Goldberg Coins and Collectibles

Sale 4

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

$1 Gold

Lot	Photo	Description	Realized
Lot 1811		1849-C $1 Gold Liberty. Closed wreath. NGC graded AU-58. Very boldly minted on the reverse, but the center of the obverse is somewhat soft, right on Liberty's hair. Many little abrasions on the fields, as usually seen on Southern mint gold. View details	Realized $3,680
Lot 1812		1850-C $1 Gold Liberty. NGC graded AU-55. Lots of abrasions and a bigger mark or two, but well struck overall and having some light red toning. An area of planchet porosity beneath Liberty's head. View details	Realized $3,105
Lot 1813		1851-O $1 Gold Liberty. NGC graded MS-62. A super little coin, with surfaces that look like a 64's. Well struck and satiny. No complaints! Quite choice. View details	Realized $719
Lot 1814		1851-O $1 Gold Liberty. NGC graded MS-62. A scarce coin in this grade, this one boasts luster in the fields, but the strike is a bit weak on the upper curls of Liberty, but the surrounding stars are full. Worth a close look by the date collector. View details	Realized $863
Lot 1815		1852 $1 Gold Liberty. PCGS graded MS-63. A frosty, lustrous coin that boasts a full strike and choice surfaces. Each tiny star is complete, as are the curls on Liberty. The fields show one small mark below Liberty's chin. View details	Realized $776
Lot 1816		1852-C $1 Gold Liberty. NGC graded AU-55. Planchet flaw on the right half of DOLLAR. More wear on Liberty's head than elsewhere. Decent fields for the grade. View details	Realized $1,380
Lot 1817		1852-O $1 Gold Liberty. NGC graded MS-62. Light little abrasions on the reverse, and a few lines on the obverse, but nice luster and well struck. A diebreak drops from the star at 12 o'clock right onto Liberty's headband. View details	Realized $1,553
Lot 1818		1853 $1 Gold Liberty. PCGS graded MS-62. Choice for the grade assigned, with mint-fresh luster and well-struck devices. View details	Realized $288
Lot 1819		1853 $1 Gold Liberty. PCGS graded MS-61. A choice coin for the grade, in the old PCGS holder. View details	Realized $506
Lot 1820		1853 $1 Gold Liberty. PCGS graded MS-61. One from years ago and still in the old style PCGS holder, ripe for an upgrade. View details	Realized $299
Lot 1821		1853 $1 Gold Liberty. EF-40. Lightly cleaned. A nice coin for the grade. The cleaning we note did not harm this tiny coin greatly. View details	Realized $98
Lot 1822		1853-O $1 Gold Liberty. NGC graded MS-62. A twin to the 1852-O except for the diebreak. Nice coin, satiny and correctly graded. View details	Realized $776
Lot 1823		1854 $1 Gold Indian. NGC graded AU-58. Two short scratches behind the princess's head. Clashed dies. View details	Realized $1,093
Lot 1824		1854 $1 Gold Indian. NGC graded AU-58. Weakly struck in the center of the reverse. Clashed dies. View details	Realized $1,323
Lot 1825		1855 $1 Gold Indian. NGC graded AU-58. A nice little coin that's slightly soft in strike and shows clashed dies. No problems, just some wear. View details	Realized $863
Lot 1826		1855-C $1 Gold Indian. NGC graded AU-53. Clashed dies, porous surfaces, a gouge on the reverse outside the wreath, but well struck for a Charlotte gold dollar. View details	Realized $5,290
Lot 1827		1857 $1 Gold Indian. PCGS graded MS-64. This coin just needs some time to haze up a touch, outside the tomb, for it's only some faint lines on the obverse which are keeping this from a "65." A bit of striking softness shows on the upper left wreath, but overall the impression is good. Clashed dies show on reverse field. The color is a mellow gold. View details	Realized $1,524
Lot 1828		1858-S $1 Gold Indian. NGC graded AU-55. Some small marks, a short gouge through the base of the 1 above DOLLAR, and a pin scratch on the right obverse field, but all in all quite a presentable example of this San Francisco rarity. View details	Realized $1,035
Lot 1829		1863 $1 Gold Indian. NGC graded MS-61. Rare date, with a mintage of just 6,200 business strikes. Not many of them have survived--it was the middle of the Civil War, you will recall. No reason this coin isn't in a 62 holder. It is very clean, sharply struck for issue, and has good color. A planchet flaw can be located to the bottom left of the 1 over DOLLAR. View details	Realized $3,249
Lot 1830		1868 $1 Gold Indian. NGC graded MS-61. Low mintage, of course, with just 10,500 cranked out during Reconstruction. But war profiteers were by then collecting coins, so some got saved, liked this nice coin. It has the luster of a date from the 1880s, real strong, and almost no contact marks, aside from a few longish ones right behind the princess's head. A nice coin for the grade, worth a good bid! View details	Realized $690
Lot 1831		1873 $1 Gold Indian. Closed 3. NGC graded MS-61. Lots of light scuffing but the color is great and the overall appearance justifies the grade assigned. Quite scarce. View details	Realized $1,208
Lot 1832		1873 $1 Gold Indian. Open 3. PCGS graded MS-62. Frosty luster and sharply impressed throughout. View details	Realized $276
Lot 1833		1873 $1 Gold Indian. Open 3. MS-60 Plus. Light hairlines but somewhat prooflike surfaces showing real bright mint luster. View details	Realized $259
Lot 1834		1883 $1 Gold Indian. PCGS graded MS-64. A lovely coin with choice color and resplendent surfaces. Mint-fresh luster in the fields dances when examined under a light. Decently struck, with the lettering, wreath and date crisp and complete. Scarce as a date, and seldom found much better. View details	Realized $1,150
Lot 1835		1885 $1 Gold Indian. NGC graded Proof 64. Somewhat dull mirrors but the color is lovely and a slight cameo makes for an appealing little gold Proof. View details	Realized $6,325
Lot 1836		1886 $1 Gold Indian. NGC graded Proof 65 Cameo. A gleaming and lovely coin having slight cameo contrast and delicate orange-peel surfaces, showing nary a hairline. A few tiny patches attest to dies not fully polished, as often found on these dollars. Very desirable. View details	Realized $7,188
Lot 1837		1887 $1 Gold Indian. PCGS graded MS-64. A very choice coin that just misses full gem status. The fields are prooflike as the dies were prepared with polish which still remained when this coin was struck. Full and complete devices, with round curls on Liberty and precise definition on the wreath and date. An outstanding coin in every regard. From Superior Stamp & Coin Co., Inc.'s "The California Collection" October 3-4, 1978, lot 1448. View details	Realized $1,265