Goldberg Coins and Collectibles



Sale 48

Pre-Long Beach Coin Auction


$5 Capped Bust/Large Eagle
 
 
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Lot 1488
1893-O $5 Liberty. NGC graded MS-62. Untoned. A scarcer lower mintage date. Nice frosty surfaces on both sides. An affordable O-mint Liberty $5 gold. Pop 71; 12 finer (PCGS # 8385) .
Estimated Value $1,700 - 1,800.
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Lot 1489
1894 $5 Liberty. NGC graded MS-64. A very choice frosty mint specimen exhibiting delicate mint bloom colors. Pop 84; 11 finer with 10 in 65, 1 in 66 (PCGS # 8387) .
Estimated Value $1,100 - 1,200.
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Lot 1490
1894-S $5 Liberty. NGC graded MS-61. Satin surfaces that are almost frosted with pleasant, glowing golden color. 55,900 minted. Pop 12; 6 finer; 4 in 62; 1 in 63; 1 in 65. (PCGS # 8389) .
Estimated Value $1,800 - 1,900.
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Lot 1491
1899 $5 Liberty. MS-60. Frosty (PCGS # 8398) .
Estimated Value $220 - 230.
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$288
Lot 1492
1901 $5 Liberty. PCGS graded MS-63 PQ. Lovely rich golen-orange toning and a Premium Quality coin (PCGS # 8402) .
Estimated Value $950 - 1,000.
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Lot 1493
1903-S $5 Liberty. NGC graded MS-64. A well struck untoned coin. Intense but still satiny frost, the coin freshly original with vivid golden color through which all of the lovely radiance persists almost undiminished (PCGS # 8408) .
Estimated Value $1,000 - 1,050.
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$1,006
Lot 1494
1904 $5 Liberty. PCGS graded MS-63 PQ. Well struck, satiny with semi reflective surfaces that have a wonderful sparkle to them. Remarkably clean surfaces thus our Premium Quality designation for the grade (PCGS # 8409) .
Estimated Value $750 - 850.
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$805
Lot 1495
1904-S $5 Liberty. NGC graded AU-58. Only 97,000 coins struck. A lustrous coin which has normal light handling marks (PCGS # 8410) .
Estimated Value $300 - 325.
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Lot 1496
1906 $5 Liberty. PCGS graded MS-64. Very choice and frosty, lightly toned. On the high side of its grade class. Pop 165; 65 finer (PCGS # 8413) .
Estimated Value $1,200 - 1,300.
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Lot 1497
1906 $5 Liberty. PCGS graded MS-62. Rich golden toning atop frosty mint bloom (PCGS # 8413) .
Estimated Value $280 - 300.
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$311
Lot 1498
  A Trio of Half Eagles. All AU-53. Consists of: 1891, 1893, and 1894. Lot of 3 coins.
Estimated Value $600 - 625.
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$719
Lot 1499
1908 $5 Indian. PCGS graded MS-63. Well struck with rich golden toning on both sides. A beautifully lustrous example for the admirer of this Indian head design (PCGS # 8510) .
Estimated Value $1,900 - 2,000.
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Lot 1500
1908 $5 Indian. PCGS graded MS-63. Rich golden toning. Popular as the first year of issue of this interesting type with the "recessed relief" design (PCGS # 8510) .
Estimated Value $1,900 - 2,000.
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Lot 1501
1908-D $5 Indian. PCGS graded MS-64. Nice attractive golden toning. This piece displays attractive golden color over the "abrasion-lite" surfaces, only a few small contact marks seen barely noticable because of the warm golden glow. Pop 295; 9 finer in 65 (PCGS # 8511) .
Estimated Value $3,400 - 3,600.
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Lot 1502
1908-D $5 Indian. PCGS graded MS-63. Delicate golden-orange toning. Nice frosty luster shoots from this coin. First year of the Indian head design. In an old green label holder (PCGS # 8511) .
Estimated Value $1,500 - 1,600.
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Lot 1503
1909 $5 Indian. PCGS graded MS-64 PQ. A wonderful sharp strike with remarkably clean surfaces throughout that shimmer with golden sunset hues. In our opinion, a Premium Quality coin for the grade. Pop 321; 89 finer with 82 in 65, 7 in 66. (PCGS # 8513) .
Estimated Value $3,500 - 4,000.
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$3,335
Lot 1504
1909 $5 Indian. PCGS graded MS-63. Lovely natural golden toning with fresh mint luster; excellent for type set purposes (PCGS # 8513) .
Estimated Value $1,900 - 2,000.
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Lot 1505
1909-D $5 Indian. PCGS graded MS-64. Frosty and untoned. The full-on blast of golden frost is utterly pleasing on this Indian five. We could expand our description into a lengthy paragraph, but that more than covers the beautiful luster. It appears to us that all minute detail is fully evident on this bold 1909-D as well (PCGS # 8514) .
Estimated Value $3,400 - 3,600.
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Lot 1506
1909-D $5 Indian. PCGS graded MS-62 CAC Approved. Lovely golden toning. A well struck example featuring a sharp mintmark. This is the most affordable year in the series (PCGS # 8514) .
Estimated Value $800 - 850.
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Lot 1507
1909-D $5 Indian. MS-60. We note some light chatter marks on the reverse, none too serious, and the luster is frosty.
Estimated Value $325 - 350.
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Lot 1508
1912 $5 Indian. PCGS graded Proof 63. Well struck with teltale dark olive matte surfaces. We note a few tiny shiny spots and some faint hairlines on the reverse but all in all a choice, bold example of the rare Matte or Sandblast Proof of this year. Only 144 matte Proofs struck. Pop 1; 29 finer (PCGS # 8543) .

