Goldberg Coins and Collectibles

Sale 78

January Pre-Long Beach Sale 17.5% BP

Capped Bust Half Dollars

Lot	Photo	Description	Realized
Lot 1137		1811. Overton-108a. PCGS graded Genuine, Graffiti - AU Details. Even toning (PCGS # 39432) . Estimated Value $70 - 80. View details and enlarged photos Check results on similar lots	Realized $188
Lot 1138		1812. PCGS graded AU-58. Very close to mint state. Mostly untoned (PCGS # 6100) . Estimated Value $1,200 - 1,300. View details and enlarged photos Check results on similar lots	Realized $3,055
Lot 1139		1812. O-108a. NGC graded EF-40. Nicely toned. As the dies were used, the reverse milling slowly disappears; also a die cracked at the date. An inexpensive Rarity-2 variety. Pop 4; 9 finer, 1 in 45, 2 in 53, 2 in 55, 1 in 58, 2 in 62, 1 in 63. Estimated Value $175 - 200. View details and enlarged photos	Realized $329
Lot 1140		1818. Overton-107. NGC graded MS-64. Well struck with lovely gold and blue toning. Intensely lustrous with patina about the borders. A flashy and very choice example. The estimated mintage of 1,960,322 half dollars for 1818 were struck from a combination of fifteen die marriages for this year. Pop 23; 5 finer, 4 in 65, 1 in 66. Estimated Value $3,200 - 3,400. Ex Frank McCarthy Collection. View details and enlarged photos	Realized $4,700
Lot 1141		1821 O-106 Rarity 1. NGC graded AU-58. CAC Approved. In an older NGC holder. Deeply toned, quite attractive and all original. These are much more difficult to find when original with nearly two century old patina. Pop 3; 1 finer in 61 for the variety. Estimated Value $800 - 900. View details and enlarged photos	Realized $1,528
Lot 1142		1821. O-104a, Rarity-3. PCGS graded AU-55. Well struck with light to medium natural antique toning. Choice and attractive, this is a later die state where a break formed at the tops of UNITED STAT (PCGS # 6128) . Estimated Value $700 - 800. View details and enlarged photos Check results on similar lots	Realized $852
Lot 1143		1823. NGC graded AU-55. A hint of gold tone. Estimated Value $300 - 325. View details and enlarged photos	Realized $470
Lot 1144		1824. O-115. NGC graded MS-66. A nice white coin. Resplendent luster and gorgeous cartwheel frost over both sides. An exciting coin that we are privileged to offer. Not only does this remarkable specimen rank as the finest of this die variety, but it is well struck, indicating proper die alignment and possibly new, unworn dies. Completely lacking the usual weakness occurring on some of the stars or central hair curls. This example easily beats most others of its year. To reiterate: the surfaces are essentially perfect and highly lustrous silvery bloom that compares favorably with a 1940s era Walking Liberty half dollar just removed from an original roll! The Capped Bust Half Dollar series spans the years 1807 to 1836. Within those years, several minor alterations were made. The fourth such "style" of John Reich's capped bust left Half Dollar, that of 1817 to 1825, incorporated several major improvements. First, the curls are far more finely engraved below the cap than on any other date range in the series. Plainly visible here, and to a collector who is unfamiliar with the series, fairly startling in its detail! Second, major changes in the relief of the drapery occur, especially the top fold in front of the clasp. Finally, the cheek and jaw are in higher relief and the chin more tilted upwards, plus there was some relief modification to the cap. The nature of the progressive changes in the style of Reich's bust design -- from fine hair to coarse, and then starting over with fine again -- shows clearly that in this period the Mint was using master dies rather than hubs, as these modifications would have required the addition of more metal to a hub, but merely deepening of the engraving on a master die. The "Master Die" concept was, according to Stack�s and other researchers, standard practice at the Mint until many years after the end of the Bust Half Dollar series. Pop 1; none finer at NGC for the variety. Estimated Value $8,000 - 9,000. Ex Kaufman Collection. View details and enlarged photos	Realized $19,388
Lot 1145		1826. O-102. NGC graded AU-58. A nice sharp strike, untoned and quite attractive with so much luster. Pop 15; 8 finer, 3 in 62, 1 in 63, 2 in 64, 2 in 65. Estimated Value $600 - 700. View details and enlarged photos	Realized $705
Lot 1146		1832. NGC graded AU-58. CAC Approved. Large Letters. Boldly struck. Light natural silver gray color with extensive luster covering the surface. Full stars and hair curls. Estimated Value $500 - 550. View details and enlarged photos	Realized $676
Lot 1147		1839 Capped Bust. NGC graded AU Details, Obverse Graffiti. Nice old time toning. The mid- and later-1830s were times of many brief design experiments for most U.S. coin denominations. Between 1835 and 1839, no less than seven heads were introduced on cents, three types each on half dimes and dimes, four types on quarters, six on half dollars, five on quarter eagles, and at least five on half eagles. Little or no explanation reached the Mint files in the National Archives; obscure technical reasons doubtless explained some of these changes, equally obscure aesthetic considerations presumably dictated the rest. In particular, there is no immediate answer to why the eagle was redrawn for the 1838-39 half-dollar reverses The shift from 50 CENTS to HALF DOL. was presumably for uniformity with the quarter dollar and silver dollar. Estimated Value $150 - 200. View details and enlarged photos	Realized $212
Lot 1148		High grade Bust Half Dollars collection. Consists of: 1811 Large 8 O-103; 1811 Large 8 O-103a; 1811 Large 8 O-105a; 1817 O-106; 1822/1 O-101; 1824 O-109; 1824 O-116; 1825 O-112; 1825 O-114; 1826 O-101a; 1827 O-107; 1827 O-115; 1828 Curled 2, Large 8's O-103; 1829 O-105; 1829 O-111; 1830 Small O, O-115; 1830 Small O, O-116; 1830 Large O, O-122; 1831 O-102; 1831 O-108; 1832 O-103; 1832 O-113; 1832 O-122; 1834 Large Date, Large Letters O-101; 1834 Large Date, Large Letters O-102; 1835 O-102; 1836 O-115. Coins grade VF to AU, some cleaned but most nicely toned. Lot of 27 coins. Estimated Value $3,500-UP. View details	Realized $4,583
Lot 1149		Group of Bust Halves. Consists of: 1806/5 O-101; 1809 O-105; 1811 Small 8 O-110; 1812 O-104; 1818 O-104; 1819 O-114; 1824/4 O-109; 1825 O-101; 1825 O-107; 1827 O-140; 1829 O-113; 1830 Small O O-115; 1838 Reeded Edge; 1839 Reeded Edge. Coins grade AG to Fine, most with original antique toning. Lot of 14 coins. Estimated Value $800 - 900. View details	Realized $1,028