Goldberg Coins and Collectibles

Sale 41

Pre-Long Beach Coin and Currency Auction

Commemorative Silver Coins

Lot	Photo	Description	Realized
Lot 1268		1926-S Oregon Trail Half Dollar. PCGS graded MS-67. Lovely blue and golden toning on both sides with superb satin luster from top to bottom. Boldly struck first year of issue. Pop 87; 4 in 68 (PCGS # 9341) . Estimated Value $1,500 - 1,700. View details and enlarged photos Check results on similar lots	Realized $2,100
Lot 1269		1937-D Oregon Trail Half Dollar. PCGS graded MS-67. Lightly toned. A superlative specimen for the commemorative half dollar collector. Only 12,000 minted. Pop 490; 38 in 68, 1 in 69 (PCGS # 9347) . Estimated Value $525 - 550. View details and enlarged photos Check results on similar lots	Realized $720
Lot 1270		1938-D Oregon Trail Half Dollar. NGC graded MS-67. Lightly toned with the same satiny features and sharp detail of the others in this outstanding condition. Low mintage, too: 6,000 pieces. Pop 203; 42 finer (PCGS # 9349) . Estimated Value $650 - 700. View details and enlarged photos Check results on similar lots	Realized $661
Lot 1271		1915-S Panama-Pacific Half Dollar. PCGS graded MS-67. Gorgeous original golden colors. A showy gem by anyone's reckoning, with a cocktail of underlying luster, frosty to satiny, that breathes scorching life into the colorful highlights. Given the high standing with which PCGS associates it on the grading scale, it is always nice to see a coin struck with crisp details aplenty. Coins were struck in conjunction with the large celebration in San Francisco. The Panama-Pacific International Exposition was a world's fair that ran from February 20 and December 4 in 1915. Its ostensible purpose was to celebrate the completion of the Panama Canal, but it was widely seen in the city as an opportunity to showcase its recovery from the 1906 earthquake. The fair was constructed on a 635 acre site in San Francisco, part of the Presidio now known as the Marina. The Half Dollar sold at the fair was designed by Charles E. Barber and George T. Morgan, the Philadelphia Mint's most talented engravers. It depicts Liberty and a child on the obverse. Liberty is holding two sprigs of flowers while behind, the sun sets between the southern and northern outcroppings of the Golden Gate, entrance to San Francisco Bay. A wingspread eagle on the reverse is perched atop the union shield rather than the shield superimposed on its breast as was the custom till then. In all, 27,314 were sold out of an original authorized mintage of 60,000. The unsold pieces were remelted. Pop 72; 2 finer in 68. Housed in a first generation holder (PCGS # 9357) . Estimated Value $5,000 - 6,000. View details and enlarged photos Check results on similar lots	Realized $6,325
Lot 1272		1915-S Panama-Pacific Half Dollar. PCGS graded MS-66. A wonderful gem example with splendid delicate pastel toning on both sides. A sparkling gem of the finest order. The luster is unbeatable, satiny and smooth, the strike is agreeably full, being quite crisp in all places Pop 207; 74 finer, 72 in 67, 2 in 68 (PCGS # 9357) . Estimated Value $3,000 - 3,500. View details and enlarged photos Check results on similar lots	Realized $3,048
Lot 1273		1915-S Panama-Pacific Half Dollar. NGC graded MS-65. Deep multi-color toning with choice surfaces whose only identifying mark is a small nick below M of PANAMA. The toning on this handsome Gem sets it apart! (PCGS # 9357) . Estimated Value $1,900 - 2,100. View details and enlarged photos Check results on similar lots	Unsold
Lot 1274		1915-S Panama-Pacific Half Dollar. PCGS graded MS-65. A well struck frosty mint gem, lightly toned about the borders. The Pan-Pacific half dollar is by two mint artists: Charles Barber who did the obverse, and George T. Morgan for the reverse. Encapsulated in a first generation holder (PCGS # 9357) . Estimated Value $1,900 - 2,100. View details and enlarged photos Check results on similar lots	Realized $2,185
