Goldberg Coins and Collectibles

Sale 8

Coin and Currency Auction

Large Cents

Lot	Photo	Description	Realized
Lot 681		1832 Classic Head Half Cent. . N-1. PCGS graded AU-58 and Del Bland graded AU-55. With a very small low spot opposite the forelock. Lovely medium light chocolate brown surfaces, sharply struck and free from abrasions except for a few microscopic ones on the face. Mislabled "Large Letters" on the PCGS insert. Estimated Value $425 - 550. Ex: Robert D. Rector; Bowers & Merena 9/92:128. View details	Realized $661
Lot 682		1832 Classic Head Half Cent. . N-1. PCGS graded AU-55 and Del Bland graded EF-40. Medium and light chocolate brown, the latter faded from mint color. Nice surfaces with verdigris (removable) around some letters and on the neck is a line of three tiny nicks. The label is in error as a "Large Letters". Estimated Value $200 - 250. View details	Realized $201
Lot 683		1832 Classic Head Half Cent. . N-1. Del Bland graded AU-50. The obverse is medium brown mixed with dark brown producing a wood grain effect, the reverse is a uniform darkish steel brown. Pleasing surfaces without any abrasions worthy of mention except for a couple tiny dents on the jaw. Estimated Value $350 - 450. View details	Realized $437
Lot 684		1832 Classic Head Half Cent. . N-1. Del Bland graded EF-45. Darkish chocolate brown surfaces nearly perfect in every respect although opposite the chin is an ancient, faint diagonal scratch. Sharply struck and a quality cent. Estimated Value $250 - 350. View details	Realized $207
Lot 685		1832 Classic Head Half Cent. . N-1. Del Bland graded EF-45. Sharper by five points but from the top of the head to a dentil is a long hairline scratch and near star eleven is a small nick. Medium dark chocolate brown. Estimated Value $250 - 350. View details	Realized $196
Lot 686		1832 Classic Head Half Cent. . N-1. Del Bland graded EF-40. Medium chocolate brown with pleasing surfaces for the grade. Sharp. Estimated Value $200 - 250. View details	Realized $196
Lot 687		1832 Classic Head Half Cent. . N-1. Del Bland graded EF-40. On the neck is a small nick and elsewhere on both sides are a few handling marks consistent with the grade. Darkish steel brown with cordovan brown undertones. Estimated Value $175 - 250. View details	Realized $150
Lot 688		1832 Classic Head Half Cent. . N-1. Del Bland graded VF-35. Light and medium brown, the latter color on the reverse. Clean and attractive. Estimated Value $125 - 150. View details	Realized $161
Lot 689		1832 Classic Head Half Cent. . N-1. Del Bland graded VF-35. Sharpness of AU-55 but lightly porous with some very light burnishing and a scratch opposite the end of the nose. Dark steel brown, tan high points. Estimated Value $125 - 150. View details	Realized $115
Lot 690		1832 Classic Head Half Cent. . N-1. Del Bland graded VF-35. With some blunt striking. On the face is a hairline scratch, opposite the forehead are two more and over the left side of star nine is a small edge dent. Darkish steel brown. Estimated Value $100 - 125. View details	Realized $115
Lot 691		1832 Classic Head Half Cent. . N-1. Del Bland graded VF-25. Medium light brown surfaces that reveal under a glass some minuscule handling marks consistent with the grade. Estimated Value $80 - 100. View details	Realized $115
Lot 692		1832 Classic Head Half Cent. . N-1. Del Bland graded VF-25. Up from the corner of the eye is a scratch and over the right side of N in ONE is a small nick. Darkish chocolate brown. Estimated Value $65 - 85. View details	Realized $121
Lot 693		1832 Classic Head Half Cent. . N-1½. Del Bland graded VF-35. Double Profile. Very nice darkish steel brown and well struck surfaces. Double outlines on the chin, lips and stars eight to twelve. Estimated Value $150 - 175. View details	Realized $150
