Goldberg Coins and Collectibles

Sale 41

Pre-Long Beach Coin and Currency Auction

Territorial Gold Coins

Lot	Photo	Description	Realized
Lot 1852		Christopher Bechtler, ONE DOLLAR CAROLINA, 28 gr., N reversed. PCGS graded MS-61. Lovely golden toning with traces of luster still evident. Although uniformly frosted, the fields are slightly more toned than the devices on both sides. Pale greenish-gold to light orange iridescence is noted throughout, but the overall appearance is one of sustained brilliance. Light areas of roughness on the planchet, primarily due to some rust on the dies which show as raised lumps in the fields around the main devices. A rare early Bechtler gold coin. Pop 4; 6 finer (PCGS # 10055) . Estimated Value $8,000 - 8,500. View details and enlarged photos Check results on similar lots	Unsold
Lot 1853		Christopher Bechtler, ONE DOLLAR N. CAROLINA, 28 gr. high, no star. Damaged and tooled. Untoned with sharp details. A very rare coin. This elusive variety has 28.G. centered and no star below. Bechtler gold coins were well accepted by the public and circulated widely in the Southeast up to the Civil War. In fact, they competed head-to-head with Federal issues at the same time. Listed in the red book in AU at 8,500. Very few known (PCGS # 10061) . Estimated Value $5,000 - 6,000. View details and enlarged photos Check results on similar lots	Realized $3,795
Lot 1854		Christopher Bechtler, $2.50 GEORGIA, 64 gr. 22 carats. NCS graded Details of AU-50. Scratched and improperly cleaned. Lightly toned with semi reflective fields. All C. Bechtler gold pieces are scarce to rare, but the ones most often encountered are the gold dollars (a plentiful issue). The $2.50 pieces, on the other hand, were minted in low numbers and many were later turned in to be recoined into Federal gold pieces. All told, the Bechtlers minted only three denominations, but they covered a wide variety of weights and sizes. Christopher Bechtler, the founder of the company, operated his mint in Rutherford County, North Carolina. The mint produced gold from locally mined sources from 1830 until 1852. Red book value in AU is 16,000. Very rare (PCGS # 10073) . Estimated Value $12,000 - 13,000. View details and enlarged photos Check results on similar lots	Unsold
Lot 1855		Christopher Bechtler, 5 DOLLARS GEORGIA, RUTHERF., 140 gr. 20 carats. NCS graded Details of VF-20. E. J. Counterstamped on the reverse. This coin is in Kagin's Territorial book. An interesting piece of Americana! (PCGS # 10112) . Estimated Value $2,500 - 3,000. View details and enlarged photos Check results on similar lots	Realized $4,600
Lot 1856		1849 Norris, Gregg & Norris (San Francisco) $5 Gold. Plain edge. Bent. A nicely struck, toned example which lists in the red book at $27,500. Full clear "5" visible on the shield. Norris, Gregg & Norris issued what is considered to be the first of the California private gold coins. A newspaper account dated May 31, 1849, described a five-dollar gold coin, struck at Benicia City, though with the imprint San Francisco. It mentioned the private stamp of Norris, Gregg & Norris. The initials N.G.&N. were not identified until 1902, when the coins of Augustus Humbert were sold (PCGS # 10279) . Estimated Value $10,000 - 12,000. View details and enlarged photos Check results on similar lots	Unsold
Lot 1857		1850 Moffat & Co. (San Francisco) $5 Gold. PCGS graded AU-53. A very pleasing Moffat $5 with attractive original antique toning on both sides. The Moffat coins spread far and wide in the Western part of the country before the U.S. Mint in San Francisco was built. This lightly circulated specimen has choice surfaces and nice, damage-free rims. Pop 6; 26 finer (PCGS # 10243) . Estimated Value $5,000 - 5,500. View details and enlarged photos Check results on similar lots	Unsold
Lot 1858		1852 Moffat & Co. (San Francisco) TEN DOLS. 2 over 1. Improperly cleaned. Untoned with bold details. Lists in the red book in AU at $11,500. The withdrawal of the discredited early private coins of five-, ten-, and twenty-dollar denominations as a result of the new U.S. Assay operations caused a new turn of affairs for Californians. Fractional currency coins of almost every nation circulated in California, but the supply was too small to help fill the needs. Moffat & Co. proceeded in January 1852 to issue a new ten-dollar gold piece bearing the stamp Moffat & Co. This is the scarcer eagle variety which has the 2 in date 1852 inscribed over a 1 (PCGS # 10190) . Estimated Value $4,000 - 4,500. View details and enlarged photos Check results on similar lots	Realized $3,910
