Goldberg Coins and Collectibles

Sale 8

Coin and Currency Auction

Coronet Type Cents

Lot	Photo	Description	Realized
Lot 496		1836 Braided Hair Cent. . N-3. NGC graded MS-62 Brown and Del Bland graded AU-50. Nearly mint state sharpness but on the obverse are some minor carbon spots plus a more noticeable one at the tops of 18 where a tiny spot of raised corrosion resides. Medium brown with some light olive overtones on the reverse. Rim break over star six. Estimated Value $225 - 300. View details and enlarged photos	Realized $219
Lot 497		1836 Braided Hair Cent. . N-3. Del Bland graded MS-61. An absolutely gorgeous example of this common variety. The obverse is iridescent light steel blue over olive and light golden tan, the reverse is medium light chocolate brown with faint light steel blue overtones, both sides frosty and lustrous. A beautiful cent, it's only distraction being a very tiny nick on the cheek. Rim break over star six. Estimated Value $500 - 650. View details	Realized $748
Lot 498		1836 Braided Hair Cent. . N-3. Del Bland graded VF-30. Opposite the nose is a tiny dent, still quite clean for the grade. Darkish olive steal in color. Rim break over star six, and with the faint reverse crack present. Estimated Value $50 - 100. Ex: John Boss 8/28/45 as "Unc." at $2.50. View details	Realized $86
Lot 499		1836 Braided Hair Cent. . N-3. Del Bland graded VF-25. Five points sharper but cleaned and retoned to a reddish medium chocolate brown color, the reverse somewhat darker. Rim break over star six and with the faint reverse crack. Estimated Value $50 - 100. Ex: James G. Macallister 2/20/45 as "About Unc." at $5. View details	Realized $52
Lot 500		1836 Braided Hair Cent. . N-6. Del Bland graded AU-55. The quality of Mint State-63 but nicks are visible on the face, in the field opposite the face, above the first hair cord and on the lower line of the bust. In addition, below star six is a carbon spot. Rim break left of star eight. Medium brown and mint red. Estimated Value $325 - 450. Ex: Stephen Fischer 8/2000. View details and enlarged photos	Realized $437
Lot 501		1836 Braided Hair Cent. . N-6. Del Bland graded AU-50. Medium chocolate brown with a darker brown streak bisecting the reverse and only faint suggestions of handling, plus a darkish spot over 3 in the date. Rim break left of star eight. A very desirable cent. Estimated Value $200 - 250. View details and enlarged photos	Realized $207
Lot 502		1836 Braided Hair Cent. . N-7. Del Bland graded AU-50. Just about mint state in sharpness but cleaned and retoned to a light olive steel color with some subtle light reddish tints, mostly on the reverse. There is a cluster of microscopic planchet defects opposite the chin. The surfaces are quite free from handling marks. This is one of the better examples of the variety. Estimated Value $500 - 1,000. Ex: Stack's privately 1971; Robinson S. Brown, Jr; Superior Galleries 9/86: 818; Robinson, Victor-McCawley (RVM); March Wells; Superior Stamp & Coin 2/2000:2013. View details and enlarged photos	Realized $604
Lot 503		1837 Braided Hair Cent. Plain cords, medium letters. . N-1. Del Bland graded AU-50. With tiny planchet defects above stars three and four. Five points sharper but between stars five and six are some small nicks and elsewhere on both sides are a few handling marks. Medium light brown with a small dark spot near star ten and tints of light steel blue overtones on the reverse. Estimated Value $225 - 350. View details and enlarged photo	Realized $173
Lot 504		1837 Braided Hair Cent. Plain cords, medium letters. . N-3. Del Bland graded MS-60. Lustrous medium chocolate brown with several very small spots of darker toning on the obverse and traces of mint red around many reverse devices along with some darker mottling throughout. Opposite the forehead is a tiny nick and some minuscule abrasions exist on the obverse. Sharply struck and well centered. Estimated Value $350 - 450. View details and enlarged photos	Unsold
