Goldberg Coins and Collectibles

Sale 74

June Long Beach Coin Auction

$10 Indian

Lot	Photo	Description	Realized
Lot 1685		1907 $10 Indian. No periods. PCGS graded MS-62. Fully lustrous, untoned. First year of issue which has delicate almost satin-like luster. A new modernist design was introduced this year on the $10 and $20 gold coins. Both were the product of the artist Augustus Saint-Gaudens (PCGS # 8852) . Estimated Value $1,200 - 1,300. The Arden Collection. View details and enlarged photos Check results on similar lots	Realized $1,898
Lot 1686		1907 $10 Indian. No periods. NGC graded MS-61. A brilliant satiny mint example (PCGS # 8852) . Estimated Value $800 - 850. The Arden Collection. View details and enlarged photos Check results on similar lots	Realized $1,553
Lot 1687		1908-D. No Motto. PCGS graded MS-64 PQ CAC Approved. Housed in an Old Green Holder. Well struck and frosty. Pop 41; 12 finer (PCGS # 8854) . Estimated Value $26,000 - 28,000. View details and enlarged photos Check results on similar lots	Unsold
Lot 1688		1908. With Motto. NGC graded Proof 66. Only 116 matte Proofs struck. Those who have never made an acquaintance with a Matte Proof Indian Eagle are in for a treat. This is an example of the Type after the motto IN GOD WE TRUST was restored to the $10 denomination. There had been a two-year hiatus where this and the $20 gold piece made no mention of the unofficial national motto. In the first year the Mint sold Proofs of the new Indian motif to collectors, the matte finish in this large $10 format is moderately sandblasted. With a glass, we are yet to find a single fault on the portrait of Liberty or the feathers of the eagle; everywhere is pristine, indeed as made, for all intents and purposes, and therefore virtually perfect. This, the Proof 66 of Proof 66s, is grade for grade one of the more impressive coins around, one which stands on the shoulders of most all others in its class. Do not fear winding up your voice to a loud tone when delivering your bid to the auctioneer. He may not look it but he's sometimes a little deaf. The mint struck and sold very few Proofs of this denomination gold coin in 1908. All were made with the IN GOD WE TRUST motto on the reverse below the eagle's breast. Congress had listened to the criticism given the 1907 No Motto coins and had taken action, albeit delayed, over the objection of President Roosevelt who was the man responsible for eliminating the motto in the first place. By 1908, the designer Augustus Saint-Gaudens was gone to a higher calling. He played no part in the proceedings. This piece very closely resembles the lower denomination Proofs of 1908, $2.50 and $5, as well as the $20 gold higher denomination, which have a coarse-grain sandblast surface. Even though these are deeper in hue than seen on 1909 and 1910 issues, there is a considerable sparkle in the sandblast texture that is visible when under a low-power magnifying glass. It is understood that when "Matte" or "Sand-blast" Proofs as they are called are first struck, they resemble more than anything the satin finish of the 1909 and 1910 issues. Then the mint, in a separate process abraded the surface using a fine sandblast process which gives the final coin its almost otherworldly beauty and stature. Pop 15; 11 in 67, 2 in 68 (PCGS # 8890) . Augustus Saint-Gaudens' so-called "Indian" Head Eagles are more properly a concoction of his creative genius having to mold itself to the political realities of coin design. Hear some of Walter Breen's ascerbic commentary on how this special coin came into being: "For the new eagle design, Augustus St. Gaudens (in consultation with Pres. Theodore Roosevelt) decided to use not a standing figure but a head, feeling that the heroic effect of any standing figure, as chosen for the double eagle, would be lost in smaller diameter. The President disgusted beyond measure at what he called our 'atrociously hideous' coinage, had asked St. Gaudens to design replacements. The profile St. Gaudens chose originated in a figure of Nike ('Victory'), part of his Gen. Sherman Monument (1905), ultimately inspired by a Hellenistic Wingless Victory on the temple of Zeus Soter. at Pergamon. At Pres. Roosevelt's insistence, and for no other reason, St. Gaudens gave this head a nationalistic character by the absurd addition of a feathered war bonnet, such as neither Ms. Liberty nor any Native American woman would have ever worn." Estimated Value $40,000 - 45,000. View details and enlarged photos Check results on similar lots	Realized $62,100
