Goldberg Coins and Collectibles

Sale 67

The Pre-Long Beach Auction

Small Cents

Lot	Photo	Description	Realized
Lot 2332		1856. PCGS graded Proof 64. Only 1,500 believed to exist today. Popular key date. Lovely toning on both sides. Many Proof examples of the elusive 1856 Flying Eagle show dull or non-existent mirrors in the fields. This piece, however, is more nicely mirrored and the rims are strongly defined, leaving no question about this coin's Proof status. It is believed that perhaps as many as 2,000 pieces were struck from this die pairing with some 1,500 examples believed extant today. Curiously, a significant number (probably around 300 pieces) of this variety are found with some degree of circulation. Richard Snow, an authority on the Flying Eagle Cent series, theorizes that the sale of 1856 Flying Eagles stagnated after the outset of the Civil War, and the remaining supply in the Mint may have been mistakenly released into circulation. Pop 195; 44 finer (PCGS # 2037) . Technical details: After working dies were made to strike Flying Eagle cents, the dies were dressed or finished to remove burrs and surface irregularities. This was probably done on some type of a reciprocating or rotary lapping device (if the latter, the flat edge of the device would have been used edge-on, as the finish lines in dies are absolutely parallel, not arc-like.' Proof dies were given special mirror finishes. Often tiny parallel raised lines can be seen on business strikes and Proofs, these being die finishing marks. While these can occur anywhere on a coin, typically they are in the field or flat area and are most readily seen in the field close to the border dentils. Magnification is required to discern them. Hold a coin carefully and turn it so that light from a bulb reflects from the coin's field into your eye. Among Proof dies, those dated 1856 were polished less fully than those dated 1857 and 1858? Among nearly all Proof Flying Eagle cents, the Proof surface is not as mirrorlike as that found, for example, on 1857 and 1858 Proof silver or gold coins. Estimated Value $14,000 - 15,000. View details and enlarged photos Check results on similar lots	Unsold
Lot 2333		1859. PCGS graded Proof 63. Lovely delicate rainbow toning on both sides. Very sharp devices with all the finest detail present in the headdress feathers as well as the dainty laurel wreath that separates the 1859 one-year-only issue from the rest (1860-1909). Only 800 Proofs struck (PCGS # 2247) . Estimated Value $800 - 900. View details and enlarged photos Check results on similar lots	Realized $1,208
Lot 2334		1863. ICG graded Proof 65. Delicately toned. A frosted-relief Gem Proof with strong underlying mirror freshness supported by the desirable Proof 65 grade. Rich highlights on both sides. Nicely struck for the date, as well, fully so in fact, and certainly a coin that gets honorable mention where crispness in the design is concerned. Only 460 minted for this popular Copper-Nickel type coin. Estimated Value $1,500 - 1,600. View details and enlarged photos	Unsold
Lot 2335		1865. NGC graded MS-65 Red & Brown. More mint red than brown. Pop 153; 18 finer. Estimated Value $550 - 600. View details and enlarged photos	Unsold
Lot 2336		1868. NGC graded MS-66 Brown. A well struck bluish-brown gem specimen. With the exception of 1864 & 1865, most other dates in the post-Civil War period from this decade are quite scarce in Gem Mint State condition, as featured prominently in this grading census: Pop 4; 1 finer in 67 brown. Estimated Value $600 - 700. View details and enlarged photos	Realized $805
Lot 2337		1870. PCGS graded MS-65 Red & Brown. Well struck with pleasing, slightly fading, mint red colors. We have mentioned the luster. In no way should this description overlook the fact of it being a strongly struck coin, with nice detail to all the important high points (PCGS # 2098) . Estimated Value $800 - 900. View details and enlarged photos Check results on similar lots	Realized $920
