Goldberg Coins and Collectibles

Sale 4

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

Early Half Dollars

Lot	Photo	Description	Realized
Lot 944		1820 Capped Bust Half Dollar. Curl base 2, small date. VF-30. Attractive antique toning. View details	Realized $127
Lot 945		1820 Capped Bust Half Dollar. Square base, knobbed 2, large date. EF-45. Lustrous and pleasing, one small mark over the 8 in the date. Scarce, check out the recut leaves on the lower reverse. View details	Realized $190
Lot 946		1821 Capped Bust Half Dollar. VF-30. Cleaned and starting to retone. View details	Realized $46
Lot 947		1822 Capped Bust Half Dollar. AU-50. A choice coin for the grade, resplendent luster and well struck throughout. Toned a lovely golden gray color. View details	Realized $288
Lot 948		1822 Capped Bust Half Dollar. VF-20. Cleaned to a dull gray color but the surfaces are very nice for the grade, without heavy circulation marks or other problems. View details	Realized $81
Lot 949		A Group of 15 Capped Bust Halves. Includes 1822, 1823 Ugly 3, 1824, 1824/4, 1825, 1826, 1827 Curl 2, 1828, 1829, 1831, 1832, 1832 LL, 1833, 1834, 1835. The grades range from About Good to Very Fine. Should be examined for Overton numbers. View details	Realized $633
Lot 950		1823 Capped Bust Half Dollar. AU-50. Another choice coin for the grade, smooth surfaces, abundant luster and well struck. Later die state with a crack through the reverse legend. View details	Realized $311
Lot 951		1823 Capped Bust Half Dollar. EF-45. Some luster under medium gray tones. The surfaces have been cleaned, and hairlines show under the colors. Nice on balance, without significant problems. One small rim tick at the top of the obverse. View details	Realized $219
Lot 952		1823 Capped Bust Half Dollar. VF-30. Broken 3. Satiny luster on both sides, with light gold toning. Mostly untoned and well struck for the variety. Free of problems. View details	Realized $109
Lot 953		1824/1 Capped Bust Half Dollar. VF-35. Light mottled iridescent toning. View details	Realized $109
Lot 954		1824/1 Capped Bust Half Dollar. VF-25. Cleaned a bit too often and harshly with most of the luster wiped away. A faint scratch on Liberty's face and a rim tick are noteworthy. View details	Realized $40
Lot 955		1824/4 Capped Bust Half Dollar. Fine-15. Light silvery-gray in color, just wear, no real problems. View details	Realized $35
Lot 956		1824 Capped Bust Half Dollar. EF-45. Cleaned with resulting hairlines in the fields, retoned a bit with darker hues at the periphery. Double profile on Liberty. Nice surfaces for the grade as few circulation marks are present. View details	Realized $58
Lot 957		1825 Capped Bust Half Dollar. EF-40. Lightly cleaned as the surfaces show hairlines. Starting to recover with light toning. No circulation problems. View details	Realized $69
Lot 958		1826 Capped Bust Half Dollar. Sharpness of AU-50 but scratched and drilled. Dark toning throughout and on the obverse are a couple of shallow scratches in the fields. Some ding-a-ling put a bunch of small drill marks near the top of the reverse, but they are hidden by the toning. View details	Realized $46
Lot 959		1827/6 Capped Bust Half Dollar. EF-45. A pleasant coin for the grade, some luster remains, the color is a light gray and there are no circulation problems. View details	Realized $144
Lot 960		1827 Capped Bust Half Dollar. Square base 2. EF-40. Light hairlines from a none too careful cleaning and still white. Nice surfaces otherwise. View details	Realized $58
Lot 961		1827 Capped Bust Half Dollar. Curl base 2. AU-50. Frosty luster over untoned surfaces. An appealing example of this popular variety. View details	Realized $173
Lot 962		1828 Capped Bust Half Dollar. Curl base, no knob 2. MS-62. Full luster on all but the highest curls of Liberty and toned a delightful dark blue, gold and rose throughout. Well struck, with most of the stars showing central lines, and sharp on the eagle too. One small rim tick above IC in AMERICA. As beautiful a coin as one could expect to find for the grade. View details	Realized $414
Lot 963		1828 Capped Bust Half Dollar. Curl base, no knob 2. AU-58. Tied for sixth place in the revised Condition Census for the variety in the Don Parsley update of the Overton reference. Toned a dark gray with chocolate overtones, with luster in the fields. The curl base 2 has the knob, and the sixth stripe of the shield has the first two lines extended to the second horizontal stripe. Excellent rims and surfaces that don't appear to have suffered massive indignities by the judicious cleaning crew which seems to have located and hairlined virtually every surviving bust half dollar, much to the torment of luster loving collectors. View details	Realized $605
Lot 964		1828 Capped Bust Half Dollar. Curl base, no knob 2. AU-55. Square 2, small 8s. Awash in brilliant white luster, virtually no toning, and well struck. Minor hairlines, but truly a nice coin. View details	Realized $184
