Goldberg Coins and Collectibles

Sale 59

Pre-Long Beach Coin and Currency Auction

Half Cents

Lot	Photo	Description	Realized
Lot 596		1795 C-6a R2 Plain Edge without Pole. PCGS graded Fine-15. Struck over a cut-down 1794 Talbot Allum & Lee Cent with New York. Slightly glossy olive with steel brown highpoints. Nicely struck with balanced details throughout. The date and legends are complete and strong. No marks or verdigris, but the surfaces are covered with extremely faint roughness visible under strong magnification. Evidence of the TAL Cent undertype can be found on both sides, and "NEW" is clearly visible at the top of ATE in STATES. EDS, Manley state 1.0. Our grade is F15 net F12 for the microscopic roughness. Estimated Value $650-UP. View details and enlarged photos	Realized $891
Lot 597		1796 C-2 With Pole Electrotype Copy. Fine-15. Glossy reddish chocolate brown. An attractive copy, essentially as made to simulate the model coin. A minor rim bruise over the L in LIBERTY and a light scratch under TY are the notable marks. Estimated Value $50-UP. View details and enlarged photos	Realized $483
Lot 598		1797 C-1 R2. NGC graded EF-45 Brown. 1 above 1 variety. Choice glossy chocolate and steel with underlying mint frost showing in the protected areas. No roughness or notable marks. LDS, Manley state 5.0. The obverse die is shattered and swollen causing weakness at RTY and at the opposing area at ICA and the denominator of the fraction. Otherwise the details are well struck and this piece offers excellent eye appeal. The 1 above 1 die-cutter error is bold and is noted on the NGC label. This is the plate coin for the variety on the CoinFacts.com web site. Our grade is EF40. Pop 4; 6 finer. Estimated Value $3,000-UP. Ex Tom Reynolds 6/98-Bill Eckberg. View details and enlarged photos	Realized $4,600
Lot 599		1802/0 C-2 R3 Overdate 2 over 0 NGC graded VF Details, scratches. Struck over a Spoiled Large Cent. Sharpness VF30 or so but the obverse is covered with microscopic granularity and there are fine scratches on the portrait plus more scattered over the reverse. The surfaces on the reverse are reasonably smooth and overall the eye appeal is decent in spite of the defects. The obverse is dark olive and steel displaying only a little bit of gloss while the reverse is a more attractive and rather glossy chocolate brown. E-MDS, Manley state 2.0. Undertype from an off-center large cent is evident in the form of a clear "S" from STATES at the F in OF and an arc of dentils through the leaves below, plus unidentified undertype in the obverse field before the mouth and neck. Our grade is net VG10+, close to F12. Estimated Value $1,000-UP. View details and enlarged photos	Unsold
Lot 600		1802, 2 over 0. Reverse of 1802 C-2 R3. PCGS graded Good-6. Rather glossy chocolate brown and steel. The surfaces are nice for the grade but they are not perfectly smooth. Extremely faint roughness shows in the fields and protected areas, but there is no verdigris and the eye appeal is nice for the grade. A tiny, thin contact mark on the leaves under CA in AMERICA is the best identifying defect. EDS, Manley state 1.0, before any die rust or excessive lapping. The reverse is rotated 45 degrees CW. The date is clear, the overdate is visible, and the legends are easily readable. Our grade is Good 5. Pop 23 (PCGS # 1057) . Estimated Value $600-UP. View details and enlarged photos Check results on similar lots	Unsold
Lot 601		Partial Collection of Half Cents, 1800-1856. Grades range from AG to EF-AU, average grade G-VG. Missing only the 1802 to be complete for the business strikes of each date 1800 to 1856. Some are slightly sharper with defects but all have a readable date. Lot of 24 coins. Estimated Value $500-UP. View details	Realized $1,093
Lot 602		Group of 5 Half Cents 1804-1807. Includes 2 examples dated 1804 and one each 1805, 1806, and 1807. Grades are AG to VG and all have a clear date. Lot of 5 coins. Estimated Value $80-UP. View details	Realized $196
Lot 603		Group of 7 Half Cents 1809-1833. Includes 1809, 1825 with the reverse rotated 135 degrees CW, 1828 (3, 1 with a 12-star obverse), 1829, and 1833 with a mint-made planchet clip. Grades are VG-Fine. All have a clear date. Lot of 7 coins. Estimated Value $150-UP. View details	Realized $299
Lot 604		Group of 8 Half Cents 1809-1835. Includes 1809 (2), 1828 (4), 1829, and 1835. Grades range from Fair-2 to G5, average AG3. All have a readable date. Lot of 8 coins. Estimated Value $125-UP. View details	Realized $192
Lot 605		1837 Hard Times Hoken Low-49 Rulau HT-73 R2. VF-20. Glossy medium brown and light chocolate. No defects, attractive for the grade. This is the only undisputed half cent token issued in the Hard Times series and they are frequently collected with the regular federal series of half cents since no half cents were minted in that year. Estimated Value $50-UP. View details and enlarged photos	Realized $75
Lot 606		1849 C-1 R2-. EF-45. Five points sharper but there is a small carbon spot in the field between the chin and star 2. Otherwise this piece is choice, essentially flawless, and the eye appeal is excellent. Nicely struck E-MDS. Estimated Value $125-UP. View details and enlarged photos	Realized $150
Lot 607		1851 C-1 R1. AU-50. Choice glossy light chocolate and steel brown with satiny mint frost covering the fields and protected areas. A beautiful example, just a hint of friction on the highpoints from mint state. Nicely struck MDS. Estimated Value $100-UP. View details and enlarged photos	Realized $184