Goldberg Coins and Collectibles

Sale 4

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

Commemorative Gold Coins

Lot	Photo	Description	Realized
Lot 2005		1903 Louisiana Purchase-Jefferson Gold Dollar. MS-66. A purplish "stain" on the rim below Jefferson's shoulder, but this could be dipped off if desired. We don't imagine this lovely example has ever been dipped, though. It has a lovely original golden glow to it and virtually no contact marks. It came direct to us from an old estate and has never been slabbed. View details	Realized $1,955
Lot 2006		1903 Louisiana Purchase-Jefferson Gold Dollar. MS-60 Prooflike. Light hairlines. Fully struck but probably skillfully burnished. Take it as you will, this is still a pretty good-looking collector's coin. View details	Realized $391
Lot 2007		1903 Louisiana Purchase-McKinley Gold Dollar. PCGS graded MS-64. Some really faint lines on the obverse but this coin is satiny and well struck. Gemmy appearance. View details	Realized $920
Lot 2008		1904 Lewis and Clark Gold Dollar. PCGS graded MS-64. Old-gold color and very clean, showing only some of the usual die-porosity around the devices. View details	Realized $6,038
Lot 2009		1915-S Panama-Pacific Gold Dollar. PCGS graded MS-64. A lovely, original coin that looks like a Gem until really studied: this was the conceptual definition of "MS64." Great color, no complaints at all. The mintmark is slightly ghosted to the right. View details	Realized $2,185
Lot 2010		1915-S Panama-Pacific Gold $50 Round. PCGS graded MS-63. The massive gold Fifties minted exclusively for the 1915 Panama-Pacific International Exposition, held in San Francisco to celebrate the opening of the Panama Canal and the commercial possibilities it would allow, are so enticing in concept and so pleasing in design that they would look good in almost any condition. This coin goes far beyond "okay," though. There are no marks to speak of, just some fritzies and some disturbance of the luster by being handled or perhaps being in a plush case. As with all of these, the luster is so mellow that it lulls you into an appreciation of the owl of Minerva theme. Another delightful feature is the only other use (aside from that on the famed 1907 High Relief twenties) of the date in Roman numerals--"MCMXV" in large capital letters on a cartouche beneath Minerva's portrait. So, should you wish to capture one of these magnificent hunks of goodness for your own, you may bid with confidence on this example--a Choice BU with handsome surfaces. View details	Realized $39,100
Lot 2011		1915-S Panama-Pacific Gold $50 Octagonal. PCGS graded MS-64. Like its mate in this sale, which came from the same consignor and looks as if it even came from the same original set, this splendid 8-sided Fifty is something truly lovely to enjoy. It shares the same mellow, old-time gold color as the Round, but in the judgment of the experts it is just slightly better preserved. We see no real difference--both coins are really choice. The coin has some small marks on the owl, in fact, whereas the Round has none. Maybe the glow of the golden luster is a touch stronger here; you decide. The designs are the same except that the portrait of Minerva and the alert owl are smaller on the Octagonal, as they must be--for the designs are surrounded by an additional border on which swim the famous dolphins--one in each point of the octagons which form its edge. Again we find the "MCMXV" date, indicating the classical influences upon designer Robert Aitken. To conclude, if you want a handsome example of this splendid commemorative coin, feel confident about this lovely Choice BU and bid accordingly. View details	Realized $37,375