Goldberg Coins and Collectibles

Sale 5

The Dr. Jon Kardatzke Coin Collection, Parts 2 and 3

Cents

Lot	Photo	Description	Realized
Lot 40		1793 Flowing Hair Cent. Chain reverse, "AMERICA" in legend. Sharpness of Fine-12 but porous so a net grade of Good 5. The surfaces have moderate small porosity with a few patches of deeper corrosion around the obverse periphery. Lightly struck and worn on the date, but all digits are still visible, and the outline of Liberty is clear. On the reverse the chain is sharp, and most of the lettering is readable by the unaided eye. Minor porosity throughout the reverse too, with a few deeper patches of corrosion. The coin is now dark brown to black in color. Always popular as the first issue from the Philadelphia Mint and still worthwhile despite its surface problems. View details	Realized $2,070
Lot 41		1795 Liberty Cap Cent. Lettered edge. EF-40. The surfaces are lightly porous and show faint areas of careful smoothing, the most obvious is located below Liberty's cap, and areas on her cap and above it. The reverse also has been worked on over the word STATES, and the planchet shows a number of minor cracks. Surfaces are slightly porous, and the coin has been carefully retoned to a medium-brown on the obverse, a bit mottled light to dark brown on the reverse. Well struck and scarce as a variety. View details	Realized $2,300
Lot 42		1796 Draped Bust Cent. Sharpness of EF-40 but porous so a net grade of Fine 15. The coin actually has very little wear, but the surfaces have minor roughness throughout. The obverse die was shattered, and many breaks are visible, as well as the sharp die cud over TY. On the reverse there is more porosity, and some raised corrosion patches. Identifiable by a pit at the top and between TE of UNITED. An impressive coin despite its minor problems. View details	Realized $1,495
Lot 43		1798 Draped Bust Cent. Style 2 hair. VF-25. Light reddish brown color in the fields, probably retoned long ago, but nice in every way. Full definition on Liberty's hair and without the usual problems attendant to early copper. Sharply impressed throughout, with the two light die cracks on the right obverse, and a faint crack from the fraction to the last A of AMERICA. View details	Realized $575
Lot 44		1798 Draped Bust Cent. Style 2 hair. VF-20. Nice surfaces save for faint marks on Liberty's face where the coin was slid on a rough surface. Toned over and now light brown. The reverse has some trivial spots. Common as a variety, but nice for a type collector. View details	Realized $748
Lot 45		1800 Draped Bust Cent. 80 over 79. Fine-15. Darkly toned on both sides, and there are contact marks located below Liberty's eye, behind her head and above the date. Average surfaces for the grade, the reverse has an old dig below OF. Scarce. View details	Realized $322
Lot 46		1802 Draped Bust Cent. VF-25 but with rough surfaces. Medium brown in color and well struck. Minor rim ticks on the obverse and reverse, otherwise the surfaces are pretty nice. There is a patch of porosity on the reverse, towards the left middle of the coin, with some corrosion. Tough to find nice. View details	Realized $299
Lot 47		1804 Draped Bust Cent. Sharpness of Very Fine, but repaired and burnished, net Fine 15. The surfaces are of a high grade, but the fields and devices have been tooled lightly, and then the entire coin was burnished. Retoned to a dark brown color and still worthwhile to a collector. Heavy rim breaks above RTY on the obverse and on the reverse above MERIC. One small rim tick over TE of UNITED. View details	Realized $1,898
Lot 48		1814 Classic Head Cent. Sharpness of EF-45 but porous. Almost black. Okay, most copper collectors detest this look, but there are other people with other tastes, and some may find this to be a nice compromise between reasonable price and sharp details. Some red verdigris has also decided to alight on the fields by the final stars. Bid what you feel it's worth. Ex. Superior Galleries 1/89:3113--Rare Coin Investments of St. Louis--David Liljestrand (Dave's Coin and Stamp Co.). View details	Realized $357
