Goldberg Coins and Collectibles

Sale 63

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

$2.50 Indian

Lot	Photo	Description	Realized
Lot 1377		1908. PCGS graded MS-65. Lovely golden toning on both sides. The specimen offered in the present lot yields beautiful color with subtle regularity in the undertones, the hues typically seen on uncleaned, undipped examples of this issue. The design elements are very sharply struck, with strong detail apparent on the war bonnet, the headband with its pattern of dots, and throughout the eagle. All lettering is sharp. A suitable Gem for ones top-notch Type Set or date collection (PCGS # 7939) . Estimated Value $2,600 - 2,700. View details and enlarged photos Check results on similar lots	Realized $3,335
Lot 1378		1908. NGC graded MS-63. Mostly untoned with abundant frosty luster confirming its originality. The photos, as will the eye of the beholder, will reaffirm the coin's choice attractive quality (PCGS # 7939) . Estimated Value $750 - 800. View details and enlarged photos Check results on similar lots	Realized $863
Lot 1379		1908. ICG graded MS-63. Bright and lustrous, a sharp first-year issue. The Indian series would last until 1929, though with a large interruption from 1916-24 when none were produced. Total of 15 coins in the set. Estimated Value $750 - 800. View details and enlarged photos	Realized $604
Lot 1380		1909. PCGS graded MS-65 PQ. Well struck with rich golden and olive-gold toning. In our opinion, a Premium Quality coin. The pleasingly bright and lustrous surfaces deserve special mention, both sides are warmly colored in orange-gold hues. A solidly graded, premium quality Gem, this coin displays impressive striking definition for a second-year issue from this Indian design. This is also to say that the strike is full, including those few feather veins over stretching to the outer reaches of the war bonnet which on some mid-teens dates can come weak (PCGS # 7940) . Estimated Value $4,500 - 5,000. View details and enlarged photos Check results on similar lots	Realized $4,830
Lot 1381		1909. NGC graded MS-63 CAC Approved. Lovely rich golden toning; second year issue with sharp devices throughout (PCGS # 7940) . Estimated Value $1,200 - 1,300. View details and enlarged photos Check results on similar lots	Realized $1,409
Lot 1382		1909. ICG graded MS-63. Attractive golden toning, beaming golden luster throughout. Estimated Value $800 - 900. View details and enlarged photos	Realized $978
Lot 1383		1909. PCGS graded AU-58. Nicely toned (PCGS # 7940) . Estimated Value $250 - 275. View details and enlarged photos Check results on similar lots	Realized $334
Lot 1384		1909. EF-45. Estimated Value $220 - 230. View details and enlarged photos	Realized $276
Lot 1385		1910. PCGS graded MS-65. Lovely mint bloom colors of golden-olive and light gold. A very attractive gold-surfaced Gem whose high-end depth of detail in the strike complements the equally fresh mint bloom. Where an ineffectual imprint is often left by the rebound of the dies that struck many of this year's coinage as well as some other dates in the Indian series, the opposite is present here: devices show fine clarity of detail including in the centers as well as the feather ends. Bidders be cautioned, you may face stiff competition. The obverse portrays an actual Native American chief, Brule Lakota Chief Hollow Horn Bear, who had taken part in Theodore Roosevelt's inaugural parade, March 4, 1905. Boston sculptor Bela Lyon Pratt modeled him for the 1908 quarter eagles and half. The unusual design on these stems from the so-called sunken relief. Pop 73; 7 finer in 66 (PCGS # 7941) . Estimated Value $4,500 - 5,000. View details and enlarged photos Check results on similar lots	Realized $5,060
Lot 1386		1910. NGC graded MS-63. Frosty and untoned. In 1910, the U.S. population was 91,972,266. An obscure British music-hall performer with a French kick toured the U.S. this year with a pantomime troupe, and appeared in a vaudeville act billed as "Karno's Wow Wows." His name: Charlie Chaplin (PCGS # 7941) . Estimated Value $850 - 900. View details and enlarged photos Check results on similar lots	Realized $1,277
Lot 1387		1910. PCGS graded MS-62 (PCGS # 7941) . Estimated Value $450 - 500. View details and enlarged photos Check results on similar lots	Realized $518
