Goldberg Coins and Collectibles

Sale 91

June 2016 Pre-Long Beach

Classic Head Cents

Lot	Photo	Description	Realized
Lot 262		1808 S-277 R2 EF40. Sharpness EF45 or slightly better and choice except for a dull nick at the dentils over the L in LIBERTY plus a smaller nick in the dentils at star 3 and another at the bottom of the reverse. Very attractive glossy light brown and tan with steel brown highpoints. Great eye appeal in spite of the few small marks. MDS, Breen state IV. Star 1 is weak but visible, the weakness caused by die failure at the opposing area on the reverse. Estimated Value $4,000-UP Ex Syracuse Coin Shop-unknown-Denis Loring 4/27/2007-Daniel W. Holmes, Jr., McCawley & Grellman Auctions/Goldbergs 9/6/2009:549-R. J. Rudolph Collection (Holmes collection envelope and Goldberg lot ticket included). View details and enlarged photos	Realized $5,405
Lot 263		Trio of Classic Head Cents, 1808-1810. Includes 1808 S-277 R2 M-LDS with die cracks on the reverse and star 1 weak from die failure VF20 net F12 for fine roughness, 1809 S-280 R2 MDS G6, and 1810/09 R1 Overdate 10 over 09 MDS F15 net VG8 for light granularity. All have a clear date. Lot of 3 coins. Estimated Value $250-UP Ex Ed Miller Collection. View details	Realized $517
Lot 264		1808 S-278 R3 F15. Sharpness VF35 but there is a scuff of fine scratches on the portrait and a few more on the rim under the date. The scratches are old and blend perfectly into the attractive glossy medium chocolate brown toning. EDS, Breen state I. The die lines at S-O and F-A are clear. Estimated Value $200-UP Ex R. J. Rudolph Collection. View details and enlarged photos	Realized $646
Lot 265		Quartet of Classic Head Cents, 1808-1811. Includes 1808 S-278 R3 VF20 net VG10 for corrosion spots, 1809 S-280 R2 G6 net G4 for scratches, 1810 S-282 R2 G5, and 1811 S-287 R2 VG7. All have a clear date and legends. Lot of 4 coins. Estimated Value $250-UP Ex R. J. Rudolph Collection. View details	Realized $564
Lot 266		Trio of Classic Head Cents, 1808-1812. Includes 1808 S-278 R3 LDS VG10 net VG7 for fine scratches, 1810 S-284 R3 MDS VG10 net VG7 for minor roughness, and 1812 S-290 R1 Small Date EDS VG10 net VG8 for a few small spots of corrosion. All have a clear date. Lot of 3 coins. Estimated Value $200-UP Ex Ed Miller Collection. View details	Realized $306
Lot 267		1808 S-279 R1 VF20. Glossy light olive brown and steel mixed with splashes of reddish chocolate brown on the reverse. The surfaces are smooth and the only mark is a pinprick just right of the second S in STATES. LDS. Estimated Value $350-UP Ex McCawley & Grellman Auctions 1/11/1997:269-Ed Miller Collection. View details and enlarged photos	Realized $541
Lot 268		Group of 26 Classic Head Cents, 1808-1814, grading Basal State-1 to AG3. Average grade is Fair-2. Includes 1808 (3), 1809 (2), 1810 (8), 1811, 1812 (6), 1813 (5), and 1814. Some are sharper with defects but all have a readable date (although a few are weak). Lot of 26 coins. Estimated Value $100-UP From the Charles Skiendzielewski collection. View details	Realized $617
Lot 269		Group of 9 Classic Head Cents, 1808-1810, grading G4 to G6. Average grade is G5. Includes 1808 (3), 1809, and 1810 (5). Some are sharper with defects but all have a clear date. Lot of 9 coins. Estimated Value $200-UP From the Charles Skiendzielewski collection. View details	Realized $734
Lot 270		Group of 6 Classic Head Cents, 1808-1814, grading VG7 to VG10. Includes 1808 S-277, 1808 S-278, 1810/09 S-281, 1813 S-292, 1814 S-294 Crosslet 4, and 1814 S-295 Plain 4. Some are sharper with defects but all have a strong date. Lot of 6 coins. Estimated Value $200-UP From the Charles Skiendzielewski collection. View details	Realized $969
