Goldberg Coins and Collectibles

Sale 72

February 2-5. 2013

Early American Tokens

Lot	Photo	Description	Realized
Lot 84		1760 Voce Populi Halfpenny Nelson-3 Rarity-3 the "VOOE" Variety VF30. Glossy dark chocolate brown and olive with lighter brown toning on the highpoints, especially on the reverse. The surfaces are smooth and choice, void of any distractions. Nicely struck and well centered. The date and legends are complete and bold. The die defect that closes the C in VOCE (thereby creating the "VOOE" feature) is obvious. Listed on page 49 of the "Redbook." Weight 104.3 grains. Estimated Value $150-UP. View details and enlarged photos	Realized $288
Lot 85		1783 Nova Constellatio Crosby 3-C Rarity-3 Blunt Rays VG7. Variety with "CONSTELATIO." Sharpness F15 or a bit better but covered with light to moderate corrosion. No marks or verdigris. Dark steel and olive brown. The date is strong and the legends are readable. Listed on page 54 in the "Redbook." Estimated Value $80-UP. View details and enlarged photos	Realized $184
Lot 86		1785 Nova Constellatio Crosby 3-B Rarity-1 Pointed Rays VF30. Choice glossy medium brown and light chocolate with areas of reddish brown and chocolate toning mixed in on the reverse. Traces of frosty flowline luster remain visible in protected areas on the obverse. The only notable mark is a small rim nick over ET at the top of the obverse. Nicely struck slightly off center to K-7 leaving a few letters of the legend tight to the edge of the planchet. Listed on page 54 of the "Redbook." Weight 117.5 grains. Estimated Value $250-UP. View details and enlarged photos	Realized $518
Lot 87		1786 Nova Constellatio Crosby 1-A Rarity-6 PCGS Genuine, VG Details, Damage. Glossy chocolate and olive brown. No corrosion or verdigris, and the surfaces are mostly smooth. Unfortunately there is an attempted but unsuccessful piercing in the center plus a dozen or so old scratches blended into the natural toning on both sides. A planchet lamination crack right of NOVA also catches your eye. On the good side of the ledger, the date is strong and most of the legend remains clearly visible on both sides. An imperfect piece to be sure, but most of the known examples have significant problems. And the strong date is a big plus. An important opportunity to obtain a very rare colonial that is seldom offered in any grade. Listed on page 54 in the "Redbook." Estimated Value $2,000-UP. View details and enlarged photos	Realized $3,105
Lot 88		1787 Connecticut Miller 6.1-M R1 "Laughing Head". PCGS graded EF-40. Frosty dark olive with slightly lighter chocolate brown toning on the highpoints. A glass reveals microscopic granularity covering all but the highpoints, and there is a speck of verdigris nestled into the hair right of the eye. Nicely struck with strong legends and devices throughout. A decent example of the popular "Laughing Head" type, which is listed on page 61 in the "Redbook." Estimated Value $500-UP. View details and enlarged photos	Realized $776
Lot 89		1787 Connecticut Miller 33.5-T.2 Rarity-5 Draped Bust Left F12. Glossy medium brown blending to chocolate brown in the protected areas. The only defects are a few minor planchet voids, the only notable one at the knee of the seated figure. Struck slightly off center to K-7 leaving a couple letters of the reverse legend partially off the planchet. The date is bold. Extremely rare late die state with a large raised retained cud break at NNEC. A die state that was not represented in the Taylor, Perkins, or Ford sales. Listed on page 62 in the "Redbook." Weight 133.5 grains. Estimated Value $80-UP. View details and enlarged photos	Realized $219
Lot 90		1788 Connecticut Miller 2-D Rarity-1 Mailed Bust Right VF30. Sharpness EF40 but there is a rim dent at the bust tip. Otherwise this piece is quite nice, smooth and free of notable defects. Glossy medium brown and tan blending to chocolate in protected areas. Sharply struck EDS, before the cud break at the shoulder. The date is bold and the legends are clear. Removed from a PCGS slab graded VF35 (PCGS label included). Weight 117.s grains. Estimated Value $125-UP. View details and enlarged photos	Realized $437
Lot 91		Trio of Scarce Varieties 1787 Connecticut. Includes Miller 37.8-k.2 R5 VG8, Miller 37.13-HH R5 F15 net G6 for roughness, and Miller 39.1-ff.2 AUCTOBI with ET LIR R5+ VG8 net G5 for minor roughness. All have a readable date. Lot of 3 coins. Estimated Value $100-UP. View details	Realized $150
Lot 92		Group of 14 Connecticut Coppers 1785-1787. Grades range from Fair-2 to G6 with an average grade of G4. Some are sharper with defects and about half have a readable date. One was struck significantly off center. Lot of 14 coins. Estimated Value $200-UP. View details	Realized $311
