Goldberg Coins and Collectibles

Sale 53

Pre-Long Beach Coin and Currency Auction

Colonial Coinage

Lot	Photo	Description	Realized
Lot 51		1783 Washington Cent with Small Military Bust and Plain Edge Breen-1202. PCGS graded AU-58. Frosty reddish chocolate and olive brown with hints of very faded red showing through in a couple places thanks to an old cleaning. Very sharply struck. The only marks are some microscopic ticks in the fields on both sides. Pop 4; 1 finer in 62. Estimated Value $1,700 - 1,800. The Mark Gordon Collection. View details and enlarged photos	Realized $1,610
Lot 52		1783 Washington Cent with Large Military Bust Breen-1203. PCGS graded MS-62 Brown. Very attractive glossy chocolate brown with frosty lighter brown toning in protected areas. No spots or stains, only a few microscopic ticks in the fields on both sides plus a collection of tiny planchet chips in the field over the outstretched arm of the seated figure. The fields are slightly reflective, especially in areas protected by the legends where the fields appear prooflike. Sharply struck. Excellent eye appeal for the grade. Pop 8; 1 finer in 63. Estimated Value $2,500 - 3,000. The Mark Gordon Collection. View details and enlarged photos	Unsold
Lot 53		(c.1783) Washington Double Head Cent. PCGS graded AU-50. Pop 29 (PCGS # 692) . Estimated Value $600 - 650. View details and enlarged photos Check results on similar lots	Realized $661
Lot 54		(1815-1820) Washington Double-Head Cent Breen-1204. NGC graded MS-61 Brown. Glossy light olive and medium chocolate brown. Smooth surfaces with only a few trivial contact marks, including a tiny pinprick on the forehead on the ONE CENT side. Sharply struck and nicely centered on the planchet. Variety with a plain edge. In a new NGC 4 pronged holder. Pop 1; 3 finer, 1 in 62, 2 in 63. Estimated Value $1,700 - 1,900. The Mark Gordon Collection. View details and enlarged photos	Unsold
Lot 55		(1815-1820) Washington Double-Head Cent Breen-1204. VF-25. Sharpness EF45 but there are several light rim bruises on both sides and delicate scuff marks in the fields. Glossy chocolate brown with frosty mint luster showing in protected areas. Sharply struck. Estimated Value $60 - 80. View details and enlarged photos	Realized $150
Lot 56		1791 Washington Cent with Large Eagle Reverse Breen-1206. PCGS graded MS-64 Brown. Lustrous chocolate and steel brown with generous traces of faded mint color remaining on the obverse. There is a narrow swipe of reddish chocolate toning under the first 1 in the date and a few more scattered over the top of the reverse. A thin pre-striking planchet void on the cheek is the only other mark on otherwise flawless surfaces. Both sides are covered with a thin layer of natural oxidation, but the fields below are smooth and reflective. This piece may be prooflike, especially on the obverse, if the oxidation is carefully brushed away. Great eye appeal for the grade. Pop 22; 5 finer, 4 in 65, 1 in 66. Estimated Value $4,000 - 4,500. The Mark Gordon Collection. View details and enlarged photos	Realized $3,910
Lot 57		1791 Washington Cent with Large Eagle Reverse Breen-1206. Fine-15. Considerably sharper but there are numerous rim bruises around both sides, the strongest one at the right side of the reverse. Very attractive glossy chocolate brown with smooth, virtually mark-free surfaces except for the bruises around the rims. Estimated Value $150 - 200. View details	Realized $230
Lot 58		1791 Washington Cent with Small Eagle Reverse Breen-1217. PCGS graded MS-63 Brown. Choice glossy chocolate brown blending into a slightly lighter shade of steel brown in the protected areas. Great luster and eye appeal. The only marks are a few microscopic hairlines in the obverse fields. Pop 13; 29 finer, 19 in 64, 6 in 65, 4 in 66. Estimated Value $3,500 - 3,800. The Mark Gordon Collection. View details and enlarged photos	Unsold
Lot 59		1791 Washington Cent with Small Eagle Reverse Breen-1217. NGC graded AU-53. Attractive glossy chocolate brown with darker steel brown toning on the highpoints and frosty lighter brown in protected areas. No marks or other defects on smooth, choice surfaces. Just a bit of loose dirt in some of the protected areas around ONE CENT. Estimated Value $600 - 800. View details and enlarged photos	Realized $1,200
Lot 60		1793/2 Washington Ship Halfpenny with Lettered Edge Breen-1225. PCGS graded AU-58. Glossy chocolate and steel brown, a shade or two lighter in the protected areas around the legends. No spots or stains. The only notable mark is a shallow planchet flake in the field behind the head. MDS with obvious swelling on the reverse. The undertype 2 is no longer visible due to die wear, but the date and legends remain bold. Pop 8; 8 finer. Estimated Value $1,000 - 1,200. The Mark Gordon Collection. View details and enlarged photos	Realized $978