Lot 49		1817 Braided Hair Cent. 13 stars. NGC graded AU-55. Boldly struck, exceptionally smooth surfaces, beautiful dark-brown color. View details	Realized $219
Lot 50		1820 Braided Hair Cent. Large date. PCGS graded MS-63 BN. From the Randall hoard. View details	Realized $345
Lot 51		1821 Braided Hair Cent. AU-55 Brown. However, the surfaces have been lightly burnished and nicely retoned. Glossy brown in color and much better in appearance than one would expect. Fully struck on Liberty with all design elements sharp at the centers, but a few stars are weak at the centers. A coin to carefully inspect as this is really rare in high grades. View details	Realized $1,150
Lot 52		1824/2 Braided Hair Cent. Fine-12. Sharpness of Very Fine 30, but extensively corroded mostly on the obverse and reverse which exhibits some reddish oxidation over medium dark steel brown surfaces. View details	Realized $121
Lot 53		1839 Braided Hair Cent. Type of 1840. Newcomb-8. Rarity 1. VF-30. There is a small chip out of the planchet below star eight. Medium brown and without impairments except for a minor scratch in the lower right obverse field. View details	Realized $265
Lot 54		1843 Braided Hair Cent. Obverse of 1842, reverse of 1844. Newcomb-4. Rarity 1. VF-25. Darkish steel brown with faint hairline scratches on the face and neck which can easily be toned over. A popular type coin that has been lightly cleaned and carefully retoned. View details	Realized $121
Lot 55		Choice 1856 Flying Eagle Cent. PCGS graded MS-64. Here's an elegant looking specimen of this rarity, currently housed in a 1st Generation slab. It's been in an old collection for many years, and was certified at the owner's request when PCGS started in business. The strike is exceptionally bold, making the eagle stand out against the semi-reflective field. Some old carbon flecks don't take much away from its eye appeal, which is largely the result of bright luster slightly toned to golden brown. Not quite superb, but surely one of the finer examples of this great popular rarity to be found. A treasure. View details	Realized $17,250
Lot 56		1857 Flying Eagle Cent. MS-62. A little pin scratch on reverse removes this from the Gem category; it has super color, original surfaces, and a nice strike. View details	Realized $288
Lot 57		1858 Flying Eagle Cent. Large letters. MS-62. Normal surfaces and close to choice. View details	Realized $437
Lot 58		1858 Flying Eagle Cent. Small letters. PCGS graded MS-65. A touch of softness on the ribbon's bow, but otherwise this is a splendid and sharply struck copper-nickel Flyer. Wonderful surfaces and mint gleam! One of only 17 so graded with just 2 graded higher by PCGS. View details	Realized $3,105
Lot 59		1859, 1860, 1862 & 1863 Indian Head Cents. Very Fine to Extremely Fine. Lightly cleaned but showing lots of detail. Total of 4 coins. View details	Realized $196
Lot 60		1861 Indian Head Cent. AU-55. Some faint hairlines but still sharp and pleasing. View details	Realized $115
Lot 61		1862 Indian Head Cent. MS-64. Full mint luster on both sides, and still untoned. Free of the usual distracting tick marks, and lovely in every way. Struck from a crumbling obverse die, with lumps along the lower right rim where the extreme edge of the die has chipped away. Spot-free examples are always in high demand. View details	Realized $276
Lot 62		1863 Indian Head Cent. MS-63. A sparkling beauty with bright original color and semi-reflective fields. A curious "teardrop" die-flaw may be seen below the Indian's eye at the jawline. Fully struck. View details	Realized $575
Lot 63		1864 Indian Head Cent. Copper-nickel. MS-61. Delightful brown toning and worth a nice bid. View details	Realized $109
Lot 64		1864 Indian Head Cent. Bronze, no "L". NGC graded Proof 66 RB. A delightful little gem, among the better survivors from a mintage of only 150 struck. View details	Unsold