Lot 93		1720-A France 20 Sols Double LL Reverse. PCGS graded AU-58 PQ. This piece exhibits wonderful multi-dimensional toning enhanced favorably by fresh lustrous surfaces. Pop 1; The Finest graded at PCGS . A desirable Premium Quality example that would be a marvelous addition to any collection. Estimated Value $3,000 - 3,500. View details and enlarged photos	Realized $1,840
Lot 94		1786 New Jersey Maris 12-G Rarity-4 No Coulter VG8. Slightly sharper, especially on the obverse, but both sides display fine roughness, strongest on the reverse. No contact marks. Traces of very shallow reddish brown and olive scale show in protected areas, mostly on the reverse. The majority of the planchet is toned an attractive medium brown. The bottom of the date is weak but the remainder is clear and the legends are easily readable. The "No Coulter" feature is obvious. Struck with the dies aligned head-to-head. Weight 161.4 grains. Listed on page 69 in the "Redbook." Estimated Value $500-UP. View details and enlarged photos	Realized $891
Lot 95		1786 New Jersey Maris 24-P Rarity-2 VF20. Glossy medium brown and light chocolate. The planchet is decent but not perfectly smooth and there is a small but obvious void in the field at the horse's chest plus a dozen tiny flakes scattered over the reverse. The date was delicately punched into the die but it is complete and easily readable. The legends are strong. This is a "Curved Plow Beam" type. Listed on page 69 in the "Redbook." Weight 159.5 grains. Estimated Value $200-UP. View details and enlarged photos	Realized $334
Lot 96		1787 New Jersey Maris 6-D Rarity-2 VF25. Slightly sharper but there is a patch of very light roughness in the field off the horse's chest and a thin planchet fissure down the right edge of the shield on the reverse. Glossy dark olive and steel. The date was delicately punched into the die on this variety leaving the 8 faint and the second 7 only partially visible, but the rest of the date is complete and the legends are clear. Weight 145.7 grains. Estimated Value $250-UP. Ex Tom Reynolds. View details and enlarged photos	Realized $288
Lot 97		1787 New Jersey Maris 40-b Rarity-5+ AG3. Many of the details are sharper than the assigned grade but the planchet is covered with moderate roughness. The date is weak but readable with some effort as are most of the legends. Slightly glossy steel brown and chocolate with darker chocolate toning covering the protected areas. A splash of very dark chocolate brown lacquer or similar substance covers the horse's face. Far from perfect but it's a very tough variety in the New Jersey series. Struck with the reverse rotated 35 degrees CW relative to a head-to-foot die orientation. This type is listed on page 70 of the "Redbook." Weight 148.5 grains. Estimated Value $1,000-UP. View details and enlarged photos	Realized $1,783
Lot 98		1787 New Jersey Maris 43-d Rarity-1 VF20. Sharpness EF40 and choice except for a wide, deep scratch (perhaps "gash" is more appropriate) down the left edge of the shield ending at the E before PLURIBUS. Otherwise the only defect is a small planchet void (as struck) at the rim above the A in NOVA. Choice glossy medium chocolate brown. Sharply struck with a bold eye on the horse and full lines in the shield. MDS. Weight 158.9 grains. Estimated Value $200-UP. View details and enlarged photos	Realized $207
Lot 99		1788 New Jersey Maris 50-f Rarity-3 Head Left Type F12. Sharpness VF20 with light roughness covering all but the highpoints. No contact marks. Traces of shallow verdigris are nestled into a couple of the most-protected places. Rather glossy medium chocolate brown. The obverse is sharper than the reverse, as usual for this variety, and the eye appeal is decent in spite of the imperfect surfaces. The date is strong and the legends are clear. The most common of the three "Head Left" varieties. Listed on page 70 in the "Redbook." Weight 132.3 grains. Estimated Value $1,000-UP. Ex Chris Schenkel collection sale, Bowers & Merena 11/12/1990:5472 (lot ticket included). View details and enlarged photos	Realized $805
Lot 100		Group of Five 1787 New Jersey Coppers. Grades range from Fair-2 to VG7, average grade G4. Includes the scarce Maris 43-Y variety in a late die state. Some are sharper with minor roughness. Lot of 5 coins. Estimated Value $60-UP. View details	Realized $276
Lot 101		Pair of Colonial Coppers. Includes 1788 Connecticut Miller 16.3-N Rarity-2 VF35 sharpness net VG8 for moderate corrosion, and 1786 New Jersey Maris 23-R Rarity-3 F15 sharpness net VG8 for light corrosion. Both have a readable date. Lot of 2 coins. Estimated Value $75-UP. View details	Realized $161
