Goldberg Coins and Collectibles

Sale 72

February 2-5. 2013

$20 Gold

Lot	Photo	Description	Realized
Lot 1870		1902-S. NGC graded MS-61. A hint of light tone (PCGS # 9042) . Estimated Value $1,500 - 1,550. View details and enlarged photos Check results on similar lots	Realized $1,898
Lot 1871		1904. PCGS graded MS-63. Mostly untoned, attractive well struck and lustrous specimen (PCGS # 9045) . Estimated Value $1,650 - 1,700. View details and enlarged photos Check results on similar lots	Realized $1,955
Lot 1872		1904. NGC graded MS-62. Nice gold toning (PCGS # 9045) . Estimated Value $1,600 - 1,650. View details and enlarged photos Check results on similar lots	Realized $1,955
Lot 1873		1904. NGC graded MS-62. Mostly untoned (PCGS # 9045) . Estimated Value $1,600 - 1,650. View details and enlarged photos Check results on similar lots	Realized $1,869
Lot 1874		1904. NGC graded MS-61. A nice untoned coin (PCGS # 9045) . Estimated Value $1,500 - 1,550. View details and enlarged photos Check results on similar lots	Realized $1,840
Lot 1875		1904. PCGS graded MS-61. Lightly toned (PCGS # 9045) . Estimated Value $1,500 - 1,550. View details and enlarged photos Check results on similar lots	Realized $1,898
Lot 1876		1904. ANACS graded AU-58. Mostly untoned (PCGS # 9045) . Estimated Value $1,500 - 1,550. View details and enlarged photos Check results on similar lots	Realized $1,898
Lot 1877		1905-S and 1906-S Both VF. Lot of 2 coins. Estimated Value $2,800 - 2,900. View details	Realized $3,565
Lot 1878		1906-D NGC graded Unc Details. Improperly cleaned (PCGS # 9050) . Estimated Value $1,500 - 1,550. View details and enlarged photos Check results on similar lots	Realized $1,754
Lot 1879		1907. PCGS graded MS-63. CAC Approved PQ. A nice frosty coin (PCGS # 9052) . Estimated Value $1,700 - 1,750. View details and enlarged photos Check results on similar lots	Realized $2,187
Lot 1880		1907. ANACS graded MS-60. A hint of gold tone (PCGS # 9052) . Estimated Value $1,500 - 1,550. View details and enlarged photos Check results on similar lots	Realized $1,783
Lot 1881		1907-D. PCGS graded MS-65+. Lovely even golden toning. A very nice example. Final year of the Liberty Head Type, and also the second year that coins were being minted at the newly established Denver, Colorado mint. A bright and gleaming gem whose cartwheel luster seems poised to detonate like a golden Fourth of July skyrocket, plus we find a touch of faint yellow-green toning, especially on the obverse. Sharply struck with full details on both sides. Definitely gem! Pop 4; 16 finer, 14 in 66, 1 in 66+, 1 in 67 (PCGS # 9053) . Gold type collectors who desire an example of Liberty Double Eagle production in the Denver Mint typically choose an example of the 1907-D. This is the second of only two D-mint issues in this series, and it is a bit more obtainable than the first-year 1906-D. We caution bidders, however, that the '07-D becomes quite expensive in grades above MS-65. Estimated Value $3,500 - 3,800. View details and enlarged photos Check results on similar lots	Realized $9,775
Lot 1882		1899 and 1899-S. ANACS graded EF-45 and AU-53 respectively. Lot of 2 coins. Estimated Value $2,800 - 2,900. View details	Realized $3,450
Lot 1883		1907. High Relief, Roman Numerals, Wire Rim PCGS graded Genuine AU Details. Scratch. Still an attractive example of a very popular coin. "High Reliefs were struck in 3 blows of the dies on a medal press in the Philadelphia Mint," according to Stack�s, in reference to a unique plain edge 1907 High Relief $20 gold piece the firm auction in January 2006. "The first two strikings were made utilizing a plain collar, presumably to prevent the raised edge lettering from being disfigured from successive strikings. It was only during the third striking that the plain collar was replaced by the lettered collar to produce a ''complete'' High Relief Double Eagle with Lettered Edge. Due to the work-hardening of metal that results from the pressures of the striking process, the as yet ''incomplete'' coin was removed from the press after the first and second strikings to be annealed, or softened by heating." (PCGS # 9135) . Estimated Value $6,500 - 7,500. View details and enlarged photos Check results on similar lots	Realized $6,613