Lot 1388		1910. ICG graded MS-62. Nicely toned with some marks in the reverse. Estimated Value $450 - 500. View details and enlarged photos	Realized $949
Lot 1389		1911. NGC graded MS-65. Light golden toning on both sides give this handsome gem its decidedly superior look of originality. Very few are offered in this quality. Note also the clockwork precision seen in the sharp war bonnet feathers as well as the plumes above the hair ribbon (PCGS # 7942) . Estimated Value $5,000 - 5,500. View details and enlarged photos Check results on similar lots	Unsold
Lot 1390		1911. NGC graded MS-63. Mostly untoned with a few light contact marks; swirling luster on all surfaces (PCGS # 7942) . Estimated Value $700 - 750. View details and enlarged photos Check results on similar lots	Realized $834
Lot 1391		1911. PCGS graded MS-63. Well struck on the feather ends, the eagle, and throughout the ribbon which shows its train of tiny dots without needing magnification to see (PCGS # 7942) . Estimated Value $700 - 750. View details and enlarged photos Check results on similar lots	Realized $949
Lot 1392		1911. NGC graded MS-63. Toned and providing a wealth of detail which glows with frostiness (PCGS # 7942) . Estimated Value $700 - 750. View details and enlarged photos Check results on similar lots	Realized $863
Lot 1393		1911. NGC graded MS-63. Untoned and appreciably choicer than others in this grade (PCGS # 7942) . Estimated Value $700 - 750. View details and enlarged photos Check results on similar lots	Realized $874
Lot 1394		1911. PCGS graded MS-62 (PCGS # 7942) . Estimated Value $450 - 500. View details and enlarged photos Check results on similar lots	Realized $529
Lot 1395		1911. PCGS graded MS-62 (PCGS # 7942) . Estimated Value $450 - 500. View details and enlarged photos Check results on similar lots	Realized $483
Lot 1396		1911. VF-20. Estimated Value $200 - 220. View details	Realized $264
Lot 1397		1911-D. NGC graded MS-65. Well struck with a bold "D" mint mark. Mostly untoned. A very choice example for this Key Date coin. It is a sign of the magnitude of this auction that we are offering for bids this lovely Gem-quality example of the key-date 1911-D Indian Quarter Eagle. The NGC-certified piece in this lot is fully struck with keen-edged detail revealed not only the central-reverse high points such as the eagle's wing and neck feathers, but also the key D mintmark on the same side and the lowermost feathers in the obverse headdress. Both sides are entirely lustrous, though in keeping with the standards of the issue, the finish is not as vibrant as on a Philadelphia Mint 1911 quarter eagle; it has a slightly grainy texture. The color is a magnificent gold shade that, at certain angles, reveals slight joining of warm gold tinting. There are no abrasions or other blemishes, perhaps the most important point in establishing the allure of this coin for inclusion in a top-end collection of 20th century gold. Only 55,680 pieces minted. Pop 77; 4 finer (PCGS # 7943) . The key date to the Indian quarter eagle series, this coin will delight the specialist for its choice surfaces and "strong D" mintmark on the reverse. Many of this date have the "weak D" mintmark, which is, of course, the important feature on the rarest date of the series. Although some counterfeits exist for this date, they are easy to tell apart, this one possesses the knife rim feature which is visible on most high grade originals. For all practical purposes only a single die pairing was used according the Breen (the second die pairing struck just 70 coins). The key date to the series, and one of the few gold date sets of anything most collectors could ever hope to complete. Events of 1911: The big event this year has to be the Mexican Revolution. But also on the list of notable events of 1911 was when Eugene B. Ely landed on the deck of the USS Pennsylvania stationed in San Francisco harbor, marking the first time an aircraft had landed on a ship. In January, 1911, occurred the first Monte Carlo races (Rallye Automobile Monte Carlo). Halfway around the world, on February 18, 1911, the first official air mail flight took place from Allahabad, India to Naini, India, when Henri Pequet carried 6,500 letters a distance of 13 km. And finally, for art connoisseurs, August 22, 1911 goes down in history as the day the theft of