Goldberg Coins and Collectibles

Sale 67

The Pre-Long Beach Auction

$10.00 Gold

Lot	Photo	Description	Realized
Lot 1740		1795. 13 leaves below eagle. . BD-1, Rarity 3+. NGC graded AU Details, obverse planchet flaw. A rather pleasing looking coin with mint caused minor planchet flaws in the left obverse field and some scattered minor marks about the rims here and there. Plenty of detail and all, overlaid with natural rose color gold toning. Popular First Year of the type and actually, our nation's first gold coin. Only 5,583 eagles struck. Under the terms of the Coinage Act of 1792, the obverses of all the coins, copper, silver, and gold, had to depict Liberty, then as now an allegorical female figure. The reverses of the silver and gold coins had to depict an eagle. With those requirements in force, and a requirement that certain inscriptions appear on all the coins, mint engraver Robert Scot set to work in 1795 on the eagle designs. The gold eagle obverse depicts a bust of Liberty facing right and wearing a soft cap (not the pileus or Liberty cap found on the Liberty cap half cent and cent, among other U.S. coins). Liberty's hair flows freely, down over her truncated shoulders. LIBERTY occupies the under border above and to the right of the portrait, with stars arranged along the back of her head and from the Y in LIBERTY to the tip of the bust. The number of stars and their arrangement and exact positioning of LIBERTY vary from year to year. The first reverse, that of 1795-97, depicts the mandatory eagle, which some believe Scot copied from a sketch or engraving of a first century A.D. onyx cameo held in a museum in Vienna. The eagle holds a small wreath aloft in its beak and a palm branch in its talons. This is the most often seen variety having 13 leaves in the palm branch. The eagle's wings are outstretched. The inscription UNITED STATES OF AMERICA encircles the design (PCGS # 8551) . Estimated Value $25,000 - 28,000. View details and enlarged photos Check results on similar lots	Unsold
Lot 1741		1799 BD-7, Rarity 3. NGC AU Details, removed from jewelry. Lightly toned. Gold Eagle roduction increased to 37,449 coins for 1799, giving this issue of capped bust eagle the second highest mintage for the series behind 1801. While all of the obverse dies bear 13 stars arranged eight and five, two different star punch sizes were used; the resulting varieties are called Small Stars and Large Stars. The numerals in the date are spaced variously: Some coins have a Close Date, some a Wide Date, and others an Irregular Date. Ten die varieties are known for 1799, representing the combinations of five obverse dies and seven reverse dies. Estimated Value $2,500 - 2,800. The William H & Beuelaress K. Helem Collection. View details and enlarged photos	Realized $7,360
Lot 1742		1801 BD-2, Rarity 2. PCGS graded AU-55 CAC Approved. Mostly well struck on a nice clean planchet. Light golden toning that deepens slightly about the borders. A Premium Quality example that is very close to full Mint State. Eagles or $10 gold coins, were the largest United States denomination authorized under the Mint Act of April 2, 1792, but were not struck until 1795. A delay was caused until the chief coiner and assayer were able to post the high bonds, by 1795 somewhat reduced, required of them before striking precious metals. The first gold coins struck were $5 half eagles, made in July 1795. The $10 eagle coinage followed soon thereafter. The first $10 gold piece struck at the Philadelphia Mint was presented by Director Henry William de Saussure to President George Washington, by whom he had been appointed to the office as second director of the Mint (following Rittenhouse). The design of the first eagle issue is similar to that of the contemporary half eagle and is also by Robert Scot. On the obverse Liberty is shown wearing a cloth cap, facing right, with stars to the left and right. There is no indication of denomination or value on either the Small Eagle or Heraldic (Large) Eagle type. During this era, gold coins of many nations circulated in American commerce, and their value was determined by a combination of weight and fineness (purity), various conversion charts being published from time to time in newspapers and journals (PCGS # 8564) . Estimated Value $17,000 - 18,000. The William H & Beuelaress K. Helem Collection. View details and enlarged photos Check results on similar lots	Realized $23,000
