Goldberg Coins and Collectibles

Sale 63

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

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Lot	Photo	Description	Realized
Lot 1309		1855. PCGS graded AU-55. CAC Approved. Light golden toning (PCGS # 7532) . Estimated Value $700 - 750. View details and enlarged photos Check results on similar lots	Realized $552
Lot 1310		1855-C. NGC AU Details, improperly cleaned. Well struck from clashed dies and untoned. Popular as the only "C" mint type 2 gold dollar. Only 9,803 struck. The 1855-C is a poorly produced Charlotte issue from a small mintage that year. Survivors tend to be circulated, and are often riddled with problems. The present example, while typically deficient in strike through the centers and portions of the obverse border, has a pleasing enough appearance to overcome its limitations. Evidence of die clashing is detected over both sides, being more noticeable on the reverse. An important offering for the serious collector of Southern gold. Estimated Value $3,500 - 4,500. View details and enlarged photos	Unsold
Lot 1311		1856. Slanting 5. PCGS graded MS-62. Nice light toning. This select Type 3 design features one of two variants in the 5 of the date. Some have postulated that Mint Engraver James Longacre favored the slanting 5 over the upright 5 (PCGS # 7540) . Estimated Value $450 - 500. View details and enlarged photos Check results on similar lots	Realized $575
Lot 1312		1856-S. NGC graded MS-63. Well struck up including all the numerals in the date. Fully lustrous with a hint of delicate golden toning. A choice example of the popular Type 2 gold dollar. Only at San Francisco were Type 2 dollars struck in the year 1856. Philadelphia and the other mints had, presumably by then, been instructed to await replacement dies in lower relief. In our opinion, a Premium Quality example for the given grade. Only 24,600 struck. Pop 2; 4 finer (PCGS # 7536) . Historic Note: Upon receiving his post to Mint Director in 1853, Colonel James R. Snowden readied plans to modify the gold dollar that James B. Longacre had executed in 1849. To this end, Longacre was instructed to increase the diameter of the denomination from 13 to 15 millimeters and reduced the thickness proportionately. At the same time, he seized upon the opportunity to redesign both the obverse and reverse devices. The chief engraver altered the gold dollar's resemblance to the double eagle when he utilized his replica of the marble Venus Accroupie from the three dollar gold piece. The wreath of corn, cotton, maple, and tobacco that Longacre would in due course immortalize on the Flying Eagle cent also made the move from the three dollar gold piece to the new gold dollar. Once the Treasury Department agreed to the new design, coinage began on August 19, 1854. Within no time the Mint laid bare the new design's shortcoming: The relief of the obverse motif was too high and Longacre had situated it opposite the highest points of the reverse. This created poor metal flow into the die cavities and even the capable Philadelphia Mint could not generate fully struck examples. Most pieces emerged from the Mint with weak devices and rapidly wore down to illegibility. The barely identifiable survivors that the Mint retrieved from circulation were melted as hastily as they had been designed. After two years of production at Philadelphia and token outputs at the branch mints that extended into 1856, Longacre reworked the denomination and created the lower-relief Type Three gold dollar. Estimated Value $25,000 - 27,000. View details and enlarged photos Check results on similar lots	Realized $29,900
Lot 1313		1858. MS-60. Some minor hairlines. Nicely toned. Estimated Value $200 - 220. View details and enlarged photos	Realized $230
Lot 1314		1861. PCGS graded MS-63. Well struck on heavily clashed dies and all, delicately toned. In our opinion a Premium Quality coin. Mintage rose dramatically in 1861 when a panicked public, seeing the breakout of war between the North and South, sent all available scrap and bullion gold to the mint for coining (PCGS # 7558) . Estimated Value $750 - 800. View details and enlarged photos Check results on similar lots	Realized $863
