Goldberg Coins and Collectibles

Sale 80

June Pre Long Beach Sale

Lincoln Cents

Lot	Photo	Description	Realized
Lot 138		1909-S. VDB. PCGS graded MS-64 Red & Brown. Lots of mint red. Popular key date. A high degree of luster graces the bright orange-red surfaces of this dazzling near-gem. Devices as "sharp as a two-edged sword" including full wheat lines and wheat kernels, and a full O on ONE which due to a minor design issue, often is found weak at the upper left. This is a very sharp and attractive �09-S V.D.B. Cent. Mintage: 484,000 (PCGS # 2427) . Estimated Value $1,700 - 1,800. View details and enlarged photos Check results on similar lots	Realized $1,704
Lot 139		1909-S. VDB. NGC graded AU-58 Brown. Well struck with some traces of red visible. Popular key date. Estimated Value $950 - 1,000. View details and enlarged photos	Realized $1,175
Lot 140		1910-S. NGC graded MS-66 Red. Well struck and fully red. Pop 45; 4 finer in 67 (PCGS # 2438) . Estimated Value $1,500 - 1,600. View details and enlarged photos Check results on similar lots	Realized $1,763
Lot 141		1911-S. PCGS graded MS-66 Red PQ. CAC Approved. Tied for Finest graded at PCGS. This is a popular lower mintage issue even in the finer circulated grades, but the 1911-S becomes something of a celebrity and condition rarity at the Gem Red level of where surface quality and copper brilliance makes all the difference in the world. This spectacular MS66 Red survivor offers classic visual impact when viewed for the first time; in addition to rock-solid technical quality, it offers the prospective owner a tantalizing low PCGS census (see below). Brilliant copper-red luster establishes dominance over both sides and gives nary an inch to anything even approaching criticism. Meanwhile, the sharp strike detail is its defining feature, one that characterizes most Cents of this S-mint release, we are happy to say. A blemish-free beauty which breezes through the gauntlet laid down by the grading service for MS66 grade level. Pop 13; none finer at PCGS. Boldly struck (PCGS # 2449) . Estimated Value $16,000 - 17,000. View details and enlarged photos Check results on similar lots	Realized $18,213
Lot 142		1911-S. PCGS graded MS-64 Red & Brown. Some mint red visible. Pop 241; 66 finer, 1 in 64+, 64 in 65, 1 in 65+. (PCGS # 2448) . Estimated Value $300 - 350. View details and enlarged photos Check results on similar lots	Realized $329
Lot 143		1913-D. PCGS graded MS-65 Red. Fully red with a few flyspecks on both sides. High quality and seldom offered with full Red originality. Pop 106; 16 finer, 15 in 66, 1 in 66+ (PCGS # 2464) . Estimated Value $1,700 - 1,800. View details and enlarged photos Check results on similar lots	Realized $2,115
Lot 144		1918. NGC graded MS-67 Red. Boldly struck with vivid mint red color. Pop 2; none finer at NGC (PCGS # 2506) . Estimated Value $4,500 - 4,700. View details and enlarged photos Check results on similar lots	Realized $4,935
Lot 145		1922. No D. Strong reverse. PCGS graded AU-53. The 1922 No D Lincoln Cent is a difficult issue to locate in the finer circulated grades, and the No D Strong Reverse variety is even rarer. The present coin is typical of the AU53 quality whereby the obverse die was quite worn. The Lincoln side lacks definition, while the reverse with the Wheat Ears shows much stronger detail. The error occurred when one of the 1922-D obverse dies clashed and the clashmarks were ground off the die, which happened to remove the mintmark (PCGS # 3285) . Estimated Value $3,700 - 4,000. View details and enlarged photos Check results on similar lots	Unsold
