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Lot 1801 |
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1853 Quarter Dollar Octagonal Liberty PCGS AU55. Rarity 5. PCGS graded AU-55. A light hairline scratch across the lower obverse. Old Green Holder. Pop 6; 34 finer (PCGS # 10370) .
Estimated Value $400 - 450.
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Lot 1802 |
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1853 Quarter Dollar Octagonal. Breen and Gillio-102 NGC MS63. Low Rarity 4. NGC graded MS-63. Mostly untoned and prooflike in the fields. Four evenly spaced stars flank the large Liberty head on this early piece. Pop 7; 6 finer, 4 in 64, 2 in 65.
Estimated Value $450 - 500.
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$345 |
Lot 1803 |
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1854 Quarter Dollar Octagonal. Breen and Gillio-104 PCGS MS62. Rarity 4. PCGS graded MS-62. Old Green Holder. Nicely toned with semi-reflective surfaces. Since these early Types were used in commerce, it is often difficult to find a choice, lustrous one like the present example. Pop 15; 29 finer (PCGS # 10373) .
Estimated Value $450 - 500.
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Lot 1804 |
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1854 Quarter Dollar Octagonal Liberty. Breen and Gillio-105. Rarity 3. PCGS graded MS-65 PQ. Prooflike surfaces provide a smart backdrop for the frosted relief on this Period One quarter dollar. Obverse has five 5-pointed stars; DOLLAR set too far to left, date numerals close on this variety. A beautiful Gem quality example. Pop 19; 5 finer in 66 (PCGS # 10374) .
Estimated Value $700 - 800.
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Lot 1805 |
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1854 Quarter Dollar Octagonal. Breen and Gillio-105. PCGS graded MS-62 Rarity 3. Old green holder. This is one of the Large Head pieces flanked by 5 stars, above, below, fore and aft. On the reverse, the date and denomination is set in a ring of dots, there is no fraction bar. Lustrous for the issue; natural hazy toning (PCGS # 10374) .
Estimated Value $175 - 200.
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Lot 1806 |
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1855/4 Quarter Dollar Octagonal Liberty. Breen and Gillio-106. Rarity 3. NGC graded MS-63. Semi-Prooflike and mostly untoned. This is one of the desirable overdated Frontier & Deviercy pieces with four 5-pointed stars. Lustrous and appealing, with some light hairlines in the field. Pop 5; 12 finer, 9 in 64, 3 in 65 .
Estimated Value $350 - 400.
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$345 |
Lot 1807 |
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1854 Quarter Dollar Octagonal Liberty. Breen and Gillio-108. Low Rarity 4. NGC graded MS-63. Light greenish gold hue with some faint hairlines in the field. First of the Antoine Nouizillet pieces, this has much better workmanship and isn't anywhere near as crude looking as the BG-101 to BG-107 group. Pop 6; 11 finer, 6 in 64, 5 in 65.
Estimated Value $450 - 500.
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$334 |
Lot 1808 |
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1856 Quarter Dollar Octagonal Liberty. Breen and Gillio-111. Rarity 3. PCGS graded MS-65. Lovely golden toning with semi-reflective surfaces. Outstanding Gem. There are 13 sharply defined beads along the upper edge of Liberty's coronet. Not often do these show this plainly. Another of the small Liberty head types by A. Nouizillet, 1853-56. Pop 8; 3 finer in 66 (PCGS # 10380) .
Estimated Value $700 - 800.
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Lot 1809 |
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1856 Quarter Dollar Octagonal Liberty. BG-111. Rarity 4. NGC graded AU-58. Lightly toned, somewhat crudely struck. Antoine Nouzillet Type from the First Period of issuance. Lustrous. Pop 2; 38 finer.
Estimated Value $350 - 400.
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$219 |
Lot 1810 |
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1853 Quarter Dollar Round Liberty. BG-218. Rarity 7. PCGS graded MS-62. Well struck, light pastel toning with hints of iridescence. On this rare variety the date is set far to the right with 8 below first L and space right; 3 below AR, berry close to upper serif of D, tail of R joins leaf, 10 berries left, 9 right. So rare, most California Fractional collectors haven't seen one. Housed in an Old Green Holder. Pop 5; none finer at PCGS (PCGS # 10403) .
Estimated Value $1,500 - 1,700.
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Lot 1811 |
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N/D (1852/4) Quarter Dollar Round Liberty. Breen and Gillio-221. Rarity 3. PCGS graded MS-64. Nice light golden toning with frosty luster throughout. A thin lint line in the field near the eye. Outstanding workmanship on the hair and coronet of this Type. Pop 39; 3 finer, 2 in 65, 1 in 66 (PCGS # 10406) .