Lot 1275		1936-S Rhode Island Half Dollar. PCGS graded MS-67. Lovely rainbow toning on both sides. A fresh, satiny jewel of a coin, as superb as any seen in recent sales. Pop 12; none finer at PCGS (PCGS # 9365) . Estimated Value $2,000 - 2,200. View details and enlarged photos Check results on similar lots	Unsold
Lot 1276		1926 Sesquicentennial Half Dollar. PCGS graded MS-64. Toned on both sides with reverse rainbow toning (PCGS # 9374) . Estimated Value $350 - 400. View details and enlarged photos Check results on similar lots	Realized $431
Lot 1277		1926 Sesquicentennial Half Dollar. PCGS graded MS-64 PQ. Light attractive pastel tones on both sides. A gem quality coin thus our Premium Quality designation (PCGS # 9374) . Estimated Value $500 - 600. View details and enlarged photos Check results on similar lots	Realized $633
Lot 1278		1935 Spanish Trail Half Dollar. PCGS graded MS-66. A hint of light toning on both sides. Well struck and choice. The obverse has a punning head of a cow in honor of Alvar Nunez Cabeza de Vaca (Cabeza de Vaca being Spanish for "head of a cow"). Nunez explored the Old Spanish Trail region in 1528. The reverse delineates (none to accurately) his path from Florida to El Paso, Texas along with a yucca tree at center, a common regional plant. L. W. Hoffecker designed the coin along with Edmund J. Senn, an El Paso sculptor who translated the sketches into plaster models. A total of 10,000 were struck, the authorized mintage. Pop 513; 82 in 67, 2 in 68 (PCGS # 9376) . Estimated Value $1,800 - 1,900. View details and enlarged photos Check results on similar lots	Realized $2,128
Lot 1279		1935 Spanish Trail Half Dollar. PCGS graded MS-65. A boldly struck gem example delicately toned. Scarce commemorative issue not often encountered in gem condition (PCGS # 9376) . Estimated Value $1,500 - 1,600. View details and enlarged photos Check results on similar lots	Realized $1,610
Lot 1280		1935 Spanish Trail Half Dollar. MS-60 Plus. Lustrous with some light spotting on both sides. Another 10,000-mintage commemorative Type. Always in demand (PCGS # 9376) . Estimated Value $800 - 850. View details and enlarged photos Check results on similar lots	Realized $1,035
Lot 1281		1925 Vancouver Half Dollar. PCGS graded MS-64. A touch of tone appears about the extreme borders (PCGS # 9399) . Estimated Value $400 - 450. View details and enlarged photos Check results on similar lots	Realized $518
Lot 1282		1946-S Booker T. Washington Half Dollar. PCGS graded MS-67. Beautiful deep rainbow toning that so enhances the beauty of the underlying superb surface that it will no doubt fetch a runaway bid! Pop 41; none finer at PCGS (PCGS # 9406) . Estimated Value $3,800 - 4,200. View details and enlarged photos Check results on similar lots	Unsold
Lot 1283		1948-D Booker T. Washington Half Dollar. PCGS graded MS-67. Mostly untoned with slight golden toning in different areas. Exquisite surface for a normally bagmarked Type. Well worth the extra effort it will take to procure. Pop 5; none finer at PCGS (PCGS # 9413) . Estimated Value $3,500 - 3,800. View details and enlarged photos Check results on similar lots	Unsold
Lot 1284		1948-S Booker T. Washington Half Dollar. NGC graded MS-67. Nice blue and gold toning around the edges with snappy white frost everywhere else. A jewel! Pop 33; 3 finer, 2 in 67 Star, 1 in 68 (PCGS # 9414) . Estimated Value $1,000 - 1,100. View details and enlarged photos Check results on similar lots	Realized $1,380
Lot 1285		1949-D Booker T. Washington Half Dollar. PCGS graded MS-67. Mostly untoned. Another excitingly fresh, original specimen that displays superb surface preservation. Search for months and you'd be hard-pressed to find more than one or two others at this grade level. Pop 12; none finer at PCGS (PCGS # 9417) . Estimated Value $3,400 - 3,600. View details and enlarged photos Check results on similar lots	Unsold