Lot 1743		1801 BD-2 Rarity 2. PCGS graded AU-55. An attractive example with significant luster remaining in the protected areas. Appealing golden toning with a splash of magenta coloration here and there. A freshly graded coin from an old time collection. Quite desirable. The peak of production for the design occurs this year, when 44,344 1801 capped bust eagles were struck. Two varieties are known, with one obverse die bearing a Close Date and another obverse bearing a Wide Date. Although eagles were delivered well into 1802, that year�s production is believed to have been from 1801 dies. No 1802 capped bust eagles exist. The fact there were only two die pairings in 1801 is notable to those who understand early coin issues. Other die marriages of this era struggled to produce 1,000 coins before falling into disrepair. Of the two die varieties for 1801, one is rare with fewer than 50 examples extant, while the other, this BD-2, is considered relatively common with between 600 to 800 survivors in all grades. BD-2 is most easily distinguished from BD-1 by the location of star 1 relative to Liberty's lower curl and the position of star 13 to the bust, although some researchers prefer to differentiate the two varieties by classifying the obverse stars. On BD-1 the stars have shorter spines, whereas the stars on BD-2 are more spindly in definition. The reverse dies are also different, but quite similar in appearance. Attribution often uses the star adjacent to the eagle's beak; on BD-1 the eagle's upper and lower beak touch one spine of the star, while only the upper beak is close to the star point on BD-2 (PCGS # 8564) . Estimated Value $15,000 - 16,000. View details and enlarged photos Check results on similar lots	Realized $19,550
Lot 1744		1843-O. PCGS graded AU-50. Mostly untoned. Only 325 examples are estimated to have survived (PCGS # 8589) . Estimated Value $850 - 900. The William H & Beuelaress K. Helem Collection. View details and enlarged photos Check results on similar lots	Realized $1,553
Lot 1745		1851. NGC graded AU-55. Well struck and untoned. A still lustrous example of the kind of quality one likes to describe for bidders of this actively collected No Motto Liberty $10 design. Survivors are rarely seen in grades higher than Extremely Fine. The nice luster blends easily with pale golden highlights on the pleasingly smooth surface. Pop 68; 66 finer (PCGS # 8606) . Estimated Value $1,400 - 1,500. View details and enlarged photos Check results on similar lots	Realized $1,323
Lot 1746		1854-S. NGC graded AU-58. Mostly untoned and well struck. The first year of issue of Eagles from the San Francisco Mint and always popular with collectors due to this status. The 1854-S, according to population statistics, should be a readily available coin in EF/AU but for some reason finding a nice example can be frustrating and difficult when one is needed. This is not to say that AU examples are not available, it just might take longer than one thinks. In grades like AU58, the 1854-S is quite tough, we might even say seriously undervalued. The present example is one of the finer examples this cataloger has seen in quite some time. First off, the coin has eye appeal that is almost never seen on this issue. The strike is strong, the surfaces and luster are intact, original frost still exists and the fields are quite alluring. The surfaces are only minimally abraded and have only a few random light hairlines. Pop 65; 6 finer, 3 in 60, 2 in 61, 1 in 62 (PCGS # 8615) . Estimated Value $5,000 - 5,500. View details and enlarged photos Check results on similar lots	Unsold
Lot 1747		1870-CC. PCGS graded EF-45. Well struck with pleasing rose-gold toning. Only 5,908 struck of which 66 are estimated to have survived. Some residual pink-tinted frost still present around some of the stars, letters, and main devices. Light toning across the surface which indicates to us a coin that has resided in old-time collections almost since the beginning. An delightful highly rated rarity, and a benchmark for the few other Extremely Fine 45 examples that share this grade. While the strike is bold and crisp in many areas, it is not quite full on the stars, yet certainly few of the head details are left to the viewer's imagination. Also, there