Goldberg Coins and Collectibles

Sale 84

January 25-28, 2015 Pre Long Beach

Balance of World Crowns and Minors

Lot	Photo	Description	Realized
Lot 4183		Germany. Lot of Certified German States: Anhalt-Bernburg. Taler, 1862A. KM-88. NGC graded AU-55; Brandenburg-Bayreuth. Taler, 1752-IAH CLR. KM-214.1. NGC graded F-15; Brunswick-Wolfenbuttel. 12 Mariengroschen, 1774-LCR. KM-867. NGC graded VF-30; Brunswick-Wolfenbuttel. 1/12 Taler, 1793-MC. KM-1000. ICG graded AU-53; Saxony. Taler, 1780-IEC. KM-992.2. ICG graded VF-35. Lot of 5 coins. Estimated Value $350 - 400. View details	Realized $435
Lot 4184		Germany. Lot of Certified 5 Marks: Prussia. 5 Marks, 1901A. KM-526. NGC graded AU-58, Wings Approved; Saxony. 5 Marks, 1904E. KM-1258. NGC graded VF-25; Germany. 5 Reichsmark, 1925A. KM-47. Rhineland. NGC AU-55. Lot of 3 coins. Estimated Value $250 - 300. View details	Realized $259
Lot 4185		Germany. Lot of Certified Coins: Bremen. 2 Marks, 1904J. KM-250. NGC graded MS-63; Prussia. 3 Marks, 1913A. KM-534. Napoleon Defeat. NGC graded Proof 63; Saxony. 1/6 Taler, 1856-F. KM-1186. NGC graded MS-63; Germany. 20 Pfennig, 1890-A. KM-13. ICG graded MS-62; Germany. 3 Marks, 1924A. KM-43. NGC graded AU-55. Lot of 5 coins. Estimated Value $400 - 500. View details	Realized $447
Lot 4186		Germany. 3 Reichsmark, 1929J. KM-60. Lessing. NGC graded AU-58; 3 Reichsmark, 1930A. KM-69. Vogelweide. NGC graded MS-64; 3 Reichsmark, 1930D. KM-70. Rhineland. NGC graded AU-58. Lot of 3 coins. Estimated Value $200 - 250. View details	Realized $259
Lot 4187		Germany. Lot of Cetified Minors: Anhalt-Bernburg. 1/12 Taler, 1760. KM-53. NGC graded MS-62, Wings Approved; Brunswick-Luneburg. 1/6 Taler, 1791-C. KM-395. Wildman. PCGS graded XF-45, Wings Approved; Germany. 1 Mark, 1876G. KM-7. NGC graded AU-55, Wings Approved; Mark, 1961-J. KM-110. High catalog value. PCGS graded MS-64. Lot of 4 coins. Estimated Value $400 - 600. View details and enlarged photos	Realized $353
Lot 4188		Great Britain. Penny, ND. S.1337. Henry II, 1154-1189. Cross-and-crosslets (Tealby) issue. Attractively toned. NGC graded VF-35. Estimated Value $200 - 250. View details and enlarged photos	Realized $353
Lot 4189		Great Britain. Penny, ND. S.1363. Henry III, 1216-1272. Mint, Gloucester. Moneyer, Ricard. NGC graded AU-58. WINGS Approved. Estimated Value $150 - 200. View details and enlarged photos	Realized $188
Lot 4190		Great Britain. Halfgroat, ND. S.1877. Henry VI, First reign, 1422-1461. Pinecone-mascle issue (1431-33). Calais mint. Bold example. NGC graded EF-45. Estimated Value $200 - 250. View details and enlarged photos	Realized $270
Lot 4191		Great Britain. Groat, ND. S.1972. Edward IV, 1461-1470. Heavy coinage (1461-1464). Mint mark rose. Quatrefoils by neck and crescent on breast. Practically as struck, with a portrait of Edward IV which is as impressively detailed as any we have ever see. Crack in planchet near the bottom. This coin is now scarce in any grade - the current catalogue price for VF is $950(£575). There is no pricing for EF or higher grades. Sharpness of About Uncirculated. Estimated Value $1,000 - 1,200. View details and enlarged photos	Realized $3,055
Lot 4192		Great Britain. Groat, ND. S.2195. Henry VII, 1485-1509. Mint mark, Cinquefoil (1489-93). Facing bust. Toned. NGC graded VF-35. WINGS Approved. Estimated Value $150 - 200. View details and enlarged photos	Realized $270
