Goldberg Coins and Collectibles

Sale 57

Pre-Long Beach Coin and Currency Auction

$20 Gold Liberty

Lot	Photo	Description	Realized
Lot 2343		1857-S SS Central America $20. PCGS graded AU-58. A nice frosty coin. 20H Bold, Low S. SSCA #2699. Housed in the original box of issue. A frosty with with energetic luster well in evidence and attractive original surfaces that seem to want to motivate bidders to increase their bids a notch to guarantee a better shot at acquiring the coin. Estimated Value $3,500 - 3,600. View details and enlarged photos	Realized $4,140
Lot 2344		1860 $20 Liberty. NGC graded EF-45. Delicately toned, this is an early pre-Civil War Type 1 issue. Much scarcer than the high-mintage 1861-P (PCGS # 8929) . Estimated Value $1,200 - 1,250. View details and enlarged photos Check results on similar lots	Realized $1,783
Lot 2345		1861 $20 Liberty. NGC graded VF-35. Lightly toned. Inexpensive Type 1 year (PCGS # 8932) . Estimated Value $1,200 - 1,250. View details and enlarged photos Check results on similar lots	Realized $1,351
Lot 2346		1862-S $20 Liberty. Improperly cleaned (PCGS # 8938) . Estimated Value $1,200 - 1,250. View details and enlarged photos Check results on similar lots	Realized $1,121
Lot 2347		1864 $20 Liberty. NGC graded AU-50. Untoned. Light marks on both sides, although much luster still resides within the devices. A scarcer P-mint issue of the Type 1 design (replaced by a new Type in 1866) (PCGS # 8941) . Estimated Value $1,700 - 1,800. View details and enlarged photos Check results on similar lots	Realized $2,990
Lot 2348		1864-S $20. Sharpness of VF scratched and cleaned. Estimated Value $1,000 - 1,050. View details	Realized $1,150
Lot 2349		1865-S $20 Liberty. PCGS graded EF-40. 3,662 examples are estimated to have survived (PCGS # 8944) . Estimated Value $1,200 - 1,250. View details and enlarged photos Check results on similar lots	Realized $1,466
Lot 2350		1874-S and 1875-S $20. Both coins have light to moderate marks. VF20. 2 piece lot. Estimated Value $2,000 - 2,100. View details	Realized $2,300
Lot 2351		1877-S and 1878-S $20. Moderate hairlines. VF20. Lot of 2 coins. Estimated Value $2,000 - 2,100. View details	Realized $2,271
Lot 2352		1880-S, 1884-S, and 1885-S $20. Light to moderate marks. VF20. 3 piece lot. Estimated Value $3,000 - 3,200. View details	Realized $3,450
Lot 2353		1898-S $20 Liberty. PCGS graded AU-55. Golden shades are displayed on both sides (PCGS # 9034) . Estimated Value $1,200 - 1,250. View details and enlarged photos Check results on similar lots	Realized $1,323
Lot 2354		1866 $20 With Motto. AU-50. Light hairlines. Sharply defined stars and hair curls. Estimated Value $1,250 - 1,300. View details and enlarged photos	Realized $1,236
Lot 2355		1866-S. With motto NGC graded Unc Details. Altered Surfaces. A slight touch of golden color. Judged from an aesthetic standpoint, the coin is possessed of a much finer strike than is typically found for an early Type 2 With Motto date (PCGS # 8950) . Estimated Value $1,500 - 1,600. View details and enlarged photos Check results on similar lots	Realized $1,438
Lot 2356		1866-S $20 Liberty. With motto. PCGS graded VF-35. Toned. Some obverse scratches from its years as a circulating medium. Double eagles were struck every year from 1850 to 1907 with no lapses, even when, as in 1861-1879, the country had partly abandoned a gold standard due to problems with the greenback Legal Tender notes which traded at a discount to gold (PCGS # 8950) . Estimated Value $1,300 - 1,350. View details and enlarged photos Check results on similar lots	Realized $1,438
Lot 2357		1870-S $20. NGC graded AU-50. Dazzling semireflective luster is noticeable in the protected areas. Estimated Value $1,200 - 1,250. View details and enlarged photos	Realized $1,409
Lot 2358		1872-CC $20 Liberty. PCGS graded EF-40. Only 26,900 minted of which merely 402 pieces are estimated to have survived. Medium and somewhat subdued traces of luster with fewer than the usual contact marks for the grade, over yellow gold surfaces. Above average strike. A classic-looking specimen. Only a handful of equivalent examples exist anywhere, and within the parameters of PCGS grading. Only two or three have any claim to the lower ranges of Mint State. On this year's coinage, the date logotype is deeply punched into the die and is ever so slightly closer to the dentil than to the neck truncation. On the reverse the CC mint letters are above the right upright of N (TWENTY) as illustrated (PCGS # 8964) . Estimated Value $3,600 - 3,800. View details and enlarged photos Check results on similar lots	Realized $5,750