Lot 146		1922. No D. Strong Reverse. PCGS graded AU-50 Brown. Popular key date. A pleasing warm brown to reddish brown specimen with the usual indistinct obverse detail, but bold devices and the reverse and grand eye appeal. Weakness at the obverse as typically seen resulted from the Mint using a heavily worn die long past its useful production cycle (PCGS # 3285) . Estimated Value $2,900 - 3,000. View details and enlarged photos Check results on similar lots	Realized $3,408
Lot 147		1930. PCGS graded MS-67 Red. A blazing jewel. One to put away for the grandkids. Pop 88; 2 finer, 1 in 67+, 1 in 68 (PCGS # 2605) . Estimated Value $700 - 750. View details and enlarged photos Check results on similar lots	Realized $676
Lot 148		1936-S. PCGS graded MS-67 Red. Fully red. A pristine original Gem that has rich coppery color. Lustrous and immaculately preserved. The strike as keen as a razor on the wheat ears as well as on Lincoln�s hair, beard, coat and tie. Pop 47; none finer at PCGS (PCGS # 2656) . Estimated Value $4,000 - 4,200. View details and enlarged photos Check results on similar lots	Unsold
Lot 149		1936-S. PCGS graded MS-67 Red. The surfaces are bright with coppery red luster, incredible glowing luster, and show none of the muting often seen on this issue. Most coins of this date are carefully struck; some are much better than others however; and collectors, true to their tradition, wish that all could be like this keen-edged example exhibiting fine detail to all the high points, including the portrait and wheat lines. Pop 47; none finer at PCGS (PCGS # 2656) . Estimated Value $3,000 - 3,300. View details and enlarged photos Check results on similar lots	Unsold
Lot 150		1937-D. PCGS graded MS-67+ Red PQ. CAC Approved. Lovely mint red. A beautiful red coin with no objectionable marks or spotting. All this is perhaps par for the course given the astounding grade, with an especially bold strike complementing the luster as well. Pop 6; 2 finer in 68 (PCGS # 2662) . Estimated Value $3,000 - 3,300. View details and enlarged photos Check results on similar lots	Realized $2,350
Lot 151		1938. PCGS graded Proof 65 Red. Fully red, a boldly original Gem Proof. Following a hiatus when no Lincoln Cent Proofs were made between 1917 and 1935, production resumed in 1936. This time, the Mint reverted to the always popular mirror finish, as here. Only 14,734 struck in 1938 (PCGS # 3341) . Estimated Value $110 - 120. View details and enlarged photos Check results on similar lots	Realized $94
Lot 152		1939-S. PCGS graded MS-67+ Red. CAC Approved. Fully red. A blazing gem, superb in every detail. Pop 7; none finer at PCGS (PCGS # 2683) . Estimated Value $400 - 500. View details and enlarged photos Check results on similar lots	Realized $1,175
Lot 153		1943-S. NGC graded MS-63 Prooflike. Nice prooflike surfaces on both sides. Pop 1; 9 finer, 3 in 65, 5 in 66, 1 in 67. Only 10 graded as prooflike at NGC. Estimated Value $150 - 200. View details and enlarged photos	Realized $176
Lot 154		1947. PCGS graded MS-67 Red. Wonderful full mint red on this superb example. A great deal of stress is laid on the strike detail of these later date, high-end Lincoln Cents, and this model-coin in particular is well struck on all devices. Pop 20; none finer at PCGS (PCGS # 2752) . Estimated Value $4,000 - 4,400. View details and enlarged photos Check results on similar lots	Unsold
Lot 155		1952. NGC graded Proof 68 Red. An exquisite red coin, as bright as though it were struck only moments ago. Housed in an Old Style Holder. Only 81,980 struck. Pop 96; 1 finer in 68+. Estimated Value $600 - 700. View details and enlarged photos	Unsold
Lot 156		1953. NGC graded Proof 68 Red. Fully red. Housed in an Old Style Holder. 128,800 pieces struck. Pop 164; 6 finer, 5 in 69, 1 in 69 Star. Estimated Value $200 - 250. View details and enlarged photos	Unsold