Lot 4193		Great Britain. Crown, 1551. S.2478; Dav-8245. Edward VI, 1547-1553. Third period. Fine issue. EF and nicely toned. King crowned and in armour with a sword over his shoulder, galloping right on a richly caparisoned horse. Date 1551 below. Reverse, long cross fourchee over royal shield. A beautiful specimen with an attractive old cabinet tone. Struck on a large flan, well centered, and with superb detail on the portrait of the king and the ornamental trappings of the horse. This is the Dr Robert Hesselgesser Collection specimen offered for sale in the fall of 2007. The first dated English coin, Edward VI crowns are very rare in high grade and this specimen compares well with the Cheshire Collection piece, also graded XF45, which fetched $23,000 in 2005. One of the finest extant examples of a truly historic coin. NGC graded EF-45. * Edward VI was the son of his more famous father Henry VIII, and Jane Seymour. He became king on the death of Henry in 1547 aged ten. The government was entrusted to his uncle the Duke of Somerset (who fell from power in 1549) and then to the Earl of Warwick, later created Duke of Northumberland. Edward was a staunch Protestant and during his brief reign the Reformation progressed. He died from tuberculosis in 1553, and was succeeded by his Catholic sister Mary I ('Bloody' Mary). One of Edward's legacies is a fascinating series of coins, and this, the first English silver crown. Estimated Value $12,000 - 14,000. View details and enlarged photos	Unsold
Lot 4194		Great Britain. Sixpence, ND. S.2483. Edward VI, 1547-1553. Fine issue (1551-3). Mint mark, tun. A few surface marks. Toned. ANACS graded VF-35. Estimated Value $300 - 350. View details and enlarged photos	Realized $341
Lot 4195		Great Britain. Sixpence, 1568. S.2562. Elizabeth I, 1558-1603. Mint mark, Coronet. Well defined example with nice surfaces and attractive toning. NGC graded EF-45. WINGS Approved. Estimated Value $300 - 400. View details and enlarged photos	Realized $564
Lot 4196		Great Britain. Threepence, 1576. S.2566. Elizabeth I. Mint mark, Eglantine. A great portrait on this small but nicely detailed Tudor coin. Estimated Value $200 - 250. View details and enlarged photos	Realized $247
Lot 4197		Great Britain. Medal, 1642. Med Ill. 290/105; Eimer-138; Van Loon II, 257. Silver. 72 mm. ByS. Dadler. Charles I. For Princess Mary, Arrival in Holland. Obverse: Frederick Henry, Prince of Orange, seated left holding sword above fallen soldiers at his feet. Reverse: Palace and gardens enclosed by an elaborate fence, William receives his bride. Very Rare. Extremely Fine. Estimated Value $3,500 - 4,000. View details and enlarged photos	Unsold
Lot 4198		Great Britain. Groat, 1646. S.3042. Charles I. Bridgnorth On Severn Groat. Obverse portrait of king left with mark of value (IIII pence) above left shoulder and plumelet in front of face. Mint mark plumelet. Reverse, scroll above declaration and date below. All coins from this unusual provincial mint are rare, but exceptionally so in this high grade. For a crudely and hastily made piece (by beleaguered Royalist forces) the detail is excellent. NGC graded EF-45. WINGS Approved. * The Spink catalogue notes that after the surrender of Bristol in September 1645 many of the Royalist soldiers drifted back to Oxford, and those who produced the Bristol dies were able to continue their numismatic activities using altered versions of these existing dies. The English Midlands town of Ashby de la Zouch was fortified (by the Royalists) in September 1645, but following its fall in early 1646 the Royalists then marched on Bridgenorth-on-Severn, holding out until the end of April 1646. These were desperate times for Charles I - the 'beginning of the end ' for the king. The future only held the prospect of surrender, humiliation and eventual execution. Estimated Value $1,800 - 2,000. View details and enlarged photos	Unsold