Estimated Value $350 - 400.
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Lot 1812 |
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N/D (1852/4) Quarter Dollar Round. Breen and Gillio-222. Rarity 2. PCGS graded MS-64 PQ. Rich golden toning with semi-prooflike surfaces. A very extensive series, California Fractional Gold coins have been broken down into three general categories by numismatists on the basis of their assumed date of manufacture. The earliest pieces, such as this BG-222 specimen, known as Period One issues, are believed to have been struck 1852-56, both with and without dates. These issues conform closely to the federal coinage in relative weight and value, and many bear the same obverse bust of Liberty as seen on the United States gold dollars of 1849-54. Pop 102; 16 finer, 14 in 65, 2 in 66 (PCGS # 10407) .
Estimated Value $450 - 500.
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Lot 1813 |
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N/D (1852/4) Quarter Dollar Round. Breen and Gillio-222. Rarity 2. PCGS graded MS-64. Old Green Holder. Lightly toned with ample prooflike surface offsetting the frosted device. These small-head rounds by Nouizillet's firm continue the fine workmanship seen on the octagonal pieces. The mint struck round quarter dollars in 1852-56. BG-222 has 12 obverse stars, with one opposite the point of the bust. Pop 102; 16 finer, 14 in 65, 2 in 66 (PCGS # 10407) .
Estimated Value $400 - 450.
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Lot 1814 |
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N/D (1852/4) Quarter Dollar Round Liberty. Breen and Gillio-223. Low Rarity 4. PCGS graded MS-62. Untoned. Minor scuff line in the coronet. Bold strike on either side. Five pairs of berries on each branch. Pop 42; 53 finer (PCGS # 10408) .
Estimated Value $250 - 300.
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Lot 1815 |
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N/D (1852/4) Quarter Dollar Round Liberty. Breen and Gillio-223. Low Rarity 4. Sharpness of MS-63. Bent.
Estimated Value $100 - 125.
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$184 |
Lot 1816 |
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N/D (1852/4) Quarter Dollar Round Liberty. Breen and Gillio-224. Rarity 3. NGC graded MS-64. Lustrous and carefully preserved. Another handsome Period One example. The only fractional gold pieces for which evidence exists of actual contemporary use are those of Period One, and these issues are the ones most highly sought by collectors of pioneer gold coins. Pop 5; none finer at NGC .
Estimated Value $500 - 550.
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Lot 1817 |
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1855 Quarter Dollar Round Liberty. Breen and Gillio-226. Rarity 5. PCGS graded MS-63. Untoned. Ten obverse stars. In the date, the last 5 is high; 9 berries in wreath. Private banking and assaying firms stepped in to supply coins from 1849 to 1851 during the early years of the California gold rush; however, their lowest issues were valued at five dollars, and the demand for small coins intensified as business boomed. Therefore, in 1852, this need was met by a handful of jewelers in San Francisco, who began striking small gold pieces valued at one dollar, one half dollar and one quarter dollar. Though the intrinsic values of these coins fluctuated somewhat, they were usually close enough that the inflated boom economy of California neutralized whatever slight loss may have been suffered by those accepting them in trade. Their advantages simply outweighed their disadvantages, and the coins appear to have gained acceptance, as quite a number survive in worn condition. Pop 10; 4 finer in 64. Die State II (PCGS # 10411) .
Estimated Value $500 - 550.
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Lot 1818 |
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1855 Quarter Dollar Round Liberty. Breen and Gillio-227. Rarity 6. PCGS graded MS-63. Mostly untoned. Of lustrous appearance and choice quality that collectors have come to expect. Furthermore, this is one of the rarer round Liberty heads as indicated by the R-6 rating. On the reverse, "55" is set low, and there are four pairs of berries on each branch. Pop 19; 5 finer, 4 in 64, 1 in 65 (PCGS # 10412) .
Estimated Value $600 - 650.
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Lot 1819 |
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1856 Quarter Dollar Round Liberty. Breen and Gillio-229. Rarity 4. PCGS graded MS-64. Light golden toning with semi-prooflike surfaces. Pop 8; 1 finer in 65 (PCGS # 10414) .
Estimated Value $500 - 550.
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Lot 1820 |
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1853 Half Dollar Octagonal Liberty. Breen and Gillio-302. Low Rarity 4. PCGS graded AU-58. Peacock reverse. Very popular type with lovely modeling of the Liberty head. Double-edge on the coronet. FD behind head for the makers, Frontier & Deviercy who were in business from 1852-56. Lightly toned. Pop 23; 67 finer (PCGS # 10422) .