Lot 2338		1872. PCGS graded Proof 65 Red PQ. A stunning Gem Proof glittering with mint brilliance of pinkish-red colors. A Premium Quality coin for the grade. Only 950 or so proofs struck. Pop 12; 6 in 66 RD (PCGS # 2305) . Estimated Value $4,500 - 5,000. Ex: The Richard Weiss Collection. View details and enlarged photos Check results on similar lots	Realized $4,600
Lot 2339		1874. PCGS graded Proof 65 Red. In an OGH. Only 700 struck. Pop 9; 6 finer in 66. Lots of mint red just starting to tone. A strong bid is indicated (PCGS # 2311) . Estimated Value $2,500 - 2,600. Ex: The Richard Weiss Collection. View details and enlarged photos Check results on similar lots	Unsold
Lot 2340		1874. PCGS graded MS-65 Red. A splendid Mint Red gem example. Bright and flashy red with touches of warm gold and carmine highlights in places. A lovely gem, equal to the task of the assigned grade, and bettered by few others. Here, too, we are struck by the bold, convincing design detail for all areas of this important Indian cent with not even the slightest amount of flatness on the headdress feathers. LIBERTY on the headband is razor-sharp as well. Pop 30; 5 finer in 66 RD (PCGS # 2120) . Estimated Value $1,900 - 2,000. View details and enlarged photos Check results on similar lots	Realized $2,300
Lot 2341		1875. NGC graded Proof 65 Red. Only 700 struck. Lovely red toning. Though overshadowed by the key date 1877, this Proofs of 1875 are no slouch when it comes to high quality specimens like this. We note extra sharp devices, smooth Proof finish in the fields, and overall grand eye appeal. Low population, never forget: Pop 6; none finer (PCGS # 2313) . Estimated Value $3,500 - 4,000. Ex: The Richard Weiss Collection. View details and enlarged photos Check results on similar lots	Unsold
Lot 2342		1880 Snow 1. DDO obverse, clashed die reverse. SEGS graded MS-63 Brown. FS-009.41. Reverse with die clash (as on most seen). Sharp relief. Estimated Value $700 - 800. View details and enlarged photos	Unsold
Lot 2343		1881. NGC graded MS-67 Red & Brown. A superb flaming mint gem! Boldly detailed, eye-popping in its beauty. Pop 1; none finer. Estimated Value $600 - 700. View details and enlarged photos	Unsold
Lot 2344		1885. PCGS graded Proof 67+ Brown. A fantastic gem example with wonderful shades of vivid green and reddish-brown. Only 3790 proofs struck of which this beauty must be among the most attractive. Pop 1; The Finest Proof Brown example graded at PCGS (PCGS # 2342) . Estimated Value $2,000 - 2,500. View details and enlarged photos Check results on similar lots	Realized $3,220
Lot 2345		1886. Variety 1. NGC graded MS-65 Red & Brown. The more often seen design variety with the last feather pointing between the I & C of AMERICA. Well struck with bluish-brown and rose color highlights. Pop 19; 3 finer in 66. Estimated Value $600 - 700. View details and enlarged photos	Realized $805
Lot 2346		1888. PCGS graded Proof 65 Red. Beautiful deep red color. Only 4,582 proofs struck. As the census reveals, 1888 is among the "sleeper" Proofs in the 1880s where full mint red is scarcer than hen's teeth to find. Avail yourselves of this opportunity! Pop 9; 2 in 66 RD (PCGS # 2353) . Estimated Value $3,200 - 3,500. Ex: The Richard Weiss Collection. View details and enlarged photos Check results on similar lots	Unsold
Lot 2347		1903. NGC graded MS-66 Red. A fiery Mint Red gem example. Pop 25; 1 finer in 67 RD. Estimated Value $750 - 800. View details and enlarged photos	Unsold
Lot 2348		1906. PCGS graded Proof 66 Red. Lovely shades of red on this exceptional Gem Proof. Only 1,725 struck. Pop 12; 3 finer in 67 (PCGS # 2407) . Estimated Value $1,900 - 2,000. Ex: The Richard Weiss Collection. View details and enlarged photos Check results on similar lots	Unsold
Lot 2349		1909-S. PCGS graded VF-25 Brown. CAC Approved. Mintage: 309,000 pieces (PCGS # 2238) . Estimated Value $500 - 525. View details and enlarged photos Check results on similar lots	Realized $570
Lot 2350		1909-S. PCGS graded VF-20 Brown (PCGS # 2238) . Estimated Value $500 - 525. View details and enlarged photos Check results on similar lots	Realized $489
