Goldberg Coins and Collectibles

Sale 60

Pre-Long Beach Coin Auction

Commemorative Silver Coins

Lot	Photo	Description	Realized
Lot 1941		1921 Alabama Half Dollar, no 2 x 2. PCGS graded MS-64. Lightly toned and frosty, were it not for a mark on the face, perhaps a point or two higher up the grade scale. Extremely bold detail on the two portraits (this issue tends to be not very well struck, and is sometimes granular on the high points) (PCGS # 9224) . Estimated Value $325 - 350. View details and enlarged photos Check results on similar lots	Realized $437
Lot 1942		1936-S Bay Bridge Half Dollar. PCGS graded MS-66. A hint of light tone; a wealth of frosty luster (PCGS # 9254) . Estimated Value $250 - 300. View details and enlarged photos Check results on similar lots	Realized $391
Lot 1943		1925-S California Half Dollar. PCGS graded MS-65. A hint of gold toning barely gets noticed due to the luster's vibrancy on this well-made commemorative (PCGS # 9281) . Estimated Value $425 - 475. View details and enlarged photos Check results on similar lots	Realized $633
Lot 1944		1936 Cleveland Half Dollar. PCGS graded MS-66. A nice original example. Moses Cleaveland spelled his name with an extra A that was dropped when the town got going (PCGS # 9288) . Estimated Value $225 - 250. View details and enlarged photos Check results on similar lots	Realized $288
Lot 1945		1892 Columbian Half Dollar. PCGS graded MS-64. A fresh example only a few light marks on the eye shy of full Gem MS65 quality (PCGS # 9296) . Estimated Value $70 - 80. View details and enlarged photos Check results on similar lots	Realized $98
Lot 1946		1936 Elgin Half Dollar. PCGS graded MS-66. Nicely toned; here too the gemmy luster supports the MS66 grade, and then some (PCGS # 9303) . Estimated Value $250 - 275. View details and enlarged photos Check results on similar lots	Realized $322
Lot 1947		1936 Gettysburg Half Dollar. PCGS graded MS-65. The obverse is untoned while the reverse has nice natural toning on this historic Commemorative of one of the decisive battles of the American Civil War (PCGS # 9305) . Estimated Value $450 - 500. View details and enlarged photos Check results on similar lots	Realized $805
Lot 1948		1924 Huguenot-Walloon Half Dollar. PCGS graded MS-65. Frosty and untoned, this is one of the earlier Commemorative pieces. Barred from settling in New France (Newfoundland to Louisiana), many Huguenots nevertheless moved to North America, settling instead in the Dutch colony of New Netherland (later incorporated into New York and New Jersey), as well as the Thirteen Colonies of Great Britain and Nova Scotia (PCGS # 9314) . Estimated Value $200 - 225. View details and enlarged photos Check results on similar lots	Realized $265
Lot 1949		1946 Iowa Half Dollar. PCGS graded MS-67. Lovely natural toning on both sides. What is most noticeable when one first examines this coin is its thick mint luster under the color -- it swirls from side-to-side unimpeded by noticeable abrasions and unscathed by even a hint of toning. A superb coin of singular beauty and importance to the field of numismatics (PCGS # 9316) . Estimated Value $150 - 175. View details and enlarged photos Check results on similar lots	Realized $207
Lot 1950		1915-S Panama-Pacific Half Dollar. NGC graded MS-66. Well struck and untoned. A worthwhile gem by any standard, the luster is not in the least timid or yielding, comprised as it is of wonderful satin to velvet-like qualities and brilliant throughout. There is no toning on either side. The strike, like the luster, is confident, first-rate, and indeed, as bold as ever seen on virtually any Pan-Pacific Half Dollar in any grade. The Half Dollar commemorating this event was the work of Charles E. Barber, a long-time mint's engraver whose father William Barber preceded him in the job in the 1870s. It features Liberty and a child on the obverse. Liberty holds two sprigs of flowers while behind, the sun sets between the southern and northern outcroppings that are the Golden Gate, entrance to San Francisco Bay. Barber included a wingspread eagle on the reverse. It perches on the union shield rather than the shield superimposed on its breast as was the method until then. In all, 27,314 half dollars were sold from an original authorized mintage of 60,000. The unsold pieces were remelted. Pop 238; 58 finer in 67 (PCGS # 9357) . Estimated Value $2,000 - 2,100. View details and enlarged photos Check results on similar lots	Realized $2,185
Lot 1951		1915-S Panama-Pacific Half Dollar. NGC graded MS-66. Lovely rainbow toning around the edges. And a satiny gem whose texture is smooth from rim to rim with no defects to report. Sharply struck and lustrous, both sides possess eye appeal to spare. This is a decidedly well-struck Pan-Pacific commemorative no matter how it is looked at, with top-notch details. And the coin is superior to many which sometimes (though not always) come with a few weak areas. In closing, the pleasing fields go superbly with the sharp devices, which are free from signs of handling. Pop 238; 58 finer in 67 (PCGS # 9357) . Estimated Value $1,900 - 2,000. View details and enlarged photos Check results on similar lots	Realized $2,300