After criticism arose following release of the 1908 sandblast Proof gold pieces, the Mint altered its procedure. It dropped the sandblast style, and introduced a satin finish in 1909 and 1910. The satin surface (Charles E. Barber called it "bright") was produced by fresh dies used in the Mint's medal press. The surface is the result of buffing the hubs to remove cutting burs from the reducing lathe. The earlier (and later) sandblast pieces were made by taking a satin Proof coin and doing just that: lightly sandblasting it. The officials at the Philadelphia mint decided they could not make brilliant Proofs like those in the previous Liberty head series, and wanted something distinctive for collectors. The sandblast finish was last used in 1915 on America's Proof gold.
Estimated Value $8,500 - 9,500.
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$12,650
Lot 1509
1912 $5 Indian. PCGS graded MS-64. Delicately toned on both sides. The surfaces are bright with rolling in luster, what's more they show none of the muting often seen on some issues in the teens. A dampened impression is also often found from the weak rebound of the dies that made this year's coinage; however, rather than being halfhearted, this particular coin's design is boldly crisp (PCGS # 8523) .
Estimated Value $3,400 - 3,600.
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Lot 1510
1912 $5 Indian. PCGS graded MS-64. Warm golden-orange toning on both sides. The otherwise satiny golden luster deepens to heavy frostiness in a few areas such as around the stars, but retains an almost velvety texture on the facial conturs of the Indian. All this is perhaps par for the course given the choice grade, with an especially bold strike complementing the luster as well. Pop 399; 44 finer by a point (PCGS # 8523) .
Estimated Value $3,400 - 3,600.
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Lot 1511
1912-S $5 Indian. NGC graded AU-55. Lightly toned with much accompanying luster. Only 392,000 pieces minted (PCGS # 8524) .
Estimated Value $475 - 525.
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$368
Lot 1512
1913 $5 Indian. PCGS graded MS-63. Naturally toned on both sides. Both sides are remarkably lustrous with sleek golden hues, with a spray of mint frostiness on top of and throughout the devices and fields (PCGS # 8525) .
Estimated Value $2,000 - 2,100.
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Lot 1513
1915 $5 Indian. NGC graded MS-65. A beauty displaying a nice sharp strike with frosty mint luster. Delicately toned with hues of pale olive and golden-orange on both sides. Superb facial contours on the Indian, free of marks. This beauty is certainly among the finest, and there are none graded higher at NGC. Pop 37; none finer (PCGS # 8530) .
Estimated Value $16,000 - 18,000.
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$15,525
Lot 1514
1916-S $5 Indian. PCGS graded MS-64 PQ. A well struck and very choice example, intensely lustrous and untoned. A Premium Quality coin for the grade. Bela Lyon Pratt's Indian head design was launched in 1908. Not unexpectedly, the public was shocked (to put it mildly). Never before in American numismatics had a coin designer broken with tradition in such an overt way as did Pratt. For what Pratt did was to recess the design below the surface of the coin! Forget the fact that his half eagles and quarter eagles were far more aesthetically challenging than the long-running and tired-appearing Liberty heads they replaced. Unlike his predecessors, Pratt chose to honor a real American Indian for a change, not a made-up Greek goddess wearing an Indian headdress. And because of this, his design has endured because of its artistic merit (PCGS # 8532) .
Estimated Value $7,000 - 7,500.
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$7,475
Lot 1515
1916-S $5 Indian. PCGS graded MS-61. Well struck and lightly toned with muted luster confirming the grade (PCGS # 8532) .
Estimated Value $950 - 1,000.
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$1,150



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