Goldberg Coins and Collectibles

Sale 98

The Pre-Long Beach Auction June 4-7, 2017

World Gold

Lot	Photo	Description	Realized
Lot 2292		Albania. 20 Franga Ari, 1927-V. Fr-6; KM-12. Zog I, 1925-1939. Bust of Skanderberg right. Reverse; Winged lion. NGC graded MS-64. WINGS. Estimate Value $500 - 600 View details and enlarged photos	Realized $734
Lot 2293		Aruba. 100 Florins, 1996. KM-17. Weight 0.1944 ounce. Mintage 535 struck. 10th Anniversary of Autonomy. Queen Beatrix. Choice Brilliant Proof. Estimate Value $250 - 300 View details and enlarged photos	Realized $341
Lot 2294		Australia -South Australia. Adelaide Pound, 1852. Fr-3; KM-2. Type 2. Rare. Victoria. Central crown with date below, surrounded by fancy scroll and beaded circle, outside of which is the prominent legend of Australia's first mint. Reverse: "Value One Pound" in ornamental circle, weight and fineness of the gold declared in surrounding legend. Light abrasions in the soft gold but still a really pleasing example with mint-fresh satiny luster. One of the true classics among gold coins of the world! NGC graded MS-63. WINGS. Estimate Value $30,000 - 35,000 At first the British colony of South Australia was an agricultural refuge for Englishmen wishing to be part of a new life away from queen and country. Most came to Australia as indentured laborers knowing that, in time, they too could claim their own space for farming in the vast continent down under. Suddenly, in the early 1850s, gold was discovered and this sleepy colony saw the immigration of a horde of gold-hungry prospectors. The sleepy town of Adelaide, capital of the region, was nearly abandoned by its merchants and other citizens as they rushed to the nearby gold fields. Within a few short years, it became a city built on gold. Successful prospectors hauled their raw ore and gold dust into Adelaide, where it was used, as is, for every sort of transaction. But it was not efficient or exact. For a few months all that was seen was gold in this unrefined state. Sensing the need of commerce, the colonial treasurer and the bank manager decided to take action. They could not legally issue "British coins" but they could cause gold "tokens" of solid value to be made from the raw ore. The nascent South Australian Legislative Council passed a Bullion Act in 1852 which became the law that backed Australia's first money. The mint was called the Government Assay Office. It performed its duties virtually at the identical time and in the same manner as was being done thousands of miles away, by the territorial minters of old California. As was true in the New Land's west, Adelaide also first issued gold ingots, but they were not practical. By the end of November 1852, the assay office was busy minting its Adelaide Pounds. Local die-cutters were used. The design was simple but profound. When you held one of these coins, you knew you had real money, true value. It was spelled out right on the coins! The first reverse die used for minting broke almost immediately. A crack appeared at the top of the legend running from the inner beading to the rim left of "DWT". A new, very similar but not identical die was quickly prepared. It was used to strike almost all Adelaide gold Pounds in existence today (without the die-crack, as we see in this lot). The Assay Office was successfully processing gold dust into these beautiful new coins; commerce