Lot 157		1953-D. PCGS graded MS-67 Red. Satiny surfaces explode with intense luster and full-on coppery red color. Superb! It is interesting to see, as well, that this �53-D was struck from well-prepared dies that imported a sound and in point of fact, a bold design in all following areas Pop 26; none finer at PCGS (PCGS # 2809) . Estimated Value $3,000 - 3,200. View details and enlarged photos Check results on similar lots	Unsold
Lot 158		1954. PCGS graded MS-66+ Red. An outstanding Gem BU. Pop 22; 5 finer in 67 (PCGS # 2815) . Estimated Value $1,000 - 1,250. View details and enlarged photos Check results on similar lots	Unsold
Lot 159		1955. Doubled die obverse. NGC graded MS-65 Red. A beautiful red coin. A highly sought-after variety and truly tough to see in gem grades. Housed in an Old Style Holder. Full original mint coppery red brilliance, fiery, including a few glints here and there of golden whispers, as coin that is just about as pristine as we have seen on any specimen in recent times. We all understand how rare coins like this are, having been pivotal in the market for years and year, going on sixty years now. Probably not more than a few other equivalent pieces are available today. Many that are "brilliant" no longer have their original sheen and vibrancy intact. This one is completely original. A shortage of circulating Cents during the summer of 1955 set the stage for the creation of this curious error, perhaps the most celebrated error in all of U.S. numismatics. The increased need for Cents this year obliged the Philadelphia Mint to speed its production plan and, in the same way, to cut its quality inspection. It came about, then, that an obverse die that had unintentionally rotated between blows from the working hub slipped past the inspectors and ended up in the press. Paired with a correctly made reverse die, this obverse struck between 20,000 and 24,000 Doubled Die Cents between midnight and 8 o'clock in the morning one day during the summer of 1955. The error was not revealed until after these coins had been included with other properly produced 1955 Cents. Since he did not want to destroy 10 million Cents in order to stop the Doubled Die examples from leaving the Mint, Chief Coiner Sydney C. Engel allowed them to pass. The first examples were found by the public in Massachusetts late in 1955, and the error became popular within a few years. While readily available in the EF-AU grades, the 1955/55 Doubled Die is truly rare at the finer levels of Mint State with full mint red preservation, as the Census indicates: Pop 3; 1 finer in 66. Estimated Value $25,000-UP. View details and enlarged photos	Realized $25,850
Lot 160		1955. Doubled die obverse. PCGS graded MS-64 Red. Well struck and a popular key date. Between 20,000 and 24,000 supposedly minted. A blazing copper-red specimen with increasingly deep carmine and rose highlights in the field. A frosted near-gem of the order collectors prefer to see wherein the fields glow, there are few distracting handling marks, and no spotting. And among the more attractive MS64s certified by PCGS. In addition, the coin possesses a nice, clear-cut strike for all areas with outstanding detail at the famous obverse doubling. Pop 143; 19 finer, 1 in 64+, 18 in 65. (PCGS # 2827) . Anecdote: It seems a Boston area vending machine company got their hands on a fairly substantial number of the original Doubled Die mintage commingled with regular 1955 cents in bags (unbeknownst to them, of course) and sent them on their way via a circuitous route. At the time, this company's vending machines sold cigarettes at 23 cents a pack. In order to provide a refund to the buyer who had inserted a quarter dollar into the slot, two copper cents were inserted ahead of time beneath the cellophane wrapper of each pack! Wouldn't you know it, the 1955 Doubled Dies began showing up as change, 2 cents at a time! Retired coin dealer Jim Ruddy recalls cornering a supply of Doubled Dies shortly thereafter, before he grew concerned that the error wasn't all that rare. Fretful that he was tying up too much working capital in one modern issue, he quit buying them at 50 cents apiece after his stock topped five hundred coins! Estimated Value $8,500 - 9,000. View details and enlarged photos Check results on similar lots	Unsold
