Goldberg Coins and Collectibles

Sale 48

Pre-Long Beach Coin Auction

Liberty Cap Cents

Lot	Photo	Description	Realized
Lot 300		1793 S-11b R4 Wreath Cent with Lettered Edge and 2 Leaves following DOLLAR. VG-7. A few points sharper but there is very fine roughness in the fields and protected areas while the devices are smooth. No verdigris, and the only notable contact mark is a pinprick at the tip of the wreath stem left of the fraction. Cleaned and retoned a rather glossy steel and light olive brown with hints of underlying reddish brown that give away the earlier cleaning. There are a couple small splashes of silvery toning on the lower part of the neck and bust. The date is complete and easily readable but not strong and the legends are clear. The edge lettering and 2 leaves are bold. E-MDS, Breen state II. Estimated Value $2,500 - 3,000. View details and enlarged photos	Realized $3,105
Lot 301		1793 S-13 R4- Liberty Cap. VG-10. Sharpness VF25 but lightly corroded and there is dark greenish verdigris patinated over much of both sides suggesting this cent was lost in soil for a while. The highpoints of the design are smooth and the details are bold in spite of the imperfect surfaces. Partly glossy dark olive and chocolate with shallow greenish patination covering all but the highpoints. Nicely struck EDS, Breen state I. The date and legends are complete and bold. Estimated Value $12,000 - 15,000. View details and enlarged photos	Unsold
Lot 302		1793 S-13 R4- Liberty Cap. ANACS graded Details of VG-8 Corroded. Sharpness VG8 or slightly better with corrosion ranging from extremely fine to moderate on both sides. No verdigris and only a few contact marks, including a trio of rim nicks under the bust tip and a long rim bruise over OF. The date is complete and easily readable and the legends are clear except for weakness at CE in CENT. Dark steel brown and chocolate. EAC grade net Good-4. Estimated Value $5,000 - 6,000. View details and enlarged photos	Unsold
Lot 303		1793 S-13 R4- Liberty Cap. Fair-2. Dark steel and olive with chocolate highpoints. The surfaces are slightly rough and there are some old pinscratches down the portrait, but there is no verdigris. The date is weak but readable, as is the majority of the legend on both sides. There isn't much left to recommend this piece, but there is more than enough detail to attribute it as the S-13 variety, and it is a good filler for the elusive 1793 Liberty Cap design. Estimated Value $1,500 - 2,000. View details and enlarged photos	Realized $2,070
Lot 304		1794 S-20 R5. Fair-2. Head of 1793. A point or two sharper but covered with fine roughness. No marks or verdigris. The date is clear, strongest at the 94, and LIBERTY is readable. About a third of the reverse legend can be made out but it is weak. Dark chocolate and olive brown. Estimated Value $150 - 200. View details and enlarged photos	Realized $483
Lot 305		1794 S-22 R1. VF-35. Sharpness AU50 but the planchet is covered with uniform faint granularity that is mostly offset by the attractive frosty light olive and steel toning. No verdigris. The only marks are a few light nicks on the neck and cheek, and these are mostly lost in the toning and do not catch the eye at all. Nicely struck M-LDS, Breen state VII late. The "Mounds" on the reverse are strong and the designs are perfectly centered on the planchet. Not perfect but still quite nice. Estimated Value $2,500 - 3,500. View details and enlarged photos	Realized $2,875
Lot 306		1794 S-24 R1 Double Struck. Good-6. A bit sharper with some minor roughness and a few contact marks including a pair of dull nicks at the eye. Traces of waxy dark greenish verdigris can be found in the roughened areas, but it is not distracting. Rather glossy dark olive brown. LDS with heavy swelling in the center of the reverse that obliterates ONE CENT. This piece was double struck. The first impression was centered on the planchet and the second was 10-15% off center to K-11.5 creating two dates. The second date is weak but easily readable and the 4 from the first strike is clearly visible under the bust tip of the second impression. Additional evidence of the initial strike is clearly visible on both sides. There is a curved planchet clip under the date area as well, so this is a double mint error. Not the most attractive cent in this sale to be sure, but how often is a clearly double struck 1794 cent with 2 dates available in any grade? Estimated Value $3,500 - 4,500. View details and enlarged photos	Unsold
