Goldberg Coins and Collectibles

Sale 60

Pre-Long Beach Coin Auction

$20 Gold

Lot	Photo	Description	Realized
Lot 3195		1908 $20 St. Gaudens. No motto. ANACS graded MS-64. Untoned. We feel this No Motto should be held by bidders to be specially designed to excite the spirits with its vibrant golden color, its satin-like luster (PCGS # 9142) . Estimated Value $1,450 - 1,500. View details and enlarged photos Check results on similar lots	Realized $1,668
Lot 3196		1908 $20 St. Gaudens. No motto. ANACS graded MS-64. Mostly untoned; some minor scuffs on Liberty's lower body. Smooth luster in the fields on both sides (PCGS # 9142) . Estimated Value $1,450 - 1,500. View details and enlarged photos Check results on similar lots	Realized $1,639
Lot 3197		1908 $20 St. Gaudens. No motto. ANACS graded MS-63. Choice and untoned gives a pleasant appearance (PCGS # 9142) . Estimated Value $1,350 - 1,400. View details and enlarged photos Check results on similar lots	Realized $1,524
Lot 3198		1908 $20 St. Gaudens. No motto. ANACS graded MS-62. Brilliant satin luster (PCGS # 9142) . Estimated Value $1,300 - 1,350. View details and enlarged photos Check results on similar lots	Realized $1,524
Lot 3199		1908 $20 St. Gaudens. No motto. ANACS graded MS-61. Light gold toning (PCGS # 9142) . Estimated Value $1,275 - 1,325. View details and enlarged photos Check results on similar lots	Realized $1,466
Lot 3200		1908-D $20 St. Gaudens. With motto. PCGS graded MS-65. Light golden toning. This marvelous D-mint Double Eagle, due to its supreme beauty and Gem 65 grade, will stretch out to find bidders far into the corners of the nation. The sparkling gold luster flares into heavy frostiness in all areas. That covers the luster. It appears to us that all minute detail is fully evident on this bold coin as well, with sharp devices including even the smallest element of the design. Pop 310; 28 finer (PCGS # 9148) . Historic note: Omitting the customary motto IN GOD WE TRUST was not a trivial matter for President Theodore Roosevelt. When the first Double Eagles were released under his diktat in early November 1907, the omission was noticed immediately. Within a few days, angry letters, telegrams, and petitions peppered the President, Congress, Treasury and the Mint Bureau. Legislation requiring the motto be returned to the coins easily passed Congress (frightened for their jobs and facing an election that November?) and was signed on May 17, 1908. Social power having trumped a high government official once again, after June 17, all the new design gold coins carried the required inscription. Estimated Value $4,500 - 4,700. View details and enlarged photos Check results on similar lots	Realized $4,140
Lot 3201		1908-D $20 St. Gaudens. With motto. ANACS graded MS-63. Nice even golden toning, a lustrous example of the Denver mint $20 this year (PCGS # 9148) . Estimated Value $1,500 - 1,550. View details and enlarged photos Check results on similar lots	Realized $1,840
Lot 3202		1909-S $20 St. Gaudens. ANACS graded MS-65. A nice frosty coin. Has a small mark by the torch staff. The surfaces are judged by us to be bright gold in color, and quite lustrous, with the Gem grade acting on behalf of its outstanding quality. We leave behind the luster but wish we could dwell some more on it, and next move on to the devices. Even the most delicate detail seen on this '09-S Saint shows it was made with uncommon exactness for the issue (PCGS # 9153) . Estimated Value $2,500 - 2,700. View details and enlarged photos Check results on similar lots	Realized $2,990
Lot 3203		1910 $20 St. Gaudens. ANACS graded MS-63. Frosty and untoned. Choice with original mint luster (PCGS # 9154) . Estimated Value $1,350 - 1,400. View details and enlarged photos Check results on similar lots	Realized $1,581
Lot 3204		1910-D $20 St. Gaudens. PCGS graded MS-65. Beautiful golden and pale olive mint bloom colors. This is a lovely, healthy-glowing Gem, whose full-color obverse and reverse being all original, the coin beams with frosty luster. Regarding this date, the clearest details are found throughout the peripheral areas and also encompassing the key centers which are crystal clear as noted in Liberty's face, drapery,knee and toes, as well as the eagle's wings and breast feathers. Pop 879; 103 finer (PCGS # 9155) . Estimated Value $1,800 - 1,900. View details and enlarged photos Check results on similar lots	Unsold