Estimated Value $1,800 - 2,200.
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$1,840 |
Lot 1821 |
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1854 Half Dollar Octagonal Liberty. Breen and Gillio-305. Low Rarity 4. PCGS graded MS-63. Mostly untoned with semi-reflective surfaces. Nine stars around head; two stars below circle on reverse. Pop 35; 8 finer, 7 in 64, 1 in 66 (PCGS # 10425) .
Estimated Value $500 - 550.
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Lot 1822 |
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1854 Half Dollar Octagonal Liberty. Breen and Gillio-306. Rarity 4. PCGS graded MS-61. Lightly toned on this unusual piece, the date is set at a sharp angle parallel to the neck truncation instead of following the perimeter of the beading. Pop 7; 66 finer (PCGS # 10426) .
Estimated Value $400 - 450.
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Lot 1823 |
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1854 Half Dollar Octagonal Liberty. Breen and Gillio-308. Rarity 4. NGC graded MS-62. Lightly toned. With BG-308, we return to Antoine Nouizillet and his octagonal halves, with this being an especially attractive, affordable example of the Type. Pop 6; 2 finer, 1 in 63, 1 in 65.
Estimated Value $300 - 350.
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$334 |
Lot 1824 |
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1856 Half Dollar Octagonal Liberty. Breen and Gillio-311. Low Rarity 4. PCGS graded MS-63. Light gold toning with sharp hair definition. Date is set in the center of the wreath with four pairs of berries on each branch. Denomination HALF DOL. at left border. Pop 22; 2 finer in 64 (PCGS # 10436) .
Estimated Value $600 - 650.
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Lot 1825 |
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1852 Half Dollar Round Liberty. Breen and Gillio-401. Rarity 3. PCGS graded MS-64. An especially frosty and lustrous untoned example. Frontier & Deviercy are the makers, and this is one of their most attractive Liberty heads. Partnerships which produced fractional gold coins include those of Deriberpe and Nouizillet (marked D.N.), Pierre Frontier and Eugene Deviercy (F.D.) and Nouizillet and F. Routhier (N.R.). The manufacture of gold dollars, halves and quarters ceased in 1856, probably as federal silver coins from the new San Francisco Mint took their place. Pop 9; 3 finer in 65 (PCGS # 10437) .
Estimated Value $450 - 500.
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Lot 1826 |
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1852 Half Dollar Round Liberty. Breen and Gillio-401. Rarity 3. PCGS graded MS-62. Lustrous. Old Green Holder. Untoned. Pop 29; 37 finer (PCGS # 10437) .
Estimated Value $350 - 400.
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Lot 1827 |
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1853 Half Dollar Round Liberty. Breen and Gillio-408. Rarity 6. PCGS graded AU-58. Warm golden toning. Type with D.N. below bust (Deriberpe and Nouizillet). Much scarcer variety. Pop 4; 10 finer (PCGS # 10444) .
Estimated Value $500 - 550.
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Lot 1828 |
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1853/2 Half Dollar Round Liberty. Breen and Gillio-409. Rarity 3. NGC graded MS-63. Lovely golden toning with magenta hues. Semi-prooflike surfaces and sharply impacted by the dies, producing, in addition to fine hair detail, sharp complete stars. Pop 4; 1 finer in 64.
Estimated Value $300 - 350.
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Lot 1829 |
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1853 Half Dollar Round Liberty. Breen and Gillio-417. Rarity 5. PCGS graded MS-62. Nicely toned. Period One pieces like this large head BG-417 were made of refined gold. Period Two coins on the other hand were often debased, and some were merely gold-plated over silver. Pop 7; 5 finer, 3 in 63, 1 in 64, 1 in 65 (PCGS # 10453) .
Estimated Value $500 - 550.
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Lot 1830 |
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1853 Half Dollar Round Liberty. Breen and Gillio-421. Rarity 4. PCGS graded MS-64. Nice golden toning with semi-prooflike surfaces. Large D below bust for Deviercy, the minter. Some but not all California fractional pieces bear the initials or abbreviated names of their manufacturers, most of whom were Frenchmen. Known makers of these pieces include M. Deriberpe and Antoine Louis Nouizillet, both San Francisco jewelers. Pop 13; 5 finer in 65 (PCGS # 10457) .
Estimated Value $450 - 500.
