Goldberg Coins and Collectibles

Sale 48

Pre-Long Beach Coin Auction

Seated Liberty Dollars

Lot	Photo	Description	Realized
Lot 952		1840 Liberty Seated Dollar. PCGS graded Proof 62 PQ. Lovely golden toning on both sides. A Premium Quality coin for the grade. Attractive deep amber colored accents gleam from within a thin overlay of natural old-silver patina and the entire design is keenly sharp, including all stars. A strong lens is required to find any of the few faint hairlines in the mirror surface. Proof Seated dollars struck in 1840 to 1850 share a common reverse identified by die lumps on the final A of AMERICA. This is diagnostic. Breen thought this was a restrike but the current belief runs the other way since many other denominations used their reverses year in and year out (the few Proofs made each year did not stress the reverses, so why discard them). Some diagnostics of the present coin several fine curved lathe lines on the shield below LIBERTY while the reverse has several die lines from the dentils over (STAT)ES O(F). Just recently graded by PCGS. Pop 1; 18 finer with 9 in 63, 7 in PF63, 3 in PF64. Estimated Value $23,000 - 25,000. View details and enlarged photos	Unsold
Lot 953		1841 Liberty Seated Dollar. EF-40. Cleaned years ago. Light hairlines. Second year of issue (PCGS # 6927) . Estimated Value $150 - 175. View details and enlarged photos Check results on similar lots	Realized $403
Lot 954		1842 Liberty Seated Dollar. NGC graded AU-58. Nicely toned with ample luster underneath to confirm the choice AU grade and then some. Nearly always found much more circulated than this and often cleaned. A total of 184,618 dollars were struck. Pop 67; 69 finer. Estimated Value $1,400 - 1,500. View details and enlarged photos	Unsold
Lot 955		1842 Liberty Seated Dollar. Good-4. Light scratches; balanced wear from circulation (PCGS # 6928) . Estimated Value $90 - 100. View details and enlarged photos Check results on similar lots	Realized $150
Lot 956		1843 Liberty Seated Dollar. About Good-3. Cleaned (PCGS # 6929) . Estimated Value $100 - 110. View details and enlarged photos Check results on similar lots	Realized $98
Lot 957		1846 Liberty Seated Dollar. AU-53. Possibly cleaned and retoned years ago. Still nice looking (PCGS # 6932) . Estimated Value $500 - 525. View details and enlarged photos Check results on similar lots	Realized $1,294
Lot 958		1846 Liberty Seated Dollar. Sharpness of VF-30. Light rim nicks. A common No Motto date (PCGS # 6932) . Estimated Value $140 - 150. View details and enlarged photos Check results on similar lots	Realized $276
Lot 959		1849 Liberty Seated Dollar. NGC graded AU-55. Nicely toned and well struck with luster around all of the devices and consistently attractive throughout. Pop 32; 109 finer (PCGS # 6936) . Estimated Value $600 - 650. View details and enlarged photos Check results on similar lots	Realized $1,093
Lot 960		1853 Liberty Seated Dollar. Sharpness of Fine-15. Only 46,110 minted. Cleaned and retoned. Some marks on the rims. A complete LIBERTY is readable on the shield. The "beard" at Liberty's chin is believed caused by die clash marks from the reverse (PCGS # 6941) . Estimated Value $150 - 175. View details and enlarged photos Check results on similar lots	Realized $380
Lot 961		1856 Liberty Seated Dollar. NGC graded Fine-12. Mostly untoned. Scarcer low-mintage seated dollar: 63,500 pieces struck (PCGS # 6944) . Estimated Value $375 - 400. View details and enlarged photos Check results on similar lots	Realized $660
Lot 962		1859 Liberty Seated Dollar. PCGS graded Proof 63. Even grey toning on both sides. Well struck. A sharp specimen that spares little in the way of compromises with its natural original color on both sides. Strike is sharper than average business strikes by a wide margin, which is why collectors prefer the fine detail of a Proof and why the Mint chose to sell Proofs to collectors beginning in 1858. A really attractive Proof 63 example without the usual handling marks seen on so many others. Only 800 proofs minted. Pop 33; 51 finer (PCGS # 7002) . Estimated Value $4,000 - 4,300. View details and enlarged photos Check results on similar lots	Realized $4,600