Lot 4199		Great Britain. Crown, 1653. S. 3214; ESC-6; Dav-3772. Commonwealth, 1649-1660. Obverse, English shield of arms within wreath, mint mark sun, THE COMMONWEALTH OF ENGLAND. Reverse conjoined shields with mark of value above and Cromwellian motto: GOD WITH US. Practically mint state, and an exceptionally rare coin in this grade. The stippled areas of the crosses on the shields are intact, and this specimen has a handsome blue/grey toning. Usual slightly irregular flan which is normal for this date. NGC graded AU-58. WINGS Approved. * This was the largest (in size) coin struck during the Commonwealth period of 1649-1660, in the dark days after the execution of king Charles I and before the eventual restoration of the monarchy. All the Commonwealth crowns have inscriptions in English instead of Latin (Cromwell associated the use of Latin with popery) and for obvious reasons the king's portrait had gone. St George's cross and the traditional Irish harp took the place of the royal arms, and Commonwealth coins are notable for their stark simplicity as well as their great rarity. One of the finest examples extant of an English non-portrait crown, produced in an era of incredible change and uncertainty. Estimated Value $10,000 - 12,000. View details and enlarged photos	Realized $10,869
Lot 4200		Great Britain. Shilling, 1663. S.3371; ESC-1022. Charles II. The first milled shilling issued after the restoration of the monarchy. Attractively toned and well struck with underlying original luster. Practically mint state. NGC graded AU-55. Estimated Value $1,200 - 1,400. View details and enlarged photos	Realized $1,293
Lot 4201		Great Britain. Halfcrown, 1673. S.3367; ESC-473. Charles II. VICESIMO QVINTO in raised letters on edge. Richly toned with no perceptible flaws. NGC graded AU-50. Estimated Value $1,100 - 1,300. View details and enlarged photos	Realized $1,234
Lot 4202		Great Britain. Farthing, 1673. S.3394. Charles II. NGC graded VF-35 Brown. Estimated Value $150 - 200. View details and enlarged photos	Realized $129
Lot 4203		Great Britain. Crown, 1687. S.3407; ESC-78; Dav-3779. James II, 1685-1688. Obverse, draped laureate bust of king left. Reverse, crowned cruciform shields. Regnal year TERTIO on edge in raised letters. Glossy mint state with all original mint luster preserved, this coin radiates eye appeal. Unusually well struck overall, there are only small areas of striking weakness. This specimen has been better made than many of the silver coins of this short reign. NGC graded MS-62. * James II was king of England and Scotland (as James VII) from 1685, the second son of Charles I. He succeeded his brother King Charles II. James married Anne Hyde in 1659, the mother of Mary II and Queen Anne. In 1673, after her death, he married Mary of Modena, the mother of James Edward Stuart. He became a Catholic in 1671 and this led first to an attempt to exclude him from the succession, and then to the rebellions of Monmouth and Argyll, and finally to the Whig and Tory leaders invitation to William of Orange to take the throne in 1688. The coins of James II were minted in relatively low numbers over a 3-year period and remain rare. Estimated Value $3,200 - 3,500. View details and enlarged photos	Unsold
Lot 4204		Great Britain. Sixpence, 1688. S.3413; ESC-1528 (R2). James II. Mint state and sharply struck. This is the rarer year in a brief two year series and considerably rarer than the sixpences of Charles II, William III, Anne and the three Georges. Beautifully toned and deceptively tough to find in the highest grades. NGC graded MS-63. Estimated Value $2,300 - 2,500. View details and enlarged photos	Unsold
Lot 4205		Great Britain. Medal, 1689. Med Ill. 668/38; Eimer-310b. William and Mary, 1689-1694. Cast silver. 55 mm. By G. Bower. For the Coronation of William and Mary. Laureate and draped busts of King and Queen conjoined right. Reverse: Coronation scene. Toned. Extremely Fine. Estimated Value $1,000 - 1,200. View details and enlarged photos	Unsold
Lot 4206		Great Britain. Crown, 1696. S.3470; ESC-89; Dav-3781. William III. First draped bust right. Portrait sharply struck with considerable amount of mint luster. NGC graded MS-63. Estimated Value $2,000 - 2,500. View details and enlarged photos	Unsold
