Goldberg Coins and Collectibles

Sale 80

June Pre Long Beach Sale

Seated Liberty Quarter Dollars

Lot	Photo	Description	Realized
Lot 398		1838. NGC graded MS-65. Seated. Well struck and fully white. Pop 5; 5 finer, 3 in 66, 1 in 66+, 1 in 67. Estimated Value $19,000 - 20,000. View details and enlarged photos	Unsold
Lot 399		1840-O. Drapery. PCGS graded EF-45. Nice even toning on both sides. Popular early O-mint issue and a design that replaced the 1838-40 No Drapery Type. These are Christian Gobrecht designs, revised in 1840 by Robert Ball Hughes using heavier drapery folds on Liberty. Scarce in all grades. Would make a desirable addition to a date-and-mintmark Seated Liberty quarter set (PCGS # 5398) . Estimated Value $150 - 175. View details and enlarged photos Check results on similar lots	Realized $329
Lot 400		1844-O. PCGS graded MS-64. Lightly toned on both sides. What a choice specimen this is! For starters, it is the one of only 5 graded at this level or higher by NGC, with only two other competitors at this level. Second, perhaps even more important, it is quite attractive, light silver frosted surfaces with natural toning. Third, it is fairly well struck for an early New Orleans release. As a class, New Orleans quarter dollars of the 1840s are somewhat scarce. When seen they are apt to be in worn grades or in low Mint State, often with surface problems. The present MS64 example is a enviable coin, one to go by as a standard for this quality. Pop 3; 2 finer in 65 (PCGS # 5407) . Estimated Value $3,500 - 3,800. View details and enlarged photos Check results on similar lots	Realized $5,053
Lot 401		1856-S, S over S. PCGS graded VF-35. Well struck with the over mint mark clearly visible. Lightly toned. A popular and very rare Red Book variety (PCGS # 5441) . Estimated Value $4,000 - 4,500. View details and enlarged photos Check results on similar lots	Realized $6,169
Lot 402		1857. NGC graded MS-67 Star. Lovely rainbow toning. Pop 2; 3 finer, 1 in 67+, 1 in 68, 1 in 68 Star . Estimated Value $7,500 - 8,000. View details and enlarged photos	Realized $8,813
Lot 403		1857. PCGS graded Proof 63. CAC Approved. Nice even grey toning. Only 40 pieces struck, and 30 to 40 examples exist according to PCGS Population Report. It is difficult to convey the eye appeal of this well made Proof in mere words. Were it not for some modern high resolution photographs, most bidders who could not attend the sale in person would be denied the opportunity of seeing it in all its glory. So sharp is it, that this coin might qualify for an even finer grade, based just on its appearance alone. It only takes a second for the viewer to reach the same conclusion that we have -- this is a remarkable early Proof Seated Liberty coin that will surely excite even the most knowledgeable collector. Both sides are richly toned with original shades of steel blue and gray highlights. Bold, swirling, reflective luster springs from each side, even with the original color. Close examination of the fields reveals some normal die-polish striations resulting of an impression from freshly maintained dies. Pop 11; 12 finer, 9 in 64, 3 in 65. (PCGS # 5553) . Estimated Value $2,800 - 3,000. View details and enlarged photos Check results on similar lots	Realized $2,468
Lot 404		1858. PCGS graded MS-65 PQ. CAC Approved. Light hint of blue and gold tone. Lustrous, mint-frosty surfaces put on a show with their rich shades of natural toning iridescence, the overall appearance greatly reinforced by gem quality cartwheel luster. Regarding this date, the 1858 along with its sister year 1857 ranks among the most available dates in all grades including this desirable MS65 state of preservation. Step up to the competition and give it a bid. Pop 32; 13 finer, 1 in 65+, 12 in 66 (PCGS # 5445) . Estimated Value $3,200 - 3,500. View details and enlarged photos Check results on similar lots	Realized $3,760
Lot 405		1859. NGC graded Proof 66 Cameo. A nice white coin. Only 800 minted. A small date digit punch set was used in 1859 for the first time since 1842, and this lovely near-pristine Proof is the result. Fully lustrous - an important and rare feature for this not all that well preserved issue where hairlined Proofs, when they are offered for sale, are the rule -- the surfaces display dominant pearl-white color. Almost everyone likes to seek a coin that was struck with precision and care by the dies in the outer margins and on all legends that you'd expect; here too, the inner designs were also left crisply detailed by the imprint of the dies. And they are lovely cameo frosted, to boot! The coin is strikingly beautiful as well as being literally boldly struck on all devices. These attributes synergistically yield outstanding overall eye appeal that would be difficult to surpass. Pop 8; 1 finer in 67. Estimated Value $6,000 - 6,500. View details and enlarged photos	Realized $7,638
