Goldberg Coins and Collectibles

Sale 78

January Pre-Long Beach Sale 17.5% BP

Flowing Hair Cents

Lot	Photo	Description	Realized
Lot 319		1793 S-2 R4+ Chain AMERICA AG3. Glossy medium chocolate brown with smooth surfaces. The only defects are a small rim bruise well right of the date, a pair of dull rim nicks behind the head, and a very light rim bruise at ER in AMERICA. Very nice for the grade, especially for a Chain Cent. The date is weak but remains readable. Estimated Value $3,000-UP. View details and enlarged photos	Realized $3,055
Lot 320		1793 S-3 R3- Chain AMERICA NGC graded Fine Details, Corrosion. The planchet is a bit dull and covered with fine granularity. Traces of powdery greenish verdigris can be found in some of the protected areas. The only mark is a shallow scrape on the rim over the T in UNITED. Very dark steel and olive brown. The date and legends are complete and easily readable but not strong. Our grade VG8+ sharpness net G6. The attribution is shown on the NGC label. Estimated Value $4,000-UP. View details and enlarged photos	Realized $6,463
Lot 321		1793 S-4 R3 Chain AMERICA with Periods AG3. Glossy chocolate brown and light olive. The surfaces are nice but not perfectly smooth with microscopic granularity visible in the fields and protected areas. No verdigris, only small contact marks. These include a light rim bruise at the L in LIBERTY, another at the U in UNITED, a rim nick at the adjacent N, and a nick on the E in ONE. The date is weak but readable. Estimated Value $2,500-UP. View details and enlarged photos	Realized $3,760
Lot 322		1793 S-5 R4 Wreath Cent with Large LIBERTY, Vine & Bars Edge F15. Sharpness near VF30 but the planchet is covered with uniform faint microscopic granularity. No verdigris and the only mark is a tiny streak of reddish planchet slag between the feet of the 7 & 9 in the date, as struck. Both sides were lightly burnished and retoned an attractive natural-looking glossy olive brown with lighter steel brown toning on the highpoints. Nicely struck and well centered on the planchet. EDS but not quite the earliest with dentils fused over LI but not over BER, Breen state II early. This cent offers excellent eye appeal in spite of the surface issues. Estimated Value $3,000-UP. Ex Pierre Fricke. View details and enlarged photos	Realized $4,465
Lot 323		1793 S-6 R3 Wreath Cent, Vine & Bars Edge G6+. A couple points sharper with minor roughness in the fields and protected areas, all under attractive glossy chocolate brown toning. The highpoints are a lighter shade of steel brown. No verdigris, but there are two small pits at the fraction. The only contact marks are a few old, light scratches hidden under the toning in the field before the face and a few more under CENT. MDS. The "Sprung Die" wave in the field behind the portrait is clear. The date and legends are complete and easily readable. Estimated Value $1,500-UP. View details and enlarged photos	Realized $2,585
Lot 324		1793 S-8 R3 Wreath Cent, Vine & Bars Edge VG10. Glossy chocolate and steel brown. No roughness or verdigris, only a few trivial nicks from choice. The notable marks are a small nick in the hair under the L in LIBERTY and a longer nick in the hair left of the ear. MDS with swelling in the center of the reverse. The date and legends are clear. Estimated Value $2,500-UP. View details and enlarged photos	Realized $3,525
Lot 325		1793 S-9 R2 Wreath Cent, Vine & Bars Edge VG7. Sharpness F12 with shallow porosity covering the fields and protected areas while the highpoints are smooth. No marks or verdigris. Olive brown in protected areas; lighter steel brown on the devices. The date and legends are easily readable although a few letters are weakened by the roughness. EDS, before any die cracks on the reverse. Estimated Value $1,500-UP. View details and enlarged photos	Realized $1,528
Lot 326		1793 S-10 R4 Wreath Cent, Vine & Bars Edge G5. Several points sharper but the edge was carefully tapped all the way around both sides creating a high rim. Very light roughness covers the fields and protected areas on both sides. No verdigris, but there are a few contact marks. The notable ones are a horizontal nick on the forehead, a pair of large, dull vertical nicks in the center of the obverse, and two more large nicks at the top of the reverse. Recolored a mostly glossy dark steel and chocolate. The date is complete and clear and the legends are easily readable. Far from perfect but far from horrible, too. Estimated Value $1,000-UP. View details and enlarged photos	Realized $1,175
Lot 327		1793 S-11a R4+ Wreath Cent, Vine & Bars Edge G6. Slightly sharper but lightly cleaned and retoned glossy chocolate and dark steel brown. No roughness or verdigris and only a few small marks. The notable ones are a planchet chip on the cheek, another in the field behind the portrait, and a third on the rim right of the bust tip, plus an old, light scratch slanting across EN in CENT. The date is complete and clear and the legends are readable except for the fraction due to a weak strike at the bottom of the reverse. Actually quite nice for the grade in spite of the retoning. Estimated Value $1,500-UP. View details and enlarged photos	Realized $2,350
Lot 328		1793 S-11c R3- Wreath Cent with Lettered Edge VG10. A couple points sharper but there is a dull rim nick at the L in LIBERTY, a small planchet fissure on the rim over UN in UNITED, and an obvious planchet lamination at AM in AMERICA (as struck). A couple other minor laminations are present as well, but they are not significant. The surfaces are mostly smooth but there is some roughness in protected areas on the reverse, mostly inside the wreath. Lightly cleaned and retoned glossy dark steel and olive brown. EDS, Breen state I, before any die clashmarks. The date and legends are strong, and the Lettered Edge inscription is complete. Estimated Value $2,000-UP. View details and enlarged photos	Realized $3,290
Lot 329		1793 S-11c R3- Wreath Cent with Lettered Edge VG7. Variety with a single leaf following DOLLAR. A point or two sharper overall and some of the details are close to F12, but the planchet is covered with very fine roughness. No verdigris and only a few minor marks, including a thin planchet fissure over the ON in ONE and a very thin planchet void between the T & A in STATES. Slightly glossy chocolate and steel. Possibly cleaned and retoned long ago, and there is a swipe of lacquer at the bottom of the reverse. MDS, Breen state II, with die clashmarks in the field at the throat. The date and legends are easily readable except for the denominator of the fraction, which is weak. The edge lettering is bold. Estimated Value $1,000-UP. View details and enlarged photos	Realized $1,410