Lot 271		1809 S-280 R2 NGC graded AU55. Frosty dark steel brown and chocolate. The reverse is lustrous but the luster on the obverse is a bit subdued due to a thin layer of natural oxidation. The surfaces are smooth and choice except for a very faint hairline scratch on the cheek and some extremely faint roughness at stars 5-7. MDS, Breen state VI, with die cracks at the top of the wreath. Our grade is AU50 sharpness net EF40. Estimated Value $3,000-UP Ex Colonial Trading Company-Dr. Willard J. Carmel, Jr., Superior 9/7/1997:77-R. J. Rudolph Collection (lot ticket included). View details and enlarged photos	Realized $5,640
Lot 272		1809 S-280 R2 VF20. Sharpness VF35 but the majority of the planchet is covered with microscopic roughness that is partially hidden under attractive chocolate and olive brown toning. There are a couple fine scratches hidden in the toning on the portrait and a collection of tiny pits under NE in ONE. No verdigris. Nicely struck E-MDS, Breen state II, with a single die crack from the E in STATES to the wreath. The repunching on the 9 is obvious. Estimated Value $750-UP Ex R. J. Rudolph Collection. View details and enlarged photos	Realized $823
Lot 273		1810 S-283 R2 VF20. Sharpness EF40 but the field before the face has been smoothed in an attempt to remove a few dull scratches. Otherwise the only notable mark is a shallow dig on the truncation over the 8 in the date. Recolored a rather glossy reddish chocolate brown and darker olive brown. E-MDS. Estimated Value $300-UP Ex McCawley & Grellman Auctions/Superior 2/8/1998:1052-R. J. Rudolph Collection (lot ticket included). View details and enlarged photos	Realized $969
Lot 274		Trio of Classic Head Cents, 1810-1812. Includes 1810 S-283 R2 LDS VG10, 1812 S-289 R1 LDS VG7, and 1812 S-291 R2 Small Date MDS VG10. An attractive group, all glossy chocolate and olive brown. Lot of 3 coins. Estimated Value $150-UP Ex Ed Miller Collection. View details	Realized $617
Lot 275		1810 S-285 R2 F12+. Glossy light chocolate brown. Smooth and attractive, free of any notable defects. MDS with die clashmarks inside the wreath. Estimated Value $250-UP From the Charles Skiendzielewski collection. View details and enlarged photos	Realized $564
Lot 276		1811/10 S-286 R3 Overdate 11 over 10 VG10+. Choice glossy medium chocolate brown and steel with a small area of reddish chocolate toning at NIT in UNITED. Smooth and attractive for the grade, close to F12. No notable marks, roughness, or verdigris. MDS. The date and legends are strong and the overdate is obvious. Estimated Value $300-UP Ex Bill Panitch 8/1978-the Rod Burress Collection. View details and enlarged photos	Realized $940
Lot 277		1811 S-287 R2 NGC graded AU58. Glossy chocolate brown and steel with flowline luster covering the fields and protected areas on both sides. Looks choice to the unaided eye, but a glass reveals a small spot of corrosion at the dentil tips under both 1's in the date and a couple more tiny ones over NE in ONE. Each of these small spots has been smoothed to remove the verdigris. Otherwise this cent is beautiful. MDS, Breen state III, with a subtle bulge from the second 1 in the date through star 13 to star 12. Our grade is EF45 sharpness net EF40. Estimated Value $2,000-UP Ex R. J. Rudolph Collection. View details and enlarged photos	Realized $3,995
Lot 278		1811 S-287 R2 PCGS graded AU55, CAC Approved. Glossy chocolate brown delicately mixed with slightly lighter and darker shades of brown and chocolate. Attractive satiny mint luster covers all but the highest points of the devices and the eye appeal is excellent. A tiny flake on the diagonal of the N in CENT is the best identifying mark. LDS, Breen state VI, with the upper points of stars 8 & 9 bent towards the rim due to flowline wear. A nice cent. Our grade is AU50. The attribution and March Wells provenance are noted on the PCGS Label. Estimated Value $3,000-UP Ex March Wells, McCawley & Grellman Auctions/Goldbergs 2/1/2009:630-R. J. Rudolph Collection (lot ticket included). View details and enlarged photos	Realized $4,583