Lot 1286		1936 Wisconsin Half Dollar. PCGS graded MS-68. Nice rainbow toning on both sides including a crimson tide of hues. Struck with exactitude rarely found on a Wisconsin, even though this Type is apt to be well made as a rule. The hand with a pick ax is poised threateningly over a lumpy pile of iron ore, this marking the day when, on July 4, 1836, Wisconsin became an official territory of the United States. Many cheered, others who didn't understand scratched their heads, commenting "Wisconsin who?" -- but no one can deny that this coin stands at the front of the line in terms of its surface originality and pristine color. Truly a beautiful coin. Pop 16; none finer (PCGS # 9447) . Estimated Value $6,500 - 7,000. View details and enlarged photos Check results on similar lots	Unsold
Lot 1287		1900 Lafayette Dollar. PCGS graded MS-66. Nice blue and green toning on both sides. A lock-solid frosty gem Lafayette with strong primary luster and rich dappled highlights on both sides. More than adequately struck for the date, as a matter of fact, 100% so, since this issue rarely is, and clearly a coin that earns points where fullness of design is concerned. Conjoined busts are those of George Washington and Lafayette, French hero of the American Revolution (sometimes referred to as the "Marquis de la Fayette"). Pop 78; 5 in 67, none finer at PCGS (PCGS # 9222) . Estimated Value $12,000 - 13,500. View details and enlarged photos Check results on similar lots	Unsold
Lot 1288		1900 Lafayette Dollar. PCGS graded MS-65. Lovely toning on both sides. Among the more properly defined issues in the early commemorative series, this scintillating gem quality Lafayette dollar breaks into new ground as it displays sharpness on all including the highest points of the two profiles. Even the normal weakness on the rider's boot is nearly absent. Both sides are graced with original toning. Pop 224; 83 finer, 78 in 66, 5 in 67 (PCGS # 9222) . Estimated Value $6,000 - 6,500. View details and enlarged photos Check results on similar lots	Realized $7,188
Lot 1289		1900 Lafayette Dollar. PCGS graded MS-64. A beautiful, fully struck, sparkling white example. If you have been searching for a choice Lafayette, free from toning, here is your chance (PCGS # 9222) . Estimated Value $3,000 - 3,300. View details and enlarged photos Check results on similar lots	Realized $3,220
Lot 1290		1900 Lafayette Dollar. PCGS graded MS-63. Toned and lustrous. If you are the sort of collector who insists on purchasing everything that is original, uncleaned, and attractive, and who always strives to that end when bidding, then this well struck Lafayette dollar will fit the bill (PCGS # 9222) . Estimated Value $1,300 - 1,600. View details and enlarged photos Check results on similar lots	Realized $1,725
Lot 1291		1900 Lafayette Dollar. PCGS graded MS-63. A touch of natural golden-russet about the borders. Satiny frost throughout. Encapsulated in an old green holder. America's first Commemorative silver dollar, the designs were by Charles E. Barber after an engraving of Houdon's bust of Washington. On the reverse, Barber depicted the Lafayette equestrian statue at the Paris Exposition of 1900. Lafayette dollars were sold to defray part of the cost of completing Paul Wayland Bartlett's statue of the French General, then under construction in Paris for display at the exposition. Out of an authorization for 50,000 pieces, 36,000 were sold, the remainder being melted (PCGS # 9222) . Estimated Value $1,300 - 1,600. View details and enlarged photos Check results on similar lots	Realized $1,639

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