Lot 102		Quartette of Colonial Coppers. Includes 1724 Wood's Hibernia Halfpenny G4, 1788 Massachusetts Ryder 7-M Rarity-5 G6 but holed, 1787 Fugio Cent Fair-2, and a copy of the 1787 George Clinton/Excelsior copper (see page 65 of the "Redbook"). All have a readable date. Lot of 4 coins. Estimated Value $80-UP. View details	Realized $104
Lot 103		Quartette of Great Britain Coppers 1770-1775. Includes 1770 Halfpenny AU50, 1775 Halfpenny Fair-2, 1777 Halfpenny Fair-2, and 1773 Farthing G5. The last 3 may be contemporary counterfeits. Lot of 4 coins. Estimated Value $80-UP. View details	Realized $115
Lot 104		1785 Vermont Landscape Ryder-2 Rarity-2. PCGS graded VF-35. The "VERMONTS" type. Frosty medium brown and light chocolate. Just nominal wear on the devices. No corrosion or contact marks, but there are some of the usual planchet flaws that plague these landscape types. While most of the obverse is smooth and problem-free, there are a few minor striation voids extending from NNE to SSW plus a shallow void near the rim at K-11. The right half of the reverse is smooth as well, but the left half is covered with vertical striation voids that weaken DECIMA. The date is bold and the centering is nearly perfect. M-LDS with a strong die crack reaching up from the rim through the 8 to the plow and beyond. Listed on pages 71-72 in the "Redbook." Estimated Value $1,500-UP. View details and enlarged photos	Realized $1,093
Lot 105		1785 Vermont Landscape Ryder-2 Rarity-2 F15. The "VERMONTS" type. Five points sharper but lightly cleaned and retoned glossy chocolate and olive brown with lighter brown and chocolate toning in protected areas on the obverse. The planchet is nice for a Vermont Landscape type, free of any voids or slag. The only notable mark is a rim dent above the R in RES at the top of the obverse. The date is bold and the legends are strong, although a few letters are tight to the edge. Listed on page 72 in the "Redbook." Weight 127.6 grains. Estimated Value $600-UP. View details and enlarged photos	Realized $1,495
Lot 106		1786 Vermont Landscape Ryder-6 Rarity-2 VF20. The "VERMONTENSIUM" type. Ten points sharper with uniform microscopic roughness under glossy light chocolate brown toning. Darker chocolate brown toning covers the protected areas and there are traces of shallow dark olive verdigris caked around some of the devices. Nicely centered for this Landscape type. The date and all the legends are contained on the planchet and are easily readable. The only planchet defects are a minor planchet lamination under QUARTA and another small one through the top of the P in PUBLICA. A decent example of this popular type. Listed on pages 71-72 in the "Redbook." Weight 111.7 grains. Estimated Value $750-UP. View details and enlarged photos	Realized $719
Lot 107		1786 Vermont Landscape Ryder-6 Rarity-2 F15. The "VERMONTENSIUM" type. Sharpness at least VF30 but covered with fine roughness under a rather glossy olive brown patina with lighter chocolate brown toning covering the devices. No contact marks, but there is a deep planchet void at the rim that eliminates most of EL in STELLA (as struck). The obverse is slightly off center to K-2 and the reverse is off a bit more to the K-11 position leaving the upper half of QUARTA off the planchet. The date is bold. Early die state, prior to any die cracks. Listed on pages 71-72 in the "Redbook." Weight 111.9 grains. Estimated Value $500-UP. View details and enlarged photos	Realized $391
Lot 108		1786 Vermont Ryder-11 Rarity-4 VF30. Glossy medium chocolate brown with traces of lighter brown toning in protected areas on the reverse. Very nice for the type, but the surfaces are not perfectly smooth showing some tiny planchet chips on the portrait and near the rim at 4-5 o'clock on the obverse and the opposing area at 2-3 o'clock on the reverse. Only the top of the 1 in the date is on the planchet but most of the 7 and all of the 86 are clear. The obverse is centered on the planchet while the reverse is off a bit to K-9 leaving the tops of INDE off the planchet. A very nice example of a tough variety that never comes perfect, superior to any of the examples plated in the definitive Carlotto reference on this series. See page 72 in the Redbook." Weight 110.4 grains. Estimated Value $1,000-UP. Ex Thomas L. Elder 11/24/1916:740-Hillyer Ryder-unknown-Tony Terranova (comes with the Ryder collection attribution insert). View details and enlarged photos	Realized $1,898
