Goldberg Coins and Collectibles

Sale 63

The Pre-Long Beach Auction of US, World Coins and Currency

$1 Gold

Lot	Photo	Description	Realized
Lot 1283		1850-O. PCGS graded AU-55. Has full detail on the coronet with deeply impressed LIBERTY and excellent hair curls. Desirable yet affordable New Orleans Minti ssue (PCGS # 7512) . Estimated Value $500 - 550. View details and enlarged photos Check results on similar lots	Realized $863
Lot 1284		1851. NGC graded MS-66. A needle sharp strike with a blush of delicate golden toning. Bright mint luster throughout, and attractive, very much so, with almost pulsating golden hue on both sides. All this is perhaps obvious from the photos. What we need to emphasize too is that the strike is customarily crisp and detailed for the 1851-P issue with the usual sharp metal flows into the deepest recesses of the dies on both sides. Pop 17; 7 finer (PCGS # 7513) . Estimated Value $5,000 - 6,000. View details and enlarged photos Check results on similar lots	Realized $6,325
Lot 1285		1851. PCGS graded MS-63 PQ. CAC Approved. A nice frosty example, one of several select to choice gold dollars featuring the petite Liberty head that was in use from 1849 through 1854 before major modifications were made to the design (PCGS # 7513) . Estimated Value $1,000 - 1,050. View details and enlarged photos Check results on similar lots	Realized $1,035
Lot 1286		1851. PCGS graded MS-62 PQ. CAC Approved. Well struck with nice toning; both sides are bright with vibrant warm golden patination. Another select example of the Type One design (PCGS # 7513) . Estimated Value $500 - 550. View details and enlarged photos Check results on similar lots	Realized $546
Lot 1287		1851. NGC graded MS-61 (PCGS # 7513) . Estimated Value $375 - 400. View details and enlarged photos Check results on similar lots	Realized $518
Lot 1288		1851-C. NGC graded MS-61. Boldly struck and untoned. Only 41,267 struck. A frosty, satiny pale greenish golden coin with muted luster on both sides, somewhat less distinct over Liberty's hair waves. Nicely struck as well, with just a hint of weakness at the centers. Star rays show completely. New Orleans struck Type 1 gold dollars annually, and when the switch was made to the Indian Type 2 in 1854, strikes continued at this Southern mint in 1854 and 1855. But then minting ceased at least for this denomination, at New Orleans. Pop 61; 67 finer (PCGS # 7514) . Estimated Value $2,800 - 3,000. View details and enlarged photos Check results on similar lots	Realized $2,760
Lot 1289		1851-D. NGC graded MS-62. Attractive with plenty of luster to justify the grade. A desirable Uncirculated example that is carefully struck with nominal die clashing on the reverse and only light weakness on the lower stars. The luster is frosty and bright with a few modest marks detected. 1851-D is a low mintage year, one of only 9,882 pieces, yet is actually the one Dahlonega Mint Gold Dollar more likely to be found in higher grades, although the majority of these top out in About Uncirculated condition. The preservation of this example places it in the elite rank of Mint State survivors. Pop 24; 10 finer (PCGS # 7515) . Estimated Value $6,500 - 7,000. The Frank McCarthy Collection. View details and enlarged photos Check results on similar lots	Realized $5,980
Lot 1290		1852. PCGS graded MS-63 PQ. CAC Approved. Well struck. A gold, untoned example, as crisp and lustrous as when it was first issued. Probably a good many are not as carefully struck as this piece, with no suggestion or even a whisper of weakness at the hair curls (PCGS # 7517) . Estimated Value $1,000 - 1,050. View details and enlarged photos Check results on similar lots	Realized $1,093
Lot 1291		1852. PCGS graded MS-62 PQ. CAC Approved. Well struck and lustrous (PCGS # 7517) . Estimated Value $500 - 550. View details and enlarged photos Check results on similar lots	Realized $546
Lot 1292		1852. PCGS graded MS-61 PQ. CAC Approved. Precision strike on the main devices, the Type Ones struck in Philadelphia were almost all expertly made (PCGS # 7517) . Estimated Value $450 - 500. View details and enlarged photos Check results on similar lots	Realized $489
Lot 1293		1852. PCGS graded MS-61 PQ. CAC Approved. A nice untoned example with eye-appeal of an even higher grade specimen (PCGS # 7517) . Estimated Value $450 - 500. View details and enlarged photos Check results on similar lots	Realized $518
Lot 1294		1852. PCGS graded MS-62. Well struck and delicately toned (PCGS # 7517) . Estimated Value $450 - 500. View details and enlarged photos Check results on similar lots	Realized $575
Lot 1295		1852 and 1854 type 1. Each grades EF-40. Lot of 2 coins. Estimated Value $325 - 350. View details	Realized $374