the Mona Lisa was discovered in the Louvre. At the time, the painting was believed to be lost forever, and it was two years before the thief was discovered. Louvre employee Vincenzo Peruggia had stolen it by entering the building during regular hours, hiding in a broom closet and walking out with it hidden under his coat after the museum had closed. Peruggia was an Italian patriot who believed Leonardo's painting should be returned to Italy for display in an Italian museum. Peruggia may have also been motivated by a friend who sold copies of the painting, which would skyrocket in value after the theft of the original. After having kept the painting in his apartment for two years, Peruggia grew impatient and was finally caught when he attempted to sell it to the directors of the Uffizi Gallery in Florence; it was exhibited all over Italy and returned to the Louvre in 1913. Peruggia was hailed for his patriotism in Italy and only served six months in jail for the crime. Estimated Value $45,000 - 50,000. View details and enlarged photos Check results on similar lots	Realized $43,700
Lot 1398		1911-D. NGC graded MS-63. Well struck with a hint of golden toning. Popular Key date and always in demand. A beautiful coin that boasts vivid gold originality and is well struck on all but the uppermost wing tip of the eagle. The key date to the series, which has long been collected as one of the few gold sets any collector can hope to complete without investing an entire fortune. Pratt's "recessed relief" design was a departure from any coins made for circulation previously, and many were shocked by it. However, the objections were overcome and these intriguingly designed quarter eagles and half eagles remain extremely popular with today's collectors. A triumph for the date collector to purchase, as this piece looks to be at the high end of its grade category (PCGS # 7943) . Estimated Value $14,000 - 15,000. View details and enlarged photos Check results on similar lots	Realized $17,250
Lot 1399		1911-D. NGC graded AU-58. Strong "D" mint-mark. Lovely rose color golden toning. Popular Key Date to the series. Unstoppable luster erupts flamboyantly beneath the deep warm orange and golden highlights, while gusts of similar reddish toning form an aura at the throat of the Indian. The strike is strong including the usual areas where this is problematic, such as the feather ends on the headdress and wing plumage of the eagle. No lightness seen on this handsome offering! Only 55,680 struck (PCGS # 7943) . Estimated Value $5,000 - 5,500. View details and enlarged photos Check results on similar lots	Realized $6,325
Lot 1400		1911-D PCGS graded Genuine. Our grade is AU55 lightly cleaned but still highly prized in this upper circulated condition. This has a strong mintmark. Popular key date (PCGS # 7943) . Estimated Value $4,500 - 4,800. View details and enlarged photos Check results on similar lots	Unsold
Lot 1401		1911-D. Weak D. NGC graded AU-55. The lowest mintage year in the set of 15 Indian Quarter Eagles, with only 55,680 made. Often, as here, the mintmark is impressed lightly by the dies, but is still visible with or without the aid of a magnifying glass. Pop 70; 31 finer (PCGS # 7954) . Estimated Value $1,500 - 1,900. View details and enlarged photos Check results on similar lots	Unsold
Lot 1402		1912. PCGS graded MS-65. A hint of light tone along with soft, satiny luster throughout. Some of the lower feather ends not complete in their finer detail, but the upper portion of the bonnet is finely detailed. 1912 is the year the stricken cruise ship Titanic hit an iceberg and sank (April 15). Pop 54; 5 finer in 66 (PCGS # 7944) . Estimated Value $7,000 - 7,500. View details and enlarged photos Check results on similar lots	Realized $10,063
Lot 1403		1912. PCGS graded MS-63. Attractive olive-golden toning, the smooth field supports satin-like luster (PCGS # 7944) . Estimated Value $1,150 - 1,200. View details and enlarged photos Check results on similar lots	Realized $1,438
Lot 1404		1912. PCGS graded both MS-61. Lot of 2 coins (PCGS # 7944) . Estimated Value $700 - 750. View details Check results on similar lots	Realized $776
Lot 1405		1912. ICG graded MS-63. We note a scratch on the reverse. Estimated Value $450 - 500. View details and enlarged photos	Realized $604