Lot 2351		1909. VDB. DDO FS-1102. PCGS graded MS-64 Red (FS-012.1). Pop 90; 36 finer. Stunning, full red specimen of this better variety. The doubling on this variety is evident as extra thickness on all obverse letters and numbers, but it is most noticeable on the motto (PCGS # 37636) . Estimated Value $600 - 650. View details and enlarged photos Check results on similar lots	Realized $345
Lot 2352		1909-S. VDB. PCGS graded MS-65 Red. Well struck with deep Mint Red colors. In a 1st generation holder. This coin is without question well struck for a first-year Lincoln Cent. And a gem! In fact, there are no areas of the design that are not fully detailed. What�s more, the surfaces are aglow with frosty textured, vibrant luster. Nothing at all stands between this attractive example and an even higher grade. Estimated Value $4,500 - 5,000. View details and enlarged photos	Realized $4,140
Lot 2353		1909-S. VDB. PCGS graded MS-64 Brown. Well struck, the fields are nice and glossy brown without the usual accompaniment of problems. A spot-free example of this Key Date (PCGS # 2426) . Estimated Value $1,500 - 1,600. View details and enlarged photos Check results on similar lots	Realized $1,696
Lot 2354		1909-S. VDB. NGC graded MS-62 Brown. Light tan in color. Always in great demand. A very presentable, Choice '09-S V.D.B., the surfaces bursting with natural red-brown woodgrain originality over both sides. Both the peripheries and the central reverse are impressive for their detail of strike, and the frosty textured surfaces are smooth, unimpaired. Estimated Value $1,400 - 1,500. View details and enlarged photos	Realized $1,380
Lot 2355		1909-S. VDB. PCGS graded MS-62 Red & Brown. Some mint red visible (PCGS # 2427) . Estimated Value $1,400 - 1,500. View details and enlarged photos Check results on similar lots	Realized $1,495
Lot 2356		1909-S. VDB. PCGS graded VF-25 Brown. CAC Approved . Mintage: 484,000 pieces (PCGS # 2426) . Estimated Value $800 - 850. View details and enlarged photos Check results on similar lots	Realized $834
Lot 2357		1909-S. VDB. NGC graded AU Details, improperly cleaned. Well struck. Popular Key Date to the series and always in demand. Estimated Value $700 - 750. View details and enlarged photos	Realized $978
Lot 2358		1909-S. VDB. ANACS graded Fine-12. Popular key date (PCGS # 2426) . Estimated Value $700 - 750. View details and enlarged photos Check results on similar lots	Realized $690
Lot 2359		1909-S. VDB. PCGS graded Fine-12 Brown CAC Approved. Uniform medium chocolate brown in color. Smooth surfaces, choice rims, fine eye-appeal (PCGS # 2426) . Estimated Value $700 - 750. View details and enlarged photos Check results on similar lots	Realized $805
Lot 2360		1909-S. VDB. NGC AU Details, whizzed. Golden sunset in color. Key Date and always in demand. Only 484,000 minted. Estimated Value $500 - 600. View details and enlarged photos	Realized $633
Lot 2361		1914-D. PCGS graded AU-50 Brown. Well struck devices on this scarce Denver Mint release. At the time, no one noticed its lower-than normal mintage. It took years before Lincoln Cent collectors discovered just how scarce '14-D is in all grades. Highly collectible in top-end circulated grades like this (PCGS # 2471) . Estimated Value $1,050 - 1,100. View details and enlarged photos Check results on similar lots	Realized $1,150
Lot 2362		1918. PCGS graded MS-66 Red. A full blazing Mint Red gem. In light of this outstanding grade, we can also say this piece is nicely struck with extremely full details on both sides including sharp wheat ears and Lincoln�s hair and beard. Pop 89; 19 finer (PCGS # 2506) . Estimated Value $900 - 1,000. View details and enlarged photos Check results on similar lots	Realized $1,208
Lot 2363		1922. No D. Strong reverse. PCGS graded EF-40 Brown. CAC approved. A pleasing problem-free example and uniform chocolate brown in color. Lincoln cents were struck exclusively in Denver in 1922. However, in this instance, the D mintmark (which was on the die) got filled with a foreign substance and so doesn't appear on the finished coin. Long a favorite among Lincoln Cent collectors! An eye-appealing example (PCGS # 3285) . Estimated Value $1,600 - 1,700. View details and enlarged photos Check results on similar lots	Unsold