Lot 505		1837 Braided Hair Cent. Plain cords, medium letters. . N-3. PCGS graded AU-58 and Del Bland graded AU-50. Sharper by five points but scattered around the obverse are a few short scratches not readily visible to the unaided eye. Lightly mottled brown on the obverse, dark steel brown on the reverse. We note one hidden spot inside the D of UNITED. Sharply struck, with the usual encircling die crack in the reverse legends. Estimated Value $100 - 150. Ex: Ira S. Reed 1/5/45 as "Unc." at $5. View details and enlarged photos	Realized $161
Lot 506		1837 Braided Hair Cent. Plain cords, medium letters. . N-6. Del Bland graded EF-40. Sharpness of AU-55 but the obverse has been cleaned to remove carbon in front of the face which still plainly shows. Light steel tan and red, the reverse light tan with light steel overtones. Estimated Value $150 - 250. View details	Realized $173
Lot 507		1837 Braided Hair Cent. Plain cords, medium letters. . N-7. Del Bland graded MS-60. Beautiful, frosty medium light chocolate brown surfaces with a slightly darker area on much of the reverse. Nearly pristine though a small carbon spot rests at the dentils above the space between T and E in STATES. An exceptionally choice cent. Estimated Value $350 - 450. View details and enlarged photos	Realized $604
Lot 508		1837 Braided Hair Cent. Head of 1838. . N-10. PCGS graded MS-64 Brown and Del Bland MS-60. Lovely medium chocolate brown surfaces with evidence of a lighter brown undertone. Flawless except for a minute nick on the jaw. An exceptional cent. Estimated Value $500 - 600. View details and enlarged photos	Realized $437
Lot 509		1837 Braided Hair Cent. Head of 1838. . N-10. Del Bland graded MS-60. Medium chocolate brown with a touch of olive through the obverse and above CE of CENT. Without any defects worthy of mention. Estimated Value $350 - 450. View details and enlarged photos	Realized $431
Lot 510		1837 Braided Hair Cent. Head of 1838. . N-12. Del Bland graded AU-55. With weak striking on the borders and peripheral areas, though the E in the wreath is very sharp. Medium light steel brown and completely free from abrasions. The accessory E is located below the E of AMERICA in the wreath, the top left and lower serif show plainly. Popular with collectors, and still scarce. Estimated Value $275 - 500. View details and enlarged photos	Realized $299
Lot 511		1837 Braided Hair Cent. Plain cords, medium letters. . N-13. Del Bland graded MS-60. Light golden brown on the obverse, medium steel brown and light brown on the reverse, with both sides lustrous and well struck. Below star eight is a carbon spot and across the face is a light scratch. Estimated Value $350 - 500. Ex: Joseph H. Rose; Harmer Rooke Numismatists, Ltd. 3/90;354; Martin Paul (The Rarities Group); Anthony Terranova; Superior Galleries 2/91:905; Anthony Terranova. View details	Unsold
Lot 512		Withdrawn	Unsold
Lot 513		1837 Braided Hair Cent. Plain cords, medium letters. . N-13. Del Bland graded AU-55. With traces of a planchet lamination across the upper left obverse. Medium chocolate brown with a carbon spot at the top of the first hair bun and a tiny dent hidden in the hair above the left side of the coin. Estimated Value $150 - 225. View details and enlarged photos	Realized $115
Lot 514		1838 Braided Hair Cent. . N-1. Del Bland graded EF-45. Mint State sharpness but cleaned, now a reddish steel color with a darker olive spot touching the forehead. Between stars four and five is a light edge dent. Minor hairlines visible with a glass, and now both red and brown in color. Estimated Value $75 - 125. Ex: James G. Macallister, circa 1944 as "Unc." at $6. View details and enlarged photos	Realized $132
