Goldberg Coins and Collectibles

Sale 8

Coin and Currency Auction

Nickels

Lot	Photo	Description	Realized
Lot 1483		1866 Shield Nickel. PCGS graded MS-64. The first year of issue of the nickel, which competed alongside the half dime for the next seven years before winning the planchet battle. Nice luster, with some die cracks and a touch weak on the shield. Estimated Value $500 - 600. View details	Realized $633
Lot 1484		1868 Shield Nickel. PCGS graded Proof 64. A coin that boasts delightful peripheral toning, with sunset hues and blue, fading to rose at the centers. Estimated Value $250 - 300. View details	Realized $460
Lot 1485		1868 Shield Nickel. NGC graded MS-65. The date is firmly attached to the ball at the base of the shield. Untoned and pristine, with excellent luster throughout. Sharply struck and a gem by any standards. Estimated Value $475 - 550. View details	Realized $552
Lot 1486		1872 Shield Nickel. Proof 64. Untoned and fresh, with sharply struck devices. Free of the usual spots and other problems which often plague this issue. Estimated Value $250 - 300. View details	Realized $328
Lot 1487		1875 Shield Nickel. PCGS graded Proof 65. Light golden toning on both sides and free of distracting spots or similar problems. Estimated Value $1,375 - 1,475. View details	Realized $1,610
Lot 1488		1876 Shield Nickel. NGC graded Proof 66. Clean surfaces that show virtually no signs of contact or hairlines. Lightly toned, and frosty on the devices. Estimated Value $900 - 1,000. View details	Realized $1,006
Lot 1489		1876 Shield Nickel. NGC graded MS-63. Hazy toning with some yellow shades, lumpy, fat date. Estimated Value $150 - 170. View details	Realized $196
Lot 1490		1877 Shield Nickel. PCGS graded Proof 65. One of the key dates to the Shield nickel series, this lovely gem 1877 in Proof will excite the date specialist. Enhanced by delicate nickel blue toning on both sides, and free of annoying specks or spots that often mar these. Only 510 struck, few of which remain this nice. Estimated Value $1,400 - 1,600. View details and enlarged photos	Realized $2,070
Lot 1491		1878 Shield Nickel. PCGS graded Proof 67. One of the finest graded of this date, only 13 have been awarded a grade this high, and none are graded higher according to a recent PCGS Population Report. Stunning quality, superb untoned fields and devices, all boldly impressed by the dies. Struck on an excellent planchet and free of spots. Estimated Value $1,600 - 1,800. View details	Realized $2,300
Lot 1492		1878 Shield Nickel. Proof 64. This is one of the early die states which shows the final 8 engraved over a 7. Discovered by Walter Breen in 1973. This die was later polished to produce additional proofs, which removed traces of the final 7. Scarce and always in demand as an overdate proof issue. Estimated Value $400 - 450. View details	Realized $546
Lot 1493		1879/8 Shield Nickel. PCGS graded Proof 66. This one with gleaming white frost on the devices and excellent mirror fields throughout. A hint of toning around the periphery, but this coin is untoned for all intents and purposes. One of just 97 graded as such by PCGS. Estimated Value $900 - 1,100. View details and enlarged photos	Realized $920
Lot 1494		1879/8 Shield Nickel. PCGS graded Proof 66. Sharp and bright, with just a hint of specks on either side. A no nonsense gem! Rare as such, with just 97 so graded and 29 higher. Estimated Value $900 - 1,100. View details and enlarged photos	Realized $834
Lot 1495		1880 Shield Nickel. NGC graded Proof 66. A spot free gem that boasts original surfaces and no toning, just a bit of nickel haze. Estimated Value $550 - 600. View details	Unsold
Lot 1496		1882 Shield Nickel. Proof 64. A beauty that is well preserved and flashy. One tiny spot has been removed from above the R of AMERICA. Estimated Value $250 - 300. View details	Realized $368
Lot 1497		1868 Shield Nickel. The following are included: 1868, 1876, 1892, 1883 No Cents, 1891, 1914-S and 1915-D. All grade around Very Fine before they were whizzed. Lot of 7 coins. Estimated Value $60 - 80. View details	Realized $92
Lot 1498		1883 Liberty Nickel. Without "CENTS". PCGS graded MS-66. Flashy and untoned, with some planchet lines on the reverse. Excellent surfaces throughout. Estimated Value $600 - 700. View details	Unsold