Lot 61		(1795) Washington Liberty & Security Penny Breen-1254. PCGS graded MS-64 Brown. Choice glossy chocolate brown with traces of faded mint color remaining on both sides. The surfaces are smooth and flawless, nearly prooflike, except for a shallow planchet fissure from the B in LIBERTY into the left top of the adjacent shield, as struck. Sharply struck except for on the lower stars in the shield, which are relatively weak as they are opposite Washington's head. Variety with the usual "ASYLUM" edge, which is shorthand for the politically significant edge inscription "AN ASYLUM FOR THE OPPRES'D OF ALL NATIONS". The edge inscription is not readable in the slab, but it is noted on the PCGS label. Pop 18; 4 finer, 3 in 65, 1 in 66. Estimated Value $3,000 - 3,500. The Mark Gordon Collection. View details and enlarged photos	Unsold
Lot 62		1795 Washington Grate Halfpenny with Large Buttons Breen-1271. PCGS graded MS-63 Brown. Attractive frosty bluish steel and light olive with slightly faded mint red surrounding the legends on both sides. Sharply struck and nearly flawless. The only marks are a trio of small spots of darker toning on the reverse, including one at the peak of the 1 in the date. Variety with the diagonally reeded edge. The large buttons and reeded edge features are noted on the PCGS label. Pop 43; 23 finer, 19 in 64, 4 in 65. Estimated Value $900 - 1,000. The Mark Gordon Collection. View details and enlarged photos	Realized $1,150
Lot 63		1796 Myddelton Pattern Halfpenny in Copper Breen-1074 Rarity-7. PCGS graded Proof 64 Red & Brown. Frosty chocolate and steel with 15-20% of the original mint color remaining. The surfaces are nearly flawless and offer outstanding eye appeal. No spots or stains, the only mark being a faint hairline scratch in the field below SETTLEMENT. Sharply struck and very attractive, although the fields do not have the reflectivity you expect for a proof strike. Nonetheless, these are all considered to be proofs, perhaps because they were samples made for the client rather than pieces actually struck for commerce. The client was Philip Parry Price Myddelton, an Englishman with a large tract of land in Kentucky. He ordered these halfpenny samples for a coinage he expected would be needed for the colonists he was encouraging to emigrate to his lands in Kentucky. (He also had pieces struck in silver from these same dies, possibly as pattern florins. The silver version is more common than the ones struck in copper.) The devices he had placed on these samples were admittedly beautiful but they brought out the ire of the British government. The reverse was especially egregious in this regard. It depicts Britannia with her head down, her spear pointed to the ground (a symbol of defeat), and the scales of Justice and the fasces bundle on the ground where a Liberty Cap has sprung up. Hindsight suggests his coinage designs went too far and amounted to sticking his thumb into the eye of the British Government. Myddelton's ambitious project was quickly halted and he was thrown into jail. We, however, are left with Kentucky and these small, extremely rare pieces of history to help us recall Myddelton's ambitious project. Pop 2; none finer at either service. Estimated Value $17,000 - 20,000. The Mark Gordon Collection. View details and enlarged photos	Realized $16,100
Lot 64		1787 Fugio Cent Newman 9-Q Rarity-5. ANACS graded Details of VF-20,Corroded. Sharpness at least VF20 but covered with uniform fine roughness that dulls the surfaces. There are traces of microscopic verdigris in some of the protected areas. The only marks are a small planchet void under the G in FUGIO and a larger one inside the ring left of TA in STATES (both as struck), plus a pair of old pinscratches slanting through WE ARE in the center of the reverse. The date and legends are complete and easily readable, although the middle two digits in the date are relatively weak. Unlisted late die state with a clear horizontal die crack from the rim through ring number 4, which explains the reason for retirement of this otherwise serviceable reverse die. An important discovery piece for the specialist. Our grade is net VG10. Estimated Value $250 - 300. View details and enlarged photos	Unsold
Lot 65		1787 Fugio Cent Newman 20-X Rarity-5. VF-20. STATES UNITED type. Glossy medium brown and light chocolate with a few tiny splashes of darker chocolate brown on the upper left of the obverse. No planchet defects, and the only notable marks are a couple barely visible hairline scratches on the upper part of the reverse. The date and legends are complete and clear. MDS with fine die cracks and clashmarks on the obverse. Estimated Value $500 - 750. View details and enlarged photos	Realized $575
Lot 66		1787 Fugio Cent New Haven Restrike in Copper Newman 104-FF Rarity-5. PCGS graded MS-64 Brown. Frosty golden steel brown blending to chocolate in protected areas. No spots, stains, or contact marks. Essentially as struck except that the original color has mellowed over the years so that the original red is gone. Late die state. Both sides show traces of very fine die rust and there are a couple meandering die cracks on the obverse. These "Restrikes" were struck circa 1859 using a pair of dies that are quite similar to the originals, possibly even reworked original dies. Examples were struck in gold, silver, red copper, and yellow copper. The example offered here is red copper. Pop 14; 4 finer, 2 in 65, 2 in 66. Estimated Value $800 - 900. The Mark Gordon Collection. View details and enlarged photos	Realized $1,035