Lot 1689		1908. With Motto. PCGS graded MS-64+ CAC Approved. Light even gold toning. Well struck. Pop 4; 108 finer at PCGS (PCGS # 8859) . Estimated Value $6,000 - 6,300. View details and enlarged photos Check results on similar lots	Realized $6,900
Lot 1690		1908 $10 Indian. With motto. NGC graded AU-58. Lightly toned (PCGS # 8859) . Estimated Value $800 - 850. View details and enlarged photos Check results on similar lots	Realized $949
Lot 1691		1908. With Motto. PCGS graded AU-55 (PCGS # 8859) . Estimated Value $750 - 800. The Arden Collection. View details and enlarged photos Check results on similar lots	Realized $863
Lot 1692		1908-D. With Motto. PCGS graded MS-64 PQ CAC Approved. Rich golden toning. Pop 22; 22 finer (PCGS # 8860) . Estimated Value $15,000 - 16,000. View details and enlarged photos Check results on similar lots	Unsold
Lot 1693		1909 $10 Indian. PCGS graded MS-64 PQ CAC Approved. Even light gold toning. Pop 75; 25 finer (PCGS # 8862) . Estimated Value $8,500 - 9,000. View details and enlarged photos Check results on similar lots	Realized $12,650
Lot 1694		1910-D and 1912 EF40 and AU50 Respectively. Lot of 2 coins. Estimated Value $1,500 - 1,550. The Arden Collection. View details	Realized $1,725
Lot 1695		1910 $10 Indian. PCGS graded MS-62. Lightly toned (PCGS # 8865) . Estimated Value $800 - 850. The Arden Collection. View details and enlarged photos Check results on similar lots	Realized $949
Lot 1696		1910-D $10 Indian. PCGS graded MS-64 CAC Approved. Lovely uniform delicate golden toning. A beaming, original specimen with satiny luster. The mintmark size in 1908-10 on those struck in Denver, is a large D. A small D punch was used for the dies made in 1911-14, however (PCGS # 8866) . Estimated Value $1,400 - 1,500. View details and enlarged photos Check results on similar lots	Realized $2,300
Lot 1697		1910-D $10 Indian. PCGS graded MS-63. Frosty and glistening with intense mint luster (PCGS # 8866) . Estimated Value $1,000 - 1,100. View details and enlarged photos Check results on similar lots	Realized $1,265
Lot 1698		1910-D $10 Indian. PCGS graded MS-62. Well struck and lightly toned (PCGS # 8866) . Estimated Value $800 - 850. The Arden Collection. View details and enlarged photos Check results on similar lots	Realized $978
Lot 1699		1910-D $10 Indian. NGC graded MS-60. Toned (PCGS # 8866) . Estimated Value $700 - 725. The Arden Collection. View details and enlarged photos Check results on similar lots	Realized $920
Lot 1700		1910-S $10 Indian. PCGS graded AU-55 (PCGS # 8867) . Estimated Value $700 - 725. The Arden Collection. View details and enlarged photos Check results on similar lots	Realized $949
Lot 1701		1911 $10 Indian. PCGS graded MS-61. Lightly toned (PCGS # 8868) . Estimated Value $800 - 850. View details and enlarged photos Check results on similar lots	Realized $949
Lot 1702		1911 $10 Indian. NGC graded MS-61. Delicately toned (PCGS # 8868) . Estimated Value $800 - 850. The Arden Collection. View details and enlarged photos Check results on similar lots	Realized $949
Lot 1703		1911 $10 Indian. NGC graded MS-62. Untoned (PCGS # 8868) . Estimated Value $800 - 850. The Arden Collection. View details and enlarged photos Check results on similar lots	Realized $949
Lot 1704		1911-S $10 Indian. PCGS graded MS-64 PQ CAC Approved. Lovely golden toning. Pop 27; 33 finer, 1 in 64+, 23 in 65, 9 in 66 (PCGS # 8870) . Estimated Value $15,000 - 16,000. View details and enlarged photos Check results on similar lots	Realized $17,250
Lot 1705		1912 $10 Indian. PCGS graded MS-62. Delicately toned (PCGS # 8871) . Estimated Value $800 - 850. View details and enlarged photos Check results on similar lots	Realized $1,006