Lot 307		1794 S-25 R3. Fine-12. Sharpness EF45 or slightly better but the planchet is covered with uniform very fine granularity on the obverse, uniform moderate granularity on the reverse. No marks or verdigris. Frosty dark steel and chocolate with darker bluish steel toning on the lower right part of the obverse. MDS, Breen state II. The 94 of the date is complete and easily readable but is relatively weak, as is OF AMER while everything else is strong. Struck slightly off center to K-4 which accounts for the weakness at the two areas mentioned. Estimated Value $1,500 - 2,000. View details and enlarged photos	Unsold
Lot 308		1794 S-26 R2. Good-5. Sharpness VF25 but corroded, the roughness ranging from very fine to moderate. No marks or verdigris. The date is weakened by the roughness but it remains readable and the legends are complete. M-LDS, the reverse die cracks clear. Slightly glossy medium brown with traces of darker olive in a few of the protected areas. Estimated Value $200 - 250. View details and enlarged photos	Realized $127
Lot 309		1794 S-30 R1. EF-40. A lustrous nearly mint state cent that has a swipe of fine corrosion at LIBER and the top of the cap with similar fine roughness at the opposing area around UNIT and the fraction. There are a couple additional small splashes of similar roughness on the upper part of the reverse as well. The remainder of the planchet is virtually flawless and offers outstanding eye appeal. Just a hint of rub on the highest points of the hair design from uncirculated. Frosty chocolate brown with reddish chocolate tones in the slightly rough areas. Late die state, Breen state IV. Estimated Value $250 - 300. View details and enlarged photos	Unsold
Lot 310		1794 S-43 R2. Good-6. Sharpness near F12 but slightly rough and there are a few rim bruises, the strongest one at the top of the reverse. Roughness nearly obliterates the 4 in the date but the remainder is clear. The legends are complete except for OF AMERICA, which was weakly struck. Glossy dark chocolate and olive brown. EDS. Estimated Value $250 - 300. View details and enlarged photos	Realized $115
Lot 311		1794 S-47 R4 Blundered Edge Letters. VG-7. A few points sharper with a dozen or so shallow pitmarks scattered over the obverse, mostly on the right side. There are additional similar marks on the reverse, but many of them appear to be shallow digs rather than pits. No verdigris, and the remainder of the planchet is smooth. Lightly cleaned and retoned glossy steel with chocolate toning in protected areas. The date and legends are complete and clear. MDS, Breen state II. The reverse is rotated 35 degrees CW from the normal head-to-foot orientation. In addition, the edge lettering is blundered with the FO in FOR positioned under the ED in HUNDRED. Estimated Value $600 - 800. View details and enlarged photos	Realized $460
Lot 312		1794 S-57 R1. EF-45. Five points sharper with a short vertical pinscratch down from the tip of a lower curl to the dentils below plus a few very light, barely visible rim bruises and tiny rim nicks on both sides, none notable or at all distracting. Very attractive lustrous light to medium chocolate brown with frosty lighter brown toning in protected areas of the reverse. A small spot of darker olive brown toning is located at the left foot of the L in LIBERTY. MDS, Breen state III. Excellent surfaces and eye appeal for the grade in spite of the minor marks. Called AU55 net EF45 by Bland. Noyes says AU50 net EF40. Comes with an impressive provenance. Estimated Value $8,000 - 10,000. Ex Dr. George P. French, B. Max Mehl FPL 1929:36-T. James Clarke 1944-B. Max Mehl #106, 6/1945:1643-B. Max Mehl #112, 4/49:2305-R. E. Naftzger, Jr.-John W. Adams-R. S. Brown, Jr., Superior 9/30/86:76-Julian Leidman. View details and enlarged photos	Realized $10,063