Lot 3205		1910-D $20 St. Gaudens. PCGS graded MS-65. Lovely light golden toned Gem. The surfaces on this handsome coin are judged by us to be vivid in color, and quite lustrous, with the grade acting on behalf of its outstanding quality. Don't expect the any halfhearted impression left by the striking of the dies that made this piece, for we are glad to see the opposite is true. This is a very bold coin with sharp centers and clear-cut devices. Pop 879; 103 finer (PCGS # 9155) . Estimated Value $1,800 - 1,900. View details and enlarged photos Check results on similar lots	Unsold
Lot 3206		1910-D $20 St. Gaudens. PCGS graded MS-65. Lovely original golden toning. Becoming brighter in color increasingly at the center, both sides exhibit almost none of the usual scattered blemishes on sees on $20 Saint. A generous amount of crisp detail for the type is on display as well, including those areas where might be found weak metal flows into the deepest channels of the dies leaving the centers bold. Pop 879; 103 finer (PCGS # 9155) . Estimated Value $1,800 - 1,900. View details and enlarged photos Check results on similar lots	Unsold
Lot 3207		1910-D $20 St. Gaudens. PCGS graded MS-65. Lovely golden mint bloom colors. The surfaces are radiant and each side has a nice veneer of patina that whips and tosses as it alternates between lighter and darker shades. Rarely was a soft impact left by the recoil of the dies that struck Denver's 1910 gold coinage; therefore, the present one has a very convincing impression. Pop 879; 103 finer (PCGS # 9155) . Estimated Value $1,800 - 1,900. View details and enlarged photos Check results on similar lots	Unsold
Lot 3208		1910-D $20 St. Gaudens. PCGS graded MS-65. Frosty and untoned. A solid Gem BU example of a brilliant tinted gold coin with minimal abrasions or marks. This is a well-struck example with good details, we should add. It has no bothersome tarnish spots or points of wear. Pop 879; 103 finer (PCGS # 9155) . Estimated Value $1,800 - 1,900. View details and enlarged photos Check results on similar lots	Unsold
Lot 3209		1910-D $20 St. Gaudens. NGC graded MS-64. Nicely toned. Satiny gold surfaces eddy and churn with almost "frothy" luster. In addition, the coin possesses a nice, clear-cut strike for all areas with outstanding detail at Liberty and the eagle (PCGS # 9155) . Estimated Value $1,500 - 1,550. View details and enlarged photos Check results on similar lots	Realized $1,639
Lot 3210		1910-D $20 St. Gaudens. PCGS graded MS-64. Lightly toned. The satin-like gleam of golden-colored originality is safe and sound from most abrasions of measurable size. Furthermore, devices are sharp in all areas, as struck, as desired by collectors, which the grading service has undoubtedly taken into consideration in assigning the grade. This is as it should be (PCGS # 9155) . Estimated Value $1,500 - 1,550. View details and enlarged photos Check results on similar lots	Realized $1,696
Lot 3211		1910-S $20 St. Gaudens. PCGS graded MS-64. Golden toning on both sides, the surface displays original luster that shines and glows at every angle (PCGS # 9156) . Estimated Value $1,900 - 2,000. View details and enlarged photos Check results on similar lots	Realized $2,128
Lot 3212		1911-D $20 St. Gaudens. PCGS graded MS-66. Well struck with lovely golden toning. A superlative coin. The specimen offered in the present lot yields beautiful natural patina with subtle light undertones, the color really amplify the serene beauty on this issue. The design elements are better struck than average, in fact, razor-sharp, with strong relief apparent on the Capitol building, the olive branch, and on the leaves beneath the rock, for instance. Pristine surfaces. Pop 429; 7 finer in 67 (PCGS # 9158) . Estimated Value $2,500 - 2,600. View details and enlarged photos Check results on similar lots	Realized $2,990
Lot 3213		1911-D $20 St. Gaudens. PCGS graded MS-66. Mostly untoned. A gorgeous Gem of the optimum, hand-picked order, it borders on the Superb (67) class by most measures. The extremely lustrous surface shows signs of mingled medium orange gold to lemon gold color at the rim. Agreeably well struck to say the least, in fact fully so, which merits emphasis here.Pop 431; 7 finer in 67 (PCGS # 9158) . Estimated Value $2,500 - 2,600. View details and enlarged photos Check results on similar lots	Realized $2,990
