Goldberg Coins and Collectibles

Sale 74

June Long Beach Coin Auction

Commemorative Gold Coins

Lot	Photo	Description	Realized
Lot 2276		1904 Lewis and Clark Gold Dollar. PCGS graded MS-66. CAC Approved. An absolute exquisite gem specimen, perhaps the most spectacular example we can recall handling. The colors are simply amazing featuring the lighter spectrum colors of a rainbow. Due to the market shenanigans by Farran Zerbe relating to the 1903 Louisiana Purchase Exposition gold dollars and the consequent market bust, according to noted historian Q. David Bowers, collectors had very little interest in the subsequent Lewis and Clark gold dollars issued in Portland, Oregon. Dates are 1904 and 1905. Those that were sold mainly went to the public and were not handled with care. Today the 1904 and 1905 Lewis and Clark dollars are several times rarer in Gem Mint State grades than are the other pairs of commemorative gold dollars, the 1903 Louisiana Purchase, the 1916 and 1917 McKinley, and the 1922 Grant varieties. Bold resonating luster graces the golden surfaces. What also sparks our interest, too, is the sharp impression is left by the recoil of the dies that struck this year's coinage; we can report that this specimen, unlike some of the others of this issue, is outstanding in its clear detail and sharpness. Worthy of a premium bid (PCGS # 7447) . Estimated Value $8,000 - 9,000. View details and enlarged photos Check results on similar lots	Unsold
Lot 2277		1903 Louisiana Purchase-McKinley Gold Dollar. PCGS graded MS-64. CAC Approved. Brilliant and fresh with a natural coppery toning spot on the reverse rim (PCGS # 7444) . Estimated Value $600 - 650. The Arden Collection. View details and enlarged photos Check results on similar lots	Realized $661
Lot 2278		1916 McKinley Gold Dollar. PCGS graded MS-64. A glittering beauty! (PCGS # 7454) . Estimated Value $650 - 700. The Arden Collection. View details and enlarged photos Check results on similar lots	Realized $661
Lot 2279		1916 McKinley Gold Dollar. PCGS graded MS-63. Lovely golden toning with areas of coppery orange. A pleasing, choice example. McKinley sered as president from 1897 to 1901 when he died from complications received from an assassin's bullet (PCGS # 7454) . Estimated Value $475 - 500. View details and enlarged photos Check results on similar lots	Realized $604
Lot 2280		1915-S Panama-Pacific Gold Dollar. NGC graded MS-64. CAC Approved. A choice honey-color beauty with frosty appearance. The two frisky dolphins on the reverse retain the nautical them of the other Panama-Pacific gold issues, where the $2.50 has a hippocampus mythological sea creature and the octagonal $50 has dolphins within the triangles (PCGS # 7449) . Estimated Value $550 - 600. View details and enlarged photos Check results on similar lots	Realized $891
Lot 2281		1915-S Panama-Pacific Gold Dollar. PCGS graded MS-64. CAC Approved. Full mint bloom color (PCGS # 7449) . Estimated Value $550 - 600. The Arden Collection. View details and enlarged photos Check results on similar lots	Realized $863
Lot 2282		1915-S Panama-Pacific Gold Dollar. PCGS graded MS-62. CAC Approved (PCGS # 7449) . Estimated Value $450 - 500. The Arden Collection. View details and enlarged photos Check results on similar lots	Realized $633
Lot 2283		1915-S Panama-Pacific Gold $2.50. PCGS graded MS-64. A very choice honey-color golden specimen. The 1915-S Panama-Pacific Exposition was held at a time in US history when the art world was casting aside the constraints of its previous Victorian ways. Many new innovations were being tested on America's coinage: matte proofing, plain, denticle-free rims on the larger coin denominations, modernistic lettering, textured fields, and the like. As can be seen, the coins struck for this expo, such as this handsome Quarter Eagle, incorporate some of these changes. Instead of a more traditional design, the artist proposed an unusual motif of Columbia seated on a mythological hippocampus, half-horse, half-sea serpent. The eagle, too, was rendered in a new way not seen before on an American production coin. It was modeled upon a similar eagle seen on one of the rare Pattern issues (PCGS # 7450) . Estimated Value $3,500 - 3,800. The Arden Collection. View details and enlarged photos Check results on similar lots	Realized $4,658
Lot 2284		1926 Sesquicentennial Gold $2.50. PCGS graded MS-65. A well struck glittering golden gem. John R. Sinnock created both the Half Dollar and Quarter Eagle Commemoratives made to celebrate our 150th anniversary as a nation. The Quarter Eagle has a representation of Liberty on the obverse holding a torch and wearing a liberty cap denoting freedom. The building on the reverse is Independence Hall, Philadelphia, where the Declaration of Independence was signed and proclamated, with a rising sun behind it. Initials JRS are to the right of the building. In all, 45,793 Quarter Eagles were sold for $4.00 apiece (PCGS # 7466) . Estimated Value $2,400 - 2,500. The Arden Collection. View details and enlarged photos Check results on similar lots	Realized $2,070
Lot 2285		1926 Sesquicentennial Gold $2.50. NGC graded MS-64. CAC Approved. A beautiful untoned example, frosty and pleasing to the eye (PCGS # 7466) . Estimated Value $750 - 800. The Arden Collection. View details and enlarged photos Check results on similar lots	Realized $978