Lot 161		1955. Doubled Die Obverse. NGC graded MS-65 BN. Well struck with nice even brown toning. Some traces of mint red. Pop 15; none finer at NGC . Estimated Value $4,500 - 5,000. View details and enlarged photos	Realized $5,875
Lot 162		1955. Doubled die obverse. NGC graded MS-61. A lustrous brown example with strongly defined doubling on the portrait, date, LIBERTY and IN GOD WE TRUST. A famous modern rarity and error coin. Estimated Value $1,500 - 1,600. View details and enlarged photos	Realized $1,821
Lot 163		1955. Doubled die obverse. PCGS graded AU-58. PQ. Nice blue and brown toning, lustrous and very attractive. The obverse doubling is impressive. Housed in an Old Green Holder (PCGS # 2825) . Estimated Value $1,200 - 1,300. View details and enlarged photos Check results on similar lots	Realized $1,586
Lot 164		1955. Doubled Die Obverse. PCGS graded AU-58. CAC Approved. Nice brown toning with oceans of mint frost throughout the portrait and across the field and other devices. Choice and attractive. The doubling very impressive on this problem-free Lincoln Cent mint error (PCGS # 2825) . Estimated Value $1,200 - 1,300. View details and enlarged photos Check results on similar lots	Realized $1,763
Lot 165		1955. Doubled Die Obverse. PCGS graded AU-53. Popular Red Book variety. Another well struck and carefully preserved coin, this too has some luster around the devices and partway into the field on both sides. Clear doubling on the obverse legends and date as well as on Lincoln's bow tie and coat lapel (PCGS # 2825) . Estimated Value $1,100 - 1,200. View details and enlarged photos Check results on similar lots	Realized $1,410
Lot 166		1965. Special Mint Set. NGC graded MS-68 Red. Fully red. Pop 18; none finer at NGC. Estimated Value $400 - 450. View details and enlarged photos	Unsold
Lot 167		1995. Doubled Die Obverse. NGC graded MS-68 RD. Estimated Value $100 - 120. View details and enlarged photos	Realized $106
Lot 168		A large group of Lincoln Cents. From 1909 to 1913-D, consists of: 1909 VDB, VF to XF (7); 1909, VF to AU (33); 1910, VF to AU (27); 1910-S, G to VG (26); 1911, VF to AU (32); 1911-D, G to VG (24); 1912, F to XF (11); 1913, F to XF (48); 1913-D, VG (22). Lot of 230 coins. Estimated Value $500-UP. View details	Realized $494
Lot 169		A partial set of Lincoln Cents. From 1909 to 2006-S. A few semi key dates. Some coins are very nice. Missing 1909-S VDB, 1914-D, 1922-P, and 1955 Double Die. Coins will grade Fine to Proof. Careful study recommended. Estimated Value $500-UP. View details	Realized $1,293
Lot 170		1940's to 1960's. A lot of 39 rolls of Lincolns, mostly BU. The 1943-S roll appears to be AU coins that have been cleaned. Most of the balance appear to be strictly BU. Unchecked for gems. Estimated Value $150 - 250. View details	Realized $646
Lot 171		A group of 18 BU rolls of 1955-S Lincoln Cents. Unchecked for gems. Estimated Value $180 - 200. Donald J Mack Collection. View details	Realized $282
Lot 172		1970-S Lincoln Cents in original San Francisco Mint canvas bag. Bearing a total face value of $50. All BU coins. Unchecked for gems. Estimated Value $200 - 250. Donald J Mack Collection. View details	Realized $1,175
Lot 173		1972 Lincoln Cents in original Philadelphia Mint canvas bag. Bearing a total face value of $50. All BU coins. Unchecked for gems. Estimated Value $175 - 200. Donald J Mack Collection. View details	Realized $999