Lot 3214		1911-D $20 St. Gaudens. PCGS graded MS-66. Attractive golden sunset hues on both sides. This is a splendid warm golden specimen whose faint golden zephyr-like veil of satin iridescence expands over both sides. Well struck for the date, certainly on a par with some better-quality high-end examples offered in recent years; we feel it deserves strong bidder attention. Pop 431; 7 finer in 67 (PCGS # 9158) . Estimated Value $2,500 - 2,600. View details and enlarged photos Check results on similar lots	Realized $2,990
Lot 3215		1911-D $20 St. Gaudens. ANACS graded MS-63. Frosty and untoned, choice, well struck. with welcoming color on nearly mark-free surfaces (PCGS # 9158) . Estimated Value $1,350 - 1,400. View details and enlarged photos Check results on similar lots	Realized $1,610
Lot 3216		1911-S $20 St. Gaudens. ANACS graded MS-62. Untoned; frosty luster everywhere. A slight change from bright to deeper color along the obverse rim (PCGS # 9159) . Estimated Value $1,300 - 1,350. View details and enlarged photos Check results on similar lots	Realized $1,524
Lot 3217		1913 $20 St. Gaudens. PCGS graded AU-58 PQ. Lovely golden toning (PCGS # 9161) . Estimated Value $1,250 - 1,300. View details and enlarged photos Check results on similar lots	Realized $1,524
Lot 3218		1914-D $20 St. Gaudens. NGC graded MS-65. Light golden toning. Vivid color, the surfaces exhibit eye-opening striking definition. Indeed, this D-mint release was struck with meticulous care by the dies Pop 558; 44 finer. Estimated Value $2,000 - 2,100. View details and enlarged photos	Unsold
Lot 3219		1914-D $20 St. Gaudens. PCGS graded MS-65. A sparkling golden gem. A beautiful, frosty-gold Saint double eagle, there are no unsettling bagmarks on either side we feel need to be singled out for the reader of this sale (PCGS # 9165) . Estimated Value $2,000 - 2,100. View details and enlarged photos Check results on similar lots	Unsold
Lot 3220		1914-D $20 St. Gaudens. PCGS graded MS-65. Beautiful mint bloom colors. An very bright and original gem that you can use as a benchmark for other examples that share this towering MS65 grade. While the strike is forthright and crisp, it is only reasonable to expect it to be full, and without doubt none of the head and shoulder details are left to the imagination, everything is crisply defined. Pop 914; 58 finer (PCGS # 9165) . Estimated Value $2,000 - 2,100. View details and enlarged photos Check results on similar lots	Unsold
Lot 3221		1914-D $20 St. Gaudens. PCGS graded MS-65. Softly toned and quite special. A worldly measure of pouring cartwheel luster livens up the wide expanse of satiny surface here. The fields are for all intents and purposes immaculate, or very close to it, while the strike is intrepid enough to call for special mention. Pop 914; 58 finer (PCGS # 9165) . Estimated Value $2,000 - 2,100. View details and enlarged photos Check results on similar lots	Unsold
Lot 3222		1914-D $20 St. Gaudens. PCGS graded MS-65. Gorgeous golden-orange sunset colors. This glistening gem, with luster that practically flies off the surface, has not so subtle shifts in the toning, all of which brings out the expansiveness of the strike. Further, the luster enhances the unexpectedly beautiful eye appeal of this coin. Pop 914; 58 finer (PCGS # 9165) . Estimated Value $2,000 - 2,100. View details and enlarged photos Check results on similar lots	Unsold
Lot 3223		1914-D $20 St. Gaudens. PCGS graded MS-65. Well struck with delicate golden mint bloom colors. A single small mark on the hip. Lustrous frosty golden surfaces with rich highlights. Total details on Liberty and on the reverse eagle. A truly imposing gem specimen of a fashionable D branch mint issue from our mid-continent coining facility which is still in full operation in 2010. Denver started as an Assay and refining office back in 1860. Pop 914; 58 finer (PCGS # 9165) . Estimated Value $2,000 - 2,100. View details and enlarged photos Check results on similar lots	Unsold