Lot 406		1859. NGC graded Proof 65. Only 800 minted. Wonderful blue and gold toning. Pop 20; 19 finer, 15 in 66, 3 in 67, 1 in 67 Star . Estimated Value $4,000 - 4,200. View details and enlarged photos	Realized $4,113
Lot 407		1860-S. PCGS graded VF-35. Plenty of details for the grade. Lightly toned. Rare low mintage date, only 56,000 struck and seldom seen in the higher grades (PCGS # 5453) . Estimated Value $5,500 - 6,000. View details and enlarged photos Check results on similar lots	Realized $5,405
Lot 408		1860-S. PCGS graded VF-25. Evenly worn and problem-free. Lightly toned. Only 56,000 struck (PCGS # 5453) . Estimated Value $5,000 - 5,500. View details and enlarged photos Check results on similar lots	Unsold
Lot 409		1862. PCGS graded Proof 64. Lovely blue and purple toning on the obverse. Only 550 minted of this scarce No Motto date. Well mirrored and fully deserving its Proof 64 number, the coin is seen as having a near-perfect strike. It is easy to see why this piece was delivered a hard blow by the dies, or as some researchers believe, the dies were may have been new and carefully set in the equipment. This imparted the requisite force (Proofs are struck twice by the dies, and were made on the Mint�s hand-operated screw press in the 1860s. The press caused the dies to leave behind their sharpness on the struck planchet. Pop 42; 21 finer, 15 in 65, 6 in 66 (PCGS # 5558) . Estimated Value $1,100 - 1,200. View details and enlarged photos Check results on similar lots	Realized $1,704
Lot 410		1864. PCGS graded Proof 66. Wonderful multicolor, almost rainbow toning on both sides. Only 470 Proofs were minted in 1864. A gorgeous gem of the optimum, hand-picked order. The extremely reflective surfaces show signs of mingled colors, while devices rise to light frosted relief. Agreeably well struck to say the least, indeed most fully so, and sharp enough merit reference here. Pop 3; 2 finer in 67 (PCGS # 5560) . Estimated Value $5,500 - 6,000. View details and enlarged photos Check results on similar lots	Realized $6,169
Lot 411		1866. With Motto. PCGS graded Proof 66 Cameo. Lovely blue and golden toning. Only 725 minted. A nice radiant and colorful surface on this important first year issue tantalizes the eye from the lustrous surface, a coin whose mint sparkle beneath the toning goes round and round. It is never easy to find a With Motto 1866 Seated Quarter struck with quite this exactitude by the dies, even some Proofs sometimes fail at the test. It is easy to see this piece was delivered a full, sharp blow by Proof dies. The mint used a venerable old screw press until the 1880s to strike Proof coins, instead of the usual less forceful knuckle-joint steam operated coining presses used for day to day issues. And the finer detail shows the difference on this handsome 1866 Seated Quarter. Pop 4; 1 finer in 67 (PCGS # 85565) . Estimated Value $4,200 - 4,400. View details and enlarged photos Check results on similar lots	Realized $4,935
Lot 412		1870. PCGS graded Proof 65 Cameo. Only 1,000 minted. A nice white Cameo Proof. Bright satin finish on Liberty and the eagle, mimicing the light, swift flutter of a butterfly over a glassy pond, the field sparkles with mirror reflectivity as when first issued. Difficult to find in this outstanding condition. Something perhaps worth pausing to study also is the fact that all devices were struck with the usual and advantageous reliability of this year, that is, sharply by the dies, which then left behind bold elements of detail throughout. Pop 5; 2 finer in 66 (PCGS # 85569) . Estimated Value $2,400 - 2,500. View details and enlarged photos Check results on similar lots	Realized $3,173
Lot 413		1875. PCGS graded Proof 65 PQ. CAC Approved. Lovely blue and gold toning on both sides. Only 700 minted. A lightly frosted Gem Proof with strong underlying mirrors supporting the rich toning on both sides. Nicely struck for the date, actually quite fully so, and a Proof that gets honorable mention where fullness of design is imperative. Pop 10; 3 finer in 66 (PCGS # 5576) . Estimated Value $2,000 - 2,100. View details and enlarged photos Check results on similar lots	Realized $2,291
Lot 414		1875-CC. NGC graded MS-65. Nice even lilac toning on both sides. Pop 6; none finer at NGC . Estimated Value $17,000 - 19,000. View details and enlarged photos	Realized $18,800
