Goldberg Coins and Collectibles

Sale 5

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

Commemorative Gold

Lot	Photo	Description	Realized
Lot 2008		1903 Louisiana Purchase-McKinley Gold Dollar. MS-61. Light swirling hairlines but still a nice appearance. No abrasions at all, and good color. View details	Realized $207
Lot 2009		1903 Louisiana Purchase-McKinley Gold Dollar. AU-50 Semi-Prooflike. Despite the wear (was it a pocket piece?), this one has almost no marks, just little hairlines on the still somewhat glittery surfaces. View details	Realized $207
Lot 2010		1922 Grant Gold Dollar, with star. Sharpness of VF-20 but repaired. This one may have been a jewelry piece as the surfaces have the pebbly look usually seen on such coins, but the edge does not have bezel marks. A filler to be inspected by potential bidders of this scarce coin. View details	Realized $207
Lot 2011		1922 Grant Gold Dollar, no star. MS-64. A near gem that boasts full frosty luster and splendid eye appeal. The devices are well struck and the surfaces very well preserved. One for a collector to love. View details	Realized $1,783
Lot 2012		1904 Lewis and Clark Gold Dollar. Sharpness of VF-20 but cleaned and repaired. The obverse was buffed down to remove something at the center, both sides are hairlined. A filler. View details	Unsold
Lot 2013		1905 Lewis and Clark Gold Dollar. MS-60. A visually appealing coin, with semi-prooflike surfaces and lovely golden toning, but some faint hairlines keep it out of the Gem class. Despite the mintage, this is scarcer than the 1904 of the same design. View details	Realized $1,610
Lot 2014		1905 Lewis and Clark Gold Dollar. AU-55. Slightly mishandled, but still nearly mint state. View details	Realized $633
Lot 2015		1903 Louisiana Purchase-Jefferson Gold Dollar. MS-60. A perfect mate to the McKinley Dollar. Same wonderful mint bloom and bold strike, same satiny luster, same lack of marks of any kind. What probably happened, somebody bought these two at the Fair and wiped them ages ago. Hairlines or not, these are little jewels. View details	Realized $276
Lot 2016		1903 Louisiana Purchase-Jefferson Gold Dollar. EF-45. Lightly circulated, and there are some minor pin scratches on the reverse at the top. View details	Realized $207
Lot 2017		1903 Louisiana Purchase-McKinley Gold Dollar. NGC graded MS-64. A glass notes some minor scrapes and ticks that break the original luster. Nearly a gem and well struck on McKinley and with the usual die wear over EXPOSITION. View details	Unsold
Lot 2018		1903 Louisiana Purchase-McKinley Gold Dollar. MS-60. A wonderful looking coin with booming luster, until you notice all the faint hairlines. Nary a mark of any size, however, and boldly struck. Check out the Jefferson Head for the mate to this (both came to us from the same owner). Somebody gonna like this one! View details	Realized $242
Lot 2019		1903 Louisiana Purchase-McKinley Gold Dollar. Sharpness of EF-40 but cleaned. The fields may have been lightly polished. View details	Realized $121
Lot 2020		1916 McKinley Gold Dollar. PCGS graded MS-64. Satiny luster throughout and with exceptional mint color. A glass will be needed to see any signs of contact on the surfaces. View details	Realized $604
Lot 2021		1916 McKinley Gold Dollar. MS-64. A little jewel with wonderful satiny gold surfaces and a strike so bold that the rims seem dished. View details	Realized $604
Lot 2022		1916 McKinley Gold Dollar. PCI graded MS-60 Prooflike. The obverse fields are a bit prooflike, as sometimes seen on this issue. Minor hairlines from a higher grade, and still untoned. View details	Realized $311
Lot 2023		1917 McKinley Gold Dollar. MS-60. Nice and original. View details	Realized $368
