Goldberg Coins and Collectibles

Sale 59

Pre-Long Beach Coin and Currency Auction

Cents Of 1823

Lot	Photo	Description	Realized
Lot 174		1823/2 N-1 R2. Overdate 3 over 2. PCGS graded AU-58. Virtually mint state but there are 7 splashes of dark olive toning on the reverse, and a few of these splashes contain traces of microscopic roughness. Otherwise the planchet and surfaces are choice and very attractive. Glossy steel brown and frosty golden tan with a few peeps of faded mint red remaining on both sides. MDS. The fields are covered with fine die flowlines but the overdate is sharp and there is no dentil fusing on the obverse. Our grade is AU50. Pop 1; none finer. The finest of two graded at PCGS. The other example is AU55. DWH #3139 (PCGS # 36760) . Estimated Value $6,000-UP. Ex Kenneth Goldman-Denis Loring 10/13/89-R. S. Brown, Jr., Superior 1/27/96:488-John D. Wright 1/18/06-Bob Grellman & Chris McCawley 4/3/06. View details and enlarged photos Check results on similar lots	Realized $8,338
Lot 175		1823 N-2 R2 VF35. VF-35. Choice glossy steel brown with frosty luster covering the protected areas. No roughness and only a few minor marks, including a tiny nick between stars 5 & 6 and a shallow planchet chip close over the upper left point of star 10. MDS with a rim cud or strong dentil fusing from just over star 4 to slightly past star 5 and another smaller rim cud over star 6. Excellent eye appeal for the grade, close to EF40. DWH #3140. Estimated Value $3,000-UP. Ex Heritage Galleries (mail) 7/86-John D. Wright 1/18/06-Bob Grellman & Chris McCawley 4/3/06. View details and enlarged photos	Realized $9,775
Lot 176		1823 Restrike MS60. PCGS graded MS-63 Brown. Glossy light to medium brown with traces of faded original red in protected areas. A shallow planchet flake under the right corner of the eye is the only notable defect, as struck. EDS, before the obverse die cracked. The fields are slightly reflective thanks to the extensive lapping required to minimize the die rust that occurred during decades of improper storage. The rim cud breaks seen on the latest state of 1823 N-2 are present, although they are stronger than those seen on the latest state of the genuine mint product. A very attractive example of this rare die state. Made outside the mint using discarded mint dies sold as scrap. The obverse die used was the normal Newcomb-2 variety of 1823, but apparently a reverse die of the type used in 1823 was not available and they substituted a reverse die used for the 1813 Sheldon-293 variety. The result was an "1823" cent that looked nothing like the genuine mint product. Breen says 49 uncracked examples were struck in 1862 for Joseph J. Mickley before the obverse die broke. Noyes photo #39634. Weight 160.7 grains. Our grade is MS60. Pop 3; 14 finer in Brown at PCGS. DWH #1835 (PCGS # 81627) . Estimated Value $2,000-UP. Ex Bowers & Merena 3/97:152-Tony Terranova-Bowers & Merena (via Mark Borckardt) 10/28/97. View details and enlarged photos Check results on similar lots	Realized $2,530
Lot 177		1823 Restrike EF45. EF-45. Sharper but lightly cleaned, now retoned glossy chocolate brown with lighter brown highpoints. Coated with a very thin layer of lacquer or some similar protectant. A thin, very light nick over the left top of the 2 in the date is the best identifying mark. Early die state, before any die cracks. The cud breaks at stars 4-6 were skillfully removed and the dentils added back in that area in an attempt to make this piece pass as an original 1823 cent. Removing the cud and adding the dentils appears to have been done to many if not most of the pieces struck before the obverse die cracked. Breen says 49 uncracked examples were struck in 1862 for Joseph J. Mickley. Noyes photo #39633. Weight 160.1 grains. DWH #0568. Estimated Value $800-UP. Ex Paul Padget 1982-Jack Robinson, Superior 1/29/89:793. View details and enlarged photos	Realized $1,840
Lot 178		1823 Restrike AU50. PCGS graded MS-63 Brown. Glossy light to medium brown with traces of very faded original red in protected areas of the obverse. A small spot of darker olive brown toning right of star 9 and another under IC in AMERICA. E-MDS with a bisecting die crack across the obverse from the rim under star 5 to the rim at star 12. A weaker crack extends down from the dentils between stars 7 & 8 into the field above the head, but this crack never strengthens. The reverse is uncracked and the fields are slightly reflective on both sides. Struck for Mr. Mickley sometime between 1863 and 1879. Noyes photo #39635. Weight 161.8 grains. Our grade is AU50. Pop 3; 3 in 64; 7 in 65; 4 in 66.DWH #1897. Estimated Value $1,000-UP. Ex NASCA 1997-Bowers & Merena 6/22/2000:222. View details and enlarged photos	Realized $1,380
