Goldberg Coins and Collectibles

Sale 4

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

Nickels

Lot	Photo	Description	Realized
Lot 329		1866 Shield Nickel. MS-60. A choice and lustrous coin for the grade, struck from cracked dies. The first year of issue of this new nickel and copper combination five cent coin. View details	Realized $219
Lot 330		1866 Shield Nickel. Repunched date. EF-40. This is in fact the variety described in the Cherrypickers guide as 1866/6 with the last 6 shadowed to the right. FS-001.2 variety, valued in that reference at $175 in EF. This coin is completely original, a gray-toned nickel with no abrasions or edge marks. A bit weakly struck in the shield, as usual for the date. A "gem" EF! View details	Realized $196
Lot 331		1867 Shield Nickel. Rays. PCGS graded MS-60. Clean and fairly bright surfaces, a little striking weakness as nearly always on this date. No problems, just tiny abrasions from contact with other coins. View details	Realized $253
Lot 332		1867 Shield Nickel. Rays. MS-60. Nice luster but with some minor handling marks. View details	Realized $242
Lot 333		1867 Shield Nickel. No rays. PCGS graded MS-63. Lightly wiped on the reverse, otherwise a lovely coin with sunny golden nickel color, a few short diebreaks, and pleasing fields. View details	Realized $121
Lot 334		1867 Shield Nickel. No rays. MS-60. Streaky toning on the reverse, nice for the grade. View details	Realized $75
Lot 335		1868 Shield Nickel. PCGS graded MS-63. Softness of strike on both sides, typical of the early dates (nickel being a new coinage metal, and especially hard, meant the coining pressmen experimented with pressures for several years before "getting it right"). Faint spots all over the reverse but decent luster. View details	Realized $127
Lot 336		1868 Shield Nickel. The first grades AU-50, the second AU-55. A date collectors pair. Lot of 2 coins. View details	Realized $127
Lot 337		1870 Shield Nickel. MS-60. Clean surfaces for the grade, with luster in the fields. View details	Realized $92
Lot 338		1871 Shield Nickel. MS-63. Choice for the grade and certain to please. View details	Realized $391
Lot 339		1872 Shield Nickel. MS-60. Frosty luster in the fields, with minor handling marks on both sides. View details	Realized $75
Lot 340		1873 Shield Nickel. Open 3. MS-60. Minor tick marks in the fields but lustrous and well struck. View details	Realized $92
Lot 341		1874 Shield Nickel. MS-61. Fewer handling marks on this coin, but it does have some very light hairlines. Scarce. View details	Realized $196
Lot 342		1875 Shield Nickel. MS-63. Nice color and surfaces. View details	Realized $230
Lot 343		1876 Shield Nickel. MS-63. Well struck at the centers, but with the ever-present die cracks the peripheral devices show minor weakness. Frosty luster. View details	Realized $184
Lot 344		1876 Shield Nickel. NGC graded Proof 63. This may be the double punched date referred to in Breen, with the original date punch slightly low, and showing just below the tops of the digits. Lightly toned and scarce. View details	Realized $253
Lot 345		1877 Shield Nickel. Proof 63. The key date to the Shield Nickel series, this proof-only issue is in constant high demand from date collectors. This particular coin has nice contrast between the mirror fields and the frosty devices. On the reverse we note some token hairlines, but they are not heavy or distracting. View details	Realized $1,438
Lot 346		1878 Shield Nickel. Proof 64. Excellent surfaces for the grade, and very flashy throughout. Minor hairlines from perfection. View details	Realized $529
Lot 347		1879 Shield Nickel in Proof 64. Proof 64. Frosty devices contrast well with the mirror fields. Minor handling marks, mostly on the reverse. View details	Realized $391
Lot 348		1880 Shield Nickel. Proof 62. A low-mintage date with 3,955 struck in proof, and only 16,000 struck for general circulation. A nick on the denomination at the center of the reverse. View details	Realized $391
Lot 349		1881 Shield Nickel. Proof 60. Nice for the grade. View details	Realized $276
Lot 350		1882 Shield Nickel. PCGS graded MS-63. Blobby 2 in date with a ghost of all digits to the right. Nicely struck and with handsome, natural surfaces showing some diebreaks. Should please most collectors. View details	Realized $127
Lot 351		1882 Shield Nickel. AU-58. A whisper of friction from new. View details	Realized $58
Lot 352		1883 Shield Nickel. MS-60. Double Date. The date shows sharp doubling along the lower edges of each digit. Clean surfaces and choice color. These repunching errors have become enormously popular in the last decade as collectors have discovered countless oddities in virtually every coinage series. View details	Realized $75
Lot 353		1883 Liberty Nickel. Without "CENTS". NGC graded Proof 65. A Superb Gem Proof with wonderful mirrors and great nickel-silver color enhanced by a touch of gold iridescence. It's currently in another old holder which will hit the dustbin shortly after this auction ends. View details	Realized $1,035
Lot 354		1883 Liberty Nickel. Without "CENTS". MS-62. Choice toning of yellow gold along the lower obverse. Clean cheek on Liberty, and a one-year type coin. View details	Realized $20