Lot 1406		1912. PCGS graded MS-61. Nice golden toning (PCGS # 7944) . Estimated Value $300 - 325. View details and enlarged photos Check results on similar lots	Realized $345
Lot 1407		1913. NGC graded Proof 67. A splendid Gem Matte Proof with no shiny spots or visible hairlines. Only 165 Proofs struck. It never hurts to emphasize by repetition that this is an immaculate, shimmering gem and one of the finest Proof 1913 quarter eagles in existence! The Matte Proof and Sandblast finish Proofs of this series can be quite difficult to grade. The incused design coupled with the finely granular finishes can make telling the difference between a Proof 65 and Proof 66 challenge even an expert. Luckily, the absolutely stunning circumstance of this specimen is so rare that bidders who have previously viewed Proof issues will immediately be able to tell that this is one of the finest Proof examples of all the Indian Head Quarter Eagles. The coin is free of marks. Nothing untoward is observable with the naked eye. With close inspection at 6X, one will find the same thing, virtual perfection! For the date, only 165 were struck and most gold researchers and dealers agree that a sizable proportion of that mintage was most likely melted at year end due to inadequate demand from collectors. Pop 10; 4 in 68 (PCGS # 7962) . In 1908, the Philadelphia Mint introduced the sandblast or matte finish on gold Proofs. After criticism from the numismatic community, the Mint altered its procedure, dropped the sandblast style and struck the satin finish (all sandblast pieces are struck with a satin finish and then the sandblasting is done in a secondary operation). The satin finish, too, proved to be confusing to collectors, so the first technique was revived for 1911-15. In Mint correspondence of the period, Charles E. Barber called the satin finish "bright", while other officials in their correspondence referred to the sandblast/matte pieces as "dull" Proofs. Assistant Secretary Piatt Andrew wrote this to Treasury Secretary Woodin on September 22, 1909, "It appears that the ordinary Proof coins are given this dull finish by means of a sandblast." All sandblast Proofs of either type (1908, 1911-15 or the "satin" 1909-10) have a razor-sharp devices as a distinctive point. Estimated Value $28,000 - 30,000. View details and enlarged photos Check results on similar lots	Realized $33,350
Lot 1408		1913. NGC graded MS-65. Lovely golden color. In fact, pleasant, one might almost say almost cheery gold satin frost display lots of fresh gold originality. Broadly and well struck on the legends and main device, which every collector will appreciate, with a bold level of detail at the centers marking this as a first-class Gem. Pop 68; 1 finer in 66 (PCGS # 7945) . Historic Note: 1913 is the year Henry Ford, adapting the conveyer belt system in use by the meat-packing industry, began to assemble 1,000 "Model T" automobiles daily, on a continuous production line in Detroit. Estimated Value $4,500 - 5,000. View details and enlarged photos Check results on similar lots	Realized $5,290
Lot 1409		1913. NGC graded MS-63. Untoned and here, too, a pleasant and choice Indian quarter eagle from a consignor who obviously has the knack for picking coins with good eye-appeal and fresh original luster (PCGS # 7945) . Estimated Value $650 - 700. View details and enlarged photos Check results on similar lots	Realized $851
Lot 1410		1913. ICG graded MS-63. Lustrous and sharply defined. Estimated Value $650 - 700. View details and enlarged photos	Realized $604
Lot 1411		1914. PCGS graded MS-65. Nicely toned. Scarce date in gem condition. In Mint State, the 1914 is typically offered with a sharp strike. The present example confirms this in this regard, and in spades, with all devices crisply delineated from an obviously powerful impression. The color is mostly brilliant in shade, but we do note a somewhat warm-gold sheen at certain angles. Free of individually describable distractions, and housed in a green-insert PCGS holder, the coin is one of the few outstanding Gem MS65 examples graded by the service. The 1914 ranks second in rarity to the 1911-D among the 15 Indian Quarter Eagle deliveries both in an absolute sense and at the MS65 grade level. It is an important issue that can be a real stumbling block to completing a high-quality set. Pop 47; 3 finer; 2 in 66; 1 in 67. (PCGS # 7946) . Estimated Value $20,000 - 22,000. View details and enlarged photos Check results on similar lots	Realized $27,600