Lot 2364		1922. No D. Strong reverse. PCGS graded VF-25 Brown. The popular issue where the obverse die became clogged with grease or some other residue during the minting process and the mintmark "D" vanished entirely! Only the Denver Mint struck Lincoln Cents in 1922. The low mintage may be the result of extremely high WWI and post-War mintage in 1917-19 (PCGS # 3285) . Estimated Value $800 - 850. View details and enlarged photos Check results on similar lots	Realized $863
Lot 2365		1925-D. PCGS graded MS-64 Red. A choice Mint Red example. Desirable early D-mint that is rarely available in full mint red. Pop 232; 46 finer (PCGS # 2563) . Estimated Value $450 - 500. View details and enlarged photos Check results on similar lots	Realized $357
Lot 2366		1936-D. PCGS graded MS-67 Red. Pop 85; none finer at PCGS (PCGS # 2653) . Estimated Value $500 - 550. View details and enlarged photos Check results on similar lots	Realized $431
Lot 2367		1944-D, D over S. PCGS graded MS-64 Red. The luster is a lovely fiery gold with gleaming surface underneath, free of spotting. The over-mintmark feature is plainly evident. Often a low-power loupe will bring out all the finer details. Pop 50; 37 finer with 3 in 64+, 24 in 65, 10 in 66 (PCGS # 2728) . Estimated Value $1,000 - 1,200. View details and enlarged photos Check results on similar lots	Unsold
Lot 2368		1946-S. PCGS graded MS-67 Red. Pop 69; none finer (PCGS # 2749) . Estimated Value $500 - 550. View details and enlarged photos Check results on similar lots	Realized $575
Lot 2369		1946-S, S over D. PCGS graded MS-65 Red. FS-501 OMM (FS-021.2). Pop 14; 3 in MS-66 Red (PCGS # 37843) . Estimated Value $500 - 600. View details and enlarged photos Check results on similar lots	Realized $575
Lot 2370		1955. Doubled die obverse. NGC graded AU-55 Brown. A pleasing reddish-brown throughout. Has some minor handling marks from its short passage through circulation, most are on and around the portrait. Natural toned shades. The most popular 20th century cent error. Estimated Value $1,900 - 2,000. View details and enlarged photos	Realized $1,668
Lot 2371		1968-S MINT ERROR. Struck on a clad 10¢ planchet. PCGS graded MS-64. Estimated Value $500 - 600. View details and enlarged photos	Realized $805
Lot 2372		A lot of PCGS MS-66 Red Lincoln Cents. Consists of: 1946-D- S; 1947-D-S; 1950-D; 1951-P-D-S; 1952-P-D-S; 1953-D-S; 1954-D-S; 1955-P-S, 1956-P-D, 1958-D. Housed in a PCGS plastic box. Lot of 20 coins. Estimated Value $700 - 800. View details	Realized $604
Lot 2373		A group of PCGS MS-67 Red Lincolns. Consists of: 1937-D, 1938-D, 1939-D, 1940-D, 1945-D and 1946-D Each a superb Mint Red gem. Lot of 6 coins. Estimated Value $600 - 650. View details	Realized $891
Lot 2374		A group of PCGS MS-66 Red Lincoln Cents. Consists of: 1945-D; 1946-P-S; 1947-P-D-S; 1948-P-D-S; 1949-D-S. Lot of 11 coins. Estimated Value $600 - 700. View details	Realized $748
Lot 2375		A group of PCGS MS-67 Red Lincoln Cents. Consists of: 1938-S, 1939-S, 1944-S, 1948-S and 1949-S. Lot of 5 coins. Estimated Value $550 - 600. View details	Realized $868
Lot 2376		A half dozen key and semi-key date Lincoln Cents. Consists of: 1909-S VF and Fine (2); l914-D VG; 1931-S VF-EF (3). Lot of 6 coins. Estimated Value $500 - 600. View details	Realized $702
Lot 2377		A group of Lincoln Cents all in PCGS holders and called "Genuine". We feel the following coins are mostly Mint State: 1909, 1911-D, 1912, 1913-D, 1915, 1915-D, 1916, 1921-S, 1922-D, 1925-S, 1926-S. Lot of 11 coins. Estimated Value $500-UP. View details	Realized $1,150
Lot 2378		A lot of PCGS MS-66 Red Lincoln Cents. Consists of: 1946-S; 1947-D; 1950-P-D-S; 1951-D-S; 1952-P-D; 1954-S; 1955-D-S; 1956-P-D; 1957-D; 1958-P-D. Lot of 17 coins. Estimated Value $500 - 600. View details	Realized $483
Lot 2379		A group of PCGS graded Lincoln Cents. Consists of: 1942-D MS-67 Red, 1944-S MS-66 Red, 1953-S MS-67 Red, 1954-S MS-67 Red, 1955-S MS-67 Red. Lot of 5 coins. Estimated Value $450 - 500. View details	Realized $748
Lot 2380		A Group of 1909-VDB Lincoln Cents. PCGS graded all MS-64 Red. Each is a blazing Mint Red example. Lot of 10 coins. Estimated Value $650 - 700. View details and enlarged photo	Realized $661