to dark gray in color, very original, with some darker tones under Liberty's posterior and drapery folds. Rare. View details	Realized $230
Lot 794		1886 Liberty Seated Quarter Dollar. MS-65. A blaze of luster and frost throughout, with well struck devices and light color starting to form. See the comments under 1884 above to see why this is so rare as a date. Mintages plunged to 5,000 business strikes, perhaps a short afternoons production, for the entire year of quarters. A few trivial contact marks and hairlines from perfection. View details	Realized $1,840
Lot 795		1887 Liberty Seated Quarter Dollar. VF-30. Original toning on both sides with lighter devices and darker fields. A couple of pin scratches on either side, nothing else worth noting. A rare date and tough to find in nice condition. View details	Realized $368
Lot 796		1888 Liberty Seated Quarter Dollar. EF-45. Nice and original but cleaned harshly enough to put a series of hairlines on both sides. A rare date. View details	Realized $299
Lot 797		1888-S Liberty Seated Quarter Dollar. AU-50. Original color and nice surfaces save for moderate hairlines. View details	Realized $121
Lot 798		1889 Liberty Seated Quarter Dollar. Fine-12. The final year of the really low mintages in quarters. This one is a bit too bright, with a bit of gold toning starting on the left obverse rim. View details	Realized $230
Lot 799		1890 Liberty Seated Quarter Dollar. EF-45. There is a series of hairlines below the date, and a few others in the field. Excellent color and surfaces otherwise. View details	Realized $196

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