Goldberg Coins and Collectibles

Sale 59

Pre-Long Beach Coin and Currency Auction

Tokens

Lot	Photo	Description	Realized
Lot 591		1794 Talbot Allum & Lee Cent with the John Howard reverse Breen-1049. EF-45. Glossy chocolate brown with slightly lighter steel brown toning on the highpoints. Smooth and attractive, but there are a few small scuff marks in the fields that broke the patina. Struck with the reverse upset (oriented head-to-head). Estimated Value $150-UP. View details and enlarged photos	Realized $252
Lot 592		1792 Birch Cent Electrotype Copy. EF-40. Very attractive glossy light chocolate brown. The model or host coin graded EF40. The only defects are some faint scratches inside the wreath and a depression on the N in ONE. A well-executed copy of the famous and extremely rare early pattern cent engraved by Robert Birch (known as the Birch Cent) as described on page 85 of the "Redbook." Estimated Value $200-UP. View details and enlarged photos	Realized $437
Lot 593		Trio of Early Colonial Coppers. Includes 1722 Wood's Hibernia Halfpenny with Harp Left VG10, 1723 Wood's Hibernia Halfpenny VG7, and 1773 Virginia Halfpenny G5. The first 2 are sharper with some corrosion. All have a readable date. Lot of 3 coins. Estimated Value $100-UP. View details	Realized $230
Lot 594		Group of 5 New Jersey Coppers. Grades range from Basal State-1 to AG3. Two have a readable date (one each 1787 and 1788). Lot of 5 coins. Estimated Value $40-UP. View details	Realized $75
Lot 595		Group of 7 Mixed Early Coppers. Includes 6 colonials and 1 Hard Times Token: 1788 Massachusetts Cent VG-F, 1787 New Jersey (2 pieces, VG and Fair), 1787 Fugio Cent with 8-pointed stars on the label VG, 1783 Washington Unity Cent F-VF, 1783 Washington & Independence Cent Fair, and an undated Hard Times Token (Low-51) VF-XF. Some are sharper with defects. Lot of 7 coins. Estimated Value $300-UP. View details	Realized $690