Goldberg Coins and Collectibles

Sale 81

The Pre-Long Beach Sale

Liberty Cap Half Cents

Lot	Photo	Description	Realized
Lot 89		1794 C-1a R3. NGC graded VG-10. Large Edge Letters. Glossy dark chocolate brown and steel. The surfaces are smooth except for a spot of extremely faint granularity on the left side of the reverse. No verdigris and only minor contact marks including a few faint scratches at TATES. EDS, Manley state 1.0, before any die clashmarks. The date and legends are complete and easily readable except for HALF, which is weak. Our grade is VG7. Estimated Value $600-UP. View details and enlarged photos	Realized $881
Lot 90		1794 C-4a R3. NGC graded AU-55. Small Edge Letters. Frosty medium brown and light chocolate. Traces of satiny mint luster show in protected areas on both sides. No corrosion or verdigris, but there are numerous tiny planchet chips and fissures at the top of the obverse and in the field before the portrait (all as struck). One tiny chip on the forehead close over the left corner of the eye contains a trace of red planchet slag, and this is a good identifying mark. The only contact mark is a barely visible hairline scratch well hidden on the cap and lower curls. LDS, Manley state 4.0. The swelling at the lower curls is strong and a radial die crack from the rim through the M in AMERICA reaches the tip of the leaf below. Our grade is EF45. Only 81,600 struck. Pop 10; 39 finer at NGC. Estimated Value $8,500-UP. View details and enlarged photos	Unsold
Lot 91		1794 C-8 R5 G4. A couple points sharper with several rim nicks and small rim bruises plus numerous tiny contact marks scattered over both sides. None of the contact marks is distracting but there are too many to ignore. No roughness or verdigris. Glossy light to medium chocolate brown and steel. The date is strong. EDS, Manley state 1.0, with the reverse rotated about 15 degrees CCW from a perfect head-to-foot die orientation. Estimated Value $500-UP. View details and enlarged photos	Realized $823
Lot 92		1794 C-8 R5 G4. Several points sharper but there is a deep dig over the 2 in the denominator that was strong enough to produce an obvious lump on the top of Ms. Liberty's head. Otherwise the surfaces show only a few minor marks and the eye appeal is nice for the grade. Glossy dark steel and olive brown. The date and legends are strong except for the usual weakness on HALF CENT. MDS, Manley state 2.0. A light die crack reaches from the dentils down to the center of the top of the second T in STATES. The reverse is rotated 20 degrees CCW from a normal head-to-foot orientation. Estimated Value $300-UP. View details and enlarged photos	Realized $423
Lot 93		1794 C-9 R2 High Relief Head. PCGS graded AU-55. Attractive glossy light chocolate and medium brown with frosty luster showing in the fields and protected areas. A spot of darker olive brown and steel toning in the field at the back of the head, a nick on the truncation over the 9 in the date, a few faint hairline scratches in the field before the face, and a diagonal nick at the top of the H in HALF are the notable marks. Nicely struck EDS, Manley state 1.0, before the usually seen die crack from the rim to the left side of the cap. A very nice example of the "High Relief Head" type. Our grade is EF45+ sharpness net EF40+, close to EF45. Only 81,600 struck. Pop 24; 28 finer at PCGS. Estimated Value $10,000-UP. View details and enlarged photos Check results on similar lots	Realized $12,925
Lot 94		1794 C-9 R2 Counterstamped Brunk J-199 Fair-2. Glossy chocolate brown and olive with small splashes of reddish brown toning at the top of the obverse. Smooth surfaces, just heavily worn. The obverse is nearly G4 with the date and LIBERTY easily readable, but the reverse is considerably weaker with only minor portions of the legend visible. Counterstamped E.JONES with raised letters in an incuse rectangle. Brunk assigns this stamp to a New York City silversmith who operated there from 1827 to 1833. Apparently a rare stamp as Brunk lists only a single example, and that is on a half dollar. Weight 95.3 grains. Estimated Value $200-UP. View details and enlarged photos	Realized $588
Lot 95		1795 C-5b R4 Thick Planchet AG3+. Glossy chocolate brown and steel. Smooth and nice for the grade, close to G4. The only marks are a thin nick or short scratch at the bottom of the hair strands left of the date and a thin planchet void at the rim over RI in AMERICA. The date is faint but readable with some effort. Struck on a planchet cut from a spoiled large cent or other large cent stock. Weight 115.9 grains. The standard for the normal thin planchet version is 84.0 grains, and examples struck on cut-down cent planchets are known to range in weight from 98 to 123 grains. Estimated Value $250-UP. View details and enlarged photos	Realized $447