Lot 4207		Great Britain. Sixpence, 1696. S.3520; ESC-1533. William III. First bust Sixpence. Mint state with rich golden and green iridescent tone over mint luster. NGC graded MS-64. Estimated Value $300 - 350. View details and enlarged photos	Unsold
Lot 4208		Great Britain. Sixpence, 1696. S.3520; ESC-1533. Early Harp. William III. Clash die on obverse. Nice original example. Toned. NGC graded MS-63. WINGS Approved. Estimated Value $200 - 250. View details and enlarged photos	Realized $235
Lot 4209		Great Britain. Crown, 1696. S.3472; ESC-94; Dav-3782. William III. Third bust. NGC graded Very Fine, Details (Spot Removals). Estimated Value $150 - 200. View details and enlarged photos	Realized $247
Lot 4210		Great Britain. Shilling, 1697. S.3511; ESC-1108. William III. Third bust. Rich golden green tone. Exceptionally high grade for this scarcer variety. NGC graded MS-64. Estimated Value $800 - 900. View details and enlarged photos	Unsold
Lot 4211		Great Britain. Shilling, 1697. S.3497; ESC-1091. William III. First bust. A nice crisply struck piece lightly toned and with none of the usual blank filing and haymarking associated with silver coins of this period. NGC graded MS-64. Estimated Value $600 - 700. View details and enlarged photos	Unsold
Lot 4212		Great Britain. Sixpence, 1697. S.3538; ESC-1566. William III. Third bust. Prooflike Uncirculated. Very sharply detailed. NGC graded MS-65. Estimated Value $350 - 400. View details and enlarged photos	Realized $470
Lot 4213		Great Britain. Sixpence, 1697-E. S.3534; ESC-1560. William III. Exeter mint. Toned. NGC graded AU-50. Estimated Value $200 - 250. View details and enlarged photos	Realized $165
Lot 4214		Great Britain. Sixpence, 1697. S.3531; ESC-1552. William III. First bust. Small crowns. Reddish tone. NGC graded AU-58. WINGS Approved. Estimated Value $175 - 200. View details and enlarged photos	Realized $165
Lot 4215		Great Britain. Halfcrown, 1698. S.3494; ESC-554. William III. DECIMO on edge in raised letters. Delightful light golden tone in lettering. Nicely centered and detailed. No areas of weakness, and lots of original luster. NGC graded MS-63. WINGS Approved. Estimated Value $1,600 - 1,800. View details and enlarged photos	Unsold
Lot 4216		Great Britain. Four Pence, 1699. S.3549; ESC-1882. William III. Nearly mint state, and rarely seen this nice. Probably much rarer than the sixpences and shillings of William III in top grades. Unusually well struck. NGC graded AU-58. Estimated Value $225 - 275. View details and enlarged photos	Realized $353
Lot 4217		Great Britain. Shilling, 1700. S.3516; ESC-1121A. William III. Fifth bust. The rarer variety with small circular o' s in the date. A splendid example with a subtle amber-blue tone. NGC graded MS-64. Estimated Value $700 - 800. View details and enlarged photos	Unsold
Lot 4218		Great Britain. Crown, 1708. S.3601; ESC-105; Dav-1341. Anne. Edge SEPTIMO. Reverse, crowned cruciform shields, plain in angles. Deeply toned and practically as struck. The later dated Queen Anne crowns are tough to find now in this state of preservation. Unblemished surfaces and crisp detail. NGC graded AU-58. * This coin was produced after the Act of Union of 1707. If Scotland had opted, in the September 2014 referendum, for independence, it would have broken this 307-year union of the 2 nations. The Act of 1707 resulted in a change in the royal arms. On this post-Union coin the English lions and Scottish lion are emblazoned together on the top and bottom shields. Estimated Value $2,400 - 2,700. View details and enlarged photos	Realized $2,468
Lot 4219		Great Britain. Medal, 1710. Med Ill, II.p.373/218; Eimer-445. Silver. 48 mm. By J. Croker. Queen Anne. Battle of Almenara. Victory over Spain. Bust of Queen Anne, laureated and draped left. Reverse: Battle scene. Attractive original old toning. Extremely Fine. Estimated Value $600 - 700. View details and enlarged photos	Realized $517
