Goldberg Coins and Collectibles

Sale 67

The Pre-Long Beach Auction

Private Tokens

Lot	Photo	Description	Realized
Lot 39		1787 Fugio Cent Newman-19-SS Rarity-5 VG10. Off Center. Sharpness F15 but very slightly rough, mostly in the protected areas. No verdigris and the only mark is a rim nick above the sun at the top of the obverse. The date and legends are easily readable. Struck 5% off center to K-4.5 leaving the top of the date tight to the edge of the planchet. Weight 154.8 grains. Estimated Value $300-UP. View details and enlarged photos	Realized $529
Lot 40		(1792) Lettered Edge Kentucky Token. NGC graded MS-64 Brown. Payable in Lancaster. A choice glossy chocolate brown example. Estimated Value $1,200 - 1,400. View details and enlarged photos	Realized $771
Lot 41		(c.1792-94) Kentucky Cent. Lettered edge, "LANCASTER". PCGS graded MS-64 Red. A blazing mint red beauty with orange-gold color. A Kentucky Token that has satin luster and minimal carbon! The obverse legend, UNANIMITY IS THE STRENGTH OF SOCIETY, is a "pep talk for the new nation," according to Breen, "while the Great Seal's motto E PLURIBUS UNUM, 'Out of many, one,' refers to the stable configuration of states into one union. Both inscriptions suggest that the makers intended a nationwide circulation, not a local Kentucky destination; outside Lexington, the new state was a wilderness where coins would have been about as useful as at the North Pole. "On the scroll (a petition?) is OUR CAUSE IS JUST, which is more problematical. If this refers to the former British colonies in America, it is strangely late; if it refers to Kentucky, the words allude to settlers' struggles ever since 1783 to secede from Virginia and join the Union as a separate state--again pointing to a date early in 1792, when the federal congress was considering admission of Kentucky as the fifteenth state." Pop 34; 8 finer in 65 RD (PCGS # 625) . Estimated Value $2,500 - 2,700. View details and enlarged photos Check results on similar lots	Realized $1,955
Lot 42		(1859) Washington PRO PATRIA Medal in Copper Baker-268A NGC graded MS65 Red & Brown. Lustrous mint red fading to bluish steel with at least a third of the planchet displaying mellowed mint color. The fields are slightly reflective and the strike is sharp. The only notable defect is a tiny speck of carbon in the dentils over the first E in GEORGE. Struck by Lovett in Philadelphia circa 1859. Diameter 31 millimeters. Estimated Value $100-UP. View details and enlarged photos	Realized $368
Lot 43		Group of 5 Colonial Coppers. Includes (1640) French Colonial counterstamped billon douzain Breen-271 VG, 1739 French Colonial billon sou marque AG, 1767 French Colonial copper sol with counterstamp Breen-701 Good, 1773 counterfeit British halfpenny AG, and 1801 counterfeit Spanish 2 Reales in brass Kleeberg 01A-M7 Rarity-6 AG. Some are sharper with defects. Lot of 5 coins. Estimated Value $100-UP. View details	Realized $150
Lot 44		Quartette of Early Coppers. Includes a 1787 Vermont halfpenny Ryder-13 R1 (Britannia type) LDS VG10, a George II "Bungtown" counterfeit halfpenny Fair-2, and a pair of Patriotic US Civil War tokens grading VF. The first two are sharper with defects. Lot of 4 coins. Estimated Value $200-UP. View details	Realized $184
Lot 45		1739 Admiral Vernon Portobello Betts Medal, McCormick-Goodhart #96 Gold-Plated Copper EF45. Choice frosty bright gold fading to slightly darker coppery brown on a few of the highpoints where the plating has worn off. Excellent eye appeal with just a touch of wear on the highest points. A premium Vernon Betts medal, and the extensive Ford collection did not have a gold plated example of this variety. Weight 254.2 grains, 40.5 millimeters. Estimated Value $400-UP. View details and enlarged photos	Unsold