Lot 1859		1851 Baldwin & Co. (San Francisco) $10 Gold. Tooled and improperly cleaned. Well struck with bold details. A hint of light toning. Listed in the red book in AU at $45,000. A very rare coin. George C. Baldwin and Thomas S. Holman ran a jewelry business in San Francisco under the name Baldwin & Co. They were the successors to F.D. Kohler & Co., taking over its machinery and other equipment in May 1850. $10 gold pieces were struck in that year, and again in 1851. All are rare (PCGS # 10031) . Estimated Value $22,000 - 25,000. View details and enlarged photos Check results on similar lots	Realized $19,550
Lot 1860		1854 Kellogg & Co. (San Francisco) $20 Gold. NCS graded Details of AU-50. Improperly cleaned. Some marks on the face. Well struck and untoned specimen. A nice working coin with moderate hairlines from being cleaned. John Kellogg and G.F. Richter of Curtis, Perry & Ward, opened an assay office late in 1853. Their coinage operations helped fill a gap created during the period when the U.S. Assay Office was being converted into the Federal Mint in San Francisco. Once the branch mint began taking deposits, Kellogg's production ceased (PCGS # 10222) . Estimated Value $3,000 - 3,500. View details and enlarged photos Check results on similar lots	Realized $2,990
Lot 1861		1855 Kellogg & Co. (San Francisco) $20 Gold. Repaired and improperly cleaned. Well stuck and lightly toned. Typical quality, the surfaces of these early Territorials show that they circulated hard. From one of the historic California private mints and always drawing strong bids (PCGS # 10225) . Estimated Value $3,000 - 3,500. View details and enlarged photos Check results on similar lots	Realized $2,875
Lot 1862		1855 Kellogg & Co. (San Francisco) $50 Gold Round Commemorative Restrike. PCGS graded Gem Proof. Struck in San Francisco September 3, 2001. These huge gold coins were struck from transfer dies made from the original 1855 Kellogg and Company dies. The planchets were made from original Kellogg and Humbert assayers gold ingots recovered from the S.S. Central America treasure. This coin has a stamp on the reverse above the eagle showing "Struck September 3, 2001. C.H.S." (California Historical Society). This coin also bears an inscription "S.S. Central America Gold, C.H.S." on the reverse ribbon. This coin is listed in the Guide Book on page 359. This coin comes with a custom hand-hammered copper frame with gold imprinted purple ribbons -- modeled after the San Francisco Jewelers Shreve & Co., for the famous 1915-S Panama-Pacific commemorative coins, and all is housed in a custom box. Less than 5000 of these coins were minted in 2001 and they have retailed for over $5000. A truly historic commemorative coin struck from the actual gold recovered from the *S.S. Central America* ship wreck. Estimated Value $3,000 - 3,500. View details and enlarged photo	Realized $3,120
Lot 1863		1855 Kellogg & Co. (San Francisco) $50 Gold Round Commemorative Restrike. PCGS graded Gem Proof. Struck in San Francisco September, 2001. These huge gold coins were struck from transfer dies made from the original 1855 Kellogg and Company dies. The planchets were made from original Kellogg and Humbert assayers gold ingots recovered from the S.S. Central America treasure. This coin has a stamp on the reverse above the eagle showing the actual day in September it was struck and. C.H.S. (California Historical Society). This coin also bears an inscription "S.S. Central America Gold, C.H.S." on the reverse ribbon. This coin is listed in the Guide Book on page 359. This coin comes with a custom hand-hammered copper frame with gold imprinted purple ribbons -- modeled after the San Francisco Jewelers Shreve & Co., for the famous 1915-S Panama-Pacific commemorative coins, and all is housed in a custom box. Less than 5000 of these coins were minted in 2001 and they have retailed for over $5000. A truly historic commemorative coin struck from the actual gold recovered from the *S.S. Central America* ship wreck. Estimated Value $3,000 - 3,500. View details and enlarged photo	Realized $2,875