Lot 694		1832 Classic Head Half Cent. . N-1¾. Del Bland graded EF-40. Five points sharper but between the stem and A are some noticeable scratches. Darkish chocolate brown. Triple outlines on the end of the nose and on the lips, double on the forehead, nose, chin and lightly on the lower jaw. Estimated Value $250 - 350. View details	Realized $207
Lot 695		1832 Braided Hair Cent. . N-2. PCGS graded MS-63 Brown. A beautiful example of this date and variety. The surfaces are steel blue and glossy, with lovely color and surfaces. One tick mark is hidden on the inner point of the seventh star, and another on the eighth star. The U of UNITED appears to be cut over an erroneous A, perhaps the die engraver started AMERICA, then realized he first needed to put in STATES OF. Don't miss this one. Estimated Value $300 - 400. View details	Realized $863
Lot 696		1832. Small letters. Newcomb-2, Low Rarity-3. . N-2. Del Bland graded MS-60. Light brown surfaces somewhat softly impressed and heavily flowlined from a late state of the dies with a light die crack from the base of E in CENT to the leaf below. Nearly pristine but on the face near the curl is a tiny nick. Estimated Value $600 - 800. View details	Realized $391
Lot 697		1832. Small letters. Newcomb-2, Low Rarity-3. . N-2. Del Bland graded AU-55. Mint state sharpness but cleaned and beautifully retoned to an iridescent steel blue and red color, the red mostly on the reverse. Sharply struck and very attractive. Estimated Value $400 - 600. Ex: Jack Collins; Pine Tree Auction Co. 2/75:868; Kenneth Wilson; Bowers & Merena 1/90:1170. View details	Realized $506
Lot 698		1832 Classic Head Half Cent. . N-2. Del Bland graded AU-50. Dark olive steel brown in color, somewhat glossy with some brown high points and sharply struck. Nearly completely free from defects. Estimated Value $375 - 500. View details	Realized $311
Lot 699		1832 Braided Hair Cent. . N-2. PCGS graded AU-50. Dark brown in color with clean surfaces save for a couple of short, trivial scratches on the reverse. Estimated Value $130 - 170. View details	Realized $161
Lot 700		1832 Classic Head Half Cent. . N-2. Del Bland graded EF-40. Sharper by five points but across the nose and face is a diagonal pin scratch which blends quite well into the patina. Dark steel brown, lighter high points and softly struck showing flow lines on both sides. Estimated Value $160 - 200. View details	Realized $132
Lot 701		1832. Small letters, obverse brockage error. Newcomb-2, Low Rarity-3. . N-2. Del Bland graded VF-35. Five points sharper but on the brockage side is an edge dent and between stars ten and eleven is a smaller one. Smooth dark chocolate brown surfaces and a great mint error. One of the highlights of this 1832 specialty collection, and certain to bring much pride to its future owner as well. Estimated Value $2,500-UP. Ex: Richard Picker; Coin Galleries M.B.S. 5/89:1101; Bowers and Merena Galleries F.P.Ls 1989 to 1990. View details	Realized $2,070
Lot 702		1832 Classic Head Half Cent. . N-2. Del Bland graded VF-35. A bit sharper but on the obverse are several abrasions including a nick near star two. Orange brown obviously faded from mint color with traces of a darker brown overtone. Sharp. Estimated Value $125 - 150. View details	Realized $138
Lot 703		1832 Classic Head Half Cent. . N-2. Del Bland graded VF-30. Softly struck but with clean dark chocolate brown surfaces. Estimated Value $125 - 150. View details	Realized $127
Lot 704		1832 Braided Hair Cent. . N-2. VF-30. Glossy medium brown and with typical circulation marks for the grade. Estimated Value $40 - 50. View details	Realized $58
Lot 705		1832 Classic Head Half Cent. . N-2. Del Bland graded VF-25. Dark chocolate brown with a lighter brown covering most of the reverse. Softly struck with nice surfaces. Estimated Value $80 - 100. View details	Realized $81
Lot 706		1832 Braided Hair Cent. . N-2. ANACS graded VF-20. Some minor porosity on both sides. Estimated Value $30 - 45. View details	Realized $46