Lot 1412		1914. NGC graded MS-64. A frosty mint beauty and an example whose rich frosty luster pulsates with an inner energy like atomic fission. We end the luster description. Next, a word about strike: this 1914-P was struck with controlled precision throughout and stands front and center among its peers. Pop 349; 49 finer (PCGS # 7946) . Estimated Value $8,000 - 8,500. Ex Seminole Coll. View details and enlarged photos Check results on similar lots	Unsold
Lot 1413		1914. NGC graded MS-63. Scarce date. Mostly untoned and quite attractive with its full quotient of luster. Only some minor contact marks in the field and on the face restrict the grade to MS63. Often a collector may wait months before finding a suitable example of the 1914-P in this grade (PCGS # 7946) . Estimated Value $3,000 - 3,300. View details and enlarged photos Check results on similar lots	Realized $4,313
Lot 1414		1914. ICG graded MS-63. Nice golden toning. A scarce date this nice. Estimated Value $1,700 - 1,900. View details and enlarged photos	Realized $1,783
Lot 1415		1914. PCGS graded MS-62. Lovely rose color gold, the fields and devices being smooth and abnormally free from contact marks given the modest grade. Bold strike on the main features. Scarce (PCGS # 7946) . Estimated Value $1,500 - 1,600. View details and enlarged photos Check results on similar lots	Realized $1,840
Lot 1416		1914. PCGS graded AU-58 and PCGS AU-55. Lot of 2 coins (PCGS # 7946) . Estimated Value $500 - 550. View details Check results on similar lots	Realized $690
Lot 1417		1914-D. NGC graded MS-65. Lovely shades of orange toning and a lofty grade for this issue. Both 1914-P and 1914-D are seldom offered in Gem condition. In addition, this has a spendid array of hues in its toning. Pop 36; 1 finer in 67 (PCGS # 7947) . Estimated Value $4,000 - 4,400. View details and enlarged photos Check results on similar lots	Realized $31,110
Lot 1418		1914-D. NGC graded MS-63. Untoned. Reasonable detail with perhaps minor weakness to the outer margin and some feather tops, all in keeping with 1914-D's often uneven appearance. Second scarcest of the three D-mint dates in the set (PCGS # 7947) . Estimated Value $900 - 950. View details and enlarged photos Check results on similar lots	Realized $1,265
Lot 1419		1914-D. ICG graded MS-63. Nicely toned, the D-mint this year, second in scarcity only to the '11-D, is always challenging to find in Mint State grades. Estimated Value $900 - 950. View details and enlarged photos	Realized $920
Lot 1420		1914-D. PCGS graded both MS-61. Lot of 2 coins (PCGS # 7947) . Estimated Value $700 - 750. View details Check results on similar lots	Realized $776
Lot 1421		1914-D PCGS graded Genuine. Our grade is AU55 (PCGS # 7947) . Estimated Value $250 - 275. View details and enlarged photos Check results on similar lots	Realized $299
Lot 1422		1915. NGC graded MS-65. Well struck with even toning on both sides. Bright with tawny-gold color, both sides exhibit freedom from the usual scattered blemishes seen on more typical BU specimens. A generous amount of crisp detail for the type as well, including those areas with the usual weak metal flows into the deepest channels of the dies leaving the centers bold. All in all this is a splendid Gem BU example of a prized early 20th century gold series. Pop 165; 4 finer in 66 (PCGS # 7948) . Estimated Value $3,800 - 4,000. View details and enlarged photos Check results on similar lots	Realized $6,784
Lot 1423		1915. NGC graded MS-63. Nice olive-golden toning with touches of peach-gold in the deepest recesses (PCGS # 7948) . Estimated Value $750 - 800. View details and enlarged photos Check results on similar lots	Realized $920
Lot 1424		1915. PCGS graded MS-63. Nice and frosty (PCGS # 7948) . Estimated Value $750 - 800. View details and enlarged photos Check results on similar lots	Realized $949
Lot 1425		1915. ICG graded MS-63. Lightly toned. Estimated Value $575 - 600. View details and enlarged photos	Realized $575
Lot 1426		1915. PCGS graded MS-62 (PCGS # 7948) . Estimated Value $450 - 475. View details and enlarged photos Check results on similar lots	Realized $546

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