Lot 279		1811 S-287 R2 VF30. Sharpness EF40 or slightly better but there is an area of fine roughness at UNITED, strongest at ED where there are specks of raised verdigris. Otherwise the surfaces are smooth and very attractive, and the obverse is choice. Glossy chocolate brown and steel. Sharply struck EDS, Breen state I. There are no bulges or die clashmarks and the dentils are sharp. A nice example in spite of the area of minor roughness on the reverse. Estimated Value $500-UP Ex R. J. Rudolph Collection. View details and enlarged photos	Realized $1,087
Lot 280		Group of 15 Classic Head Cents, 1811-1814, grading G4 to G6. Average grade is G5. Includes 1811 (2), 1812 (8), 1813, and 1814 (4). Some are sharper with defects but all have a clear date. Lot of 15 coins. Estimated Value $300-UP From the Charles Skiendzielewski collection. View details	Realized $940
Lot 281		1812 S-288 R2 Large Date ANACS graded Unc Details Reverse Corroded Net EF40. Lustrous olive and dark bluish steel. The obverse is choice with outstanding eye appeal but there is fine roughness along the left edge of the reverse affecting UNITED STAT plus a patch of similar roughness under the end of the wreath stem. Specks of shallow verdigris are visible in those roughened areas. Otherwise the reverse is choice as well. LDS, Breen state III. The legend at the upper part of the reverse is solidly joined to the rim. Our grade is MS60 sharpness net EF40, consistent with the ANACS assessment. The attribution is noted on the ANACS label. Estimated Value $1,000-UP Ex R. J. Rudolph Collection. View details and enlarged photos	Realized $1,469
Lot 282		1812 S-289 R1 Large Date VF25. Choice glossy medium chocolate brown with lots of frosty lighter brown in protected areas, especially on the reverse. Smooth and quite nice for the grade, void of any notable marks or other defects. MDS with die clashmarks inside the wreath. In addition stars 1-7 are sharply doubled as is the truncation of the bust over the first 1, a result of die bounce. The repunching at the left top of the 2 remains clear. Estimated Value $400-UP Ex Del Bland-Darwin B. Palmer 6/1974-the Rod Burress Collection. View details and enlarged photos	Realized $2,056
Lot 283		1812 S-290 R1 Small Date VF35. Five points sharper but there is a small pinprick in the center of the cheek, a light diagonal nick right of star 3, and a fine scratch between the date and star 13. Otherwise this cent is choice and the eye appeal remains outstanding. Frosty medium steel brown and light chocolate. Flowline luster shows in the protected areas on both sides. MDS, Breen state II late, with a raised ridge along the top of STATES OF and dull die clashmarks on both sides. Estimated Value $750-UP Ex McCawley & Grellman Auctions/Superior 2/8/1998:1068-R. J. Rudolph Collection (lot ticket included). View details and enlarged photos	Realized $1,469
Lot 284		1812 S-290 R1 Small Date F12. Sharpness EF45 but covered with uniform microscopic granularity on the obverse and moderate roughness on the reverse. Microscopic specks of greenish verdigris are scattered over the reverse, but it takes a glass to see them. No notable contact marks. Slightly glossy medium to dark chocolate brown. EDS. Estimated Value $200-UP Ex Heritage 1/1997:5039-R. J. Rudolph Collection (lot ticket included). View details and enlarged photos	Realized $423
