Goldberg Coins and Collectibles

Sale 42

Pre-Long Beach Coin and Currency Auction

Small Cents

Lot	Photo	Description	Realized
Lot 2413		1856 Flying Eagle Cent. PCGS graded Proof 63. Well struck and toned on both sides. Key date as only 2,000 struck. Worthy of a strong bid, most Proof survivors of this famous rarity are from the Snow-9 die pairing and are the most frequently encountered 1856 Flying Eagle cents in today's marketplace. Snow is of the opinion that this die marriage was probably in use from late 1857 through 1860. The needle sharp devices and full rims confirm its Proof status. The coin is lovely tan-brown and a specimen that has a couple of deeper toned areas at S of STATES and IC of AMERICA. Other than these two areas, the surfaces are essentially blemish-free with the look of a higher grade. Pop 146; 231 finer. (PCGS # 2037) . Estimated Value $13,000 - 14,000. View details and enlarged photos Check results on similar lots	Unsold
Lot 2414		1857 Flying Eagle Cent. PCGS graded MS-63. Toned on both sides with lovely patterned shades across both surfaces, some liken the reverse color to a wood-grain effect (PCGS # 2016) . Estimated Value $500 - 525. View details and enlarged photos Check results on similar lots	Unsold
Lot 2415		1857 Flying Eagle Cent. PCGS graded MS-63. A lovely fully struck Flying Eagle cent. Light reddish and pale steel toning adds to its appeal. We note a fly speck on the second T in STATES. In an old green label holder (PCGS # 2016) . Estimated Value $500 - 525. View details and enlarged photos Check results on similar lots	Realized $575
Lot 2416		1858 Flying Eagle Cent. Large letters. PCGS graded MS-64. Recuting at the date and obverse legend. Well struck and nicely toned, a lustrous Flying Eagle cent (PCGS # 2019) . Estimated Value $900 - 1,000. Ex: Superior Wolfsen Auction June 1975 Lot 619; Ex: The Brentwood Park Estate. View details and enlarged photos Check results on similar lots	Realized $1,323
Lot 2417		1866 Indian Head Cent. PCGS graded MS-64 Red & Brown. Well struck on both sides, with the connoisseur's choice surfaces typical of coins from this consignor. Pop 167; 56 finer; 55 in 65; 1 in 66. (PCGS # 2086) . Estimated Value $450 - 500. View details and enlarged photos Check results on similar lots	Realized $661
Lot 2418		1866 Indian Head Cent. PCGS graded MS-64 Red & Brown. Lots of mint red with some fly specks and modest weakness on UNITED STATES OF AMERICA and the rim dentils (PCGS # 2086) . Estimated Value $450 - 500. View details and enlarged photos Check results on similar lots	Realized $776
Lot 2419		1867 Indian Head Cent. PCGS graded MS-64 Brown. A nice bold strike. Some mint red is visible on the obverse. Pop 23; 3 finer in 65 (PCGS # 2088) . Estimated Value $425 - 450. View details and enlarged photos Check results on similar lots	Realized $673
Lot 2420		1869 Indian Head Cent. PCGS graded MS-64 Red & Brown. A nice strike. The top part of the 9 is re cut, as found on a number of these. A scarce year in Mint condition (PCGS # 2095) . Estimated Value $800 - 850. View details and enlarged photos Check results on similar lots	Realized $1,380
Lot 2421		1869 Indian Head Cent. PCGS graded MS-64 Red & Brown. Nice mint red visable with abundant bright luster and very sharp impression from the dies (PCGS # 2095) . Estimated Value $800 - 850. View details and enlarged photos Check results on similar lots	Unsold
Lot 2422		1869 Indian Head Cent. PCGS graded MS-63 Brown. Nice bold strike. Glossy surfaces with faint traces of old mint color. A well struck example of this popular scarce issue (PCGS # 2094) . Estimated Value $500 - 525. View details and enlarged photos Check results on similar lots	Realized $633
Lot 2423		1870 Indian Head Cent. PCGS graded MS-63 Red & Brown. Another choice red and brown cent, this time a scarce 1870-dated piece. After large mintage in 1860-65, coinage levels fell, no doubt from an abundance of cents in storage at the Treasury (PCGS # 2098) . Estimated Value $475 - 500. View details and enlarged photos Check results on similar lots	Realized $690
Lot 2424		1871 Indian Head Cent. PCGS graded MS-64 Red & Brown. Nice bold strike with attractive color for the collector of Indian cents to admire. Pop 136; 45 finer in 65. (PCGS # 2101) . Estimated Value $900 - 950. View details and enlarged photos Check results on similar lots	Realized $1,093