Lot 1884		1907. High Relief, Roman Numerals, Wire Rim PCGS graded Genuine AU Details. Surfaces tooled. In the summer of 1907, Saint Gaudens, designer of the High Relief double eagle, who had been in failing health for some time, took a turn for the worse, and in August he died. Ironically, he never lived to see examples of his own Double Eagle in production. After President Theodore Roosevelt had been appeased by the striking of 11,250 High Relief coins, a difficult task due to the high relief complexities introduced when striking, the Mint obtained permission to revise its design, wherein the relief was lowered, the Roman numerals eliminated, and more familiar numeral punches used for the date (PCGS # 9135) . Estimated Value $5,000 - 5,500. View details and enlarged photos Check results on similar lots	Realized $5,290
Lot 1885		1907. High Relief, Roman Numerals, Flat Rim NGC graded AU Details. Some reverse marks and untoned. Removed from jewelry. Because these were given multiple blows by the dies to bring out the high relief design, even when suffering some problems, the coin is always sharply detailed. Only 11,250 minted. Estimated Value $3,500 - 4,000. View details and enlarged photos	Realized $5,060
Lot 1886		1907. Flat Relief, Arabic Numerals. PCGS graded MS-66. Frosty with lovely golden toning. Sun-fresh gold, indeed glowing with gold satin luster, and fully radiant with a near-perfect strike for the No Motto design (which, by its nature, has a more flattened look to it than the following, 1908-33 With Motto dates). Taking stock of another key aspect of the grade, this piece has wonderful originality throughout, including centers, rather than a bagmarked appearance as most often seen on the 1907 issue. Pop 344; 25 finer, 10 in 66+, 14 in 67, 1 in 67+ (PCGS # 9141) . Estimated Value $3,500 - 3,700. View details and enlarged photos Check results on similar lots	Realized $6,038
Lot 1887		1907 and 1909-S Saints Both VF. Lot of 2 coins. Estimated Value $2,800 - 2,900. View details	Realized $3,393
Lot 1888		1908. No Motto. NGC graded MS-63. Frosty and mostly untoned, an attractive coin (PCGS # 9142) . Estimated Value $1,600 - 1,650. View details and enlarged photos Check results on similar lots	Realized $1,984
Lot 1889		1908. No Motto. PCGS graded MS-63. Housed in an Old Green Holder. Frosty and lightly toned (PCGS # 9142) . Estimated Value $1,600 - 1,650. View details and enlarged photos Check results on similar lots	Realized $1,944
Lot 1890		1908. No Motto. PCGS graded MS-62. Lightly toned. By Presidential orders, the motto IN GOD WE TRUST was omitted from the first two years' coinage, even as from the MCMVII design. In 1908, both No Motto and With Motto pieces were made (PCGS # 9142) . Estimated Value $1,550 - 1,600. View details and enlarged photos Check results on similar lots	Realized $1,840
Lot 1891		1908-D. No Motto. PCGS graded MS-62 (PCGS # 9143) . Estimated Value $1,600 - 1,650. View details and enlarged photos Check results on similar lots	Realized $1,898
Lot 1892		1908. With Motto. PCGS graded MS-62 (PCGS # 9147) . Estimated Value $1,600 - 1,650. View details and enlarged photos Check results on similar lots	Realized $1,898
Lot 1893		1908-D. With Motto. ANACS graded MS-62. A nice untoned coin (PCGS # 9148) . Estimated Value $1,600 - 1,650. View details and enlarged photos Check results on similar lots	Realized $2,150