Lot 285		Trio of Classic Head Cents, 1812-1814. Includes 1812 S-290 R1 Small Date VG10, 1813 S-292 R2 G5, and 1814 S-295 R1 Plain 4 MDS EF45 net VF20 for light corrosion. All have a clear date and complete legends. Lot of 3 coins. Estimated Value $300-UP Ex R. J. Rudolph Collection. View details	Realized $517
Lot 286		Pair of Classic Head Cents, 1812 & 1813. Includes 1812 S-291 R2 Small Date LDS (Breen state IV) VF30 net F15 for microscopic granularity, and 1813 S-292 R2 LDS (Breen state V) VF35 net VG8 for a dent on the face. Lot of 2 coins. Estimated Value $200-UP Both from the Rod Burress Collection. View details	Realized $376
Lot 287		1813 S-292 R2 VG7+. Off Center. Very slightly sharper with microscopic roughness under rather glossy chocolate brown and olive toning. No verdigris, only a few minor contact marks. The notable marks are three nicks that look like incuse dentils on the unstruck part of the rim behind the head. Struck 10-15% off center to K-8 leaving the bottom part of the 18, stars 1-5, and most of UNITED STATES off the planchet. An attractive mint error in spite of the imperfect surfaces. Estimated Value $750-UP Ex Ed Miller Collection. View details and enlarged photos	Realized $646
Lot 288		1813 S-293 R2 NGC graded AU50. Frosty olive brown with slightly lighter chocolate brown toning on the devices. No roughness or verdigris, only minor contact marks. The notable ones are a pinprick on the bust, a few more in the field right of star 2, and a very light scratch between stars 4 & 5. E-MDS, Breen state IV (Breen's die states II and IV are reversed), with a fine die crack through the tops of ITED and through the bottoms of ED-S. The dentils are clearly defined around the entire obverse and most of the reverse. A nice example of this Classic Head cent. Our grade is EF40 sharpness net VF35. Estimated Value $1,500-UP Ex Superior 9/7/1997:931-R. J. Rudolph Collection (lot ticket included). View details and enlarged photos	Realized $2,350
Lot 289		1813 S-293 R2 F15. Sharpness near EF40 but both sides have been lightly burnished and most of the dentils on the obverse have been skillfully strengthened. Otherwise free of marks. Recolored glossy dark chocolate brown and steel with traces of lighter tan in protected areas on the reverse. EDS. Estimated Value $200-UP Ex McCawley & Grellman Auctions/Superior 2/8/1999:2571-R. J. Rudolph Collection (lot ticket included). View details and enlarged photos	Realized $646
Lot 290		1813 S-293 R2 F15. Sharpness VF35 but there are patches of shallow corrosion and verdigris on the reverse, mostly at ON in ONE. The only contact mark of any importance is a dull rim nick at the top of the obverse. Frosty medium steel blending to dark steel and olive in protected areas. MDS. Estimated Value $200-UP Ex Heritage 1/1997:5040-R. J. Rudolph Collection (lot ticket included). View details and enlarged photos	Realized $423
Lot 291		1814 S-294 R1 Crosslet 4 EF45. Choice frosty medium chocolate brown and steel. Flowline luster covers the fields and protected areas and this cent offers outstanding eye appeal for the grade. The only marks are a couple tiny ticks in the field over star 1 and a few microscopic pinpricks under the ear lobe. MDS. Estimated Value $1,500-UP Ex Superior 9/7/1997:87-R. J. Rudolph Collection (lot ticket included). View details and enlarged photos	Realized $3,408
Lot 292		Group of 20 Cents, 1797-1848, Graded Basal State-1. A group of cull cents. Most are sharper with damage or corrosion but with a readable date. Lot of 20 coins. Estimated Value $100-UP View details	Realized $259
Lot 293		Group of 6 Large Cents, 1802-1856. Includes 1802 AG3, 1803 VG7, 1805 G4, 1812 AG3, 1856 Uncirculated but scratched, and 1856 AU but cleaned. Lot of 6 coins. Estimated Value $100-UP View details	Realized $376