Lot 2425		1872 Indian Head Cent. PCGS graded MS-63 Brown. Parital mint red on the obverse. Minor flatness on the tips of some feathers, and a couple of planchet flakes in the left obverse field (as minted). Scarce year. Pop 24; 36 finer; 32 in 64; 4 in 65. (PCGS # 2103) . Estimated Value $650 - 700. View details and enlarged photos Check results on similar lots	Realized $748
Lot 2426		1875 Indian Head Cent. PCGS graded MS-65 Red & Brown. Nice strike but better than this, exceptionally clean, spot-free surfaces without handling marks. A classic Gem in this condition. Pop 64; 3 finer in 66. (PCGS # 2122) . Estimated Value $600 - 625. View details and enlarged photos Check results on similar lots	Realized $834
Lot 2427		1876 Indian Head Cent. PCGS graded MS-64 Red & Brown. A nice well struck coin with plenty of golden red color mingled with nice glossy brown (PCGS # 2125) . Estimated Value $425 - 450. View details and enlarged photos Check results on similar lots	Unsold
Lot 2428		1877 Indian Head Cent. PCGS graded MS-64 Red & Brown. Popular key date. Lots of Mint Red on this handsome piece. A radiant specimen of the kind of quality one likes to describe for Indian cent buyer, one of the most actively collected coin designs in American numismatics. Splendid light wood-grain luster blends effortlessly with pale golden brown highlights on the frosted coppery red surfaces. The pressure transmitted from the die to the blank reveals itself in sharp feathers and leaves in the wreath, with the only possible exception being a touch of softness on some of the feather ends. It is not often that collectors visit an auction and get the chance to bid upon such an attractive, uncompromised 1877 Indian cent. Pop 138; 47 finer; 44 in 65; 3 in 66. (PCGS # 2128) . Estimated Value $5,000 - 5,500. View details and enlarged photos Check results on similar lots	Realized $6,900
Lot 2429		1877 Indian Head Cent. NGC graded Proof 64 Red & Brown. A very choice, spot-free Proof example with plenty of red visable. Popular key date and only 900 Proofs struck. The collector, regarding it dispassionately and with an eye for quality, will appreciate this coin's sharp strike on the main devices. When putting a magnifying glass to it, all of the finest details show their superb definition. Examine every aspect of Liberty and the wreath and shield, as if testing the respective merits of each. All areas earn top honors. A legendary issue, the 1877 has long been a favorite with Indian Cent buyers. Pop 62; 81 finer. Estimated Value $3,000 - 3,300. View details and enlarged photos	Realized $4,140
Lot 2430		1877 Indian Head Cent. PCGS graded Proof 62 Brown. Popular key date. Mostly brown with some mint red visable and touches of glossy steel brown. Struck with methodical precision throughout, all of the feathers are finely detailed as is the word LIBERTY whose small letters stand out boldly. The wreath and Union shield both share the same razor-sharpness as the obverse. An attractive Proof of this key date. Pop 3; 33 finer in proof brown. (PCGS # 2318) . Estimated Value $2,000 - 2,200. View details and enlarged photos Check results on similar lots	Realized $3,335
Lot 2431		1877 Indian Head Cent. PCGS graded VF-35 Brown. A uniform chocolate brown and a choice, problem free example of the key date to the series. Mintage: 852,500 pieces (PCGS # 2127) . Estimated Value $1,500 - 1,700. View details and enlarged photos Check results on similar lots	Realized $1,955
Lot 2432		1877 Indian Head Cent. Fine-15. Light marks in the left obverse field but generally acceptable and with complete 7 letters in LIBERTY visible on the headbank. Key date (PCGS # 2128) . Estimated Value $800 - 900. View details and enlarged photos Check results on similar lots	Unsold
Lot 2433		1877 Indian Head Cent. Good-5. Slightly more wear along the right hand side but all of the legends are readable (PCGS # 2128) . Estimated Value $650 - 700. View details and enlarged photos Check results on similar lots	Realized $776
Lot 2434		1882 Indian Head Cent. PCGS graded Proof 66 Red & Brown. Beautiful red and brown colors include vivid purple tones. A gem! And one of only 3,100 Proofs struck. Housed in an old green holder. Pop 19; 2 in 67 (PCGS # 2334) . Estimated Value $800 - 850. View details and enlarged photos Check results on similar lots	Realized $978