Lot 965		1829/7 Capped Bust Half Dollar. EF-45. Nicely toned a somber gray color. One big rim nick below Liberty's bust on the obverse, and a few minor circulation scratches hidden on her neck by the toning. View details	Realized $81
Lot 966		1829 Capped Bust Half Dollar. Sharpness of EF-40 but with light obverse scratches. Lovely toning and with original luster, but the central obverse has a number of shallow scratches where some board cretin defaced an otherwise beautiful coin. View details	Realized $46
Lot 967		1830 Capped Bust Half Dollar. Small 0. AU-50. Frosty luster and toned a lovely gold at the centers, fading to blue around the rims. Little or no rims to protect this variety, the devices must have received the full brunt of even brief circulation. View details	Realized $173
Lot 968		1830 Capped Bust Half Dollar. Small 0. EF-45. A bit dull, but clean surfaces and well struck. Scarce. View details	Realized $173
Lot 969		1830 Capped Bust Half Dollar. Small 0. EF-40. Toned. View details	Realized $63
Lot 970		1831 Capped Bust Half Dollar. VF-35. Cleaned with resulting hairlines and struck on a streaky planchet, with a few voids on the reverse. View details	Realized $35
Lot 971		1832 Capped Bust Half Dollar. Normal. AU-50. Lightly cleaned and way too reflective. Some luster remains, and toned back with darker hues around the edges, lighter at the centers. Moderate circulation marks, none of consequence. View details	Realized $184
Lot 972		1832 Capped Bust Half Dollar. Normal. EF-40. Cleaned and with hairlined-dull fields and devices. Starting to retone, with vibrant colors at the periphery. View details	Realized $40
Lot 973		1833 Capped Bust Half Dollar. EF-40. Rough hairlines but very nicely retoned to a medium gray. View details	Realized $46
Lot 974		1834 Capped Bust Half Dollar. Large date and letters. EF-45. Yellow gray in color and cleaned long ago. Nicely balanced for the grade. View details	Realized $63
Lot 975		1834 Capped Bust Half Dollar. Large date and letters. EF-40. Cleaned and starting to retone. Smooth surfaces. View details	Realized $58
Lot 976		1835 Capped Bust Half Dollar. VF-20. Light gray color with smooth, even wear. Some luster and no surface problems. View details	Realized $35
Lot 977		1836 Capped Bust Half Dollar. Lettered edge. EF-40. Areas of iridescent toning. View details	Realized $58
Lot 978		1836 Capped Bust Half Dollar. Lettered edge. EF-40. A scarce variety and tough to find this nice. The surfaces show minor hairlines, no surprise whatsoever, and the coin is basically original appearing, with light silver at the centers and gold toning around the periphery. No circulation problems, and well struck throughout. Not in the Condition Census, but highly collectible in this grade. View details	Realized $132
Lot 979		1836 Capped Bust Half Dollar. Lettered edge, 50 over 00. EF-40. Cleaned and retoned to an ugly dark gray color with a chemists soup of blue and rose tossed in to attempt originality. A failed recipe, when will people learn to leave coins alone? The obverse has a few minor marks, and these were probably the reason for the valiant attempts at retoning. View details	Realized $115
Lot 980		1836 Capped Bust Half Dollar. Lettered edge, 50 over 00. VG-8. A few minor surface scratches, well balanced and toned a medium-gray color. View details	Realized $29
Lot 981		1836 Capped Bust Half Dollar. Reeded edge. EF-40. Lightly cleaned with resulting hairlines in the fields and on the devices. Retoned to a medium gray color, and well struck. Technically a pattern issue, the 1836 Reeded Edge half dollar was the first group of coins struck with the new steam press that had just been installed at the Philadelphia Mint. Most were saved, but many circulated as reflected in the low grade coins frequently seen. Only 1,200 were coined, and long listing in the Guide Book make this a required coin to own for many thousands of collectors. View details	Realized $1,495
Lot 982		1837 Capped Bust Half Dollar. Sharpness of EF-40 but whizzed. The surfaces are way too bright still, and this coin should be retoned. Nice surfaces otherwise. View details	Realized $58
Lot 983		1837, 1838, 1839 Reeded Edge Capped Bust Half Dollar. Good-5 to VG-8. Group of 3 coins. View details	Realized $86
Lot 984		1838 Capped Bust Half Dollar. AU-50. Cleaned and retoned to a medium rose gray color. Well struck and preserved. View details	Realized $230
Lot 985		1839 Capped Bust Half Dollar. AU-50. Sharply struck and toned a bit too dark, subduing the luster. View details	Realized $207
Lot 986		1839-O Capped Bust Half Dollar. Sharpness of EF-45 but scratches polished out. Dark gray in color in an attempt to cover up the removal of initials in the left obverse field, just above Liberty's ample cups, and also on the reverse on either side of the eagle's head. Always known as a rare coin, this one was repaired by someone who hadn't yet achieved a talented level of artistry. View details	Realized $604

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