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Lot 1831 |
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1853 Half Dollar Round Liberty. Breen and Gillio-428. Rarity 3. PCGS graded AU-58. Old Green Holder. Light golden toning with lustrous semi-prooflike surfaces (PCGS # 10464) .
Estimated Value $100 - 125.
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Lot 1832 |
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1853 Half Dollar Round Liberty Breen and Gillio-430. Rarity 3. PCGS graded MS-63. Untoned golden satiny surfaces. Pop 40; 23 finer (PCGS # 10466) .
Estimated Value $350 - 400.
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Lot 1833 |
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1853 Half Dollar Round. Breen and Gillio-430. PCGS graded MS-61 Rarity 3. Old green holder. This is one of the more carefully crafted early Period One issues, a bright, gleaming specimen with only a few light marks and hairlines in the surface (none on the portrait, fortunately). Pop 3. (PCGS # 10466) .
Estimated Value $150 - 175.
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$276 |
Lot 1834 |
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1853 Half Dollar Round Liberty. Breen and Gillio-430. Rarity 3. Sharpness of MS-60. Cleaned.
Estimated Value $75 - 100.
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$109 |
Lot 1835 |
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1856 Half Dollar Round Liberty. Breen and Gillio-434. Low Rarity 4. PCGS graded MS-62. Light golden toning. Semi-prooflike surfaces and very sharp details in the hair and wreath. The dies show detailed care in their manufacture, unlike some Period One issues that are rather more crudely made. Large N below wreath bow. Pop 36; 21 finer (PCGS # 10470) .
Estimated Value $350 - 400.
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Lot 1836 |
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1853 Half Dollar Round Arms of California. BG-435. Low Rarity 5. PCGS graded MS-63. Well struck and semi-prooflike. Lightly toned. The only "Arms of California" reverse type. This is the famous Arms of California type: helmeted female, draped and cloaked, holding a spear and shield; bear at her feet (concealing part of a shield); mountains behind, all within a plain circle. Around, 13 minute elongated stars, with date below. The reverse eagle has a scroll in its beak, shield in one talon, and a huge branch in the other, attempting either to alight on or rise from a mountaintop, all within a plain circle. CALIFORNIA GOLD HALF DOLLAR around.
For type collectors, the Arms of California issue is the key to the entire series since neither the arms nor this eagle occur on any other die. The lettering, numerals, and stars resemble no other variety in the series. Housed in an Old Green Holder. Pop 18; 11 finer, 7 in 64, 3 in 65, 1 in 66 (PCGS # 10471) .
Estimated Value $13,000 - 14,000.
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Lot 1837 |
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n.d. (1853) Dollar Octagonal Liberty. BG-501. Low Rarity 5. PCGS graded AU-58 PQ. Popular Eagle with scroll reverse. Well struck and prooflike with lovely golden sunset toning.
Issued by the firm Frontier & Deviercy, the obverse displays a large Liberty head with 13 stars around. On the reverse, a large eagle in the fashion of the U.S. Assay Office territorials, with the eagle holding a branch, shield, arrows, and scroll. CALIFORNIA GOLD. above, ONE.DOL. below. On all of these large eagle types the edge reeding is crude and irregular, probably made by hand to keep the weight down to Frontier's standard, according to Breen-Gillio Pop 16; 13 finer, 2 in 60, 2 in 61, 4 in 62, 5 in 63 (PCGS # 10478) .
Estimated Value $3,000 - 3,300.
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Lot 1838 |
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1854 Dollar Octagonal Liberty. Breen and Gillio-508. High Rarity 4. PCGS graded MS-62. Evenly toned. Popular Frontier & Deviercy issue and one of the more affordable octagonal dollars in this series that also includes some major rarities. Pop 17; 11 finer (PCGS # 10485) .
Estimated Value $800 - 900.
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$949 |
Lot 1839 |
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1855/4 Dollar Octagonal Liberty Breen and Gillio-511. High Rarity 4. PCGS graded MS-62. Light golden toning. Semi-reflective surfaces with a few light marks in the fields. This die is similar to BG-510 but the ten 5-pointed stars are larger. Pop 18; 11 finer, 9 in 63, 2 in 64 (PCGS # 10488) .
Estimated Value $1,000 - 1,200.
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$1,150 |
Lot 1840 |
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1853 Dollar Octagonal Liberty. BG-525. High Rarity 6. PCGS graded AU-53. Golden-orange toning. On this elusive type, stars flank DERIB on the reverse. The Base of the B is open, a circumstance accounting for some mistakenly calling this variety "DERIR." Notice in the photographs that the Ls in DOLLAR are made from 1s, only that in GOLD with a dot to make the toe. Pop 1; 8 finer, 1 in 55, 3 in 58, 1 in 61, 2 in 62, 1 in 63 (PCGS # 10502) .