is a decent if not exactly sharp eagle. Note is made of the word WE on the scroll being effaced by minor scuffing. Later CC-mint $10 gold pieces struck in the mid-1870s are, for the most part, poorly made, which gives the advantage to this better-than-average 1870-CC. Light surface abrasions are consistent with the few years it spent in circulation in the "Wild West." Research has turned up that only a single set of dies was used for 1870-CC. On January 6, 1870, the Carson City Mint opened for bullion deposits and coinage. During its 23 years of operation, the Mint would produce some of the most difficult to acquire and romanticized rarities in all of numismatics. While there are a fair number of scarce dates among the branch mint's silver and gold denominations, few have the allure of the 1870-CC eagle. It is the rarest eagle struck in Carson City. This issue also outshines the similarly illustrious 1870-CC double eagle for top honors as a rarity among all CC-mint gold coins! A total mintage of only 5,908 pieces explains this coin's rarity. While the 1872-CC, 1873-CC, 1876-CC, 1877-CC, 1878-CC, and 1879-CC may have had lower mintages, far fewer 1870-CC examples survive in all grades. It seems logical that the entire 1870-CC production was put into circulation at the time of issue. Hardly a miracle, then, that the 1870-CC is celebrated as a condition rarity in addition to being an absolute rarity. Pop 7; 8 finer with 4 in 50, 2 in 53, 2 in 55. (PCGS # 8658) . Estimated Value $24,000 - 28,000. View details and enlarged photos Check results on similar lots	Realized $48,300
Lot 1748		1871-CC. PCGS graded AU-55. A lovely example with pleasing delicate sunset-golden toning. Only 8085 minted of which merely 1123 examples are estimated to have survived. Well struck with only the stars somewhat weak, with light even gold toning. Usual amount of light marks for the grade including a light chattermark on the neck below the chin. Elusive and quite costly as a high-end specimen in About Uncirculated, this lustrous looking example is free of annoying rim bumps and has only a few small tics in the field and elsewhere. The strike, which tends to vary on early CC-mint gold pieces, is well above par at the centers for the issue and both sides reveal copious amounts of luster within and hugging the main devices. Pop 4; 2 finer with 1 in 58, 1 in 62 (PCGS # 8661) . Estimated Value $17,000 - 18,000. View details and enlarged photos Check results on similar lots	Realized $18,400
Lot 1749		1880. ANACS graded VF-30. Estimated Value $700 - 725. View details and enlarged photos	Realized $891
Lot 1750		1881. NGC graded MS-63. Frosty and lightly toned (PCGS # 8691) . Estimated Value $1,400 - 1,450. View details and enlarged photos Check results on similar lots	Realized $1,208
Lot 1751		1881. PCGS graded MS-62. Well struck (PCGS # 8691) . Estimated Value $850 - 900. The William H & Beuelaress K. Helem Collection. View details and enlarged photos Check results on similar lots	Realized $949
Lot 1752		1882. NGC graded MS-63. Frosty and untoned. Pop 703; 66 finer (PCGS # 8695) . Estimated Value $1,400 - 1,450. View details and enlarged photos Check results on similar lots	Realized $1,208
Lot 1753		1882. NGC graded MS-63. Frosty surfaces with light golden toning. Pop 703; 66 finer (PCGS # 8695) . Estimated Value $1,400 - 1,450. View details and enlarged photos Check results on similar lots	Realized $1,208
Lot 1754		1882. PCGS graded MS-62. Nice frosty coin (PCGS # 8695) . Estimated Value $850 - 900. The William H & Beuelaress K. Helem Collection. View details and enlarged photos Check results on similar lots	Realized $978
Lot 1755		1882. AU-55. Faint hairlines from cleaning. Estimated Value $750 - 775. The William H & Beuelaress K. Helem Collection. View details and enlarged photos	Realized $868
Lot 1756		1885-S. PCGS graded AU-55 PQ. CAC Approved. In an OGH. Only 2,375 examples are estimated to have survived (PCGS # 8707) . Estimated Value $775 - 800. View details and enlarged photos Check results on similar lots	Realized $920
Lot 1757		1886-S. PCGS graded MS-62. Lightly toned (PCGS # 8709) . Estimated Value $850 - 900. The William H & Beuelaress K. Helem Collection. View details and enlarged photos Check results on similar lots	Realized $949