Lot 313		1794 S-62 R4+. About Good-3. The obverse is weaker thanks to heavy burnishing that severely blunts the details on that side but the reverse is significantly stronger with many of the details approaching VF20 in spite of minor roughness. The date is faint but can be made out with a bit of effort and the reverse legends are clear. The obverse is mostly glossy medium brown while the reverse is darker chocolate and olive brown. Estimated Value $250 - 350. View details and enlarged photos	Realized $173
Lot 314		1794 S-65 R1. VG-10. Sharpness VF30 but the surfaces are covered with microscopic roughness, and the obverse fields were very lightly abraded in an attempt to remove a thin layer of verdigris. The abrasions do not alter the natural toning, which is a decent and rather glossy mix of dark chocolate brown with lighter brown highpoints. Nicely struck EDS, Breen state II. The date and legends are complete and clear. Estimated Value $500 - 750. View details and enlarged photos	Realized $690
Lot 315		1794 S-65 R1. Fine-15. Five points sharper with a few light contact marks, including a minor rim bruise opposite the chin, another barely visible one under the bust tip, and a third above the O in OF. The only other notable marks are a few minor nicks on the neck. Otherwise the surfaces are smooth and offer nice eye appeal. Glossy light chocolate brown with darker chocolate toning in protected areas. MDS, Breen state VI. Estimated Value $700 - 900. View details and enlarged photos	Realized $1,006
Lot 316		1794 S-66 R5. Good-4. The obverse is slightly better while the reverse is weaker. Slightly glossy dark olive and steel. No marks or verdigris, but the surfaces display minor roughness, including a collection of very shallow pitmarks on the chin. The date and LIBERTY are complete and strong while only slightly more than half the reverse legends can be made out. MDS, Breen state II. The die crack from the end of the pole down to the dentils is clear. Estimated Value $1,500 - 2,000. View details and enlarged photos	Unsold
Lot 317		1794 NC-5 R8. Fair-2. Sharpness VG7 with at least a half dozen rim bruises on each side, strongest at UNITED, and the planchet is very slightly bent. The surfaces are covered with fine granularity and there are traces of shallow dark olive verdigris in a few protected areas, strongest at the throat. The date is a bit weak but easily readable and the legends are mostly visible, although OF is gone due to roughness and AMERICA is faint from wear. Rather glossy medium brown and chocolate with reddish brown tones in protected areas. Called net Fair-2 and second finest of only two known in the Noyes and Bland census lists (and the other example is only marginally better with comparable defects). Noyes photo #31636. A rare opportunity to acquire one of the rarest die varieties in the entire Sheldon series. Estimated Value $15,000 - 20,000. Ex W. Nyles Spurlock (purchased unattributed circa 1955) 3/21/87-Denis W. Loring-Darwin B. Palmer, Jr.-George E. Ewing, Jr.-(via Darwin B. Palmer 7/10/93)-Daniel W. Holmes, Jr. View details and enlarged photos	Unsold
Lot 318		1795 S-74 R4- Lettered Edge. Good-5. Very slightly sharper but the fields and protected areas are covered with microscopic roughness and the highpoints show evidence of a light cleaning. No marks or verdigris. The date is bold and the legends are nearly complete, only a few of the reverse letters worn away. The lettered edge feature is clear. Estimated Value $200 - 250. View details and enlarged photos	Realized $345
Lot 319		1795 S-76b R1 Plain Edge. VF-20. Sharpness VF25 with a few contact marks, including a light rim bruise left of the bottom of the cap, a dull scuff in the dentils off the end of the pole, and a few light hairline scratches in the field under the cap and in the dentils left of the top of the cap. The surfaces are decent but not perfectly smooth as a strong glass reveals traces of extremely faint roughness in the fields and protected areas. Mostly glossy dark olive and lighter steel brown. The date and legends are bold. Nicely struck E-MDS. Estimated Value $850 - 1,000. View details and enlarged photos	Realized $949
