Goldberg Coins and Collectibles

Sale 59

Pre-Long Beach Coin and Currency Auction

Cents Of 1826

Lot	Photo	Description	Realized
Lot 209		1826 N-1 R2. PCGS graded AU-58 Brown. Glossy dark chocolate and bluish steel brown. A tiny pinprick on the jawline is the only notable mark. Sharply struck EDS with smooth, slightly reflective fields on both sides. The two dashes right of the 6 are sharp and the rim cud break over star 6 has not formed. Called AU55 net AU50 and tied for CC#11 in the Noyes census, his photo #27913. Bland says MS60 and tied for CC#6. Our grade is AU55. Pop 1; 1 in 63; 2 in 65. Only 4 examples graded at PCGS for the variety. DWH #2463 (PCGS # 36814) . Estimated Value $1,000-UP. Ex Dr. Charles A. Cass, Stack's 11/12/57:231-Lester Merkin 5/79-Del Bland-Stu Hodge, 2004 EAC Sale, McCawley & Grellman Auctions 4/17/04:420. View details and enlarged photos Check results on similar lots	Realized $1,265
Lot 210		1826 N-1 R2. PCGS graded MS-63 Brown. Lustrous chocolate and bluish steel delicately mottled with some frosty lighter brown. Satiny mint frost covers the fields and protected areas, and this cent offers excellent eye appeal. The only marks are a tiny, microscopic scratch in the field just off the tip of the nose and a light nick in the middle of the jawline, plus a hint of reddish brown toning on the 6 in the date. M-LDS with a small but strong rim cud over star 6. The upper dash right of the 6 is gone but the lower one remains clear. The fine die crack from the hair through star 9 to the rim has not formed. Struck slightly off center to K-3. Our grade is MS60. Pop 1; 2 in 65. Only 4 examples graded at PCGS for the variety. DWH #3418 (PCGS # 36814) . Estimated Value $2,000-UP. Ex Chris McCawley, 2007 EAC Sale, McCawley & Grellman Auctions 4/28/07:399. View details and enlarged photos Check results on similar lots	Realized $2,530
Lot 211		1826 N-3 R3 Wright Plate Coin. PCGS graded MS-63 Brown. A sharp mint state cent that has some minor contact marks. These include a small, light scuff in the field left of the peak of the 1 in the date, several tiny nicks in the field before the eye, and a diagonal nick on the throat. Attractive frosty light to medium brown with steel brown toning on the highpoints and satiny luster covering the fields and protected areas. Sharply struck E-MDS with microscopic die flowlines in the fields but before any crumbling in the obverse dentils. This is the Wright plate coin for the variety. Called AU55 and CC#5 in the Noyes census, his photo #25386. Bland says AU55 and CC#5 among the confirmed examples in his census. Our grade is AU50+.Pop 1; 1 in 64. Only 2 examples graded at PCGS for the variety. DWH #2598 (PCGS # 36817) . Estimated Value $2,000-UP. Ex Fritz Weber-William K. Raymond-Dr. Bob Shalowitz-Myles Z. Gerson-R. S. Brown, Jr., Superior 9/30/86:605-Wes Rasmussen, Heritage 1/13/05:3504. View details and enlarged photos Check results on similar lots	Realized $2,990
Lot 212		1826 N-3 R3 VF25. VF-25. Sharpness near EF40 but recolored glossy very dark olive with dark chocolate brown highpoints. A small patch of microscopic roughness over star 1 and a dull rim nick over the second T in STATES are the notable marks. MDS with dentil fusing at star 6 and from star 7 to star 8. DWH #0607. Estimated Value $200-UP. Ex 1988 EAC Sale, lot 189. View details and enlarged photos	Realized $242
Lot 213		1826 N-4 R2. PCGS graded MS-62 Brown. Glossy medium brown mottled with splashes of darker olive and steel toning, especially on the obverse. Underlying frosty mint luster covers the protected areas. The only notable marks are a nick on the chin and a short, very fine diagonal hairline scratch in the field close below the outer hairbun. E-MDS. The dentils are complete around both sides but the rims are starting to dish on the reverse, which is rotated 35 degrees CCW. The obverse is misaligned slightly to K-4.5 while the reverse is properly centered on the planchet. Our grade is AU50. Pop 1; None finer in Brown. PCGS has graded only 2 examples: this and a MS64 RB. DWH #2914 (PCGS # 36820) . Estimated Value $500-UP. Ex Abe Kosoff (1966 ANA Sale)-George Ramont 12/4/69-Jules Reiver, Heritage 1/24/06:19861. View details and enlarged photos Check results on similar lots	Realized $863