Lot 515		1838 Braided Hair Cent. . N-3. Del Bland graded MS-61. Iridescent light steel tan with faint traces of mint red around many devices, the surfaces frosty and satin-like. Almost flawless, however over stars three and four, near star twelve and at the left top of N in ONE are hairline scratches. Late die state, the dies worn with the dentilation on the obverse weak and completely gone on the reverse. Over star one is a narrow rim break. Estimated Value $400 - 650. Ex: Superior Galleries 2/91:908; unknown; Superior Galleries 10/91:1029; Tom Morley; Superior Galleries 5/92:359. View details and enlarged photos	Realized $483
Lot 516		1838 Braided Hair Cent. . N-4. Del Bland graded AU-55. Medium steel brown, clean and attractive despite a minute nick opposite the forehead and some hairline scratches around E in ONE. Estimated Value $225 - 400. View details and enlarged photos	Realized $207
Lot 517		1838 Braided Hair Cent. . N-6. Del Bland graded AU-55. Mint state sharpness but on the rim right of star three is a pit mark. Medium steel tan with numerous light reddish brown spots scattered around the obverse. Estimated Value $200 - 350. View details and enlarged photos	Realized $265
Lot 518		1839/6 Braided Hair Cent. Plain cords. . N-1. Del Bland graded VG-10. Sharpness of Fine-15 but lightly porous with a small nick below the chin and a scratch over E in ONE. Late die state with a prominent bisecting obverse crack. In great demand for the overdate and variety. Estimated Value $750 - 1,250. View details and enlarged photos	Unsold
Lot 519		1839 Braided Hair Cent. Head of 1838, beaded cords. . N-2. PCGS graded EF-45 and Del Bland graded VF-25. Medium brown and nice for the grade despite a few trivial handling marks. Strong definition on Liberty's curls, and with lovely color and surfaces. A glass will locate a very minor spot on the reverse near the first S of STATES. Estimated Value $100 - 175. Ex: Hollinbeck Stamp & Coin Co. M.B.S. #28, 12/45:1132. View details	Realized $98
Lot 520		1839 Braided Hair Cent. Head of 1838, beaded cords. . N-2. Del Bland graded EF-40. More than ten points sharper but around most devices are traces of verdigris and on the reverse rim at K6 are a couple of small nicks. Dark olive with lighter high points. The verdigris is light and not too offensive as such things go. Estimated Value $125 - 175. Ex: Barney Bluestone #84; 9/44:1161 as "Prac Unc" for $1.60. View details and enlarged photos	Realized $150
Lot 521		1839 Braided Hair Cent. Head of 1838, beaded cords. . N-3. Del Bland graded EF-45. Light brown with excellent surfaces that show only a couple tiny signs of handling. Estimated Value $125 - 200. View details	Realized $144
Lot 522		1839 Braided Hair Cent. Silly head. . N-4. PCGS graded MS-64 Red and Brown and Del Bland graded AU-50. With a line like planchet defect from the edge left of star one through 18 in the date. Mint State sharpness but cleaned and retoned to a medium chocolate brown and red, the color so natural in appearance that it is difficult to distinguish it from original mint red. Above the head is a microscopic scratch, at ER in LIBERTY is a darkish spot, on a denticle above the left side of the second S in STATES is a tiny nick and below CEN is a light fingerprint. The planchet defect appears to be a small crack in the planchet, located in the first two digits of the date to the rim left and below, this does not continue through to the other side. The color does appear to be faded mint red toning over to brown. Examination with a glass will note faint hairlines in the fields, and the reverse is a bit brighter in color than the obverse. Estimated Value $400 - 650. Ex: James G. Macallister 7/2/45 as "Unc. Red" at $15. View details and enlarged photos	Realized $661
Lot 523		1839 Braided Hair Cent. Silly head. . N-4. Del Bland graded Fine-15. Sharpness of Very Fine 35 but between the date and star two are some nicks, on the jaw are other tiny ones too. On much of the reverse fine raised corrosion is evident. Cleaned and nicely retoned to a medium chocolate brown with some traces of a reddish color. As to the reverse, the fine raised corrosion is spread about from top to bottom, and this piece should be inspected by bidders. Estimated Value $40 - 60. Ex: James G. Macallister 6/6/44 as "Unc." for $7.50. View details	Realized $25