Lot 67		Trio of Connecticut Coppers. Includes 1787 Miller 33.19-Z.2 R5 F12, 1787 M33.36-T.2 R2 VF20, and 1788 M2-D R1 G6. All three have a strong date. Lot of 3 coins. Estimated Value $150 - 200. View details	Unsold
Lot 68		Trio of Colonial Coppers. Includes 1773 Virginia Halfpenny Breen-181 G5, 1774 Bungtown evasion halfpenny (CLAUDIUS ROMANUS/DELECTA RUS) VG10, and 1781 North American Token Breen-1144 VG10. A decent group, no defects, just worn. Lot of 3 coins. Estimated Value $100 - 150. View details	Realized $173
Lot 69		Pair of Colonial Coppers. Includes 1724 Wood's Hibernia Halfpenny Martin 4.30-K.1 R2 VF25 net F12 for light corrosion and 1783 Washington Unity Cent Breen-1188 VG10 net Fair-2 for dents. Both have a clear date. Lot of 2 coins. Estimated Value $60 - 80. View details	Realized $69
Lot 70		Group of 4 Miscellaneous Pieces. Includes a cast copy of the Washington Cent with large eagle reverse (Breen-1206), a copy of the Two-Headed Washington Cent (Breen-1205) but this one has an incuse brockage impression on one side, a small silver medal (18.5mm diameter) with Lincoln on one side and Washington on the other, and a similar piece with Lincoln on one side and Grant on the other. The two copies are rough and low grade while the silver medals are EF45. Lot of 4 pieces. Estimated Value $40 - 60. View details	Unsold
Lot 71		1792 Silver Half Disme. PCGS graded AU-55. Nicely toned. While Judd and many others considered the 1792 Half Disme to be a pattern, there are those who cite President Washington's famous letter of 1792 assigning it official status as a circulating coin: "There has been a small beginning in the coinage of half dismes, the want of small coins in circulation calling the first attention to them." Whichever camp you are in, numismatic purists have yearned to one of these delightful ties to our fledgling nationhood for over 150 years. Researchers have traced the minting of this famous coin to the cellar "mint" of John Harper at Sixth and Cherry Streets or possibly to another facility in a coach house at Sixth Street above Chestnut. Why not strike the coin at the government mint? Because (1) the First Philadelphia Mint was not yet in operation, and (2) neither the chief coiner nor the assayer of the mint had posted bonds which would have allowed them to begin coinage of silver and gold. An estimated 1,500 pieces were struck. In AU55, this coin should see active bidding, being the premiere silver coin minted in the newly formed American republic. We have offered only a few dozen 1792 half dismes over the years, many of which are well circulated or damaged to some extent, plus a sprinkling of choicer ones as well as several MS63 and above mega-priced rarities. This high end circulated piece gives an appearance of remarkable quality, due to its natural surfaces that display only light wear on the highest design features. The color is uniform, surfaces are too, with the natural patina of long careful ownership by all its former owners going back to nearly the time of issue. A few light planchet adjustment marks appear on, and an occasional hairline or mark, but the piece is struck well by the dies. Overall the surfaces are remarkably smooth and distraction-free for a coin from this period in American history. An offering to make note of in your catalogs! Pop 7; 22 finer. (PCGS # 11020) . Estimated Value $150,000 - 160,000. View details and enlarged photos Check results on similar lots	Unsold
Lot 72		1792 Half Disme in Copper Electrotype Copy. Fine-15. Glossy light olive and chocolate brown. There are a few minor contact marks and the surfaces are slightly uneven, but overall this is a well executed electrotype copy of this popular US colonial rarity. The date is weak but easily readable and the legends are clear. Estimated Value $80 - 100. View details	Realized $69
Lot 73		1793 C-2 R3. PCGS graded AU-53. Choice glossy light olive brown blending to medium olive and chocolate in the protected areas. Smooth and very attractive, virtually flawless in every respect. The best identifying marks are a thin nick in the field above the pole and a tiny, barely visible pinprick just left of the reverse center dot. Struck very slightly off center to K-3. The border beads on the obverse are unaffected by the imperfect centering but some of the reverse border beads are off the planchet. Early die state, without additional die rust on the obverse following its earlier C-1 marriage. A PQ example of the variety, which you might expect from a coin that was once part of the famous Garrett Collection. Our grade is EF40 choice. Pop 10; 57 finer. Estimated Value $35,000 - 40,000. The Mark Gordon Collection Ex Harold P. Newlin-Garrett Collection, Bowers & Ruddy 11/28/79:1-Dr. Hesselgesser. (The Garrett and Hesselgesser provenances are noted on the PCGS label.). View details and enlarged photos	Realized $33,350

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