Lot 1296		1852-O. NGC graded MS-61. Well struck and untoned. A glittering pale golden coin with frosty luster, a bold strike, and sharp stars, hair curls, and wreath that just won't quit! Light disturbance in the luster in the fields consigns it to this grade. Pop 66; 81 finer (PCGS # 7520) . Estimated Value $1,100 - 1,300. View details and enlarged photos Check results on similar lots	Realized $1,006
Lot 1297		1853. PCGS graded MS-63+ PQ. CAC Approved. Brilliant gold in color from a consignment of several choice MS63 examples, the surfaces exhibit eye-opening striking definition (PCGS # 7521) . Estimated Value $1,100 - 1,150. View details and enlarged photos Check results on similar lots	Realized $1,170
Lot 1298		1853. PCGS graded MS-63 PQ. CAC Approved. Uncommonly smooth with fully metallic, golden features with a small amount of toning on the obverse at 5 o'clock. Struck with methodical precision throughout (PCGS # 7521) . Estimated Value $1,000 - 1,050. View details and enlarged photos Check results on similar lots	Realized $1,035
Lot 1299		1853. PCGS graded MS-63 PQ. CAC Approved. Lightly toned and boldly struck (PCGS # 7521) . Estimated Value $1,000 - 1,050. View details and enlarged photos Check results on similar lots	Realized $1,035
Lot 1300		1853. PCGS graded MS-62 PQ. CAC Approved. A hint of natural tone. A lustrous and well preserved Type One Dollar that has hues of beautiful vivid gold color (PCGS # 7521) . Estimated Value $500 - 550. View details and enlarged photos Check results on similar lots	Realized $546
Lot 1301		1853. PCGS graded MS-62 PQ. CAC Approved. Well struck and choice. A small indentation in the field by the hair bun. The mostly bright surfaces display modest, yet pleasing frosty luster effects as the coin turns under the light (PCGS # 7521) . Estimated Value $500 - 550. View details and enlarged photos Check results on similar lots	Realized $546
Lot 1302		1853. PCGS graded MS-62 PQ. CAC Approved. A coin that should be regraded to MS63 or MS64 because it lies at the upper end of its grade (PCGS # 7521) . Estimated Value $500 - 550. View details and enlarged photos Check results on similar lots	Realized $575
Lot 1303		1853. PCGS graded MS-62. CAC Approved (PCGS # 7521) . Estimated Value $500 - 550. View details and enlarged photos Check results on similar lots	Realized $518
Lot 1304		1853. NGC graded MS-62 (PCGS # 7521) . Estimated Value $400 - 425. View details and enlarged photos Check results on similar lots	Realized $546
Lot 1305		1853. Each grades EF-40. Lot of 2 coins. Estimated Value $325 - 350. View details	Realized $426
Lot 1306		1853. Coins grade VF to EF. Lot of 2 coins. Estimated Value $300 - 325. View details	Realized $391
Lot 1307		1854-D NGC graded Unc Details. Improperly Cleaned. Prooflike with some light hairlines. Well struck with gold toning. Only 2,935 pieces struck. The low mintage makes this Dahlonega, Georgia date famous. This beautiful rarity sums up nicely the experience of the gold consignment of which it is a part. The coin exhibits toned satin luster on a well presented and attractive planchet with only a trace of cleaning signs in the fields and on the topmost areas of Liberty's hair. It is the kind of coin that collectors expect to find in the grade: sharply impressed, rims free of injury, and good-looks. Elusive as a date, elusive in no uncertain terms. Even more is this true in high grades. We return to the strike. The strike is crisp in so many areas it is virtually impossible to find any weakness (whereas the strike is so-so in most other survivors). Some lack of detail may be noted at the lower rim denticles on the reverse below the ribbon bow, and that is just about the only point of reference where bold detail isn't found! When describing the reverse, we see the usual light raised die lines around the mintmark and in areas nearby (a result of die finishing at the mint). Some bidders might edge away from bidding when presented with an 1854-D gold dollar that has been "improperly cleaned." However, as we've already stated, the cleaning is light and scarcely affects the delicate surfaces. After all, this is one of the rarest D-mint dates in the series struck at all the historic Dahlonega branch mint whose production spanned the years 1838-1861. Only the P-mint of 1854 is at all common (PCGS # 7526) . Estimated Value $4,000 - 4,500. The Frank McCarthy Collection. View details and enlarged photos Check results on similar lots	Realized $3,795
Lot 1308		1851 and 1854 Type 2 Gold Coins. Both coins are cleaned and our grade is sharpness of VF. Estimated Value $300 - 325. View details	Realized $414