Lot 707		1832 Braided Hair Cent. . N-3. NGC graded MS-64 Red and Brown. A highlight of the large cents of 1832, this is the wide date variety and its a nice one. Smooth surfaces that show only a couple of trivial signs of handling and no spots or other detriments. We note some unimportant ticks on Liberty's face, being the high point, that usually attracts any contact that happens. Estimated Value $700 - 900. View details	Realized $1,208
Lot 708		1832. Large letters. Newcomb-3, Rarity-1. . N-3. PCGS graded MS-64 Brown, and Del Bland graded MS-60. Just slightly better but there is a dark area between stars four and five and a small darkish spot touching star seven. Lovely, lustrous golden brown surfaces with some faint light steel blue overtones. Defect free and well struck. Estimated Value $450 - 600. Ex: Charles J. DuPont; Stack's 9/54:710; Dorothy Nelson; Stack's 2/76:110; Myles Z. Gerson; Jack H. Beymer 2/78; John J. Nichols, Jr.; Superior Galleries 2/92:570 (with flip from 2/92 Superior). View details	Realized $949
Lot 709		1832 Braided Hair Cent. . N-3. ANACS graded MS-61 Brown. Cleaned and nicely retoned. Nice surfaces for the grade, with some scuffs on the high points. Estimated Value $150 - 200. View details	Realized $265
Lot 710		1832 Classic Head Half Cent. . N-3. PCGS graded AU-58 and Del Bland graded AU-55. Medium and lighter chocolate brown with a large dark olive area in the field opposite the chin. Well struck and without blemishes. Estimated Value $300 - 400. View details	Realized $414
Lot 711		1832 Classic Head Half Cent. . N-3. PCGS graded AU-55 and Del Bland graded EF-45. Medium steel brown with traces of a lighter brown on the obverse and throughout the reverse. Clean except for a small nick opposite the eye and a tiny carbon spot touching the nostril. Estimated Value $160 - 200. View details	Realized $207
Lot 712		1832 Braided Hair Cent. . N-3. NGC graded AU-53 Brown. Dark brown in color and well preserved. Trouble free devices and fields. A collector's coin. Estimated Value $140 - 180. View details	Realized $184
Lot 713		1832 Classic Head Half Cent. . N-3. PCGS graded AU-50 and Del Bland graded VF-35. Medium dark and light brown with a few handling marks on the obverse including a fine scratch on top the head and a minor dent on the lower neck. Estimated Value $75 - 100. View details	Realized $138
Lot 714		1832 Classic Head Half Cent. . N-3. Del Bland graded EF-45. Sharpness of AU-55 but very lightly burnished on Liberty, between the date and star one is some light carbon and at stars five and seven is microscopic evidence of raised dark red corrosion. Darkish steel brown. This cent is much nicer in appearance than the description indicates. Estimated Value $125 - 175. View details	Realized $173
Lot 715		1832 Classic Head Half Cent. . N-3. PCGS graded EF-45 and Del Bland graded VF-35. Medium chocolate brown with olive overtones. Below EN of CENT are two long pin scratches. Estimated Value $85 - 125. View details	Realized $121
Lot 716		1832 Classic Head Half Cent. . N-3. PCGS graded EF-45 and Del Bland graded VF-30. A little sharper but verdigris exists around many devices which with some effort is removable. Medium chocolate brown. Estimated Value $60 - 80. View details	Realized $92
Lot 717		1832 Classic Head Half Cent. . N-3. Del Bland graded EF-40. Sharpness of AU-50 but the forelock and hair above BER shows evidence of a crude attempt at tooling, faint evidence of smoothing is visible in the fields and at the top of L is a small scratch. Mixed medium and light brown. Estimated Value $75 - 100. View details	Realized $138
Lot 718		1832 Classic Head Half Cent. . N-3. Del Bland graded VF-35. Medium dark steel brown with a tiny nick in the field behind the neck. Nice coin. Estimated Value $75 - 100. View details	Realized $127