Lot 179		1823 Restrike EF45. EF-45. Glossy medium brown and chocolate. Covered with a very thin layer of lacquer (which could be removed rather easily, if desired). Excellent eye appeal for the grade, free of any spots or marks. MDS with the earlier bisecting obverse crack plus a crack from the rim to the top of D in UNITED, but without the additional crack from the bottom of that D to the leaf below the adjacent S. The reverse is rotated 30 degrees CCW. According to Breen, this die state was struck beginning in 1879. Noyes photo #39632. Weight 161.6 grains. DWH #0569. Estimated Value $750-UP. Ex Jack Robinson, Superior 1/29/89:794. View details and enlarged photos	Realized $1,064
Lot 180		1823 Restrike MS63. PCGS graded MS-64 Red & Brown. Frosty slightly faded mint red mellowing to light bluish steel brown, at least a third of the red color remaining. Virtually as struck with only a few trivial defects, including a tiny speck of carbon at the rim above star 7. There is a tiny planchet depression on the rim at ED in UNITED, as struck, which later fills in to form a small rim cud. MDS with the earlier bisecting obverse crack and a fine die crack from the reverse rim to the D in UNITED that now extends into the wreath under the adjacent S in STATES and into the field above the N in ONE where it fades out. The reverse is rotated 30 degrees CCW. Removed from an NGC slab graded MS64 Red & Brown (NGC label included, and it shows the attribution and Reiver provenance). Weight 163.0 grains. Our grade is MS63. Pop3; 4 in 65RB. Only 7 graded at PCGS in Red Brown. DWH #2912 (PCGS # 81629) . Estimated Value $1,500-UP. Ex George Ramont-Jules Reiver, Heritage 1/24/06:19825. View details and enlarged photos Check results on similar lots	Realized $1,668
Lot 181		1823 Restrike MS60+. PCGS graded MS-65 Brown. Attractive glossy medium brown and chocolate. The fields are slightly reflective thanks to a fresh die lapping that left behind faint die polishing lines in the fields on both sides. A small spot of reddish chocolate toning in the field off the nose tip is the only mark. Very nice, close to choice. M-LDS with an additional die crack from the dentils left of star 1 to the chin and cheek where it meets up with the earlier bisecting crack. The obverse rim cud now reaches to over star 7, and the cud break is especially strong on this example thanks to being struck slightly off center to K-4. In fact, the cud was lightly smoothed in an attempt to make it appear more "normal." The earlier reverse die crack now clearly extends across that side to the rim at the R in AMERICA. Breen says pieces in this die state were struck beginning in 1879. Noyes photo #39278. Weight a hefty 176.0 grains. Our grade is MS60+. Pop 7; 4 in 66. DWH #0570 (PCGS # 81627) . Estimated Value $1,000-UP. Ex Tony Terranova 1/30/89. View details and enlarged photos Check results on similar lots	Realized $1,438
Lot 182		1823 Restrike MS60. PCGS graded MS-65 Brown. Glossy medium brown. No defects and excellent eye appeal for the grade. LDS with an additional clear die crack from the dentils down between the T & E in STATES through the wreath below to join the earlier crack in the leaf over the left side of the O in ONE. The fields are rather reflective thanks to repeated die polishing, and ONE CENT has become rather weak as a result. Noyes photo #58589. Weight 152.1 grains. Our grade is MS60. Pop 7; 4 in 66. DWH #3142 (PCGS # 81627) . Estimated Value $1,000-UP. Ex Jackson C. Storm-Tom Matthews 7/84-John D. Wright 1/18/06-Bob Grellman & Chris McCawley 4/3/06. View details and enlarged photos Check results on similar lots	Realized $1,955
Lot 183		1823 Restrike in Silver. PCGS graded MS-63. Light silvery gray with bluish steel overtones and hints of iridescent rose in the fields. No spots or stains, and the only contact marks are two rim nicks or tiny cuts on the rim at ST in STATES. LDS with all the known die cracks, including the final one down through the T & E in STATES. Less than a dozen known struck in silver, and only a half dozen or so of those are accounted for today. Breen says these silver restrikes were made in 1879 for John W. Haseltine and possibly later for Stephen K. Nagy. The late die state suggests these silver versions were made at or near the end of this "whimsy." Noyes photo #20574. Weight 162.8 grains. Our grade is MS60+. Pop 1; The finest of only 2 graded at PCGS for the variety. The other is the Naftzger example. DWH #1931. Estimated Value $10,000-UP. Ex P. E. Wickes, M. H. Bolender 12/30/1948:575-R. E. Naftzger, Jr. (via Bill Noyes) 3/31/2001. View details and enlarged photos	Realized $20,125