Lot 2359		1873-CC $20. NGC graded AU-55. Only 22,410 pieces struck. A predominantly untoned example. There is some minor surface roughness around Liberty's ear plus the usual, though modest, amounts of circulation marks. The luster almost fills the fields and extends well across the main devices. It occupies the deepest (protected) recesses of Liberty's coronet and hair, for instances, and throughout the central part of the reverse where the complicated raised devices afford ample shielding to the underlying flat surface. Carson City Mint had entered its fourth year of operation when it struck this 1873-CC double eagle. Production had been miserably low (1870) to relatively low (1873) before rising in dramatic fashion in 1874-76, the three peak years of Carson's first decade. 1873-CC has long been seen as both a rarity and a condition rarity. Only a few hundred are known, certified and uncertified, in the various stages of About Uncirculated condition. If you are a wealthier individual who has found his niche in collecting U.S. $20 gold pieces, this 1873-CC AU55 should be first on your list. Carson City Mint twenties are very popular with a certain sophisticated section of the numismatic community!Pop 72; 110 Finer, 92 in 58, 12 in 60, 5 in 61, 1 in 62. Estimated Value $10,000 - 12,000. View details and enlarged photos	Realized $10,465
Lot 2360		1873. Open 3 PCGS graded Genuine. Our grade is sharpness of XF45 Cleaned (PCGS # 8967) . Estimated Value $1,100 - 1,150. View details and enlarged photos Check results on similar lots	Realized $1,208
Lot 2361		1873-CC $20 Liberty. NGC graded AU-53. Well struck and toned. Only 22,410 pieces struck and a prize in lovely About Uncirculated condition as offered in this Lot. To put it mildly, this is a nicely struck example of the rare Carson City Mint $20 of this year, a specimen that exhibits lovely untouched patina and has evidence of luster within, on top of, and around the major devices. In days gone by, $20 gold pieces weren't collected as numismatic items but they were used as bullion for payment of goods and services rendered or due, and were a major export item in payment for goods purchased across the ocean. Some strange happenstance allowed this attractive coin to remain with collectors, rather than being consigned to the melting pots as was the fate of many gold coins that became worn in use. Recall that gold coins were not collected by mintmark until the 20th century; the few numismatists who could afford them chose to buy Proof strikes from the Mint each year instead. Pop 64 (PCGS # 8968) . Estimated Value $9,000 - 10,000. View details and enlarged photos Check results on similar lots	Realized $10,350
Lot 2362		1873-CC $20 Liberty. Harshly cleaned. Only 22,410 pieces minted. It seems our consignors favored the scarce 1873-CC twenties, since we offer several medium to moderately priced examples in the sale (PCGS # 8968) . Estimated Value $2,500 - 2,600. View details and enlarged photos Check results on similar lots	Realized $2,990
Lot 2363		1873-CC $20 Liberty PCGS graded Genuine. PCGS Genuine, Our grade is sharpness of VF Cleaned. 22,410 minted. Another, more affordable example of this elusive CC-mint rarity (PCGS # 8968) . Estimated Value $2,000 - 2,200. View details and enlarged photos Check results on similar lots	Realized $2,070
Lot 2364		1873-S $20 Liberty. Closed 3. PCGS graded AU-53. The reverse displays an impressive amount of luster for the grade. Has the normal contingent of light abrasions in the fields. The closed 3 variety is scarcer than the open 3 (PCGS # 8969) . Estimated Value $1,250 - 1,300. View details and enlarged photos Check results on similar lots	Realized $1,380
Lot 2365		1874-CC $20 Liberty. Improperly cleaned. Still a nice looking coin (PCGS # 8971) . Estimated Value $1,400 - 1,500. View details and enlarged photos Check results on similar lots	Realized $1,783
Lot 2366		1874-S $20 Liberty. PCGS graded AU-58. Lightly toned and frosty, there resides close to 90% mint frost in the fields and devices (PCGS # 8972) . Estimated Value $1,200 - 1,250. View details and enlarged photos Check results on similar lots	Realized $1,351