Lot 524		1839 Braided Hair Cent. Petite head, type of 1840. Newcomb-8, Rarity-1. . N-8. PCGS graded MS-64 Red and Brown and Del Bland graded MS-63. A splendid mint red and medium chocolate brown cent that rates as one of the best survivors of this variety. Under magnification a couple tiny carbon spots become visible and between ONE and CENT is faint evidence of a fingerprint. Choice and highly desirable. Although a common variety in mint state, this is certainly one of the nicer ones to come to market. It has an excellent pedigree and the coin itself is highly desirable for the original mint color and clean surfaces. Estimated Value $400 - 700. Ex: Richard B. Winsor; S. H. & H Chapman 12/1895:969 $8.; unknown; James G. Macallister, circa 1944 as "Unc. Red" at $14. View details and enlarged photos	Realized $2,070
Lot 525		1839 Braided Hair Cent. Petite head. . N-8. NGC graded MS-61 Brown, and Del Bland graded EF-40. Five points sharper but cleaned and quite nicely retoned to a medium dark steel brown with a lighter brown undertone on the obverse. Over E in CENT is a very small nick, this being about the only defect. Estimated Value $250 - 350. View details and enlarged photos	Realized $288
Lot 526		1839 Braided Hair Cent. Petite head. . N-8. Del Bland graded AU-55. Sharpness of mint state but in the dentils over star thirteen are two nicks. Elsewhere on the obverse are a couple of microscopic defects and above the head are two darkish spots. Medium chocolate brown. Estimated Value $350 - 600. View details and enlarged photos	Realized $322
Lot 527		1839 Braided Hair Cent. Petite head. . N-8. Del Bland graded VF-20. Sharpness of Very Fine-30 but lightly burnished and nicely retoned to medium light brown. The surfaces on both sides appear to have been burnished, probably to remove corrosion or other circulation problems. A few minor scratches are noted in the denticles on the lower reverse. The devices now have a satiny appearance from the cleaning. Estimated Value $30 - 50. Ex: Ira S. Reed 8/21/44 as "Unc." $6.50. View details	Realized $40
Lot 528		1839 Braided Hair Cent. Silly head. . N-9. NGC graded MS-65 Brown and Del Bland graded MS-60. Del Bland graded MS-60 despite two tiny nicks, one below 9 and one midway between the date and star thirteen. Attractive medium chocolate brown with traces of mint red around many reverse devices. A common coin but very nice. Estimated Value $800 - 1,000. View details and enlarged photos	Realized $529
Lot 529		1839 Braided Hair Cent. Booby head. . N-10. Del Bland graded AU-55. With a tiny planchet defect below the first A in AMERICA. Choice lustrous medium chocolate brown surfaces with faint traces of a lighter brown color obviously faded from mint red. Diligent searching can locate faint abrasions here and there and on the left reverse edge are four tiny nicks. Well struck and centered. Estimated Value $700 - 1,000. Ex: Superior Galleries 10/2000:1424. View details	Realized $776
Lot 530		1839 Braided Hair Cent. Booby head. . N-11. PCGS graded MS-64 Red and Brown and Del Bland graded MS-62. Exquisite medium chocolate brown and mint red surfaces, quite well struck and centered and flawless except for a small carbon spot touching the nostril. This is one of the nicest examples to appear at auction in recent years. Here is an outstanding example of the popular Booby Head variety. The mint color is very appealing, and the surfaces are pristine. As to the carbon spot near Liberty's nose, it is small and not too distracting. Estimated Value $500 - 750. Ex: James G. Macallister 6/6/44 as "A5 Unc." at $5.00. View details and enlarged photos	Realized $2,415