was being served without any assistance from the authorities in London, thousands of miles away. Then by ship a royal warrant arrived permitting a British coinage for the colony, and the Assay Office was closed. Within four months, no more coins were made at the first Australian mint. The entire issue of gold consisted of some 25,000 coins, almost all of them being of the second-dies combination, or Type 2. Soon the money used in the colony bore the Young Head portrait of Queen Victoria, with a distinctive reverse design for the new Sydney Mint. These were British gold coins. Within months they replaced the Adelaide Pounds. But what became of Australia's first coins? Most were melted. Many survivors were damaged or made into jewelry. It was decades before numismatists around the world knew about the first gold coins of Australia, by which time most had long perished. The very finest remaining coins generally exhibit small abrasions, as they were made of nearly pure, soft gold ore. Owning an Adelaide gold Pound in any condition is rare. Rarer still is the chance to own a coin looking almost exactly as it fell from the dies 165 years ago. View details and enlarged photos	Realized $27,025
Lot 2295		Australia. Sovereign, 1855 (Sydney). Fr-9; KM-2. Victoria. Scarce early date. NGC graded EF-40. Estimate Value $2,000 - 2,200 View details and enlarged photos	Realized $3,995
Lot 2296		Australia. Sovereign, 1856 (Sydney). Fr-9; KM-2. Victoria. Well struck example, light bag marks, strong hair detail with original mint luster. Very scarce in top grades. NGC graded AU-55. Estimate Value $3,000 - 3,500 View details and enlarged photos	Realized $4,994
Lot 2297		Australia. Sovereign, 1857 (Sydney). Fr-10; KM-4. Victoria. NGC graded VF-30. Estimate Value $275 - 325 View details and enlarged photos	Realized $441
Lot 2298		Australia. ½ Sovereign, 1857 (Sydney). Fr-10a; KM-3. Victoria. NGC graded Very Fine, Details (Damaged). Estimate Value $250 - 300 View details and enlarged photos	Realized $274
Lot 2299		Australia. Sovereign, 1858 (Sydney). Fr-10; KM-4. Victoria. NGC graded EF-45. Estimate Value $800 - 1,000 View details and enlarged photos	Realized $1,410
Lot 2300		Australia. ½ Sovereign, 1858 (Sydney). Fr-10a; KM-3. Victoria. NGC graded EF-40. Estimate Value $400 - 450 View details and enlarged photos	Realized $447
Lot 2301		Australia. Sovereign, 1859 (Sydney). Fr-10; KM-4. Victoria. Lustrous. NGC graded AU-58. Estimate Value $800 - 1,000 View details and enlarged photos	Realized $969
Lot 2302		Australia. Sovereign, 1860 (Sydney). Fr-10; KM-4. Victoria. PCGS graded AU-50. Estimate Value $500 - 550 View details and enlarged photos	Realized $1,293
Lot 2303		Australia. Sovereign, 1861 (Sydney). Fr-10; KM-4. Victoria. NGC graded AU-55. Estimate Value $450 - 500 View details and enlarged photos	Realized $646
Lot 2304		Australia. Sovereign, 1862 (Sydney). Fr-10; KM-4. Victoria. PCGS graded EF-45. WINGS. Estimate Value $400 - 450 View details and enlarged photos	Realized $470
Lot 2305		Australia. ½ Sovereign, 1862 (Sydney). Fr-10a; KM-3. Victoria. NGC graded VF-35. Estimate Value $250 - 300 View details and enlarged photos	Realized $282
Lot 2306		Australia. Sovereign, 1863 (Sydney). Fr-10; KM-4. Victoria. PCGS graded EF-40. Estimate Value $300 - 350 View details and enlarged photos	Realized $441