Lot 4220		Great Britain. Shilling, 1723. S.3647; ESC-1176. C/SS variety. George I. A cut above other mint state examples, this specimen has dazzling golden-blue toning over near perfect surfaces. NGC graded MS-65. Estimated Value $650 - 700. View details and enlarged photos	Unsold
Lot 4221		Great Britain. Shilling, 1723 SSC. S.3647; ESC-1176. George I. A mint state example of this classic Georgian silver coin. Bright with frosty luster and very well struck with a strong portrait. NGC graded MS-63. WINGS Approved. Estimated Value $400 - 500. View details and enlarged photos	Realized $447
Lot 4222		Great Britain. Coronation Medal, 1727. Eimer-510; Med Ill, ii, 479/4. George II. Sruck in silver, by J. Croker. Obverse, bewigged portrait of king in armour facing left. Reverse, the king enthroned is crowned by Britannia with the date 11 October 1727 below. Handsome blue and magenta peripheral toning enhance this stunning specimen. Rarely seen finer. NGC graded MS-63. WINGS Approved. * George II was born in the city of Hanover in Germany, the last English monarch to be born abroad. On the death of his father King George I he became king and was crowned in Westminster Abbey in October 1727. The composer George Frederic Handel was commissioned to write four new anthems for the coronation, including Zadok the Priest. Estimated Value $600 - 700. View details and enlarged photos	Realized $940
Lot 4223		Great Britain. Shilling, 1737. S.3700; KM-561.5; ESC-1200. George II. Young head. Reverse: Plumes and roses. Toned. NGC graded EF-45. WINGS Approved. Estimated Value $400 - 500. View details and enlarged photos	Realized $294
Lot 4224		Great Britain. Halfcrown, 1739. S.3693; ESC-600. George II. Young head, reverse with roses. Practically uncirculated with good eye appeal and a nice even strike. Worthy of a home in any halfcrown or high grade British milled coin collection. NGC graded AU-58. Estimated Value $1,800 - 2,000. View details and enlarged photos	Unsold
Lot 4225		Great Britain. Crown, 1741. S.3687; ESC-123; Dav-1348. George II. Roses. Obverse, armoured laureate bust of king. Reverse, crowned cruciform shields. Edge D.QVARTO. Practically as struck, free from imperfections and lightly toned with original lustre fully evident. High grade 'young head' Crowns of George II are disappearing very quickly. NGC graded MS-62. WINGS Approved. * George II married Princess Caroline of Brandenburg-Ansbach and they had nine children. He was granted an allowance from parliament of £800,000, considerably more money than other monarchs had received. Avoiding controversial stances, he maintained the support of many influential Tories who had supported the exiled Stuart pretender to the English throne. As a result, no senior politician deserted George's cause during the Jacobite rebellion of 1745. Charles Edward Stuart (the Young Pretender) landed in Scotland, but support fell away and he was defeated at the Battle of Culloden in 1746. George brought England into the War of the Austrian Succession (1740-1748) and led his troops into battle against the French at Dettingen, the last British king to fight in battle. The 1740s was a decade of change, but also consolidation, and this was reflected in the coinage. Engravers and designers John Croker and Rudolf Ochs died in 1741 and 1748 respectively, but John Ochs Jnr and Johann Tanner worked on the king's coinage and outlived him by many years. George II died on 25 October 1760. Estimated Value $4,200 - 4,500. View details and enlarged photos	Realized $6,169
Lot 4226		Great Britain. Penny, 1743. S.3715A; ESC-2339; KM-567. George II. Deeply toned and high grade for a tiny Georgian coin. NGC graded MS-62. WINGS Approved. Estimated Value $100 - 125. View details and enlarged photos	Realized $118