Lot 2435		1885 Indian Head Cent. PCGS graded Proof 66 Red & Brown. Lovely shades of red toning. Housed in an old green holder. Razor-sharp devices. Only 3,790 Proofs struck Pop 30; 14 in 67, 2 in 68 (PCGS # 2343) . Estimated Value $800 - 850. View details and enlarged photos Check results on similar lots	Realized $805
Lot 2436		1886 Indian Head Cent. Variety 2. PCGS graded MS-64 Red & Brown. A scarce variety when found in Mint condition. Variety 2 has the lowermost feather pointing at the space between CA of AMERICA. (The mint introduced a modified obverse hub in 1886 that was in use until the end of the series in 1909.) Pop 95; 16 in 65 RB. (PCGS # 92155) . Estimated Value $500 - 600. View details and enlarged photos Check results on similar lots	Unsold
Lot 2437		1891 Indian Head Cent. NGC graded MS-65 Red & Brown and Proof-65 Red respectively. Lot of 2 coins. Estimated Value $600 - 650. View details	Realized $920
Lot 2438		1896 Indian Head Cent. NGC graded MS-66 Brown. Lovely blue and lilac colors. A gleaming Gem. Pop 3; none finer at NGC (PCGS # 2194) . Estimated Value $500 - 550. View details and enlarged photos Check results on similar lots	Realized $575
Lot 2439		1903 Indian Head Cent. PCGS graded MS-66 Red. A brilliant golden red gem in a old green label PCGS holder. Pop 53; 5 finer in 67 (PCGS # 2216) . Estimated Value $750 - 800. View details and enlarged photos Check results on similar lots	Realized $978
Lot 2440		1908-S Indian Head Cent. PCGS graded MS-64 Red. A gorgeous bright original coin; first year that the San Francisco mint was authorized to strike one-cent pieces. Unlike some, this one boldly struck on all devices including the feather ends (PCGS # 2234) . Estimated Value $450 - 500. View details and enlarged photos Check results on similar lots	Realized $1,035
Lot 2441		1909-S Indian Head Cent. PCGS graded MS-64 Red & Brown. Popular key date with outstanding color (primarily coppery red with only traces of muted brown), and nice, choice surfaces throughout. A few of the rim dentils incomplete (as often seen), with partial softness on the top three feathers in the headdress. Only 309,000 mintage. 1909-S is a key date (PCGS # 2239) . Estimated Value $900 - 950. View details and enlarged photos Check results on similar lots	Realized $1,955
Lot 2442		1909-S Indian Head Cent. VF-35. Full strong LIBERTY on this nicely toned example. Only 309,000 minted (PCGS # 2239) . Estimated Value $450 - 500. View details and enlarged photos Check results on similar lots	Realized $587
Lot 2443		1909-S Indian Head Cent. PCGS graded VF-30 Brown. Full strong LIBERTY on the headband (PCGS # 2238) . Estimated Value $450 - 475. View details and enlarged photos Check results on similar lots	Realized $630
Lot 2444		1909-S Lincoln Cent. VDB. PCGS graded MS-64 Red & Brown. In a first generation holder. Some mint red with a few trivial reverse fly spects. A popular key date, only 484,000 minted (PCGS # 2427) . Estimated Value $2,400 - 2,600. View details and enlarged photos Check results on similar lots	Realized $2,128
Lot 2445		1909-S Lincoln Cent. VDB. PCGS graded MS-64 Red & Brown. A popular key date. Well struck with a few flyspecks but plenty of original red color adhering. Devices are sharply struck by the dies. Mintage: 484,000 pieces (PCGS # 2427) . Estimated Value $2,400 - 2,600. View details and enlarged photos Check results on similar lots	Realized $2,990
Lot 2446		1909-S Lincoln Cent. VDB. PCGS graded MS-64 Brown. A popular key date. Well struck with light wood-grain color combination that includes some traces of mint red around the devices. Sharp details (PCGS # 2426) . Estimated Value $2,000 - 2,200. View details and enlarged photos Check results on similar lots	Realized $1,869
Lot 2447		1909-S Lincoln Cent. VDB. MS-60 Plus. Cleaned to a pinkish red color, but will undoubtedly toned nicely in time. No spots or abrasions on this otherwise choice specimen (PCGS # 2428) . Estimated Value $1,000 - 1,100. View details and enlarged photos Check results on similar lots	Unsold
Lot 2448		1909-S Lincoln Cent. VDB. AU-53 Brown. Some original mint color around the periphery; small carbon spot on Lincoln's eyebrow and several smaller ones on the reverse (PCGS # 2428) . Estimated Value $1,000 - 1,050. View details and enlarged photos Check results on similar lots	Realized $1,208