Lot 2307		Australia. Sovereign, 1863 (Sydney). KM-4. Victoria. Light edge nicks. Very Fine. Estimate Value $275 - 325 View details and enlarged photos	Realized $376
Lot 2308		Australia. Sovereign, 1864 (Sydney). Fr-10; KM-4. Victoria. NGC graded AU-58. Estimate Value $600 - 700 View details and enlarged photos	Realized $599
Lot 2309		Australia. ½ Sovereign, 1864 (Sydney). Fr-10a; KM-3. Victoria. NGC graded EF-45. Estimate Value $450 - 500 View details and enlarged photos	Realized $447
Lot 2310		Australia. Sovereign, 1865 (Sydney). Fr-10; KM-4. Victoria. NGC graded MS-61. Estimate Value $800 - 1,000 View details and enlarged photos	Realized $1,586
Lot 2311		Australia. Sovereign, 1866 (Sydney). Fr-10; KM-4. Victoria. NGC graded MS-62. Estimate Value $800 - 1,000 View details and enlarged photos	Realized $1,058
Lot 2312		Australia. Sovereign, 1867 (Sydney). Fr-10; KM-4. Victoria. NGC graded MS-61. Estimate Value $600 - 700 View details and enlarged photos	Realized $793
Lot 2313		Australia. Sovereign, 1868 (Sydney). Fr-10; KM-4. Victoria. NGC graded MS-61. Estimate Value $600 - 700 View details and enlarged photos	Realized $940
Lot 2314		Australia. Sovereign, 1870 (Sydney). Fr-10; KM-4. Victoria. NGC graded AU-58. WINGS. Estimate Value $400 - 450 View details and enlarged photos	Realized $517
Lot 2315		Australia. Sovereign, 1877-S. Fr-11; KM-6. Victoria. Shield reverse. NGC graded MS-62. Estimate Value $450 - 500 View details and enlarged photos	Realized $617
Lot 2316		Australia. Sovereign, 1879-M. Fr-16; KM-7. Victoria. St. George reverse. NGC graded MS-62. WINGS. Estimate Value $450 - 500 View details and enlarged photos	Realized $494
Lot 2317		Australia. Sovereign, 1906-M. Fr-33; KM-15. Weight 0.2355 ounce. Edward VII. NGC graded MS-63. WINGS. Estimate Value $325 - 375 View details and enlarged photos	Realized $376
Lot 2318		Australia. Sovereign, 1906-M. Fr-33; KM-15. Weight 0.2355 ounce. Edward VII. NGC graded MS-63. WINGS. Estimate Value $325 - 375 View details and enlarged photos	Realized $353
Lot 2319		Australia. Sovereign, 1906-M. Fr-33; KM-15. Weight 0.2355 ounce. Edward VII. NGC graded MS-62. WINGS. Estimate Value $300 - 350 View details and enlarged photos	Realized $329
Lot 2320		Australia. Sovereign, 1906-M. Fr-33; KM-15. Weight 0.2355 ounce. Edward VII. NGC graded MS-62. WINGS. Estimate Value $300 - 350 View details and enlarged photos	Realized $353
Lot 2321		Australia. Sovereign, 1906-M. Fr-33; KM-15. Weight 0.2355 ounce. Edward VII. NGC graded MS-62. WINGS. Estimate Value $300 - 350 View details and enlarged photos	Realized $353
Lot 2322		Australia. Sovereign, 1931-M. Fr-39; KM-32. George V. NGC graded MS-62. WINGS. Estimate Value $450 - 500 View details and enlarged photos	Realized $646
Lot 2323		Australia. 200 Dollars, 1981. KM-73. Weight 0.2948 ounce. Elizabeth II. Wedding of Prince Charles and Lady Diana. Choice Brilliant Uncirculated. Estimate Value $300 - 350 View details and enlarged photos	Realized $388
Lot 2324		Australia. 200 Dollars, 1981. KM-73. Weight 0.2948 ounce. Elizabeth II. Wedding of Prince Charles and Lady Diana. Choice Brilliant Uncirculated. Estimate Value $300 - 350 View details and enlarged photos	Realized $376
Lot 2325		Australia. 200 Dollars, 1982. KM-76. Weight 0.2948 ounce. Elizabeth II. Reverse; XII Commonwealth Games-Brisbane. Choice Brilliant Proof. Estimate Value $300 - 350 View details and enlarged photos	Realized $376