Lot 320		1795 S-78 R1 Plain Edge. NGC graded EF-45. Glossy chocolate brown with traces of lighter brown and tan in protected areas from an old cleaning. No corrosion or notable signs of contact, but there are some tiny planchet voids on the obverse, mostly at the cap and around TY in LIBERTY, as struck. MDS, Breen state III, with a tiny lump on the lower edge of the jaw near the throat and delicate swelling in the obverse fields. EAC grade net VF30. The attribution is noted on the NGC label. Estimated Value $400 - 500. View details and enlarged photos	Realized $3,335
Lot 321		1795 S-78 R1 Plain Edge. VG-10. Ten points sharper but covered with uniform fine granularity mixed with microscopic specks of reddish brown verdigris in protected areas. No contact marks. Slightly glossy dark olive brown and steel with lighter brown highpoints. MDS. The date is bold and the legends are clear except for weakness at MER. Estimated Value $2,500 - 3,500. View details and enlarged photos	Realized $357
Lot 322		Quartette of Cents, 1794 & 1795. Includes 1794 S-44 Fair-2, 1795 S-76b Plain Edge AG3, 1795 S-77 Plain Edge Fair-2, and 1795 S-78 Plain Edge AG3. All are sharper with defects. The date is missing on the third but readable on the other three. Lot of 4 coins. Estimated Value $100 - 250. View details	Realized $317
Lot 323		1796 S-83 R4 Liberty Cap. Fine-15. Ten points sharper with extremely fine roughness covering the fields and protected areas while the devices are smooth. The most noticeable roughness is an area of microscopic pitting just left of the date. No verdigris. The only marks are small planchet chip or void (as struck) on the edge over the E in STATES and a small diagonal nick on the neck. Mostly glossy chocolate and steel brown, and the gloss helps offset the microscopic roughness. M-LDS, Breen state II late, with a strong die crack through the tops of ERTY to the dentils at both ends. Estimated Value $2,000 - 2,500. View details and enlarged photos	Realized $2,358
Lot 324		1796 S-87 R3 Liberty Cap. VG-7. Sharpness VF20 but holed and expertly repaired at ER in LIBERTY and the opposing area at the denominator. The repair is barely detectable, even with a strong glass. The surfaces are covered with uniform very fine granularity. No notable marks or verdigris. The date and legends are complete and clear. Retoned a slightly glossy dark reddish steel brown and chocolate. Looks better than it might sound. EDS. Housed in a NuGrade Service (NGS) slab graded VF20. Estimated Value $200 - 250. View details and enlarged photos	Realized $334
Lot 325		1796 S-88 R4 Liberty Cap. Fine-12. Slightly sharper but the planchet is covered with microscopic roughness, strongest on the reverse where there are a few tiny specks of reddish verdigris. Glossy dark olive and steel, the obverse displaying more gloss than the reverse. A tiny rim bruise at the top of the cap is the only contact marks, and it is wholly insignificant. The date is bold and the legends are strong except for the usual weakness inside the wreath. Called F15 net VG10 in the Noyes census, his photo #55003. Estimated Value $2,000 - 2,500. Ex McCawley & Grellman Auctions/Superior 1/25/04:1227-Walter Husak. View details and enlarged photos	Realized $1,783
Lot 326		1796 S-89 R3 Liberty Cap. Fine-15. Ten points sharper with a small planchet crack at the dentils left of the cap and at the opposing area over the N in UNITED, as struck, plus a rim bruise before the mouth. The surfaces are covered with microscopic roughness but there is no verdigris. Slightly glossy steel and light olive brown. Nicely struck EDS, Breen state I. The date is bold and the legends are strong, including ONE CENT, which is unusual for Liberty Cap 1796 cents. Estimated Value $1,500 - 2,000. View details and enlarged photos	Unsold
Lot 327		1796 S-89 R3 Liberty Cap. VG-7. A few points sharper but the surfaces are very lightly corroded under a rather glossy dark olive and steel patina. A few small spots of reddish brown verdigris can be found on both sides, but there are no significant marks. The date is complete and easily readable but not strong, and the legends are clear except for OF, which is faint. Estimated Value $400 - 600. View details and enlarged photos	Realized $345