Lot 531		1839 Braided Hair Cent. Booby head. . N-11. NGC graded MS-64 Brown and Del Bland graded AU-50. Nearly mint state in sharpness but at the junction of the forehead and curl is a spot of raised dark red corrosion and between stars two and three is a small carbon spot and a minor scratch. Medium light chocolate brown. Estimated Value $450 - 550. View details and enlarged photos	Realized $311
Lot 532		1839 Braided Hair Cent. Booby head. . N-11. PCGS graded AU-58 and Del bland graded EF-45. Medium chocolate brown with very small nicks at the right side of star eleven and below star eight. Well struck and centered. This is a really lovely Booby head cent, the color is even and choice, and the surfaces show few signs of contact and only a touch of circulation. Well struck on the stars and Liberty's curls, and an important Guide Book variety. Estimated Value $250 - 400. Ex: James G. Macallister, circa 1944 as "A5 Unc." for $7.50. View details and enlarged photos	Realized $403
Lot 533		1839 Braided Hair Cent. Booby head. . N-14. Del Bland graded EF-40. With a small planchet defect in the hair. Sharpness of AU-50 with two very lightly porous areas on the lower right obverse and more in areas of the reverse. Also, on the face are two very small nicks. Dark steel brown, lighter on the reverse. Estimated Value $300 - 500. View details and enlarged photos	Realized $207
Lot 534		1840 Braided Hair Cent. Small date. . N-1. Del Bland graded MS-60. Frosty light brown with minor specks of verdigris at star ten, a tiny nick near the end of the nose and a couple of faint abrasions above the head. Early to middle die state. NGC graded MS-64 Brown but broken out of that slab. Estimated Value $650 - 1,250. Ex: Rodney T. Grove; Robert Nofal and Lewis Kling; Auction '81 (Superior Galleries session):559; unknown, M & G Auctions 9/97:255. View details and enlarged photos	Realized $575
Lot 535		1840 Braided Hair Cent. Small date. . N-3. Del Bland graded MS-63. Deeply glowing mint red toning to brown. Sharply struck with all stars showing their radial lines. Magnification reveals some almost invisible hairlines throughout the obverse and tiny dark spots at the denticles left of star five and touching the end of the nose. Fourth Finest Known. Intermediate die state. Scrutiny reveals that the fields do have a scattering of hairlines, but most of the mint red is intact. The faint die crack is visible through the upper digits of the date into the stars in both directions. A very pretty cent for the connoisseur. Estimated Value $400 - 600. Ex: James G. Macallister, circa 1944 as "Unc. Red" at $15. View details and enlarged photos	Realized $1,380
Lot 536		1840 Braided Hair Cent. Small date. . N-4. Del Bland graded AU-50. Formerly thought to be an overdate but instead the defects below the date are not the remnants of 1839, but something else. Medium chocolate brown with a few handling marks, mostly on the obverse, visible with a glass. Early to middle die state. Estimated Value $325 - 450. View details	Realized $322
Lot 537		1840 Braided Hair Cent. Large date. . N-8. PCGS graded AU-58 and Del Bland graded EF-40. Five points sharper with clean, dark chocolate brown surfaces but far left of star eleven is a very small rim cut and around the edge are a few hidden nicks into raw copper. Intermediate die state. The rim nicks are now hidden by the PCGS holder. Excellent color and surfaces for the grade, the curls on Liberty show separation between even the highest design elements, showing how little wear this coin received. On the reverse, we note a slightly darker area on TA of STATES. Estimated Value $100 - 150. Ex: B. Max Mehl M.B.S. #106 6/45:1860 as "Unc---. From Dr. French Collection…." $7.75. View details and enlarged photos	Realized $219
Lot 538		1840 Braided Hair Cent. Large date. . N-8. Del Bland graded EF-40. With a small planchet defect on the rim over the second S in STATES. Nearly ten points sharper but cleaned and nicely retoned to a light steel tan color. Estimated Value $100 - 250. View details	Realized $115