Lot 1758		1887-S. NGC graded MS-62. Frosty and delicately toned. Although not especially rare, dates from the 1880s are enjoyable to collect because of their early issue. Mint State Eagles from the 1870s and prior decades are usually much more expensive (PCGS # 8711) . Estimated Value $850 - 900. View details and enlarged photos Check results on similar lots	Realized $949
Lot 1759		1888-O. NGC AU Details, improperly cleaned. Bright and untoned. Only 21,335 minted of which merely 1,150 examples are estimated to have survived (PCGS # 8713) . Estimated Value $775 - 800. The William H & Beuelaress K. Helem Collection. View details and enlarged photos Check results on similar lots	Realized $949
Lot 1760		1891-CC. NGC AU Details, improperly cleaned. Untoned (PCGS # 8720) . Estimated Value $800 - 825. The William H & Beuelaress K. Helem Collection. View details and enlarged photos Check results on similar lots	Realized $891
Lot 1761		1891-CC. NGC Unc Details, repaired. An attempt to remove marks on the cheek, still plenty of frosty mint luster (PCGS # 8720) . Estimated Value $700 - 750. The William H & Beuelaress K. Helem Collection. View details and enlarged photos Check results on similar lots	Realized $891
Lot 1762		1892. PCGS graded MS-62. Mostly untoned (PCGS # 8721) . Estimated Value $850 - 900. The William H & Beuelaress K. Helem Collection. View details and enlarged photos Check results on similar lots	Realized $949
Lot 1763		1892. PCGS graded AU-58 (PCGS # 8721) . Estimated Value $800 - 825. The William H & Beuelaress K. Helem Collection. View details and enlarged photos Check results on similar lots	Realized $891
Lot 1764		1892-O. NGC graded MS-61. Well struck and lustrous. Only 28,688 minted of which only 1,250 are estimated to have survived. The lone surviving Southern branch mint after Charlotte "C" and Dahlonega "D" closed in the Civil War is the famous New Orleans "O" facility. Upon it reopening in 1879, this mint in Louisiana continued to strike gold eagles until 1906. Dates in the 1890s, representative of this 1892, had much lower mintage on average than at the sister mints of Philadelphia and San Francisco. New Orleans finally ceased business in 1909 (PCGS # 8723) . Estimated Value $1,000 - 1,100. View details and enlarged photos Check results on similar lots	Realized $1,265
Lot 1765		1893. PCGS graded MS-62. Frosty (PCGS # 8725) . Estimated Value $850 - 900. The William H & Beuelaress K. Helem Collection. View details and enlarged photos Check results on similar lots	Realized $949
Lot 1766		1893. PCGS graded MS-62. Mostly untoned (PCGS # 8725) . Estimated Value $850 - 900. The William H & Beuelaress K. Helem Collection. View details and enlarged photos Check results on similar lots	Realized $949
Lot 1767		1893. PCGS graded MS-62. Frosty and choice. The year 1893 was a stressful one in America with a business depression gripping the nation. We have this informative anecdote from Denver, Colorado: By September 1893, the Colorado Bureau of Labor Statistics reported that 377 businesses had failed, 435 mines had closed, and 45,000 people were out of work. Because of the city's inability to take care of the jobless, some railroad companies began offering reduced or free fares for people wanting to travel from Denver. One railroad, for instance, lowered fares to $6 on the Denver to Missouri River route. This effort contributed to the exodus from the city, and Denver's population dropped from 106,000 in 1890 to 90,000 in 1895 (PCGS # 8725) . Estimated Value $850 - 900. The William H & Beuelaress K. Helem Collection. View details and enlarged photos Check results on similar lots	Realized $949
Lot 1768		1893. PCGS graded MS-62. Frosty (PCGS # 8725) . Estimated Value $850 - 900. The William H & Beuelaress K. Helem Collection. View details and enlarged photos Check results on similar lots	Realized $949
Lot 1769		1893. NGC graded MS-61 (PCGS # 8725) . Estimated Value $800 - 850. View details and enlarged photos Check results on similar lots	Realized $891
Lot 1770		1894. PCGS graded MS-62. Frosty (PCGS # 8729) . Estimated Value $850 - 900. The William H & Beuelaress K. Helem Collection. View details and enlarged photos Check results on similar lots	Realized $949
Lot 1771		1894. PCGS graded MS-62. Frosty (PCGS # 8729) . Estimated Value $850 - 900. The William H & Beuelaress K. Helem Collection. View details and enlarged photos Check results on similar lots	Realized $949