Lot 3224		1914-D $20 St. Gaudens. PCGS graded MS-65. Rich golden-orange colors. Lustrous accents of color which give a grand overall eye appeal. The top-notch strike complements this eye-appeal and, some might argue, adds immeasurably to the appearance. Pop 914; 58 finer (PCGS # 9165) . Estimated Value $2,000 - 2,100. View details and enlarged photos Check results on similar lots	Unsold
Lot 3225		1914-D $20 St. Gaudens. PCGS graded MS-65. Fully lustrous with hints of golden colors. It is not all gold that glareth says Geoffrey Chaucer, but he probably wasn't looking at this rich orange-gold 1914-D. As we see it, when it comes to the centers of Liberty and the eagle, the strike is above-average, clear, and decidedly bold in all areas. Pop 914; 58 finer (PCGS # 9165) . Estimated Value $2,000 - 2,100. View details and enlarged photos Check results on similar lots	Unsold
Lot 3226		1914-D $20 St. Gaudens. PCGS graded MS-65. Nice and frosty with delicate golden mint bloom colors. Pleasant, almost cheery satin frost display lots of fresh originality. Broadly and well struck on the legends and main device, we might add, which is pleasing to see, add to this a surfeit of detail at the centers (PCGS # 9165) . Estimated Value $2,000 - 2,100. View details and enlarged photos Check results on similar lots	Unsold
Lot 3227		1914-D $20 St. Gaudens. PCGS graded MS-65. Rich mint bloom colors. Creamy luster and smooth appearance with none of the usual tiny copper spots on the obverse or the reverse. Added to this is a nicely strike exhibiting fine detail to all the high points (PCGS # 9165) . Estimated Value $2,000 - 2,100. View details and enlarged photos Check results on similar lots	Unsold
Lot 3228		1914-D $20 St. Gaudens. PCGS graded MS-65. Rich golden colors. Small mark at the torch bottom. A glistening coin whose luster is virtually three-dimensional, almost jumping out at the viewer. Talk about a piece with a lot of life! Beyond that, the striking is needle sharp, everything comes together to yield an opportunity that should be taken advantage of (PCGS # 9165) . Estimated Value $2,000 - 2,100. View details and enlarged photos Check results on similar lots	Unsold
Lot 3229		1914-D $20 St. Gaudens. PCGS graded MS-65. Lovely shades of rose color gold. Sharply original throughout, the surfaces show many nuances in the bloom and there are no mentionable spots or heavy abrasion on either side, only a few normal light bagmarks consistent with MS65 condition. Fortunately for bidders, this coin, too, like the rest in this remarkable consignment of Gem Saints, was struck with the controlled precision you'd expect to see throughout the outer peripheral areas, while thoroughly bold and uncompromised at all other locations. Pop 914; 58 finer (PCGS # 9165) . Estimated Value $2,000 - 2,100. View details and enlarged photos Check results on similar lots	Unsold
Lot 3230		1914-D $20 St. Gaudens. PCGS graded MS-64. Original orange toning. A few small marks on Liberty and the eagle. Very choice luster that shows this to be a thoroughly frosted coin with keen-edged devices outward from the centers (PCGS # 9165) . Estimated Value $1,500 - 1,550. View details and enlarged photos Check results on similar lots	Realized $1,725
Lot 3231		1914-D $20 St. Gaudens. PCGS graded MS-64. Mostly untoned. Effusive and satiny mint luster in amounts copious enough to cause it to border on MS65 quality, although a few bagmarks seem destined to hinder it getting the higher grade (PCGS # 9165) . Estimated Value $1,500 - 1,550. View details and enlarged photos Check results on similar lots	Realized $1,725
Lot 3232		1914-S $20 St. Gaudens. PCGS graded MS-65. Outstanding green and gold toning, a boldly struck gold-surfaced double eagle whose high-end depth of detail in the strike complements the equally fresh mint bloom (PCGS # 9166) . Estimated Value $1,650 - 1,700. View details and enlarged photos Check results on similar lots	Realized $2,185
Lot 3233		1914-S $20 St. Gaudens. PCGS graded MS-65. Rich golden toning. Superior to most others, the surface is brilliant throughout with no deep abrasions present to sidetrack your enjoyment of the smooth surface and bold relief. Like most '14-S Saints, which are fully struck, this marvel of precision minting shows all regions crisply detailed including the centers (PCGS # 9166) . Estimated Value $1,650 - 1,700. View details and enlarged photos Check results on similar lots	Realized $2,185