Lot 2449		1909-S Lincoln Cent. VDB. PCGS graded EF-40 Brown. A nice problem free example of the key date to the series, even brown color with some darker steel brown toning in the letters of the legends. Choice rims and fields, with only a small mark by the E of E PLURIBUS and another on the T of CENT. Bold V.D.B. on lower reverse (PCGS # 2426) . Estimated Value $900 - 950. View details and enlarged photos Check results on similar lots	Realized $1,144
Lot 2450		1909-S Lincoln Cent. VDB. VF-20. Medium to deep brown surfaces. Nice broad rims (PCGS # 2428) . Estimated Value $800 - 850. View details and enlarged photos Check results on similar lots	Realized $949
Lot 2451		1909-S Lincoln Cent. VDB. Fine-15. Medium chocolate brown and a nice clean example for the grade. Estimated Value $750 - 800. View details	Realized $863
Lot 2452		1909-S Lincoln Cent. VDB. VG-8. A pleasing example of this popular Lincoln cent key (PCGS # 2428) . Estimated Value $550 - 600. View details and enlarged photos Check results on similar lots	Realized $834
Lot 2453		1914-D Lincoln Cent. PCGS graded MS-64 Red & Brown. Well struck with fading sunset red mint color. We note a minute fly-speck before Lincoln's nose, and a small mark on the jaw line, mentioned mainly for identification purposes. A deep coppery red specimen for the most part with traces of brown to steel brown in the fields. A satiny MS64 with a lock on its grade, and among the more attractive we have been pleased to off. Here, too, we are struck by the nice, convincing design detail for all areas of this important Denver Mint cent with not even the slightest amount of flatness on Lincoln's hair, nor the least weakening in the two wheat ears (PCGS # 2472) . Estimated Value $4,500 - 5,000. View details and enlarged photos Check results on similar lots	Unsold
Lot 2454		1917 Lincoln Cent. PCGS graded MS-66 Red. Well struck and full red. Indeed, a near-immaculate, blazing Gem, whose surface bursts with vivid coppery orange to cherry-red originality over both sides. Pop 122; 15 finer, 13 in 67, 2 in 68 (PCGS # 2497) . Estimated Value $850 - 900. View details Check results on similar lots	Unsold
Lot 2455		1922 Lincoln Cent. No D. Strong reverse. NGC graded AU-58 Brown. Chocolate brown surfaces with an excellent strike and full reverse. Only a tinge of light friction keeps this piece from mint state status. Choice smooth surfaces on both sides without the usual little problems like marks or carbon: exactly what the doctor ordered, and on display here! All around a pleasing coin worthy of the specialist's consideration. Pop 24; 28 finer, 9 in 61, 10 in 62, 8 in 63, 1 in 64 (PCGS # 3287) . Estimated Value $7,000 - 7,500. View details and enlarged photos Check results on similar lots	Realized $8,625
Lot 2456		1922 Lincoln Cent. No D. Strong reverse. PCGS graded VF-30 Brown. Popular 20th century mint error and always in demand. Medium golden brown with suggestions of deeper red-brown to steel brown as the toning extends to the rim. Holder is scuffed (PCGS # 3285) . Estimated Value $1,200 - 1,300. View details and enlarged photos Check results on similar lots	Realized $1,553
Lot 2457		1922 Lincoln Cent. No D. Strong reverse. SEGS graded EF-40. Our grade is VF 20 with pleasing golden brown color. No spots, digs, or rim problems, just even wear. A popular variety (PCGS # 3287) . Estimated Value $1,000 - 1,100. View details and enlarged photos Check results on similar lots	Unsold
Lot 2458		1922 Lincoln Cent. No D. Strong reverse. PCGS graded VG-8. Light to medium brown with excellent details for the grade (PCGS # 3285) . Estimated Value $500 - 550. View details and enlarged photos Check results on similar lots	Realized $661
Lot 2459		1922 Lincoln Cent. No D. Weak reverse. PCGS graded Fine-12 Brown. Uniform medium chocolate brown. Popular key issue struck from a worn obverse die (hence the soft appearance of the legends) (PCGS # 2540) . Estimated Value $600 - 650. View details and enlarged photos Check results on similar lots	Realized $690
Lot 2460		1928-S Lincoln Cent. PCGS graded MS-64 Red. Well struck and nice color. Fiery-red color covers the fields of this handsome coin. Struck with exactitude rarely found on a '28-S Cent (PCGS # 2593) . Estimated Value $1,100 - 1,150. View details and enlarged photos Check results on similar lots	Unsold
Lot 2461		1938 Lincoln Cent. ANACS graded Proof 66 Red & Brown. Lovely shades of red and blue colors, a really spectacular appearance (PCGS # 3340) . Estimated Value $475 - 500. View details and enlarged photos Check results on similar lots	Realized $403