Lot 1706		1912 $10 Indian. NGC graded MS-62. We note some marks about the obverse rims (PCGS # 8871) . Estimated Value $800 - 850. The Arden Collection. View details and enlarged photos Check results on similar lots	Realized $949
Lot 1707		1912 GSA. NGC graded MS-62. CAC Approved. Toned (PCGS # 8871) . Estimated Value $800 - 850. The Arden Collection. View details and enlarged photos Check results on similar lots	Realized $1,438
Lot 1708		1912 $10 Indian. PCGS graded MS-61 (PCGS # 8871) . Estimated Value $800 - 850. The Arden Collection. View details and enlarged photos Check results on similar lots	Realized $949
Lot 1709		1912 $10 Indian. PCGS graded MS-62. Mostly untoned (PCGS # 8871) . Estimated Value $800 - 850. The Arden Collection. View details and enlarged photos Check results on similar lots	Realized $978
Lot 1710		1912-S $10 Indian. PCGS graded MS-64+ CAC Approved. Frosty with light even toning. Pop 18; 11 finer, 9 in 65, 1 in 65+, 1 in 66 (PCGS # 8872) . Estimated Value $15,000 - 16,000. View details and enlarged photos Check results on similar lots	Unsold
Lot 1711		1913 $10 Indian. PCGS graded MS-62. A nice frosty example. The "Indian" design by Augustus Saint-Gaudens features Liberty in profile wearing a fancy feathered bonnet and is one of the most attractive modern designs on a US coin, 100 years after this particular specimen was issued! (PCGS # 8873) . Estimated Value $800 - 850. View details and enlarged photos Check results on similar lots	Realized $1,006
Lot 1712		1913 $10 Indian. NGC graded MS-62 (PCGS # 8873) . Estimated Value $800 - 850. The Arden Collection. View details and enlarged photos Check results on similar lots	Realized $949
Lot 1713		1913 $10 Indian. PCGS graded AU-58 (PCGS # 8873) . Estimated Value $700 - 750. View details and enlarged photos Check results on similar lots	Realized $834
Lot 1714		1913-S $10 Indian. PCGS graded AU-53. Delicately toned. A scarce date: only 66,000 minted (PCGS # 8874) . Estimated Value $950 - 1,000. View details and enlarged photos Check results on similar lots	Realized $1,380
Lot 1715		1914 $10 Indian. PCGS graded MS-62. Lightly toned (PCGS # 8875) . Estimated Value $800 - 850. The Arden Collection. View details and enlarged photos Check results on similar lots	Realized $1,438
Lot 1716		1914 $10 Indian. NGC graded AU-58 PQ. Well struck and choice for the given grade (PCGS # 8875) . Estimated Value $750 - 800. View details and enlarged photos Check results on similar lots	Realized $949
Lot 1717		1914-D $10 Indian. PCGS graded MS-64 CAC Approved. A splendid specimen exhibiting delicate mint bloom colors. Pop 197; 41 finer (PCGS # 8876) . Estimated Value $1,400 - 1,500. The Arden Collection. View details and enlarged photos Check results on similar lots	Realized $5,750
Lot 1718		1914-S $10 Indian. PCGS Genuine. Cleaning - AU Details (PCGS # 8877) . Estimated Value $700 - 750. View details and enlarged photos Check results on similar lots	Realized $891
Lot 1719		1915 $10 Indian. NGC graded MS-62. Bright and lustrous (PCGS # 8878) . Estimated Value $800 - 850. The Arden Collection. View details and enlarged photos Check results on similar lots	Realized $978
Lot 1720		1915-S $10 Indian. PCGS graded MS-64 PQ CAC Approved. Well struck with nice gold toning. Very scarce this nice. Pop 20; 9 finer (PCGS # 8879) . Estimated Value $35,000 - 38,000. View details and enlarged photos Check results on similar lots	Realized $40,250
Lot 1721		1915-S $10 Indian. PCGS graded AU-53. Lightly toned. A scarce date: only 59,000 minted (PCGS # 8879) . Estimated Value $950 - 1,000. View details and enlarged photos Check results on similar lots	Realized $1,323
Lot 1722		1926 $10 Indian. PCGS graded MS-65. Lovely light gold toning. A thrilling example of this always-popular Indian Type. This exceptional coin is untoned except for some delicate orange shadings here and there (quite gorgeous) and very nicely struck. Probably a good many are not as carefully struck as this Gem BU, with no suggestion or even a whisper of weakness at the headdress feathers or Liberty's hair waves, which are fully separated (PCGS # 8882) . Estimated Value $2,700 - 2,800. View details and enlarged photos Check results on similar lots	Realized $3,450