Lot 3234		1914-S $20 St. Gaudens. PCGS graded MS-65. Lovely golden toning. A nice coin, this warmly colored example displays beams of golden metallic detail in all areas (PCGS # 9166) . Estimated Value $1,650 - 1,700. View details and enlarged photos Check results on similar lots	Realized $2,128
Lot 3235		1914-S $20 St. Gaudens. PCGS graded MS-65. Nice golden toning. A consignment of heavenly 1914-S Saint-Gaudens Double Eagles arrived at our offices seemingly out of the blue, and were we surprised when we spread them out on the conference room table to examine them. For they were (and are), without mincing words, fresh, original, and almost perfectly matched for color and surface originality. Here, we tell ourselves, is the ultimate run of Gem specimens for the connoisseur of this popular gold series. Unless we misjudge out bidders, each and every one of these will find an appreciative new home. Be guided by the understanding that when these sell, there might not be another multiple coin run such as this offered for sale. As for the sparkling individual in this Lot, Virtually glowing in the fields as though nuclear charged with energy. On top of this, substantial detail to the highpoints on this fine example confirms the MS65 grade, with a thorough and effectual, indeed an almost fantastic sharp imprint from the dies; there are no weak areas left by the recoil of the dies, none whatsoever. Pop 1,835; 102 finer (PCGS # 9166) . Estimated Value $1,650 - 1,700. View details and enlarged photos Check results on similar lots	Realized $2,128
Lot 3236		1914-S $20 St. Gaudens. PCGS graded MS-65. Well struck and lightly toned. Glistening fields rise and fall with original golden mint bloom. Against this are set serious, frosty design elements. Pop 1,835; 102 finer (PCGS # 9166) . 1914 is a propitious date to have a nice run of double eagles like this beautiful Gem BU MS65. For it was a year that shook the foundations of civilized life from Europe to Britain and from America to the South Seas continent of Australia. On July 31, 1914, as war declarations spread throughout Europe presaging the First World War, the U.S. Treasury Secretary, William McAdoo shut the New York Stock Exchange for an unprecedented four months to hamper British sales of American securities. Why did he do this? The plan was to keep the British from draining American gold with the dollar proceeds from sales of U.S. stocks and bonds. (McAdoo desired to protect America's gold coin & bullion supply at a time when the 12 Federal Reserve Banks had yet to be fully supplied with the metal before their anticipated opening later that year.) Read further in subsequent listings for how this amazing story panned out, and how America barely escaped economic catastrophe only by the wise actions of William McAdoo, a man sadly forgotten by all but a few die-hard bushy-browed historians wearing tweed coats and bowties. Estimated Value $1,650 - 1,700. View details and enlarged photos Check results on similar lots	Realized $2,128
Lot 3237		1914-S $20 St. Gaudens. PCGS graded MS-65. A nice frosty coin. The brilliant luster is satiny and consistent. A well struck and lustrous Gem that has carefully preserved surfaces. What seems obvious is that the clear-cut devices point to it having been giving a full, clear blow by the dies. Weakness occurs at a few central locations on some of this issue, but not on this handsome coin nor the others in this illustrious group in the surrounding Lots. Pop 1,835; 102 finer (PCGS # 9166) . On August 3, 1914, having closed the stock exchange, Secretary McAdoo then flooded the country with paper money to prevent a repetition of the bank runs on the nation's gold that had embarrassed America only a few years earlier, during the Panic of 1907. Banks had been forced to suspend the convertibility of their deposits into currency and specie when they could not meet depositor demands for cash during October 1907. Banks avoided suspending their obligations in 1914 by offering depositors the emergency currency (National Bank Notes identical to those of the Series of 1902 Second Charter notes already in