Lot 65		1864 Indian Head Cent. Bronze, no "L". MS-62 Brown. Glossy chocolate brown with a hint of mint red, sharp in all details, real purty! View details	Realized $92
Lot 66		1864 Indian Head Cent. Bronze, with "L". MS-62 Red & Brown. A little streaky and with a few marks, but still Choice with an orange-red reverse. View details	Realized $311
Lot 67		1865 Indian Head Cent. MS-63 Red & Brown. Brick-red color mixed with some brown toning, and quite nice! View details	Realized $127
Lot 68		1866 Indian Head Cent. AU-50. Smooth, slightly pebbly surfaces with the strike a bit weak at the top of obverse. Dark-chocolate with some hints of red. View details	Realized $132
Lot 69		1867 Indian Head Cent. MS-60 Red & Brown. Streaky, mostly brown obverse, while the back side is nearly full red. View details	Realized $190
Lot 70		1868 Indian Head Cent. EF-40. Porous but not at all bad looking. View details	Realized $63
Lot 71		1869/9 Indian Head Cent. VF-20. This curiosity used to be labeled 1869/8 but now it's arguable. This one is dark and grungy but has plenty of design detail. Some spots. View details	Realized $127
Lot 72		1869 Indian Head Cent. MS-60 but cleaned. Retoning to a reddish color. Sharp in strike. View details	Realized $276
Lot 73		1870 Indian Head Cent. Proof 65 Red & Brown. Golden red mostly, slightly streaky but very pleasing. One tiny carbon fleck atop the 4th tip in the headdress. Sparkling mirrors. A lovely example of this date and type. View details	Realized $1,208
Lot 74		1870 Indian Head Cent. Proof 64 Brown. A few ticks on the Indian's face. Slight streaky red still shows. Mostly a pleasing medium brown in color. View details	Realized $253
Lot 75		1870 Indian Head Cent. EF-40. Dark chocolate brown and truly yummy. View details	Realized $196
Lot 76		1871 Indian Head Cent. AU-55 Red & Brown. Speckly and mostly brick-red in color. View details	Realized $288
Lot 77		1872 Indian Head Cent. PCGS graded Proof 64 Brown. Rare in Proof, with a paltry 950 struck for collectors. This one survived in near gem condition, with deep hues of blue and red throughout over the mirror fields. Free of problem spots which often plague these. A scarce date for the numismatist. View details	Realized $403
Lot 78		1872 Indian Head Cent. EF-45. Streaky like fine mahogany, a bit soft in strike, but having plenty of charm. View details	Realized $242
Lot 79		1873 Indian Head Cent. Closed 3. PCGS graded Proof 64 Red. View details	Realized $805
Lot 80		1873 Indian Head Cent. Closed 3. AU-50. Cleaned to an unnatural reddish color. Also has some carbon spots. View details	Realized $98
Lot 81		1873 Indian Head Cent. Open 3. VF-30. Chocolate and a bit dark with some verdigris, but it still has plenty of appeal for the grade. View details	Realized $69
Lot 82		1874 Indian Head Cent. VF-20. Medium chocolate-brown color and real pleasing for the grade. View details	Realized $40
Lot 83		1875 Indian Head Cent. AU-55. Plenty of mint red, but a mark or two on the Indian's face and the front struck from a pebbly die. View details	Realized $127
Lot 84		1876 Indian Head Cent. VF-35. Some verdigris and marks, but nice dark brown color. View details	Realized $86
Lot 85		1877 Indian Head Cent. VF-35. A fair number of marks but the chocolate color is really a delight. View details	Realized $891
Lot 86		1878 Indian Head Cent. Proof 63 Red & Brown. Glittery reflectivity in the mirrors. No spots or trouble of any kind. The color is speckly and mostly red with some iridescent hues. Some collectors don't like this look; others thrive on it. We find it has great appeal. View details	Realized $334
Lot 87		1879 Indian Head Cent. MS-60 Red & Brown. Mostly brick red with some minor carbon spotting. View details	Realized $86
Lot 88		1880 Indian Head Cent. Proof 62 Red & Brown. A lovely reverse but the other side seems to have been lacquered. View details	Realized $115
Lot 89		1881 Indian Head Cent. MS-63 Brown. Actually the color is a tawny gold and the surfaces are immaculate, without marks. So check it out and bid accordingly. View details	Realized $75

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