Lot 539		1841 Braided Hair Cent. . N-4. Del Bland graded MS-60. With small planchet laminations on the rim over TED and over N in ONE. Beautiful iridescent medium steel brown surfaces completely free from an post striking defects. Late die state. Estimated Value $400 - 600. Ex: McCawley & Grellman Auctions 1/96:479. View details	Realized $460
Lot 540		1841 Braided Hair Cent. . N-6. PCGS graded MS-62 Brown and Del Bland graded EF-45. Medium dark chocolate brown surfaces with a few small nicks, three of which are in the right obverse field, however all are quite well hidden in the patina. Earlier die state and well struck. We also note a very minor spot at the left foot of the N of UNITED, but the surfaces are very nice for the grade(s) assigned. Estimated Value $200 - 300. Ex: A New York Consignment--B. Max Mehl M.B.S. #107 11/45:2074 at $7.35. View details and enlarged photos	Realized $506
Lot 541		1842 Braided Hair Cent. Small date. . N-1. Del Bland graded EF-40. Sharpness of AU-50 but cleaned and attractively retoned to medium steel brown with several minute nicks around OF A. Estimated Value $150 - 300. View details	Realized $150
Lot 542		1842 Braided Hair Cent. Small date. . N-2. Del Bland graded AU-50. The quality of Mint State-62, but above the second hair bun is a pit mark, the result of the removal of some sort of defect and in the right obverse field are some nearly invisible abrasions. Medium chocolate brown and mint red. Later die state, but before the reverse die cracked. This coin really has an outstanding appearance, with a smooth, undiminished cheek on Liberty and immaculate fields. The small spot at the top of Liberty's hair bun was carelessly removed, back when such things were not that important. Far better than the description sounds. Estimated Value $150 - 300. Ex: James G. Macallister, circa 1944 as "Unc. Red" for $10. View details and enlarged photos	Realized $150
Lot 543		1842 Braided Hair Cent. Large date. Newcomb-6, Rarity-1. . N-6. NGC graded MS-65 Red and Brown. Full subdued mint red, the surfaces beginning to tone to brown, with a streak of carbon up from the bridge of the nose. A glass reveals some microscopic abrasions on the obverse and on the dentils over OF is a light scrape, mentioned for the sake of accuracy. Tied for the second finest with possibly two others. A fabulous coin with a pedigree to match, bid high if you expect to capture this prize. Estimated Value $1,000 - 1,500. Ex: James G. Macallister: Milton A. Holmes; Stack's 10/60:1608; Gene Reale; Bowers and Merena 8/95:20 Gene Reale; Sotheby's New York #7083 1/98:68; Chris Victor McCawley (CVM). View details and enlarged photos	Realized $1,438
Lot 544		1842 Braided Hair Cent. Large date. . N-8. Del Bland graded VF-20. With tiny low spots on the jaw, neck and around the eye. Sharpness of Very Fine-35, but opposite the mouth and above the head are small nicks and through the left obverse field is a very long hairline scratch. Cleaned and retoned to a light steel blue and golden tan color. Late die state. We also note a minor planchet flaw, or struck through area on the TE of UNITED. Nice in appearance, and much better than we make it sound. Estimated Value $10 - 20. Ex: James G. Macallister, 5/28/45 as "Unc." at $5. View details	Realized $29
Lot 545		1843 Braided Hair Cent. Petite head, small letters. . N-3. PCGS graded AU-58 and Del Bland graded EF-40. Five points sharper but cleaned and retoned to a light steel tan color. On each side are a couple of minuscule nicks. Late die state. The obverse die shows flow lines and wear around Liberty's face and the denticles on both sides lack the crispness of an early die state. Nice surfaces and color, with only a hint of wear on the upper curl tips. Estimated Value $100 - 150. Ex: James G. Macallister 6/6/44 at $4. View details and enlarged photos	Realized $184

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