use) dispensed under McAdoo's orders. A federal enactment passed in 1908 after the Panic of 1907 to guard against a replay of the panic, anticipated the importance of speed in containing a crisis. It had stipulated that $500 million in emergency currency that had been authorized be printed immediately after the passage of the act. Each national bank's allotment of notes, embossed with the bank's name and decorative logo, had been prepared for distribution by the end of 1908. The entire supply had been stored in an underground vault especially constructed for this purpose in Washington, D.C. Estimated Value $1,650 - 1,700. View details and enlarged photos Check results on similar lots	Realized $2,128
Lot 3238		1914-S $20 St. Gaudens. PCGS graded MS-65. Lovely golden toning. Intense but still satiny frost, the coin lightly toned to a soft golden color through which all radiance persists almost undiminished. Pop 1,835; 102 finer (PCGS # 9166) . During The Great War of 1914-18, America was the only country that honored the gold standard by standing ready, willing, and most importantly able, to redeem any and all demands for gold payment brought to the window of the Treasury Department and the banks. The rest of the Warring nations were forced to come hat in hand to Wall Street and the U.S. Treasury for loans and ready payment to supply themselves with war materiel. It was only after 1916 that the U.S. Mints ceased making gold coins until stability returned in 1920. Even then, the supply was adequate to meet all demands for payment in specie "on demand" as required by the gold standard. Double eagles such as this were key to backing the currency and bank accounts of Americans, businesses and government entities throughout the troubled war years. Estimated Value $1,650 - 1,700. View details and enlarged photos Check results on similar lots	Realized $2,156
Lot 3239		1914-S $20 St. Gaudens. PCGS graded MS-65. Nice golden toning. A bright specimen glowing with original mint bloom. That said, now we wish to cover the strike: this coin, unlike many branch mint issues, was struck with the correct scientific precision on the devices such as Liberty and the eagle, the stars and legends. A wonderful Gem BU Double Eagle. Pop 1,835; 102 finer (PCGS # 9166) . Estimated Value $1,650 - 1,700. View details and enlarged photos Check results on similar lots	Realized $2,128
Lot 3240		1914-S $20 St. Gaudens. PCGS graded MS-65. Frosty and lightly toned. It is easy to overlook a small mark on Liberty kneecap when one sees tremendous detail from a very positive strike, which collectors like better to see than wishy-washy detail; furthermore, the surfaces show sharp golden color. Pop 1,835; 102 finer (PCGS # 9166) . Estimated Value $1,650 - 1,700. View details and enlarged photos Check results on similar lots	Realized $2,128
Lot 3241		1914-S $20 St. Gaudens. PCGS graded MS-65. Nice golden toning. The golden hue reciprocates between levels of frost and satin-texture. Lustrous and well struck with rocking-fresh surfaces Pop 1,835; 102 finer (PCGS # 9166) . Estimated Value $1,650 - 1,700. View details and enlarged photos Check results on similar lots	Realized $2,128
Lot 3242		1914-S $20 St. Gaudens. PCGS graded MS-65. Frosty and untoned Gem. The golden luster on both sides twirls with a somewhat satin texture. Pop 1,835; 102 finer (PCGS # 9166) . Estimated Value $1,650 - 1,700. View details and enlarged photos Check results on similar lots	Realized $2,128
Lot 3243		1914-S $20 St. Gaudens. PCGS graded MS-65. Lovely golden toning. Virtually peach-colored fields aglow with the spread light in every direction. Pop 1,835; 102 finer (PCGS # 9166) . Estimated Value $1,650 - 1,700. View details and enlarged photos Check results on similar lots	Realized $2,128
Lot 3244		1914-S $20 St. Gaudens. PCGS graded MS-65. Nice shades of gold toning. There is much to say about the gemmy surfaces of this coin since they are nearly perfect, a quality rarely obtainable. The mint frost is glowing with intensity over each side. There is the beautiful patina as well. Pop 1,835; 102 finer (PCGS # 9166) . Estimated Value $1,650 - 1,700. View details and enlarged photos Check results on similar lots	Realized $2,128

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