Lot 415		1876. NGC graded Proof 67 Cameo. A fully white Gem Cameo coin. Only 1,150 minted. Continuing with the trend from this consignment of United States Type Coins and rarities, the Philadelphia Mint produced beautiful looking Seated Quarters in 1876, but only a small number of them survive in choice to gem condition. The present coin is more than that. It ranks Superb and has easily earned its Proof 67 designation from NGC grading service. Both sides glow with silvery perfection; both sides command attention for their stark Cameo relief and strong contrast. The mirrors are impeccable. The strike, needle sharp, showing fine detail claiming all devices, which are equally as blemish-free as they are sharp. The smooth, placid mirror fields watery, deeply reflective, magnificent. We find every reason for supposing that this spectacular Proof Seated Quarter will be a strong bidding opportunity for the advanced specialist. Pop 6; 2 finer in 67 Star. Estimated Value $5,000 - 5,500. View details and enlarged photos	Unsold
Lot 416		1876. PCGS graded MS-64. PQ. Very frosty with a hint of light tone as well as clear indications that it is within hailing distance of Gem quality. 1876 is not a rarity by Seated Quarter standards, yet few pieces have survived with such outstanding quality. Pop 122; 81 finer at PCGS. (PCGS # 5501) . Estimated Value $700 - 725. View details and enlarged photos Check results on similar lots	Realized $823
Lot 417		1877-S. PCGS graded MS-65 PQ. CAC Approved. Nice light blue toning on both sides. A well struck and richly frosted example. The Specie Payment Resumption Act of January 14, 1875, was a law in the United States which restored the nation to the gold standard through the redemption of previously unbacked United States Notes and fractional currency, It reversed the inflationary government policies promoted directly after the American Civil War. As the Fractional Currency notes were redeemed, the Mints struck increasing quantities of silver minor coins in 1875-78. By the end of 1876 more than $15,000,000 in fractional notes had been redeemed, and in October, 1877, the total reached $23,000,000, with bright new silver dimes, quarters and half dollars taking their place. Pop 30; 23 finer, 1 in 65+, 17 in 66, 4 in 66+, 1 in 67 (PCGS # 5506) . Estimated Value $1,400 - 1,500. View details and enlarged photos Check results on similar lots	Realized $1,763
Lot 418		1878. PCGS graded Proof 64 Cameo. Lovely blue and reddish toning encircle both sides of this attractive specimen. Only 800 struck. Typically cameo frosted for this Proof issue, the reflective surfaces are nearly gem quality with a few hairlines. Meticulous strike on every device is what collectors hope for in a Proof Seated Liberty Quarter, and this coin, true to form, makes the "full" grade. Indeed, it is extra crisp, twice as sharp as a more poorly struck specimen. For that reason, the numerical condition is exact. Pop 17; 1 finer in 65+. (PCGS # 85579) . Estimated Value $1,400 - 1,500. View details and enlarged photos Check results on similar lots	Realized $1,586
Lot 419		1883. NGC graded Proof 68 Cameo. Only 1,039 minted. A wonderful fully white gem. Brilliant, beautiful, and with high contrast between the frosted devices and legends and the underlying mirror field. One of very few graded in this rarified atmosphere by NGC with this number and description. Beyond that, the eye appeal is untouchable, expected with this consignment from a consummate connoisseur. The present piece has exquisite silvery brilliance, quite dazzling when one considers that the coin is over 130 years old! Probably a good many are not as carefully struck as this piece, with no suggestion or even a whisper of weakness at the key devices. In short, knife-edge sharp. Pop 3; 2 finer, 1 in 68 Star, 1 in 69 Star . Estimated Value $12,000 - 13,000. View details and enlarged photos	Realized $14,100
Lot 420		1883. PCGS graded Genuine Unc Details. Cleaning. Nice light toning on both sides. Only 14,400 minted for this date. Seated Quarter mintage declined dramatically in 1879 to 1889 to a level rarely seen for production-strike coins. It so happens that much of the silver that left these shores in the 1860s during the Civil War, reappeared and flooded the banks beginning late in 1877. Where had it gone? It circulated in Canada, as well as Central and South America. With Treasury coffers full again by 1878-79, the call went out to the mints to reduce production of dimes, quarters, and half dollars to a mere trickle. The 1883 is a well-liked date because of this scarcity (PCGS # 5515) . Estimated Value $200 - 225. View details and enlarged photos Check results on similar lots	Realized $494