Lot 1894		1909. PCGS graded AU-58. Slightly better date: 161,282 minted (PCGS # 9150) . Estimated Value $1,500 - 1,550. View details and enlarged photos Check results on similar lots	Realized $2,043
Lot 1895		1909, 9 over 8. PCGS graded MS-65. A frosty coin with lovely golden toning. It is easy to side with acknowledged experts in stressing the importance of the present lot for advanced gold specialists. The 1909/8 has long benefited for its place of honor in U.S. numismatics. It is the sole overdate in the popular and broadly collected Saint-Gaudens double eagle series. That being the case, the majority went into circulation and wore to one degree or another. Many Uncirculated survivors in today's market are rather raggedly looking with extensive bagmarks or other small blemishes. Gems are of the greatest rarity, and there are very few examples certified MS65 (see below). This issue has a distinctive appearance for a Philadelphia double eagle struck in 1909. The obverse die came from the 1908 No Motto production, which has a distinctive look to it. The design elements on the obverse side of the coin are not as deeply impressed as those on the 1909 normal date examples. This gorgeous Gem shows ample evidence of having been given a powerful blow from the coining dies. Both sides are nice and lustrous, both show rich, frosty texture that accents the original and variegated pinkish-gold color to perfection. We would be surprised to find more than a few light bagmarks on both the obverse and the reverse, but, if we had to select an identifier, we would use the tiny mark on the fold of the lower portion of Liberty's gown where it crosses her midriff. Also, there is a small orange spot of toning at the tip of the eagle�s tail. Both can serve as provenance markers. A coin that is fully deserving of a premium bid. Pop 17; 4 finer in 66 (PCGS # 9151) . Estimated Value $35,000 - 40,000. View details and enlarged photos Check results on similar lots	Realized $32,775
Lot 1896		1910-D and 1910-S Both VF. Lot of 2 coins. Estimated Value $2,800 - 2,900. View details	Unsold
Lot 1897		1910. ANACS graded AU-58. Frosty and untoned (PCGS # 9154) . Estimated Value $1,500 - 1,550. View details and enlarged photos Check results on similar lots	Realized $1,783
Lot 1898		1910-S. AU-58. Estimated Value $1,500 - 1,550. View details and enlarged photos	Realized $1,754
Lot 1899		1911-D. ICG graded AU-58. Untoned (PCGS # 9158) . Estimated Value $1,500 - 1,550. View details and enlarged photos Check results on similar lots	Realized $1,725
Lot 1900		1911-S. PCGS graded MS-62. Light toning (PCGS # 9159) . Estimated Value $1,550 - 1,600. View details and enlarged photos Check results on similar lots	Realized $1,869
Lot 1901		1912. PCGS graded MS-63. Scarcer date. No branch mint issues were struck in 1912, only the P-mint double eagle for collectors building date sets of this dramatic, large heavy gold denomination (PCGS # 9160) . Estimated Value $1,900 - 2,000. View details and enlarged photos Check results on similar lots	Realized $2,300
Lot 1902		1912. PCGS graded AU-58. Mostly untoned (PCGS # 9160) . Estimated Value $1,500 - 1,550. View details and enlarged photos Check results on similar lots	Realized $1,840
Lot 1903		1913. PCGS graded MS-63. Nice golden toning. The allure of this P mint date is its relatively low mintage, 168,780 pieces. In a time when double eagle mintage could exceed 3 or 4 million (and once, as in 1928, got to 8 million), 1913-P is decidedly scarce in this choice grade (PCGS # 9161) . Estimated Value $2,400 - 2,500. View details and enlarged photos Check results on similar lots	Realized $2,645
Lot 1904		1913. PCGS graded MS-62. Frosty (PCGS # 9161) . Estimated Value $1,600 - 1,650. View details and enlarged photos Check results on similar lots	Realized $1,955