Lot 1723		1926 $10 Indian. PCGS graded MS-63. A lovely two-tone example (PCGS # 8882) . Estimated Value $900 - 1,000. The Arden Collection. View details and enlarged photos Check results on similar lots	Realized $1,093
Lot 1724		1926 $10 Indian. PCGS graded MS-62. Only two Indian Head dates were issued in the 1920s decade, the rare 1920-S and the affordable "Type" issue, 1926. It would appear that demand for this denomination was light, with gold certificates taking the place of most larger denominations in circulation. Double Eagle mintage, on the other hand, was large, mainly for bank reserve purposes as well as to supply exporters with standard size coins for international trade settlements (PCGS # 8882) . Estimated Value $800 - 850. View details and enlarged photos Check results on similar lots	Realized $891
Lot 1725		1926 $10 Indian. PCGS graded MS-62. Frosty (PCGS # 8882) . Estimated Value $800 - 850. View details and enlarged photos Check results on similar lots	Realized $978
Lot 1726		1926 $10 Indian. PCGS graded MS-62 CAC Approved. Rich golden color (PCGS # 8882) . Estimated Value $800 - 850. The Arden Collection. View details and enlarged photos Check results on similar lots	Realized $1,006
Lot 1727		1932 $10 Indian. PCGS graded MS-65. Housed in an Old Green Holder. The surfaces on this handsome Indian Eagle are judged by us to be bright gold in color, and quite lustrous, with the grade acting on behalf of its outstanding originality. Don't expect the usual halfhearted impression left by the striking of the dies found on some other dates, since 1932 is noteworthy for its sharp relief. This is a very bold coin with sharp centers, magnificent luster, and first-class appearance (PCGS # 8884) . Estimated Value $2,700 - 2,800. The Arden Collection. View details and enlarged photos Check results on similar lots	Realized $2,990
Lot 1728		1932 $10 Indian. PCGS graded MS-64. Nice and frosty with delicate toning, a choice representative of the second-to-last issue of this denomination. Whereas the $20 gold pieces of 1932 were extensively melted, the $10 denomination, though officially released into circulation, was mostly stored in bank vaults. Undoubtedly many were melted in 1933-37 pursuant to policies of the President of the United States, rubber-stamped by Congress. Still there were thousands of beautiful Mint State 1932 tens retained and available to eager 21st century collectors! (PCGS # 8884) . Estimated Value $1,400 - 1,450. View details and enlarged photos Check results on similar lots	Realized $1,495
Lot 1729		1932 $10 Indian. PCGS graded MS-63. Nice and lustrous (PCGS # 8884) . Estimated Value $900 - 1,000. The Arden Collection. View details and enlarged photos Check results on similar lots	Realized $1,093
Lot 1730		1932 $10 Indian. PCGS graded MS-63. A nice looking coin (PCGS # 8884) . Estimated Value $900 - 1,000. The Arden Collection. View details and enlarged photos Check results on similar lots	Realized $1,150
Lot 1731		1932 $10 Indian. NGC graded MS-62 CAC Approved (PCGS # 8884) . Estimated Value $800 - 850. The Arden Collection. View details and enlarged photos Check results on similar lots	Realized $1,104
Lot 1732		1932 $10 Indian. PCGS graded MS-61 PQ. Housed in a First Generation Holder. Nice golden toning (PCGS # 8884) . Estimated Value $800 - 850. The Arden Collection. View details and enlarged photos Check results on similar lots	Realized $1,006
Lot 1733		1932 $10 Indian. PCGS graded MS-61 PQ CAC Approved. Housed in a First Generation Holder. Lovely golden toning (PCGS # 8884) . Estimated Value $800 - 850. The Arden Collection. View details and enlarged photos Check results on similar lots	Realized $1,006
Lot 1734		1932 $10 Indian. NGC graded MS-61. CAC Approved PQ. Housed in an Old NGC Holder (PCGS # 8884) . Estimated Value $800 - 850. The Arden Collection. View details and enlarged photos Check results on similar lots	Realized $1,150

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