Lot 1772		1895. PCGS graded MS-62. Frosty (PCGS # 8732) . Estimated Value $850 - 900. The William H & Beuelaress K. Helem Collection. View details and enlarged photos Check results on similar lots	Realized $949
Lot 1773		1895. PCGS graded MS-62. Frosty (PCGS # 8732) . Estimated Value $850 - 900. The William H & Beuelaress K. Helem Collection. View details and enlarged photos Check results on similar lots	Realized $949
Lot 1774		1895. PCGS graded MS-62. Frosty (PCGS # 8732) . Estimated Value $850 - 900. The William H & Beuelaress K. Helem Collection. View details and enlarged photos Check results on similar lots	Realized $949
Lot 1775		1895. PCGS graded MS-62. Frosty (PCGS # 8732) . Estimated Value $850 - 900. The William H & Beuelaress K. Helem Collection. View details and enlarged photos Check results on similar lots	Realized $949
Lot 1776		1895. PCGS graded MS-62. Frosty. 1895 is the year the first American automobile race in history took place, sponsored by the Chicago-Times Herald. "Press coverage first aroused significant American interest in the automobile," says one report (PCGS # 8732) . Estimated Value $850 - 900. The William H & Beuelaress K. Helem Collection. View details and enlarged photos Check results on similar lots	Realized $949
Lot 1777		1895. PCGS graded MS-62. Untoned (PCGS # 8732) . Estimated Value $850 - 900. The William H & Beuelaress K. Helem Collection. View details and enlarged photos Check results on similar lots	Realized $949
Lot 1778		1895. PCGS graded MS-62. Frosty and untoned (PCGS # 8732) . Estimated Value $850 - 900. The William H & Beuelaress K. Helem Collection. View details and enlarged photos Check results on similar lots	Realized $949
Lot 1779		1895. PCGS graded MS-62. Untoned and well struck (PCGS # 8732) . Estimated Value $850 - 900. The William H & Beuelaress K. Helem Collection. View details and enlarged photos Check results on similar lots	Realized $949
Lot 1780		1895. PCGS graded MS-61. Frosty and untoned (PCGS # 8732) . Estimated Value $800 - 850. The William H & Beuelaress K. Helem Collection. View details and enlarged photos Check results on similar lots	Realized $891
Lot 1781		1895-O. NGC AU Details, reverse improperly cleaned. Only 98,000 minted of which merely 1,200 examples are estimated to have survived (PCGS # 8733) . Estimated Value $800 - 825. The William H & Beuelaress K. Helem Collection. View details and enlarged photos Check results on similar lots	Realized $949
Lot 1782		1896. PCGS graded MS-62. Only 76,270 minted of which merely 2,250 examples are estimated to have survived. Frosty and untoned (PCGS # 8735) . Estimated Value $850 - 900. The William H & Beuelaress K. Helem Collection. View details and enlarged photos Check results on similar lots	Realized $1,035
Lot 1783		1896. PCGS graded MS-62. Frosty and untoned. Only 76,720 minted of which merely 2,250 examples are estimated to have survived (PCGS # 8735) . Estimated Value $850 - 900. The William H & Beuelaress K. Helem Collection. View details and enlarged photos Check results on similar lots	Realized $978
Lot 1784		1897. PCGS graded MS-62. Frosty and untoned (PCGS # 8737) . Estimated Value $850 - 900. The William H & Beuelaress K. Helem Collection. View details and enlarged photos Check results on similar lots	Realized $978
Lot 1785		1898. PCGS graded MS-62. Frosty and lightly toned (PCGS # 8740) . Estimated Value $850 - 900. The William H & Beuelaress K. Helem Collection. View details and enlarged photos Check results on similar lots	Realized $949
Lot 1786		1899. NGC graded MS-62. Nice and frosty (PCGS # 8742) . Estimated Value $850 - 900. View details and enlarged photos Check results on similar lots	Realized $949
Lot 1787		1899. NGC graded MS-62. Frosty and lightly toned (PCGS # 8742) . Estimated Value $850 - 900. View details and enlarged photos Check results on similar lots	Realized $949
Lot 1788		1899. PCGS graded MS-62. Frosty and untoned (PCGS # 8742) . Estimated Value $850 - 900. The William H & Beuelaress K. Helem Collection. View details and enlarged photos Check results on similar lots	Realized $949
Lot 1789		1899. PCGS graded MS-62. Frosty (PCGS # 8742) . Estimated Value $850 - 900. The William H & Beuelaress K. Helem Collection. View details and enlarged photos Check results on similar lots	Realized $978

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