Lot 355		1883 Liberty Nickel. With "CENTS". MS-60. One small obverse spot on Liberty's cheek from a higher grade, this late year change incorporated the word "CENTS" on the reverse after a small number of the 1883 without "CENTS" were gold-plated and passed off as $5.00 gold pieces by certain less than honest individuals. These events received the usual unbiased press coverage, with trials involving certain stooges, and before long the reverse die was changed in late 1883. It all makes for a nice story, and no doubt far more of the original without "CENTS" issue have been gold plated to sell to collectors than were ever made to pass as half eagles by today's less than honest thugs. View details	Realized $63
Lot 356		1884 Liberty Nickel. MS-60. A scarce date, but overshadowed by the two rarer years following. Frosty luster, but moderate handling marks and some golden toning on both sides. View details	Realized $138
Lot 357		1885 Liberty Nickel. NGC graded Proof 65. Bright silvery "nickel blue" surfaces, nearly flawless. Another old slab. This date in Proof is a sleeper in today's market, as an AU is worth over five hundred dollars. Absolutely Superb! View details	Unsold
Lot 358		1885 Liberty Nickel. Proof 60. The key date to the Liberty nickel series, mintages plunged down to depths unseen in years. Golden peripheral toning and with a couple of minor handling marks. A date collectors delight. View details	Realized $552
Lot 359		1886 Liberty Nickel in Mint State. MS-60. This date is one of the really scarce dates of this series, which is seldom found in mint state. Clean surfaces for the grade. View details	Realized $529
Lot 360		1887 Liberty Nickel. AU-55. Each coin grades AU-55 except for the 1897, which is a hair better grading AU-58. A date collectors delight. Lot of 6 coins. View details	Realized $391
Lot 361		1888 Liberty Nickel. MS-60. Choice for the grade, with lovely sunset colors and a decent strike. View details	Realized $138
Lot 362		1889 Liberty Nickel. NGC graded Proof 65. Full mirrors on this one, and wonderful bright color. Nearly perfect surfaces. A hint of golden iridescence. Some 65! View details	Unsold
Lot 363		1889 Liberty Nickel. PCGS graded Proof 65. Light to medium golden toning on full mirror surfaces. In a 1st generation holder. View details	Realized $437
Lot 364		1891 Liberty Nickel. MS-63. Russet gold toning on both sides and very original. Fewer tick marks than one would expect for the grade assigned. View details	Realized $132
Lot 365		1892 Liberty Nickel. MS-60. Each grades Mint State 60. A date collectors delight. Lot of 5 coins. View details	Realized $483
Lot 366		1894 Liberty Nickel. MS-60. Toned over original luster, clean surfaces and appealing. View details	Realized $265
Lot 367		1895 Liberty Nickel. MS-64. Splendid luster and strike with a faint haze of golden toning. View details	Realized $805
Lot 368		1898 Liberty Nickel. PCGS graded Proof 63. Hairlines conducive with the grade and a fine line on Liberty's cheek, but the mirrors are bright and the coin has a lot of appeal. View details	Realized $132
Lot 369		1899 Liberty Nickel. NGC graded MS-66. Another old holder and another "conservatively" graded type coin. Fully struck. Even, splendid light golden nickel surfaces. If you are looking for a superb Lib Nick, check out this coin. View details	Unsold
Lot 370		1901 Liberty Nickel. AU-58. Includes 1901, 1903, 1904, 1905, 1906, 1907, 1909 and 1912. Each grades AU-58 except for the 1904 and 1909 both of which grade AU-55. For the date collector who wants quality without paying mint state prices. View details	Realized $368
Lot 371		1902 Liberty Nickel. PCGS graded MS-66. Intense, nickel-blue surfaces. Fully struck, right down to every kernel in the corn husk. Older holder. View details	Unsold
Lot 372		1902 Liberty Nickel. MS-65. Frosty devices but a touch weakly struck on the upper curls of Liberty. Untoned and really lovely. View details	Realized $345
Lot 373		1910 Liberty Nickel. PCGS graded Proof 65. A faint line of some sort (maybe just in the color) runs from the 2nd to the 6th stars. Aside from this, the coin is sheer perfection in a nickel Proof. The base color is gray but there is this exquisite iridescence on both sides that's a pure treat--gold and lilac and green. Wow! View details	Realized $483
Lot 374		1910 Liberty Nickel. MS-64. A frosty near gem uncommonly specimen. Lightly toned with golden hues and very choice indeed. View details	Realized $207
Lot 375		1911 Liberty Nickel. MS-63. A choice coin with clean surfaces and no toning. View details	Realized $75
Lot 376		1912-D Liberty Nickel. AU-58. A low mintage date that is highly desirable in top grades such as this. Natural color and clean surfaces. View details	Realized $161
Lot 377		1912-S Liberty Nickel. AU-58. Cleaned and starting to retone. A few minor handling marks, one on Liberty's face. Only 238,000 struck for circulation, few of which were saved in high grades. View details	Realized $805
Lot 378		1913. Type 1, 1913-D Type I and 1913-S Type I Buffalo Nickel. A trio of Type I nickels, each grading About Uncirculated to Uncirculated. A great start to a date set. Lot of 3 coins. View details	Realized $150

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