Lot 1315		1862. PCGS graded AU-58. Lightly toned (PCGS # 7560) . Estimated Value $240 - 250. View details and enlarged photos Check results on similar lots	Realized $276
Lot 1316		1863. NGC graded Proof 67 Cameo. A dazzling golden gem with exquisite cameo devices. Only 50 Proofs struck. Jeff Garrett and Ron Guth, in their book entitled Encyclopedia of U.S. Gold Coins, 1795-1933, estimate that less than one-half of the reported mintage of 50 coins is still known. The major grading services have certified roughly 25 pieces, but this certainly includes some return visits. This gorgeous Proof 67 Cameo, the finest seen by either NGC or PCGS, exhibits fabulous contrast, that takes on a decisive gold-on-black appearance when it is viewed from directly overhead. Lovely orange-gold color display crisply struck motifs, and are devoid of significant marks. Pop 1; the finest graded (PCGS # 87613) . Estimated Value $30,000 - 35,000. View details and enlarged photos Check results on similar lots	Realized $40,250
Lot 1317		1866. PCGS graded MS-65 PQ. Housed in a new secure plus holder. Only 7,100 pieces struck. Pop 9; 15 finer. Fully prooflike surfaces with lovely golden toning, and a gleaming-fresh example. Looks as though it has just dropped from the dies. From the small census above, bidders will understand why there may be strong competition to acquire this handsome 1866 Gold Dollar (PCGS # 7565) . Estimated Value $3,800 - 4,000. View details and enlarged photos Check results on similar lots	Realized $5,980
Lot 1318		1871. NGC graded MS-61 PQ. CAC Approved. Housed in an Old Holder. Only 3,930 struck. A nice untoned example. Pop 20; 63 finer (PCGS # 7571) . Estimated Value $650 - 700. View details and enlarged photos Check results on similar lots	Realized $776
Lot 1319		1873. Open 3. PCGS graded MS-62. A nice bold strike and untoned (PCGS # 7573) . Estimated Value $450 - 500. View details and enlarged photos Check results on similar lots	Realized $529
Lot 1320		1874. Sharpness of Extremely Fine. Holed. Estimated Value $50 - 60. View details	Realized $69
Lot 1321		1881. PCGS graded MS-67 CAC Approved. A fabulous gem specimen with delicate golden and hints of olive toning. A Premium Quality coin that could be graded MS-68. In an old green label PCGS holder. Only 7,620 struck. Pop 83; 37 finer by a point (PCGS # 7582) . Estimated Value $4,000 - 4,400. View details and enlarged photos Check results on similar lots	Realized $4,600
Lot 1322		1885. NGC graded Proof 68 Cameo. Near perfect Gem Cameo Proof type Gold Dollar. The watery mirrored surfaces are immaculate as are the delicate frosted devices. A brilliant untoned example of the type. Only 1105 Proofs struck. It is hard to imagine such a coin still in existence after so many years. Truly, this one displays dramatic freshness and originality under a loupe. The mint's production of Proof Gold Dollars beginning in 1884 from the low totals prior to that. This 1885 has similar mintage to the 1884. Even though the mintage figure suggests easy obtainability, nothing could be farther from the truth. In fact, we estimate fewer than 50 examples of this issue are extant, the majority of grading below the Gem PR65 level. Pop 2; none finer (PCGS # 87635) . Estimated Value $8,500 - 9,500. View details and enlarged photos Check results on similar lots	Realized $29,900
Lot 1323		1888. PCGS Genuine, cleaned. Our grade is MS-63 with a few light hairlines and marks (PCGS # 7589) . Estimated Value $400 - 450. View details and enlarged photos Check results on similar lots	Realized $480
Lot 1324		1889. PCGS graded MS-65. Well struck and ablaze with reddish-golden luster. A lovely gem and a Premium Quality example for the grade (PCGS # 7590) . Estimated Value $1,600 - 1,700. View details and enlarged photos Check results on similar lots	Realized $1,860
Lot 1325		1889. PCGS graded MS-64. CAC Approved. Nice golden toning. Only 28,950 struck and virtually in the gem class with its outstanding satiny frost (PCGS # 7590) . Estimated Value $1,000 - 1,100. View details and enlarged photos Check results on similar lots	Realized $1,553
Lot 1326		1856, 1862, and 1874. All EF-40. Lot of 3 coins. Estimated Value $500 - 550. View details	Realized $529
Lot 1327		A trio of Gold Dollars. Consists of: 1851-O and 1862 (2). Coins grade VF to EF. Lot of 3 coins. Estimated Value $450 - 500. View details	Realized $518