Lot 1952		1915-S Panama-Pacific Half Dollar. NGC graded MS-64. Fully struck and gleaming with luster under the attractive natural toning; there are a few light abrasions present on the allegorical female's gown (PCGS # 9357) . Estimated Value $750 - 800. The Estate of Winthrop A. Haviland, Jr. View details and enlarged photos Check results on similar lots	Realized $978
Lot 1953		1920 Pilgrim Half Dollar. PCGS graded MS-65. Lovely rich golden toning on both sides makes this a beautiful Pilgrim Half Dollar (PCGS # 9359) . Estimated Value $175 - 200. View details and enlarged photos Check results on similar lots	Realized $345
Lot 1954		1921 Pilgrim Half Dollar. PCGS graded MS-65. A nice white example, the scarcer of the two dates (1920 & 1921) and one whose luster is booming from rim to shining rim (PCGS # 9360) . Estimated Value $275 - 300. View details and enlarged photos Check results on similar lots	Realized $460
Lot 1955		1937 Roanoke Half Dollar. PCGS graded MS-66. Fresh brilliant example. This attractive contribution a collection of half dollar Commemoratives is vibrant with rich satiny surfaces. The strike is free of censure, being sharp in all areas (PCGS # 9367) . Estimated Value $200 - 225. View details and enlarged photos Check results on similar lots	Realized $311
Lot 1956		1936 Robinson-Arkansas Half Dollar. PCGS graded MS-66. Lightly toned over fresh mint luster, full gem-level surfaces and appearance (PCGS # 9369) . Estimated Value $300 - 350. View details and enlarged photos Check results on similar lots	Realized $437
Lot 1957		1935-S San Diego Half Dollar. PCGS graded MS-66 PQ. Nicely toned with a gleam of color at the rims. Very attractive (PCGS # 9371) . Estimated Value $120 - 130. View details and enlarged photos Check results on similar lots	Realized $184
Lot 1958		1935-S San Diego Half Dollar. PCGS graded MS-66. Housed in an Old Green Holder. A desirable Gem of this two-year issue, one of which (1935) the mint at San Francisco struck, the other (1936) came off the press at Denver (PCGS # 9371) . Estimated Value $110 - 120. View details and enlarged photos Check results on similar lots	Realized $196
Lot 1959		1926 Sesquicentennial Half Dollar. PCGS graded MS-64. Original toning on both sides. Profiles are of George Washington and Calvin Coolidge, to Great Presidents in the pantheon of American history (PCGS # 9374) . Estimated Value $200 - 225. View details and enlarged photos Check results on similar lots	Realized $230
Lot 1960		1935 Spanish Trail Half Dollar. PCGS graded MS-67. Housed in an Old Green Holder. A sleek untoned coin. Bright silver color is preferred on these, and the present example is a superb representative without a hint of toning, all of which serves to light up the surfaces of this well struck and nicely preserved coin. Almost always on this issue the devices that were left by the dies are precision made to full die pressure, we find this to be the case here, everything is finely detailed, including the "head of a cow" (Cabeza de Vaca). Pop 91; 2 finer in 68 (PCGS # 9376) . Estimated Value $2,100 - 2,200. View details and enlarged photos Check results on similar lots	Realized $3,335
Lot 1961		1925 Stone Mountain Half Dollar. PCGS graded MS-66. Light hint of toning. The surfaces are lustrous with moon-glow white luster under the toning; they show none of the muting sometimes seen on Stone Mountains. Such, then, for luster. Turning to the other key factor, a coin that is desirable with this meticulous strike on the major devices (PCGS # 9378) . Estimated Value $200 - 220. View details and enlarged photos Check results on similar lots	Realized $322
Lot 1962		1937-P,D,S Texas Half Dollar Set. NGC graded MS-65, MS-66 and MS-65 respectively. All nice white gem specimens. Only 6,571 sets made. Lot of 3 coins. Estimated Value $600 - 650. View details	Realized $776
Lot 1963		1936 Wisconsin Half Dollar. PCGS graded MS-65. This example, illustrative of the gem quality seen in its grade class, has iridescent white surfaces and no toning. The Wisconsin state animal is the badger, represented on the reverse (PCGS # 9447) . Estimated Value $180 - 200. View details and enlarged photos Check results on similar lots	Realized $253
Lot 1964		1936 York Half Dollar. PCGS graded MS-67. Housed in an Old Green Holder. Mostly untoned. This sparkling Superb Gem boasts swirling cartwheel effects and the standard sharp striking detail for the York County issue (PCGS # 9449) . Estimated Value $275 - 300. View details and enlarged photos Check results on similar lots	Realized $391
Lot 1965		A Lot of Silver Commemorative Half Dollars. Consists of: 1893 Columbian Fine to VF (2), 1925-S California XF45 (1), 1925 Stone Mountain VF to XF (2), 1946 BTW Unc (1), and 1952 Washington/Carver (1). Lot of 7 coins. Estimated Value $175 - 200. View details	Realized $230
Lot 1966		A Lot of PCGS Slabbed Commemorative Half Dollars. Consists of: 1946-S BTW PCGS MS64 (First Generation Holder), 1952 Washington-Carver PCGS MS64 (First Generation Holder), 1953-S Washington-Carver PCGS MS64 (First Generation Holder), 1952-D Washington-Carver PCGS MS64 (First Generation Holder), 1952 Washington-Carver PCGS MS63 (2; Old Green Holder). Lot of 6 coins. Estimated Value $75 - 85. View details	Realized $127
Lot 1967		1954-P,D,S Washsington-Carver BU Roll Set. A total of 20 complete sets. Coins will grade MS-63 to MS-66. A very choice group. Lot of 60 coins. Estimated Value $1,400 - 1,500. The Fedorchuk Estate. View details	Realized $2,415