Lot 214		1826 N-4 R2 VF35. VF-35. Five points sharper with a rather strong vertical nick in the field between star 2 and the nose tip. Otherwise nice for the grade. Frosty chocolate brown with a swipe of tan on the left edge of each side and flowline luster in protected areas. M-LDS. The dentils are complete but weak and the reverse is rotated 15 degrees CW. DWH #0610. Estimated Value $200-UP. Ex Doug Bird 12/21/88. View details and enlarged photos	Realized $322
Lot 215		1826 N-5 R2+ F15. Fine-15. Glossy olive and dark steel brown with hints of reddish chocolate toning in protected areas of the obverse. Smooth and attractive except for a small patch of microscopic roughness at the dentils right of star 11 and a short pinscratch under the ribbon tip at the bottom of the wreath. EDS, before any rim crumbling appears over star 6. The reverse is rotated 15 degrees CCW. Removed from an NGC slab graded VF30 (NGC label included, and it shows the attribution and Reiver provenance). DWH #2915. Estimated Value $100-UP. Ex Fox 2/21/70-Jules Reiver, Heritage 1/24/06:19863. View details and enlarged photos	Realized $161
Lot 216		1826 N-5 R2+. PCGS graded MS-62 Brown. Frosty golden light brown with hints of sea green and light blue overtone and peeps of mint color in a couple protected areas. No spots or stains, just a few tiny ticks on the neck and throat, plus a thin diagonal nick in the field right of star 2. Sharply struck E-MDS with a rim cud break at star 6 but no crumbling in the dentils over star 5. A shallow low spot shows at the top of the inner hairbun thanks to a bit of debris on the die. Called AU55 net AU50 in the Noyes census, his photo #27775. Our grade is MS60. Pop 2; 1 in 64. DWH #3181 (PCGS # 36823) . Estimated Value $1,000-UP. Ex Bruce Todd-Gordon J. Wrubel-Myles Z. Gerson (via Denis Loring)-R. S. Brown, Jr., Superior 9/30/86:610-Stu Hodge, 2002 EAC Sale, McCawley & Grellman Auctions 4/20/02:456-Chris McCawley 3/03-Evan Kopald (via Bob Grellman & Chris McCawley) 5/06. View details and enlarged photos Check results on similar lots	Realized $1,898
Lot 217		1826 N-5 R2+ VF30. VF-30. Slightly sharper with a small patch of very light verdigris in the field before the face. Otherwise free of any corrosion or verdigris and showing only a few trivial contact marks. Glossy medium brown and chocolate with lots of frosty golden light brown in protected areas. A splash of reddish brown toning covers much of the field before the portrait, and this reddish toning surrounds the small patch of verdigris already described. MDS with a rim cud break from star 5 nearly to star 7. The tiny rim cud at star 4 has not formed and the reverse is rotated 15 degrees CCW. Removed from an NCS slab graded AU details obverse corroded (NCS label included, and it shows the attribution and Reiver provenance). DWH #2916. Estimated Value $200-UP. Ex Weber 3/13/71-Jules Reiver, Heritage 1/24/06:19864. View details and enlarged photos	Realized $219
Lot 218		1826 N-5 R2+ Double Profile. PCGS graded MS-64 Brown. The obverse is frosty bluish steel brown while the reverse is frosty light brown with steel brown toning on the highpoints. There are traces of faded mint red remaining in protected areas on both sides. The only marks of any consequence are some tiny specks of darker toning scattered about the obverse and a couple larger ones on the reverse, including one inside the C in CENT and another at the dentils over the O in OF. M-LDS. The rim crumbling from star 5 nearly to star 7 is clear and rim crumbling now joins the dentils at star 4. The reverse is rotated about 10 degrees CCW. A strong double profile caused by die bounce shows along the top of the head from the coronet tip to the right edge of the hairbun. Our grade is MS60. Pop 2; None finer in Brown. PCGS has graded an example in MS65 RB. Only 4 graded of the variety at PCGS. DWH #2669 (PCGS # 36823) . Estimated Value $1,000-UP. Ex 2005 EAC Sale, McCawley & Grellman Auctions 4/23/05:366. View details and enlarged photos Check results on similar lots	Realized $2,530