Lot 4227		Great Britain. LIMA Shilling, 1745. S.3703; ESC-1205; KM-583.2. George II. Deeply toned in shades of blue and grey over prooflike surfaces, this is a very attractive specimen. Some of the treasure seized by Admiral Anson during his circumnavigation of the globe 1740-1744, and by other privateers, was made into coin, which had the word LIMA below the king's bust to celebrate the expedition's successful harassment of the Spanish colonies in the New World. PCGS graded MS-63. WINGS Approved. Estimated Value $600 - 700. View details and enlarged photos	Unsold
Lot 4228		Great Britain. Crown, 1746. S.3689; Dav-1350; ESC-125. By John Tanner. Second, older, draped, laureate bust of King left. GEORGIUS.II. DEI.GRATIA, LIMA below. Reverse, crowned cruciform shields, date 17 46, inverted die axis. Edge has DECVS ET TVTAMEN ANNO REGNI DECIMO NONO in raised letters. A beautiful nearly mint state coin with peripheral toning in the lettering and lots of mint luster. Surfaces have a little flecking which is normal on the LIMA silver coinage. But overall, great eye appeal on this classic English crown. NGC graded AU-58. *The story behind England's LIMA coinage is oft repeated! According to the text accompanying the Millennia Collection 1746 Crown, Lima-marked coins were struck from Spanish bullion seized by Captain George Anson under orders from the Admiralty during his trans-global ocean voyage of 1740-1744. When 11 Spanish treasure ships captured off the Philippines were sailed back to Portsmouth and the precious metal delivered to the mint in London, Anson became the most famous Admiral of his day. Anson's six warships were at sea for three years and nine months. While his crew were beset by scurvy, his squadron of ships endured storms, shipwrecks and furious battles, costing him 5 ships and 1400 of his 1900 personnel. But he captured many prizes of booty, and took the long-sought Spanish trading galleon La Nuestra senora de Cavadonga with a cargo of 36,000 ounces of silver and some gold! In December 1743 he returned home to England, eventually reached the rank of First Lord of the Admiralty and was elevated to the peerage. Estimated Value $4,500 - 5,000. View details and enlarged photos	Realized $4,935
Lot 4229		Great Britain. Three Pence, 1746/3. S.3713B; ESC-2031A; KM-569. George II. A glossy mint state coin with all original lustre intact and superbly well struck. NGC graded MS-64. Estimated Value $175 - 200. View details and enlarged photos	Realized $294
Lot 4230		Great Britain. Two Pence, 1746. S.3714A; ESC-2234; KM-568. George II. A nice even strike and good crisp detail. NGC graded MS-61. WINGS Approved. Estimated Value $100 - 125. View details and enlarged photos	Realized $129
Lot 4231		Great Britain. Sixpence, 1757. S.3711; ESC-1622; KM-582.2. George II. Crisply made and mint state, with a remarkable absence of surface marks. Gorgeous aquamarine and magenta toning on both sides, the reverse exhibits an interesting 'ghosting' of the bewigged bust of the king. Not a rare date, as it circulated widely in 18th century England, but very few specimens survived in this high grade. NGC graded MS-63. WINGS Approved. Estimated Value $150 - 175. View details and enlarged photos	Realized $353
Lot 4232		Great Britain. Shilling, 1758. S.3704; ESC-1213; KM-583.3. George II. Practically as struck with a pleasing old tone. This is a high grade example of a coin which was poorly made at best, and circulated widely for decades before the 1787 Shillings and 1787 Sixpences were produced in large numbers to facilitate commerce. NGC graded AU-55. WINGS Approved. Estimated Value $250 - 300. View details and enlarged photos	Realized $353

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