Lot 2024		1915-S Panama-Pacific Gold Set including the box of issue. A complete five piece set of these famous commemorative coins including the original box of issue. Extremely Fine to Uncirculated. The half dollar has been lightly cleaned, with resulting hairlines in the fields but has retoned to a lovely tawny gold color. The one dollar gold coin has nice surfaces, but a touch of weakness in the strike on the letters TED of UNITED, the quarter eagle has some minor pin scratches on obverse. The $50 round has been lightly tooled on the edge, perhaps to remove some minor marks, and then the surfaces were cleaned. The design elements are quite strong, and this coin has probably just been mishandled, or was briefly used as a pocket piece. Finally, the $50 octagonal has also been cleaned, with moderate hairlines visible on the surfaces. All are well struck, and make a nice matched set that can be handled with less care than a gem mint state set. These were struck to commemorate the Panama Pacific Exposition in San Francisco in 1915. Only 483 of $50 rounds were struck, and 645 of the $50 octagonals. As many went to non collectors, these coins were often mishandled, as seen here, at some time in the past. Popular because this is the only $50 commemorative issued of the period, and with lovely allegorical designs of Minerva and the owl on the large pieces, and splendid designs on the small gold coins and the half dollar as well. The box of issue shows some wear, with the lid slightly bent and the clasp no longer working. No doubt it has been opened and closed many times over the last 85 years to show the sparkling large gold coins inside. The purple velvet insert remains fresh, and the lid is boldly printed identifying the coins. Lot of 5 coins and the box of issue. View details	Unsold
Lot 2025		1915-S Panama-Pacific Gold Dollar. PCGS graded MS-64. Nearly a gem that quite frankly could easily be graded so as there are virtually no handling marks, and the color ranges from coppery-gold to bright yellow. Another fresh commemorative that will always be treasured for the superb design and rarity in high grade. View details	Realized $1,265
Lot 2026		1915-S Panama-Pacific Gold Dollar. Sharpness of MS-60 but repaired. Solder on the edge and reverse rim. Struck on a cracked planchet. View details	Realized $109
Lot 2027		1915-S Panama-Pacific Gold $2.50. PCGS graded MS-65. A splendid gem in every way, surfaces, luster and strike. Gentle swirl lines are visible from when the original dies were prepared and polished, as seen on all specimens. The obverse is designed by Charles E. Barber and depicts Columbia riding sidesaddle on a hippocampus, she holds a caduceus, possibly alluding to Col. Gorgas's medical triumph over malaria and yellow fever epidemics (which had previously halted earlier attempts at completing the Panama Canal). On the reverse, the design is by George T. Morgan, which depicts a Roman style military standard and an eagle. Always popular with collectors, and seldom found in full gem condition. View details	Realized $4,140
Lot 2028		1915-S Panama-Pacific Gold $2.50. PCGS graded MS-64. Frosty luster and untoned. One of the more lovely designs used on a commemorative coin, and always popular with collectors. We note a breath of weakness on the eagle's feathers on the reverse. View details	Realized $3,450
Lot 2029		1915-S Panama-Pacific Gold $2.50. AU-50. We've net-graded an almost Uncirculated coin because of some fine scratches and minting flaws. But it's far from ugly. View details	Realized $1,150
Lot 2030		1926 Sesquicentennial Gold $2.50. PCGS graded MS-64. Well struck by the dies and aged by choice coppery toning on both sides. One tick mark on Liberty, and another on the building from full gem. Far better than usually encountered, even in this high grade. View details	Realized $776
Lot 2031		1926 Sesquicentennial Gold $2.50. MS-64. Choice and original, with average luster overlaid by a delicate sunset hue of toning. Clean on Liberty, with few signs of handling. Nearly a gem and very tough to find this nice. View details	Realized $483
Lot 2032		1926 Sesquicentennial Gold $2.50. MS-63. A few handling marks scattered on both sides, but still very choice. View details	Unsold
Lot 2033		1926 Sesquicentennial Gold $2.50. PCGS graded AU-58 Very PQ. Full frosty luster and well struck and preserved. This one must have gone through PCGS on a bad day, as we think it could easily have graded mint state. You decide what its worth, and if its worth submitting again. View details	Realized $253