Lot 963		1859-O Liberty Seated Dollar. Sharpness of Good-5. Plugged at 12:00 (PCGS # 6947) . Estimated Value $80 - 90. View details and enlarged photos Check results on similar lots	Realized $138
Lot 964		1860-O Liberty Seated Dollar. ANACS graded MS-62. A very frosty coin with some natural mottled russet toning on both sides. Thoroughly enjoyable to examine. The Treasury Department released several hundred 1859-O and 1860-O dated seated dollars in its massive silver dollar distributions during the early 1960s. Most surviving 1860-O dollars in Mint condition trace to these. In a modern ANACS holder (PCGS # 6950) . Estimated Value $1,800 - 1,900. View details and enlarged photos Check results on similar lots	Realized $2,990
Lot 965		1860-O Liberty Seated Dollar. NGC graded EF-40. Nice natural toning giving an old-silver appearance. Full strong LIBERTY on the shield (PCGS # 6950) . Estimated Value $275 - 300. View details and enlarged photo Check results on similar lots	Realized $391
Lot 966		1860-O Liberty Seated Dollar. Sharpness of Fine-15. Cleaned. Some minor marks and scratches (PCGS # 6950) . Estimated Value $75 - 100. View details and enlarged photos Check results on similar lots	Realized $230
Lot 967		1862 Liberty Seated Dollar. PCGS graded Proof 64 Cameo. A very choice proof example with alternating silvery and midnight blue toning on both sides. Who can deny that with 550 Proof seated dollars produced in 1862, few would exist 146 years later in choice or gem condition? While not as scarce as the Proofs of 1861, the 1862 issue is similar in overall rarity to the 1859 and 1860. This piece has attractive mirrored fields and each side has toning patina the deepens away from the centers. A bold looking example of this desirable and popular issue. Pop 7; 2 finer in 65 (PCGS # 87005) . Estimated Value $6,500 - 7,000. View details and enlarged photos Check results on similar lots	Realized $8,338
Lot 968		1862 Liberty Seated Dollar. NGC graded MS-62. Well struck and nice and frosty. Lightly toned, deepening to the borders. We note some light milling marks near the last star. Only 11,540 were minted. Pop 9; 39 finer. Estimated Value $3,200 - 3,400. View details and enlarged photos	Realized $3,910
Lot 969		1866 Liberty Seated Dollar. With motto. PCGS graded Proof 64 Cameo. First year issue. Light hint of gold toning. Nice eye appeal. An pleasingly original and highly reflective specimen, something of a benchmark for other examples that share this Proof 64 grade. As expected on a carefully made Proof the strike is bold and crisp, indeed it is quite full, and certainly all of the Liberty and eagle details there to admire with or without the aid of a magnifying glass. Something that possibly will attract many bidders. 725 Proofs minted. Pop 11; 12 finer; 9 in 65; 2 in 66; 1 in 68. (PCGS # 87014) . Estimated Value $7,500 - 8,000. View details and enlarged photos Check results on similar lots	Realized $8,913
Lot 970		1869 Liberty Seated Dollar. NGC graded Proof 67. In NGC holder 1948078-006. This coin stands alone as the finest-certified NGC Proof 67 "Star" seated dollar, and it is undeniably among the finest-known survivors of this With Motto design. Deeply toned "spotlight" surfaces radiate smooth reflective mirrors amplified by richly frosted devices that more than uphold the validity of the "Star" designation. With an overall keen strike and not even one a distracting problem in evidence, this Superb Gem Proof 1869 seated dollar would be a stand-out in any numismatic holding. The Proof 1869 Seated Dollar was struck to the extent of 600 specimens -0 a mintage figure similar to that of the other Proof With Motto from the 1860s. Although also popular with type collectors and investors, this issue enjoys its greatest demand from seated dollar date collectors who understand the rarity and conditionally challenging nature of the business strike 1869. Pop 1; None finer at NGC. Recently added to the Census. (PCGS # 7017) . Estimated Value $30,000 - 35,000. View details and enlarged photos Check results on similar lots	Realized $36,800