Lot 1499		1883 Liberty Nickel. Without "CENTS". PCGS graded MS-63. Subdued luster and popular as a one year type coin. Estimated Value $30 - 40. View details	Realized $37
Lot 1500		1883 Liberty Nickel. Without "CENTS". These grade MS-63. Each is well struck and lustrous. An important one year type coin. Lot of 3 coins. Estimated Value $125 - 150. View details	Realized $132
Lot 1501		1883 Liberty Nickel. With "CENTS". PCGS graded Proof 65. Here is a delightful gem proof coin that has light gold toning and well frosted devices. Estimated Value $350 - 400. View details	Realized $414
Lot 1502		1884 Liberty Nickel. PCGS graded Proof 64. Deep golden toning on the obverse, a bit lighter on the reverse. A scarce date. Estimated Value $250 - 300. View details	Realized $288
Lot 1503		1885 Liberty Nickel. PCGS graded Proof 65. Spot free and quite desirable as such. Light golden toning on the devices, with hints of blue in the fields. As a low mintage date, collectors often purchase a proof example for their date sets rather than pay not much less for a circulated coin of this date. Why not put away a gem instead? Here is a beauty. Estimated Value $1,000 - 1,250. View details and enlarged photos	Realized $834
Lot 1504		1888 Liberty Nickel. PCGS graded Proof 65. Lightly toned with hazy nickel colors. A couple of old specks, and well struck, even for a Proof coin. Estimated Value $375 - 450. View details	Unsold
Lot 1505		1889 Liberty Nickel. MS-64. This one is reflective in the fields and boldly struck. There is some golden toning on the upper obverse, and a minor spot on the neck. Fresh and appealing, especially on the reverse. Estimated Value $170 - 200. View details	Unsold
Lot 1506		1892 Liberty Nickel. NGC graded Proof 66 Cameo. A real beauty that has frosted devices and is very sharply struck. Just a bit of rose toning on Liberty. Estimated Value $600 - 700. View details	Unsold
Lot 1507		1892 Liberty Nickel. NGC graded MS-65. With nice sunset gold toning on both sides, and well struck from worn dies. Estimated Value $500 - 600. View details	Realized $661
Lot 1508		1894 Liberty Nickel. Proof 64. Beautiful nickel blue color with some other shades too, but there is an unfortunate streak on the upper reverse of some foreign matter, possibly in the planchet when this one was struck. Estimated Value $175 - 200. View details	Realized $150
Lot 1509		1901 Liberty Nickel. NGC graded MS-65. Flashy luster and untoned, one nick behind Liberty's eye. Estimated Value $350 - 400. View details	Unsold
Lot 1510		1906 Liberty Nickel. NGC graded Proof 66. A superb Liberty nickel that has delight nickel blue shades and reddish yellow tones on each side. Free of spots or problems, with just a hint of specks of the right side of the V. Estimated Value $450 - 550. View details	Realized $805
Lot 1511		1912-S Liberty Nickel. MS-60 Plus. Toned a dull gray color with some brownish shades on the lower obverse. Sharp on the stars, but weak on the central obverse devices. Scarce and always in demand. Estimated Value $700 - 800. View details	Realized $863
Lot 1512		1900 Liberty Nickel. These grade from MS-60 to 63. Lot of 3 coins. Estimated Value $150 - 175. View details	Realized $184
Lot 1513		1883 to 1912-S. A circulated set of Liberty Nickels. The set grades from Good to Very Good, a few have been cleaned or have other surface problems, including the scarce 1885. Mounted in a blue Whitman slide album. Lot of 33 coins. Estimated Value $400 - 500. View details	Realized $414
Lot 1514		1913 Buffalo Nickel. Type 1. NGC graded MS-68. This is one of the finest graded, only 4 qualify as MS-68 according to NGC, and a similar 4 have been graded this high by PCGS, naturally, there are none graded higher! This one has spectacular toning of fiery russet around the periphery and headlight white at the centers. If you demand one of the finest known of this first year of issue, and single year type, then here is a spectacular coin for your collection. Estimated Value $500 - 600. View details	Realized $2,875
Lot 1515		1913 Buffalo Nickel. Type 1. PCGS graded MS-62. Satiny luster and well struck. Estimated Value $20 - 30. View details	Realized $40
Lot 1516		1913 Buffalo Nickel. Type 1. Lot of 2 coins. Estimated Value $30 - 40. View details	Realized $40
Lot 1517		1914-S Buffalo Nickel. ANACS graded MS-64. A near gem that boasts gold toning on the feathers and deep nickel blue with a dollop of purple above the date. The overdate is notable by a small bar through the top of the 4, which in theory is the remnant of an undertype 3. Deep rose gold toning on the reverse. Well struck and well preserved. Estimated Value $3,000 - 4,000. View details	Unsold