Lot 2326		Australia. 200 Dollars, 1982. KM-76. Weight 0.2948 ounce. Elizabeth II. Reverse; XII Commonwealth Games-Brisbane. Choice Brilliant Uncirculated. Estimate Value $300 - 350 View details and enlarged photos	Realized $376
Lot 2327		Australia. 200 Dollars, 1986. KM-86. Weight 0.2948 ounce. Elizabeth II. Reverse; Koala in tree. Choice Brilliant Proof. Estimate Value $300 - 350 View details and enlarged photos	Realized $400
Lot 2328		Australia. 200 Dollars, 1987. KM-94. Weight 0.2948 ounce. Elizabeth II. Reverse; Arthur Phillip. Choice Brilliant Proof. Estimate Value $300 - 350 View details and enlarged photos	Realized $400
Lot 2329		Australia. 200 Dollars, 1988. KM-115. Weight 0.2948 ounce. Elizabeth II. Bicentennial of Australia. Captain Arthur Phillip. Choice Brilliant Proof. Estimate Value $300 - 350 View details and enlarged photos	Realized $400
Lot 2330		Australia. 25 Dollars, 1998. KM-Unlisted. ¼ Ounce. Two kangaroos. Choice Uncirculated. Estimate Value $250 - 300 View details and enlarged photos	Realized $323
Lot 2331		Austria: Salzburg. Ducat, 1761. Fr-865; KM-381. Sigmund III. Bust right. Reverse; Cardinal's hat above oval shield. Attractive original mint luster. NGC graded MS-62. WINGS. Estimate Value $800 - 1,000 View details and enlarged photos	Realized $1,058
Lot 2332		Austria. 4 Ducats, 1874. Fr-487; KM-2276. Weight 0.4426 ounce. Franz Joseph I. Laureate, armored bust right. Reverse; Crowned imperial eagle. Scarce early date. NGC graded AU-58. WINGS. Estimate Value $1,250 - 1,500 View details and enlarged photos	Realized $2,703
Lot 2333		Austria. 4 Ducats, 1889. KM-2276. (13.6 grams). Franz Joseph I. Holed, ex-jewelry. About Very Fine. Estimate Value $400 - 450 View details and enlarged photo	Realized $588
Lot 2334		Austria. 100 Corona, 1915. KM-2819. Weight 0.9802 ounce. Franz Joseph I. Restrike. Uncirculated. Estimate Value $1,050 - 1,100 View details and enlarged photos	Realized $1,293
Lot 2335		Austria. 100 Schilling, 1931. Fr-520; KM-2842. Weight 0.6807 ounce. Imperial Eagle. Reverse; Value and date flanked by edelweiss sprays. NGC graded MS-64 Prooflike. WINGS. Estimate Value $800 - 1,000 View details and enlarged photos	Realized $1,116
Lot 2336		Austria. 25 Schilling, 1931. Fr-521; KM-2841. Weight 0.1702 ounce. Imperial eagle. Reverse: Value. NGC graded MS-64. WINGS. Estimate Value $225 - 250 View details and enlarged photos	Realized $247
Lot 2337		Austria. 1000 Schilling, 1976. KM-2933. Weight 0.3906 ounce. Babenberg Dynasty Millennium. Choice Brilliant Uncirculated. Estimate Value $375 - 400 View details and enlarged photos	Realized $558
Lot 2338		Bahamas. 200 Dollars, 1974. KM-58. Weight 0.3219 ounce. Elizabeth II. Reverse; National arms. Choice Brilliant Uncirculated. Estimate Value $300 - 325 View details and enlarged photos	Realized $411
Lot 2339		Bahamas. 50 Dollars, 1974. KM-52. Weight 0.2414 ounce. Spiny Lobster. Choice Brilliant Proof. Estimate Value $250 - 275 View details and enlarged photos	Realized $317
Lot 2340		Bahamas. 100 Dollars, 1991. KM-151. Weight 0.1875. Elizabeth II. Discovery of New World. Mintage 500 struck. NGC graded Proof 66. Estimate Value $250 - 275 View details and enlarged photos	Realized $282
Lot 2341		Belgium. 20 Francs, 1875. Fr-412; KM-37. Weight 0.1867 ounce. Position A. Leopold II. NGC graded MS-65. WINGS. Estimate Value $300 - 350 View details and enlarged photos	Realized $329

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