Lot 421		1884. NGC graded Proof 68 Cameo. A fully white gem. Only 875 minted. There is much to recommend this Superb coin to both quality type collectors and advanced Seated Quarter specialists. First, the 1884 is a low mintage issue in its own right with only 8,000 business strikes and 875 Proofs produced. Second, this specimen is one of only two Proof 1884 Quarters graded at the present grade level, with 2 above (PR69 and PR69 Star). Finally, it is a simply a beautiful coin, one with sparkling bright white fields and devices, and target-like cameo frosted Liberty and eagle against a vivid ultra deep mirror field. Uniformly sharp in finish and not a single grade-limiting blemish. Pop 2; 2 finer, 1 in 69, 1 in 69 Star. Note about the low mintage 1879 ot 1889 dates: Very few quarters and half dollars were minted at Philadelphia from 1879 until the late 1880s partly as a result of the Bland-Allison act of 1878. This mandated enormous mintages of silver dollars, thus monopolizing much of the coining equipment which would have normally been used to create other needed denominations. Mainly, however, beginning in December 1877, and continuing for several years thereafter, millions of previously issued US silver minor coins came flooding back into the country from Canada as well as from Central and South America where they had been circulating ever since the Civil War (1861-65). The US Treasury vaults were bulging with minor coins by 1879. There was little need for the Mints to strike more. Estimated Value $12,000 - 13,000. View details and enlarged photos	Realized $14,100
Lot 422		1886. PCGS graded Proof 67 Deep Cameo. CAC Approved. A fully white gem proof deep cameo quarter. Only 886 minted. The strike on this Seated Liberty Quarter Proof is nearly always very sharp, and the present Superb Proof 67 is exemplary in this department. The obverse is essentially pristine. A very appealing specimen whose mirror depth provides a strong contrast against which the frosted devices rise in abject splendor. Struck with exactitude rarely found on a business strike Seated Quarter. Which may be why collectors bought the Proofs when they were offered in the second half of the 19th century. Pop 7; 1 finer in 68 (PCGS # 95587) . The year 1886 in American history: Grover Cleveland, the 2nd bachelor to be elected President (the other was James Buchanan), succumbed to matrimony and became the 1st Chief Executive to be married in the White House. In the Blue Room, he was wedded to his ward, the daughter of his deceased onetime law partner, 21-year-old Frances Folsom. The ceremony took place June 2, 1886. Cleveland was 27 years older than his bride. The marriage lasted 22 years, until his death at the age of 71. The Clevelands had 5 children. Mrs. Cleveland lived to the age of 83, dying in 1947. Estimated Value $10,000 - 11,000. View details and enlarged photos Check results on similar lots	Realized $12,338
Lot 423		1886. NGC graded Proof 66 Cameo. Mostly untoned. Only 886 minted. Ice-cold white color covers the fields of this handsome mirror-smooth coin, the devices cloaked in stunning cameo frost. Having that in mind for the mint originality and pure joy in seeing an 1886 Seated Quarter Dollar this spectacular, we see as well a full, bold transfer from the Proof die to planchet notable in the stars, Liberty, the eagle with shield, and the stroll up above. IN GOD WE TRUST appears on these in 1866 to 1891 issues. The series had a long run itself, with Miss Liberty serene gazing out from her rocky perch from 1838 until 1891, when the Barber coinage was authorized as its replacement. Pop 15; 21 finer . Estimated Value $2,300 - 2,400. View details and enlarged photos	Unsold
Lot 424		1888-S. PCGS graded MS-66. Lovely light rainbow toning around the edges. Not an issue one generally associates with the "rare" term since '88-S has a fairly substantial mintage and circulated to high circulated specimens abound. But in sterling, Gem fresh Mint condition approaching superb, this is another story. The census that follows pretty much states the reality. Lightly toned as indicated and refreshingly clean for this issue, with shimmering luster in the fields under this color where some stark and beautiful chalk-white luster shines. The fields are gem quality, first and foremost., and satin with much luster. In more respects than one, the dies left their rigid impression behind without even the slightest weakness or imprecision on the stars, legends, or major design features. Only a few are ever found this way. Sharp, even at the centers. Pop 5; 1 finer in 67 (PCGS # 5521) . Estimated Value $8,000 - 8,500. View details and enlarged photos Check results on similar lots	Realized $8,813
Lot 425		1889. PCGS graded Proof 64. Lovely deep blue and lavender-magenta toning. A few deeper toning freckles on either side. Additionally, this date is easier said than done to find fully struck. The centers pack full detail into the design from a decidedly precision strike. Only 711 struck. Pop 4; 35 finer at PCGS. (PCGS # 5590) . Estimated Value $1,100 - 1,200. View details and enlarged photos Check results on similar lots	Realized $1,351
Lot 426		1891. PCGS graded Proof 65. Nice even toning with muted fields and devices from the natural silvery gray to delicate blue accented color. Only 600 struck. Pop 27; 23 finer, 17 in 66, 1 in 66+, 4 in 67, 1 in 68. (PCGS # 5592) . Estimated Value $1,700 - 1,800. View details and enlarged photos Check results on similar lots	Realized $1,469