Goldberg Coins and Collectibles

Sale 4

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

Half Cents

Lot	Photo	Description	Realized
Lot 62		1796 Liberty Cap Half Cent. With pole. Electrotype. Good-6. Somewhat sharper but the central areas of both sides exhibit fine pitting and the obverse is extensively scratched. On the rim above LIBERTY is excess metal. Medium brown. View details	Realized $265
Lot 63		1796 Liberty Cap Half Cent. No pole. Electrotype of the Brobston coin. VG-7. Electrotype. Fine surface roughness, still a nice copy of a very rare coin. Medium brown. This is an electrotype of the Brobston coin. View details	Realized $368
Lot 64		1797 Liberty Cap Half Cent. Plain edge. VG-10. Breen 2a, Cohen 2. Rarity-3. Sharpness of Fine-15 but on the reverse are several long scratches and on both sides encrustation can be seen around many devices. Darkish steel brown. View details	Realized $920
Lot 65		1800 Draped Bust Half Cent. 2 over 0, second reverse. VG-7. Breen-2, Cohen-2. Rarity 3. Sharpness of Fine-15 but finely and uniformly corroded. Well struck. Dark steel brown and not all that unattractive. View details	Realized $2,185
Lot 66		1803 Draped Bust Half Cent. G-4 cleaned, 1804 VG-8, 1805 G-5, 1805 G-5 covered with scratches, 1806 AG-3 and 1808 AG-3. Lot of 6 coins. View details	Realized $219
Lot 67		1804 Draped Bust Half Cent. Crosslet 4, stems. Fine-15. Breen-9, Cohen-10. Rarity 1. Sharpness of Very Fine 35 but at the base of Y is a carbon spot, between HALF and CENT are pin scratches and others exist on both sides. Medium dark steel brown. View details	Realized $265
Lot 68		1806 Draped Bust Half Cent. Small 6, stemless. Fine-15. Breen-3, Cohen-1. Rarity 1. Over the right side of O in OF is a small edge dent, otherwise fairly clean. Medium dark steel brown. View details	Realized $63
Lot 69		1807 Draped Bust Half Cent. VF-25. Breen-1, Cohen-1. Rarity 1. A few minor abrasions exist, mostly on the reverse. Later die state. Medium steel brown. View details	Realized $299
Lot 70		1809 Classic Head Half Cent. EF-40. Carefully cleaned to improve the look, which it probably did. The coin is well balanced with a hint of red in the devices, but mostly a dark chocolate in color. The cataloguer finds it pleasant enough. View details	Realized $104
Lot 71		1809 Classic Head Half Cent. VF-35. Sharpness of EF-45 but damage on the face was repaired long ago. Darkish steel brown. View details	Realized $86
Lot 72		1809 Classic Head Half Cent. VF-35. Breen-6, Cohen-6, Rarity 1. Quite free from handling marks. The reverse is rotated 135 degrees to the left. Medium dark steel and tan on the obverse probably due to an enthusiastic rubbing with a cloth, darkish steel brown on the reverse. View details	Realized $121
Lot 73		1810 Classic Head Half Cent. Includes 1810 G-6 smoothed above the head and recolored, 1832 VF-20, 1849 VF-35, 1850 VF-20 recolored, 1854 VF-30, 1855 VF-30 obverse rubbed and 1856 VG-10. View details	Realized $391
Lot 74		1810 Classic Head Half Cent. Sharpness of EF-40. Porous planchet with a darker stain on stars 5-7. Unnatural brick-red color. The peripheral designs are somewhat soft but the centers and date are sharp. Worth VF money, but redeemable somewhat by a copper guy. View details	Realized $368
Lot 75		1811 Classic Head Half Cent. Sharpness of Fine-15 but net VG-10. Cleaned and retoned to a darkish steel and tan color, the latter mostly on the reverse. Around the denomination is some fine pitting and a few other minor defects are visible, mostly on the obverse. View details	Realized $978
Lot 76		1836 Classic Head Half Cent Original. Proof 58. Original. Breen-1. Rarity 5. Net proof 45. No evidence of wear or even rubbing but cleaned to a light golden color with some light steel overtones on the obverse and iridescent steel blue on most of the reverse. Carbon residue and microscopic hairlines are in the fields around Liberty. Ex. Heritage Auctions 5/96:5020--David Liljestrand (Dave's Coin & Stamp Co.). View details	Realized $2,415
Lot 77		1840 Braided Hair Half Cent. AU-50 Electrotype. Breen-1a. A light reverse edge dent. Brown. View details	Realized $161
Lot 78		1841 Braided Hair Half Cent. EF-45 Electrotype. Breen-1. Original. A few obverse hairlines, cleaned to a light brown color. View details	Realized $121
Lot 79		1843 Braided Hair Half Cent. AU-55 Electrotype. Breen-1a. Original. Some light pitting through star 3. Brown. View details	Realized $121
Lot 80		1843 Braided Hair Half Cent. VF-30 Electrotype. Breen-1a. Original. Raised corrosion spots throughout the obverse. Cleaned to a golden color. View details	Realized $138
Lot 81		1845 Braided Hair Half Cent. VF-35 Electrotype. Breen-1a. Original. Fine raised corrosion throughout both sides. Brown. View details	Realized $121
Lot 82		1846 Braided Hair Half Cent. AU-50 Electrotype. Breen-1a. Original. Cleaned to an orange brown color. View details	Realized $121
Lot 83		1847 Braided Hair Half Cent. EF-40 Electrotype. Breen-1a. Original. A raised corrosion spot on the face and small dents on the rim left of the first S in STATES. Cleaned to a golden brown color. View details	Realized $121
Lot 84		1848 Braided Hair Half Cent. AU-50 Electrotype. Breen-1a. Original. Cleaned to a reddish brown color. View details	Realized $121
Lot 85		1849 Braided Hair Half Cent. Small date. EF-45 Electrotype. Many tiny raised corrosion spots mostly in the lower obverse fields. Brown. View details	Realized $121
Lot 86		1852 Braided Hair Half Cent. First Restrike. Proof 61 First Restrike. Breen-2, Low Rarity 5. First Restrike. With a tiny lint mark between stars 2 and 3. Glistening light golden steel color with some iridescence on the reverse. Under high magnification almost invisible hairlines can be seen throughout the left obverse field. Some minor carbon is noted for the sake of accuracy. A very attractive half cent. ANACS graded PF 62 brown, but broken out of the slab. Ex. Heritage Numismatic Auctions 5/96:6414--David Liljestrand (Dave's Coin & Stamp Co.). View details	Realized $3,450
Lot 87		1853 Braided Hair Half Cent. AU-50. Breen-1, Cohen-1. Five points sharper but over star 12 is an edge dent. Medium chocolate brown with faint traces of dark olive in the obverse. View details	Realized $98
Lot 88		1857 Braided Hair Half Cent. PCGS graded MS-64 RD. Beautiful light orange-red with a few fly specks and microscopic abrasions on both sides, plus a small carbon spot between two leaves below the space between N and I in UNITED. This is one of the better examples of the last year of issue of the half cents. View details	Realized $3,220