Lot 219		1826 N-5 R2+ VF25. VF-25. Glossy chocolate brown with frosty light brown toning covering the protected areas on both sides. Smooth and attractive for the grade; a trio of small rim nicks at TATES are the only notable defects. M-LDS. The rim cud breaks at stars 5-7 are joined by a smaller one at star 4 that has a thin extension down to just above star 3. The reverse is rotated 15 degrees CCW. Removed from an NGC slab graded EF40 (NGC label included, and it shows the attribution and Reiver provenance). DWH #2917. Estimated Value $150-UP. Ex George Ramont 12/3/66-Jules Reiver, Heritage 1/24/06:19865. View details and enlarged photos	Realized $253
Lot 220		1826 N-5 R2+ VF30+. VF-30+. Five points sharper with some faint hairlines in the left obverse field and a light rim bruise at E in UNITED. Glossy chocolate and steel brown with some frosty light brown in protected areas. LDS. The rim crumbling from star 5 to star 7 is clear and another small rim cud fills the space between stars 7 & 8 leaving a void above star 7. The small rim cud at star 4 is clear as well. The series of rim cud breaks (or dentil crumbling if you prefer) is especially well defined on this example, which is not the case on most late state pieces, even those in high grade. The reverse is rotated 15 degrees CW. DWH #0614. Estimated Value $150-UP. Ex Bob Matthews 4/17/88. View details and enlarged photos	Realized $360
Lot 221		1826 N-6 R2. PCGS graded MS-64 Brown. The obverse is lustrous medium brown with delicate speckles of steel brown and the reverse is a lustrous bluish steel brown and chocolate. The only marks are a small spot of reddish chocolate toning on the nostril and a tiny speck of planchet slag in the field near the dentil right of star 8, as struck. Sharply struck E-MDS with tiny lumps of fine die rust in the obverse fields, including a collection of these tiny lumps right of star 4, and those fields are slightly reflective thanks to a die lapping used to minimize the rust. The fields are just starting to show microscopic radial flowlines near the dentil tips but the dies remain uncracked and void of rim cuds. Excellent eye appeal. Our grade is MS60. Pop 3; 2 in 66. DWH #2512 (PCGS # 36826) . Estimated Value $1,000-UP. Ex Dr. Wallace Lee, McCawley & Grellman Auctions/Superior 5/25/03:707-Tom Reynolds, McCawley & Grellman Auctions/Superior 9/5/04:800. View details and enlarged photos Check results on similar lots	Realized $2,530
Lot 222		1826 N-6 R2 EF40. Triple Profile. EF-40. Glossy chocolate brown with steel brown highpoints and frosty lighter steel brown in some protected areas. MDS. Fine die cracks extend from the bust tip to star 1, from the curl at star 13 to star 12, and from the tip of the coronet to the upper point of star 5. Dentil fusing shows from left of star 7 to star 8 with weaker fusing visible in the dentils under star 1. There is a sharp triple profile from the forehead down to the base of the neck, plus doubling on stars 1-2, 10-13, and on the date (all from die bounce). DWH #0618. Estimated Value $350-UP. Ex Floyd T. Starr, Stack's 12/6/84:1641-Jack Robinson, Superior 1/29/89:834. View details and enlarged photos	Realized $483
Lot 223		1826 N-6 R2 VF25. Triple Profile Lips and Nose Tip. Double Profile Forehead and Jaw. VF-25. Lightly cleaned and nicely retoned glossy light olive and steel brown. Smooth, mark-free surfaces except for a light nick on the left edge of the O in ONE. M-LDS with a strong rim cud break from star 6 to star 8 plus a crack along the dentil roots right of star 8 that outlines where this rim cud is about to extend to star 9. The earlier die cracks are faint but remain visible, and the reverse is rotated 20 degrees CW. There are narrow but clear double profiles on the forehead and jaw and triple outlines on the lips and nose tip. Removed from an NCS slab graded AU details improperly cleaned (NCS label included, and it shows the attribution and Reiver provenance). DWH #2918. Estimated Value $150-UP. Ex Stack�s 5/68:311-George Ramont 8/9/77-Jules Reiver, Heritage 1/24/06:19871. View details and enlarged photos	Realized $265