Lot 2367		1875-CC $20 Liberty. NGC graded VF-35. A hint of light golden toning (PCGS # 8974) . Estimated Value $1,400 - 1,500. View details and enlarged photos Check results on similar lots	Realized $1,668
Lot 2368		1875-S $20 Liberty. PCGS graded MS-62. CAC Approved. Well struck with remarkably clean surfaces for this numerical grade, thus a Premium Quality coin in addition to the CAC green label. Lovely golden toning adds to its appeal. To say this is an exciting example of this issue with highly lustrous and frosty yellow gold surfaces would be stating the obvious. For it has exceptional aesthetic appeal. Sharply struck with strong obverse and reverse design features. Close examination will reveal almost no abrasions. We note a single light mark below Liberty's eye and another by the first T in TWENTY on the reverse, however, a quick glance suggests a coin approaching a higher grade quality. If graded separately, the reverse of this example would easily qualify for finer than MS62. The reverse of this example has a small, bold mintmark centered over the right serif of N, and with intermittent cracks through the entire legend. As a design type, the Type 2 Liberty double eagles are clearly the rarest in Mint State grades, followed by the Type 2 issue. The commoner Type 3 coins are where the largest Mint State numbers are found, this Type 2 is clearly a small population. Consider finally the 1875-S population: Pop 100; 17 finer (PCGS # 8975) . Estimated Value $16,000 - 17,000. View details and enlarged photos Check results on similar lots	Realized $9,919
Lot 2369		1875-S $20 Liberty. NGC graded MS-61. Light golden color with pinkish tint from the copper alloy. America's gold coins contain 90% gold and 10% copper (for wearability in circulation). This alloy sometimes lends a nice natural tint to the coin. 1875 was the year of the Specie Resumption Act, which led the country slowly back to a strict gold standard when the gold and currency markets returned to par against one another on January 1, 1879 (PCGS # 8975) . Estimated Value $1,500 - 1,600. View details and enlarged photos Check results on similar lots	Realized $1,840
Lot 2370		1876-CC $20. VF-30. Moderate light scratches. A popular Mint of issue, Carson City opened in 1870, with increasing numbers of $20 gold pieces made each year as production ramped up. 1876-CC is the last of the Type 2 pieces; the Mint made a top-to-bottom modification of the designs which it introduced in 1877 (known as the Type 3 double eagle). Estimated Value $1,400 - 1,500. View details and enlarged photos	Unsold
Lot 2371		1876 $20. NGC graded AU-58. Gorgeous golden-sunset toning on both sides, the fields and devices lustrous. We see a short scratch through the 6th star. Estimated Value $1,200 - 1,250. View details and enlarged photos	Realized $1,466
Lot 2372		1876 $20. EF-40. Minor hairlines. Estimated Value $1,050 - 1,150. View details and enlarged photos	Realized $1,208
Lot 2373		1876-CC $20 Liberty. PCGS graded MS-60. Lovely golden toning. 138,441 pieces struck of which 3,550 are estimated to have survived. Although uniformly frosted, the fields are slightly brighter than the devices on both sides, the latter being somewhat satiny. Golden iridescence is noted throughout, a consequence of the attractive toning, and the overall appearance is one of full, delightful originality. Taking a note from Rusty Goe's "The Mint on Carson Street", we learn that "From a technical standpoint, the quality of workmanship on 1876-CC double eagles receives high marks, yet because of repeated shipping and handling, eye appeal, at least from a collector's viewpoint, is often less than desirable." Which obviously puts this handsome specimen in an advantageous position vis a vis others in similar condition, since it lacks the usual heavy bag and handling marks Goe mentions. Pop 54; 120 finer, 69 in 61, 51 in 62 (PCGS # 8977) . Estimated Value $6,000 - 6,500. View details and enlarged photos Check results on similar lots	Unsold
Lot 2374		1876-CC $20 Liberty. NGC graded EF-40. A hint of light golden tone; a couple of small rim bruises (PCGS # 8977) . Estimated Value $1,500 - 1,600. View details and enlarged photos Check results on similar lots	Realized $1,668