Lot 109		1787 Vermont Ryder-14 Rarity-3 VF30. Nice glossy chocolate and darker olive brown with smooth surfaces. No corrosion or verdigris. There is a very fine planchet fissure bisecting the obverse from K-11 to K-5, and this fissure has been lightly smoothed down so it is essentially invisible to the unaided eye. A similar narrow planchet fissure reaches from the rim just before the face of the seated figure down to her knee where it fades away. A couple more short fissures show near the dentils at K-7.5 on the reverse. Otherwise this piece is choice. Struck slightly off center to K-3 leaving the upper half of AUCTORI and ET LIB off the planchet. The date and remainder of the legends are strong. See page 72 in the "Redbook." Weight 120.6 grains. Estimated Value $600-UP. Ex Steve Tanenbaum-2005 C-4 Sale, McCawley & Grellman Auctions 11/19/2005:343 (lot ticket included). View details and enlarged photos	Realized $949
Lot 110		1788 Vermont Ryder-16 Rarity-1 VF35. Choice glossy light olive and chocolate brown. A beautiful example, essentially flawless, especially for a Vermont copper. The only defects, and they are trivial, are a minor planchet clip affecting the dentil roots above the head (as struck) and a tiny pinprick in the field over the outstretched arm of the seated figure. There are some shallow planchet chips in the centers where there was not enough planchet metal and striking pressure to fill out the dies, as usual, but the areas affected are small. A beautiful Vermont copper, about as nice as they ever come. Listed on page 72 in the "Redbook." Weight 98.1 grains. Estimated Value $300-UP. Ex Stack's 6/21/1988:956-Mike Ringo-Stack's 6/23/2005:1042 (both lot tickets included). View details and enlarged photos	Realized $345
Lot 111		1788 Vermont Ryder-21 Rarity-5 VF25. Glossy chocolate brown with lighter brown toning on the highpoints. Excellent eye appeal for a Vermont in this grade, but a glass reveals extremely fine roughness in the fields and protected areas. No verdigris. The only notable marks are a dull, very shallow dog-legged scratch from the E in ET to the waist of the seated figure, a tiny rim bruise left of that E, and another under the date. Well centered with only a few elements tight to the edge of the planchet. The date and legends are easily readable. MDS with a dull, strong die crack arcing from the first 8 into the field under the outstretched arm of the seated figure and a wide die crack off the bust tip. Not perfect but still quite nice for this tough variety. See page 72 in the "Redbook." Weight 120.0 grains. Estimated Value $1,000-UP. Ex Early American History Auctions 10/21/2006:704. View details and enlarged photos	Realized $604
Lot 112		1788 Vermont Ryder-29 Rarity-5 VF20. Five points sharper but there is a dull dent at the base of the M in VERMON plus a half dozen small contact marks elsewhere on the obverse. The reverse, however, is smooth and nearly choice. Glossy chocolate and light olive brown mixed with darker olive brown on the obverse. The massive die crack down the face to the rim at the R in AUCTORI is strong. Struck slightly off center to K-4.5 leaving much of ET LIB and some of AUCTORI off the planchet. The date is clear, although the bottom of the second 8 is affected by a shallow planchet flake. Certainly not perfect but still quite nice for this very tough variety. Listed on page 72 in the "Redbook." Weight 102.1 grains. Estimated Value $2,000-UP. Ex Richard Picker-Dr. Robert I. Hinkley 3/1993-unknown-American Numismatic Rarities/Stack's 6/23/2004:2038 (lot ticket included). View details and enlarged photos	Realized $1,438
Lot 113		1788 Vermont GEORGIVS III REX variety Ryder-31 Rarity-5-. NGC graded Fine-12. Medium brown and light chocolate. The planchet is slightly rough from erosion and there are some shallow planchet voids in the field before the portrait. No notable signs of verdigris or contact. The obverse is well struck but there is a shallow depression in the center of the reverse where there was not enough metal to fill the die (which is typical for this variety due to the swelling in the center of that side). The legends on the obverse are complete and clear but the legends on the reverse are relatively weak. The lower half of the date is off the planchet. Listed on page 73 in the "Redbook." The GEORGE III variety is noted on the NGC label. Estimated Value $500-UP. View details and enlarged photos	Realized $719
Lot 114		(1785) The Bar Copper Breen-1145 F12. Sharpness VF30 or so but moderately corroded with traces of shallow verdigris in some of the protected areas. Slightly glossy medium chocolate brown and olive. The USA design (copied from the design of the buttons on the uniforms of the Continental soldiers) is clear and the 13 bars (representing the original 13 colonies) are bold. The small spur down from the right end of the second bar (from the top) is visible. Most likely rescued from soil. An acceptable example of this very popular colonial copper. Listed on page 74 in the "Redbook." Weight 68.1 grains. Estimated Value $1,000-UP. View details and enlarged photos	Realized $1,898