Lot 224		1826 N-6 R2 VF20+. VF-20+. Slightly sharper with a few too many light contact marks for the higher grade, the strongest of these being two dull nicks at the dentils over ER in AMERICA. Glossy medium brown. LDS with a series of rim cud breaks from star 6 to star 9 and all the fine die cracks mentioned by Wright. The rim cuds are not strong, but the extension from star 8 to star 9 is clear. DWH #0620. Estimated Value $100-UP. Ex 1985 EAC Sale, lot 417. View details and enlarged photos	Realized $230
Lot 225		1826 N-7 R1. PCGS graded MS-63 Brown. Very attractive frosty light steel brown with darker steel brown toning on the highpoints, especially on the obverse. A small splash of darker olive toning at the U in UNITED is the only mark on otherwise flawless surfaces. MDS with fine die flowlines covering the fields on both sides but no cracks or dentil crumbling. Strong die clashmarks are evident on both sides, and these clashmarks are rotated about 35 degrees CW relative to the current die orientation. The reverse is not rotated. This anomaly is discussed by John Wright in his catalog on the Middle Date Cent series, The Cent Book. Called AU50 in the Noyes census, his photo #26724. Our grade is AU58. Pop 1; 1 in 64; 1 in 65; 1 in 66. Only 4 examples of this variety graded at PCGS. DWH #2919 (PCGS # 36829) . Estimated Value $1,500-UP. Ex George Ramont 5/5/83-Jules Reiver, Heritage 1/24/06:19872. View details and enlarged photos Check results on similar lots	Realized $1,955
Lot 226		1826 N-7 R1 VF20. VF-20. Glossy light to medium brown with splashes of chocolate toning, mostly on the reverse. A light rim bruise left of the date. LDS, the dentils now mushy on both sides and mostly gone on the reverse, and the reverse is rotated 15 degrees CCW. DWH #0622. Estimated Value $50-UP. Ex Dr. Bob Shalowitz 3/31/84. View details and enlarged photos	Realized $127
Lot 227		1826/5 N-8 R2 VF25. Overdate 6 over 5. VF-25. Glossy chocolate and olive brown with lighter steel brown highpoints and flowline frost in protected areas. The only marks are a tiny rim nick left of star 6 and a group of microscopic ticks left of T in CENT. M-LDS with fine flowlines covering the fields and crumbling inside the notch on the left side of the N in ONE. The undertype 5 is visible only under the top edge of the 6, and it is blurry. DWH #0624. Estimated Value $200-UP. Ex Willard C. Blaisdell 9/76-Del Bland 6/16/80-Howard Whitaker via John D. Wright 5/15/82. View details and enlarged photos	Realized $630
Lot 228		1826 N-9 R3 VF25. VF-25. Sharpness EF40 or better with smoothed rim bruises at star 2 and star 9. A dull rim nick under the ribbon tip is the only other notable mark. Attractive glossy steel brown and chocolate, the obverse delicately mottled with darker olive brown. M-LDS with a faint hairline crack from the bust tip to the dentils under star 1 and a slightly stronger fine die crack from the leaves under O in OF down through the ribbon to the dentils below. The tiny rim cud just right of star 7 has not formed. DWH #0626. Estimated Value $100-UP. Ex 1985 EAC Sale, lot 421. View details and enlarged photos	Realized $242
Lot 229		1826 N-9 R3. PCGS graded MS-63 Brown. Frosty medium steel brown with a hint of very faded mint color at TA in STATES. A tiny rim bruise just above star 11 is the only mark on attractive, satiny surfaces. LDS but not quite the latest with the fine die cracks present on both sides plus a tiny but relatively strong die crack at the dentils right of star 7 that outlines where a small rim cud is about to occur. Only a couple examples are known in this intermediate die state. The reverse is rotated 15 degrees CCW. Our grade is AU50. Pop 1; 2 in 65. Only 3 examples graded for the variety at PCGS. DWH #2920 (PCGS # 36832) . Estimated Value $1,500-UP. Ex George Ramont 3/25/79-Jules Reiver, Heritage 1/24/06:19875. View details and enlarged photos Check results on similar lots	Realized $1,840
Lot 230		1826 N-9 R3 VG10. VG-10. Rather glossy steel brown and chocolate. A patch of microscopic roughness connects stars 11 & 12. Otherwise nice for the grade. LDS with a tiny cud break extending down into the field just right of star 7. The date is strongly doubled, a result of die chatter (bounce). DWH #1747. Estimated Value $50-UP. Ex Don Valenziano 2/3/93. View details and enlarged photos	Realized $81