Lot 1905		1913. PCGS graded AU-58. Mostly untoned. Lower mintage issue:168,780 minted (PCGS # 9161) . Estimated Value $1,500 - 1,550. View details and enlarged photos Check results on similar lots	Realized $1,720
Lot 1906		1914-D. PCGS graded MS-64. Mostly untoned (PCGS # 9165) . Estimated Value $1,650 - 1,700. View details and enlarged photos Check results on similar lots	Realized $2,099
Lot 1907		1914-S. NGC graded MS-62. Housed in an Old Holder. Mostly untoned (PCGS # 9166) . Estimated Value $1,600 - 1,650. View details and enlarged photos Check results on similar lots	Realized $1,926
Lot 1908		1914-S. NGC graded MS-61. Frosty and untoned (PCGS # 9166) . Estimated Value $1,550 - 1,600. View details and enlarged photos Check results on similar lots	Realized $1,869
Lot 1909		1915. PCGS graded MS-62. Slightly better date and a frosty coin (PCGS # 9167) . Estimated Value $1,600 - 1,650. View details and enlarged photos Check results on similar lots	Realized $1,898
Lot 1910		1915-S. PCGS graded MS-65. Frosty with lovely golden toning. The shimmering gold hue alternates between levels of frost and satin-texture on this delightfully S-mint coin. Lustrous and well struck with pleasing surfaces. Most coins of this date come well struck, we are pleased to report; thought some are slightly better than others on the highest design features; and collectors, true to their tradition, wish that all could be like this nicely struck example exhibiting fine detail to all the high points. A visually stunning Gem BU Saint (PCGS # 9168) . Estimated Value $1,900 - 2,000. View details and enlarged photos Check results on similar lots	Realized $2,818
Lot 1911		1915-S. PCGS graded MS-63. CAC Approved. Light even toning, choice, eye-appealing surfaces (PCGS # 9168) . Estimated Value $1,600 - 1,650. View details and enlarged photos Check results on similar lots	Realized $2,013
Lot 1912		1916-S. PCGS graded AU-58. Lightly toned (PCGS # 9169) . Estimated Value $1,500 - 1,550. View details and enlarged photos Check results on similar lots	Realized $1,783
Lot 1913		1920. PCGS graded MS-63. Lightly toned (PCGS # 9170) . Estimated Value $1,600 - 1,650. View details and enlarged photos Check results on similar lots	Realized $2,150
Lot 1914		1922. NGC graded MS-61. Lovely golden toning (PCGS # 9173) . Estimated Value $1,550 - 1,600. View details and enlarged photos Check results on similar lots	Realized $1,898
Lot 1915		1922. ANACS graded AU-58. Mostly untoned (PCGS # 9173) . Estimated Value $1,500 - 1,550. View details and enlarged photos Check results on similar lots	Realized $1,783
Lot 1916		1924. NGC graded MS-65. Frosty with a hint of golden tone, the surfaces beam and shimmer with golden extravagance typical of this year and grade (PCGS # 9177) . Estimated Value $1,900 - 2,000. View details and enlarged photos Check results on similar lots	Realized $2,243
Lot 1917		1924. NGC graded MS-65. Nice light gold toning, with gem level detail and luster "flash" throughout (PCGS # 9177) . Estimated Value $1,900 - 2,000. View details and enlarged photos Check results on similar lots	Realized $2,415
Lot 1918		1924. NGC graded MS-64+. A nice frosty coin, the luster beaming throughout the fields and devices (PCGS # 9177) . Estimated Value $1,700 - 1,800. View details and enlarged photos Check results on similar lots	Realized $1,955
Lot 1919		1924. PCGS graded MS-64. CAC Approved PQ. A nice coin with suggestions for gem status seen in the vibrant luster and relatively bagmark-reduced fields. Well struck on the main devices (PCGS # 9177) . Estimated Value $1,700 - 1,750. View details and enlarged photos Check results on similar lots	Realized $2,128

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