Lot 2375		1876-S $20 Liberty. NGC graded AU-58 PQ. A nice frosty coin. Comes with a PCGS AU-58 tag (PCGS # 8978) . Estimated Value $1,300 - 1,350. View details and enlarged photos Check results on similar lots	Realized $1,553
Lot 2376		1876-S $20 Liberty. PCGS graded AU-58. Several gashes on the face preclude a higher grade, the fields are quite lustrous (PCGS # 8978) . Estimated Value $1,250 - 1,300. View details and enlarged photos Check results on similar lots	Realized $1,380
Lot 2377		1876-S $20 Liberty. PCGS graded AU-55. Mint luster shines through in the protected area. Nice golden toning (PCGS # 8978) . Estimated Value $1,200 - 1,250. View details and enlarged photos Check results on similar lots	Realized $1,323
Lot 2378		1876-S $20 Liberty. PCGS graded AU-55. Golden toning covers both sides (PCGS # 8978) . Estimated Value $1,200 - 1,250. View details and enlarged photos Check results on similar lots	Realized $1,323
Lot 2379		1876-S $20 Liberty. PCGS graded EF-40. Rich golden shades. A small mark on the cheek (PCGS # 8978) . Estimated Value $1,100 - 1,150. View details and enlarged photos Check results on similar lots	Realized $1,179
Lot 2380		1877-CC $20 Liberty. PCGS graded VF-30. 42,565 pieces struck of which 1,020 are estimated to have survived. Attractive, smooth surface with modest amounts of wear. Choice for the grade (PCGS # 8983) . Estimated Value $1,400 - 1,500. View details and enlarged photos Check results on similar lots	Realized $1,783
Lot 2381		1877-S $20 Liberty. PCGS graded MS-61. Frosty original mint surfaces. First year in which the Type 3 design appears: revised Liberty head, improved reverse which now has the denomination in its entirety as TWENTY DOLLARS (PCGS # 8984) . Estimated Value $1,400 - 1,450. View details and enlarged photos Check results on similar lots	Realized $1,725
Lot 2382		1878 $20 Liberty PCGS graded Genuine. PCGS graded Genuine. Our grade is sharpness of AU Cleaned. Still lustrous on both sides (PCGS # 8985) . Estimated Value $1,100 - 1,150. View details and enlarged photos Check results on similar lots	Realized $1,208
Lot 2383		1878-S $20 Liberty. PCGS graded MS-61. Lightly toned (PCGS # 8987) . Estimated Value $1,400 - 1,450. View details and enlarged photos Check results on similar lots	Realized $1,783
Lot 2384		1878-S $20 Liberty. PCGS graded MS-60. Old Green Holder. Golden shades blanket both sides. Frosty. A few marks on the cheek and in the fields (PCGS # 8987) . Estimated Value $1,350 - 1,400. View details and enlarged photos Check results on similar lots	Realized $1,380
Lot 2385		1878-S $20 Liberty. PCGS graded MS-60. We note some minor obverse hairlines (PCGS # 8987) . Estimated Value $1,350 - 1,400. View details and enlarged photos Check results on similar lots	Realized $1,409
Lot 2386		1879-S $20 Liberty. PCGS graded AU-53. Both sides display golden toning, The obverse hues are especially intense (PCGS # 8991) . Estimated Value $1,150 - 1,200. View details and enlarged photos Check results on similar lots	Realized $1,179
Lot 2387		1880-S $20 Liberty. PCGS graded AU-55. A nice almost uncirculated example (PCGS # 8993) . Estimated Value $1,150 - 1,200. View details and enlarged photos Check results on similar lots	Realized $1,208
Lot 2388		1882-CC NGC graded VF Details. Improperly cleaned. 39,140 pieces minted of which 1,167 are estimated to have survived (PCGS # 8997) . Estimated Value $1,400 - 1,500. View details and enlarged photos Check results on similar lots	Realized $1,380
Lot 2389		1882-S $20 Liberty. PCGS graded AU-50. We note a minor pin scratch located in the left obverse field going vertically from Liberty's neck to Star 5 (PCGS # 8998) . Estimated Value $1,150 - 1,200. View details and enlarged photos Check results on similar lots	Realized $1,179
Lot 2390		1882-S $20 Liberty. PCGS graded AU-55. Mostly untoned with golden shades scattered here and there. Very pleasing surfaces (PCGS # 8998) . Estimated Value $1,150 - 1,200. View details and enlarged photos Check results on similar lots	Realized $1,236
Lot 2391		1882-S $20 Liberty. PCGS graded AU-53. Attractive golden hues (PCGS # 8998) . Estimated Value $1,150 - 1,200. View details and enlarged photos Check results on similar lots	Realized $1,208
Lot 2392		1882-S. PCGS graded Genuine. Our grade is sharpness of XF Damaged (PCGS # 8998) . Estimated Value $1,100 - 1,150. View details and enlarged photos Check results on similar lots	Realized $1,150

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