Estimated Value $2,000 - 2,200.
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Lot 1841 |
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1853 Dollar Octagonal Liberty. Breen and Gillio-530. Rarity 2. PCGS graded MS-62. Light golden toning. Smooth, level fields surround the well-composed Liberty head of this choice example. Pop 37; 14 finer, 13 in 63; 1 in 64 (PCGS # 10507) .
Estimated Value $800 - 900.
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Lot 1842 |
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1853 Dollar Octagonal Liberty. BG-530. Rarity 2. PCGS graded AU-53. Housed in an Old Green Holder. Untoned. A few small marks in the surface and one by the eye. Lustrous and well made for this early Period One Type. The $1 denomination is the most difficult to find in the California Fractional series. Pop 24 (PCGS # 10507) .
Estimated Value $800 - 850.
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Lot 1843 |
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1866 Quarter Dollar Octagonal Liberty. BG-708. High Rarity 4. NGC graded MS-65. Nicely toned atop frosty mint luster, this being one of the Period Two strikes with a large Liberty head encircled by 9 stars. No fraction bar on reverse. LAR is crude (overpunched?) and crowded together against the wreath. Pop 2; 2 finer, 1 in 66, 1 in 67.
Estimated Value $400 - 450.
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$575 |
Lot 1844 |
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1867 Quarter Dollar Octagonal. Breen and Gillio-709. PCGS graded MS-66. Light even toning with semi-prooflike surfaces. A lovely blazing Gem. No berries in wreath; date low. A large-head Frontier & Co. issue. For reasons now uncertain, after a two-year lapse, California fractional coin production resumed in 1859, these marking the first of the Period Two (1859-82) coins. It's believed that such later issues were produced mostly for sale as charms and souvenirs of the Gold Rush and of San Francisco.Pop 11; None finer at PCGS (PCGS # 10536) .
Estimated Value $700 - 750.
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Lot 1845 |
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1868 Quarter Dollar Octagonal Liberty. Breen and Gillio-711. Rarity 4. PCGS graded MS-65. Light even toning. Another Gem quality example featuring a large head of Liberty surrounded by nine 5-pointed stars. The wreath below the date has a double bow. Pop 21; 4 finer in 66 (PCGS # 10538) .
Estimated Value $600 - 650.
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Lot 1846 |
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1871 Quarter Dollar Octagonal. Breen and Gillio-714. Rarity 3. PCGS graded MS-65. Old green holder. Light even golden toning accompanied by Gem quality surfaces on both sides. The stars are rather crudely formed. Cruder in their engraving and manufacture, and far more exotic in their designs, Period Two gold pieces were collectable from their inception according to historians of this series. Pop 38; 24 finer, 23 in 66, 1 in 67 (PCGS # 10541) .
Estimated Value $500 - 550.
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Lot 1847 |
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1872 Quarter Dollar Octagonal Washington Head. BG-722. Low Rarity 4. PCGS graded MS-65. Delicately toned. A gem example of the popular Washington type, these have become beloved keepsakes in the field of Territorial and California Fractional Gold collecting. It is not often one sees a flashy sparkling gem BU like this. Pop 26; 31 finer, 29 in 66, 2 in 67 (PCGS # 10549) .
Estimated Value $4,500 - 5,000.
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Lot 1848 |
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1872 Quarter Dollar Octagonal Washington Head. BG-723. Low Rarity 6. PCGS graded AU-58. Softly toned. Very rare. Another exciting example of the Washington motif. Pop 9; 18 finer, 6 in 61, 5 in 62, 5 in 63, 2 in 64 (PCGS # 10550) .
Estimated Value $2,500 - 2,800.
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Lot 1849 |
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1860 Quarter Dollar Octagonal. Breen and Gillio-730. Rarity 6. PCGS graded MS-62. A hint of light golden toning with semi-prooflike surfaces. One of the scarcer Robert B. Gray varieties, this 1860-dated piece has a small Liberty head without beads along the coronet and round (instead of toothed) border beads. Unusual. Only a small number of Mint States reported by the grading service: Pop 4; 5 finer, 3 in 63, 2 in 64 (PCGS # 10557) .
Estimated Value $1,000 - 1,100.
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Lot 1850 |
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1869 Quarter Dollar Octagonal. High Rarity 4. Sharpness of AU-55. Cleaned. The reverse is porous.
Estimated Value $100 - 125.
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