Lot 2462		1943 Lincoln Cent. In a PCGS holder #21445181 marked "Genuine." This is a famous coin with a very interesting past. In 1943 the United States Congress authorized the Mint to strike one-cent pieces out of zinc-coated steel as an emergency measure. Industrial shortages caused by World War II impacted critical copper supplies, a useful war metal, one found in all sorts of things from electrical wiring in ships, planes, and land vehicles to its use in the manufacture of millions of cartridge casings per month for the war effort. The replacement steel cents of 1943 were a temporary expedient, made only in that one year. They are easy to differentiate from the pre-1943 and post-1943 copper cents. It so happens that a few 1943 copper cents were inadvertently made. (Technically, these should be referred to as 1943 "bronze" cents, since the alloy consists of 95% copper and 5% tin and zinc and not pure copper.) To understand how this happened, how 1943 cents in copper could be minted, it pays to know something about how Lincoln cents were made in those days. They began as 10-foot diameter rolls of metal refined to the proper alloy and rolled to the proper thickness. Coin blanks were then cut from out using a giant cookie cutter planchet-punching press. Afterwards, the blanks were washed and heated-treated. The prepared cent blanks were transferred to hoppers that carried them on train tracks to the coin press room. There the hoppers dumped the blanks onto a conveyor belt leading to the coining presses. Over a billion steel cents were struck at the three U.S. mints in 1943! In 1943, mint workers thought they had made sure no copper blanks were left behind in the hoppers from the prior year's coinage. They missed a few, however, because 1943 copper cents later turned up found in circulation. Almost all are known in circulated condition. The 1943 copper cent is one of the most storied coins in all of American numismatics. Partly, this is due to extensive ad campaigns in magazines and comic books in the 1950s and 1960s, after which prices began to rise. (People believed up to that time that all circulating 1943 Lincoln cents were struck on zinc-coated steel planchets because copper was needed for the war effort.) One of the first 1943 copper cents to be discovered was found in change in 1947. Another find was reported that year in the June issue of the American Numismatic Association's (ANA) monthly journal, The Numismatist. In 1947, the acting superintendent of the Philadelphia Mint, Edwin H. Dressel, dismissed the possibility of such a coin to an inquiring collector, stating that the Mint did not strike any copper cents in 1943. A 1943 copper cent was first offered for sale in 1958, bringing more than $40,000. A subsequent piece sold for $10,000 at an ANA convention in 1981. The highest amount ever paid for a 1943 copper cent is $212,750 in February 2003 by this company. The coin was a 1943-D which is unique. The coin offered in this lot has a foundation grade of Very Fine 30, but with some marks and abrasions defacing it somewhat. The toning is all original, with lighter bronze shades in the fields and unprotected areas and deeper toned shades in the sheltered areas around the legends and devices. While we do not expect a record-breaking price realized, we do feel this piece will realize significantly more than other pieces have in the past few years due to increased interest shown in such pieces in recent months (PCGS # 82709) . The history of this particular 1943 copper cent has an interesting twist to it. At one point, it's ownership fell to a young paperboy (age not given). For some reason, possibly to test that it was really copper and not copper-plated-steel, he put a cut onto the face of Lincoln and also tested the field with a few scrapes. This was in an era when full page advertisements proclaiming the rarity of the 1943 copper cents were splashed across the nation's press and on the inside back covers of popular magazines and comic books, so any savvy youngster would naturally be on the lookout for such a score. Our consignor bought the coin at the Dearborn Michigan Coin Show around twenty years ago for $19,000. It has been with his family ever since. The coin also comes with a notebook full of articles about 1943 copper cents. Estimated Value $50,000 - 80,000. View details and enlarged photos Check results on similar lots	Realized $60,375

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