Lot 1518		1916-D Buffalo Nickel. MS-63. Flashy and lustrous. An inexpensive coin considering how few of these are around in mint state. Estimated Value $140 - 160. View details	Realized $173
Lot 1519		1919. Error, struck 30% off-center. VG-8. The date is a touch weak, as the error strike is towards 9 pm on the obverse. Clean surfaces and pleasing for the grade, the buffalo lost his head though. Seldom seen in any grade. Estimated Value $225 - 275. View details	Realized $311
Lot 1520		1925-S Buffalo Nickel. Accugrade graded MS-63. With the usual weak strike on the obverse. Lustrous and well preserved. A coin that should be inspected to determine the grade by collectors. One of the rare dates that is needed by many collectors. Estimated Value $600 - 700. View details	Unsold
Lot 1521		1926 Buffalo Nickel. MS-65. Splendid surfaces and luster throughout. A gem. Estimated Value $80 - 100. View details	Realized $75
Lot 1522		1931-S Buffalo Nickel. One grades MS-60 and the other MS-60+. One is nice, although both are weakly struck on the central obverse. We note on the second example what is probably coin counting equipment marks around the reverse periphery. Lot of 2 coins. Estimated Value $60 - 80. View details	Realized $81
Lot 1523		1936 Buffalo Nickel. PCGS graded Proof 67 Satin, Premium Quality. Superb surfaces and gloriously toned with iridescent shades of nickel blue and lemon yellow. The surfaces are virtually perfect, no signs of handling, cleaning or any other abuse which has harmed so many coins. This one is outstanding in every way, and would be hard to improve upon in any way. Estimated Value $1,800 - 2,000. View details	Realized $2,300
Lot 1524		1936. Off-center. MS-60 Plus. Struck a bit off-center towards 7 o'clock on the obverse. There is a small rim clip below the date too. Nice surfaces and an interesting, and rare error. Estimated Value $400 - 500. View details	Realized $437
Lot 1525		1937 Buffalo Nickel. PCGS graded Proof 65. This gem boasts the familiar cellophane yellow toning on both sides, from long storage in the original wrapper from the Philadelphia Mint. Watery surfaces, and perfectly struck, and nicely preserved. Estimated Value $450 - 550. View details	Realized $776
Lot 1526		1937. Off-center. MS-60 Plus. Struck between 5 and 10 percent off-center towards 9 o'clock on the obverse. There are some digs on the reverse, two hidden on the head, some scratches too, and another dig above his back. A scarce error. Estimated Value $500 - 600. View details	Realized $546
Lot 1527		1937-D Buffalo Nickel. 3 legged. AU-58. This one is nearly mint state, with a touch of wear on the bison's beefy side. A rare coin in high grade, most of these circulated for years before the variety was recognized, so survival of high examples was purely by chance. Diagnostic stream of die dots extending from the bison's hindquarters toward the missing leg as seen on all examples. We note a bit of multicolored hues on the reverse, when held under a light. Estimated Value $700 - 800. View details	Unsold
Lot 1528		1937-D Buffalo Nickel. 3 legged. EF-40. Cleaned and a bit too reflective still, but could be brought back to normal if given a chance. Usually one of the last to be purchased by most date collectors. Estimated Value $250 - 300. View details	Realized $362
Lot 1529		1938-D Buffalo Nickel. This roll grades choice to gem BU. The final date of this popular Native American obverse, beefy bison back. Lot of 40 coins. Estimated Value $450 - 500. View details	Realized $633
Lot 1530		1913-1938. A circulated set of Buffalo Nickels. No overdate included, but there is a 1937-D 3 Legged variety. The set grades from Very Good to Fine. Mounted in a slide variety blue Whitman album. Lot of 65 coins. Estimated Value $500 - 600. View details	Realized $719
Lot 1531		1942. "P" partial roll of 30 pieces. These grade Brilliant Uncirculated. Lot of 30 coins. Estimated Value $125 - 150. View details	Realized $144
Lot 1532		1942 to 1945-S. Silver War Nickel set. Mounted in a custom Capital Plastics holder. All Brilliant Uncirculated. Lot of 11 coins. Estimated Value $20 - 40. View details	Realized $32

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