Lot 719		1832 Classic Head Half Cent. . N-3. Del Bland graded VF-30. Sharper by five points but between stars two and three is a line of minute pit marks and at star four is a larger one. Light brown with olive tones throughout the left obverse. Estimated Value $60 - 80. View details	Realized $75
Lot 720		1832 Classic Head Half Cent. . N-3¼. Del Bland graded MS-60. Golden tan with light reddish overtones on much of the obverse and reverse and a carbon spot between the tops of M and E in AMERICA. On the obverse are a couple minute nicks, so small they are invisible to the unaided eye. Double outlines on stars eight to thirteen. Estimated Value $450 - 650. View details	Realized $483
Lot 721		1832 Classic Head Half Cent. . N-3¼. Del Bland graded VF-30. Sharpness of EF-40 but in the left obverse field and on Liberty evidence of smoothing can be seen under magnification. Medium steel tan, the obverse cleaned and nicely retoned. Double outlines on stars seven to twelve. Estimated Value $50 - 75. View details	Realized $86
Lot 722		1832 Classic Head Half Cent. . N-3½. PCGS graded AU-58 and Del Bland graded MS-61. Double profile. Mint State 61 with blunt striking on the top front line of the coronet and a thin, line-like planchet defect through the dentils over star eleven. Beautiful golden tan surfaces, slightly darker on area of both sides and a few truly microscopic abrasions on the obverse. Double profile on forehead, end of nose, lips and chin. Estimated Value $450 - 600. View details	Realized $529
Lot 723		1832 Braided Hair Cent. . N-3½. PCGS graded AU-50. Nice medium brown in color with well struck devices, only trivial marks on either side. Double profile in Liberty. Estimated Value $130 - 170. View details	Realized $161
Lot 724		1832 Classic Head Half Cent. . N-3½. PCGS graded EF-45 and Del Bland graded VF-35. Darkish chocolate brown with a mixture of lighter brown. No defects worthy of mention except for a scratch at star ten. Double profile on the forehead. Estimated Value $90 - 125. View details	Realized $115
Lot 725		1832 Braided Hair Cent. . N-3½. PCGS graded EF-45. Double profile on Liberty, medium brown and clean for the grade. Estimated Value $80 - 100. View details	Realized $121
Lot 726		1832 Braided Hair Cent. . N-3½. PCGS graded EF-40. Double profile on Liberty, forehead to chin. A few raised spots on both sides, dark brown in color. Estimated Value $70 - 90. View details	Realized $104
Lot 727		1832 Classic Head Half Cent. . N-3½. Del Bland graded VF-35. Sharpness of Extremely Fine-45 but cleaned and nicely retoned to a dark olive brown with tan high points. Over star nine and between T and E in STATES are edge dents. Double profile on the forehead, nose, lips and chin. Estimated Value $80 - 125. View details	Realized $92
Lot 728		1832 Classic Head Half Cent. . N-3½. Del Bland graded VF-25. Sharper by five points but across the face is a long, vertical pin scratch and through RICA are two more. Darkish steel brown. Double outlines on the forehead and stars seven to twelve. Estimated Value $50 - 75. View details	Realized $58
Lot 729		1832. Large letters, triple profile. Newcomb-3 3/4, Rarity-1. . N-3¾. PCGS graded MS-63 Brown, and Del Bland graded MS-60. Excellent medium chocolate brown surfaces with faint traces of faded mint red on the reverse. Flawless except for a small, light dent on the cheek and a tiny carbon spot in the field behind the neck. Heavy double profile from the forehead to the chin, triple outline on the chin. Estimated Value $450 - 650. Ex: Stack's 5/75:578; Herman Halpern; Stack's 3/88:429. View details	Realized $920
Lot 730		1832 Classic Head Half Cent. . N-3¾. PCGS graded AU-55 and Del Bland graded AU-50. Choice medium chocolate brown surfaces with traces of luster around the devices. Perfect fields, only a few handling marks on Liberty visible under a glass. Faint triple profile on forehead, lips and chin, double elsewhere including stars eleven and twelve. Estimated Value $400 - 550. View details	Realized $483

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