Goldberg Coins and Collectibles

Sale 54

Pre-Long Beach Coin and Currency Auction

The Dan Holmes Collection - 1801-1803

Lot	Photo	Description	Realized
Lot 503		1803 S-254 R1. Fine-12. Sharpness near VF20 but covered with extremely fine roughness on all but the highpoints. No verdigris but there are a few minor contact marks, including a thin diagonal nick down from the right side of the earlobe, a small rim bruise left of the lower curls, and similar small rim bruises at D-S and F-A on the reverse. Slightly glossy dark steel and olive brown. LDS, Breen state V, with a partially raised retained cud break connecting the bust tip to the rim. DWH #2841. Estimated Value $500-UP. Ex Bill Grayson (Fairmont, IN) 6/73-John D. Wright, 2004 EAC Sale, McCawley & Grellman Auctions 4/17/04:241-Chris McCawley 12/31/05. View details and enlarged photos	Realized $357
Lot 504		1803 S-255 R1. Good-6. A couple points sharper but covered with uniform very fine roughness. No verdigris or marks. Dark chocolate brown with lighter steel brown highpoints. The date and legends are clear. EDS, Breen state I. There are fine die clashmarks on the obverse but no die cracks on the reverse. DWH #0295. Estimated Value $50-UP. Ex Sid Emerson 9/23/79. View details and enlarged photos	Realized $104
Lot 505		1803 S-255 R1. EF-40. Slightly sharper but lightly cleaned and retoned glossy chocolate with darker steel brown toning on the highpoints. There are traces of microscopic porosity in the field left of the hair ribbon and a small, shallow planchet flake at the dentils right of the second S in STATES. MDS, Breen state III, with fine die cracks at MERI and ST but no cud break at STA. DWH #3206. Estimated Value $1,500-UP. Ex Stack�s 12/98:1138-McCawley & Grellman Auctions/Superior 5/03:529-Henry T. Hettger, 2006 EAC Sale, McCawley & Grellman Auctions 5/6/06:216. View details and enlarged photos	Realized $1,840
Lot 506		1803 S-255 R1. VF-25 Plus. Ten points sharper with far too many tiny nicks for the sharpness grade. LDS, Breen state IV, with a strong cud break at STA that connects the tops of ST to the rim above. A dull but strong point hangs down from the base of the B in LIBERTY directly under the upright. This point is added late in the marriage and is present on all examples seen with the reverse cud, but your cataloger has never seen this point on an example that did not have the reverse cud. DWH #3091. Estimated Value $500-UP. Ex Elaine Whiting (West Palm Beach, Florida) 1/94-John D. Wright 1/18/06-Bob Grellman & Chris McCawley 4/3/06. View details and enlarged photos	Realized $660
Lot 507		1803 S-256 R3. EF-40. Slightly sharper but there are four tiny pitmarks hidden in the drapery folds above the date, two more tiny ones low on the neck, and one more at the rim left of the lower curls, plus a couple faint ones left of the eye. Otherwise the surfaces are smooth, completely free of corrosion or planchet flaws. Glossy medium brown and chocolate sprinkled with darker olive brown toning on the obverse. E-MDS, Breen state II late. The reverse fields are slightly reflective, and there is a faint arcing die crack from the rim through the D in UNITED fading out as it extends to the dentils at ES. Called EF45 net VF35 and tied for CC#11 in the Noyes census, his photo #37107. DWH #2814. Estimated Value $1,500-UP. Ex Charles F. Dunston-Thomas L. Elder 1/1931:1229a-James G. Macallister-Frank Hussey, New Netherlands Coin Co. #54, 4/1960:1448-C. Douglas Smith 3/30/92-Eric Streiner, Superior 10/92:133-Jack Beymer 8/98-Robert C. Clark, Bowers & Merena 8/9/2000:309-Jack Wadlington (via Bob Grellman & Chris McCawley) 6/30/05. View details and enlarged photos	Realized $2,530
Lot 508		1803 S-256 R3. VG-10. A bit sharper with a short, dull scratch from IB to the hair and a light rim bruise opposite the chin. Glossy dark steel brown with darker chocolate brown on the left third of the reverse. The date and legends are strong. LDS, Breen state VI, with a cud break over STA touching the top of that T. DWH #0298. Estimated Value $100-UP. Ex Sid Emerson 9/23/79. View details and enlarged photos	Realized $184
Lot 509		1803 S-257 R2 Large Fraction. AU-55. Very close to mint state with little or no friction on the highpoints, but this cent was very lightly cleaned long ago and is now retoned a lustrous chocolate and bluish steel brown with traces of very faded red in protected areas of the reverse. The surfaces and eye appeal of this cent are excellent. No marks or other defects. Sharply struck EDS, Breen state I, before any die cracks. The finer die details are fully evident and the die clashmarks are crisp. Called AU55 and tied for CC#6 in the Bland census. Noyes says MS60 net AU50 and tied for CC#8, his photo #22960. This cent is incorrectly identified as the Breen plate coin for the variety in the Breen book. DWH #3494. Estimated Value $5,000-UP. Ex Horace M. Grant 2/1945:71-Homer K. Downing, New Netherlands Coin Co. 1952 ANA Sale, lot 1952-C. Douglas Smith-Louis Helfenstein, Lester Merkin 8/64:34-C. Douglas Smith-Dr. Robert A. Schuman, McCawley & Grellman Auctions/Superior 6/2000:224-Chris McCawley 7/05-Walter Husak, Heritage 2/15/08:2260. View details and enlarged photos	Realized $7,763
Lot 510		1803 S-257 R2 Large Fraction. VF-25. Rather glossy dark olive and steel brown. A strong glass reveals extremely faint granularity under the natural patina, but there are no marks and the only verdigris appears to be soft and confined to protected areas. Very scarce late die state, Breen state V, with a slightly raised retained cud break at the top of the reverse that severely weakens STATES and the opposing details at the 18 and lowest curl. Removed from a PCI slab graded EF40 (PCI label included). DWH #3414. Estimated Value $750-UP. Ex Shawn Yancey, 2007 EAC Sale, McCawley & Grellman Auctions 4/28/07:323. View details and enlarged photos	Realized $633
Lot 511		1803 S-258 R1 Large Fraction. AU-50. Choice glossy steel brown and tan with lots of frosty golden tan faded down from mint color remaining in the protected areas. Traces of faded mint red can be found around the wreath. Great eye appeal for the grade. The only marks are a tiny rim nick just right of the fraction and a diagonal nick under the E in AMERICA. M-LDS, Breen state IV. Die clashmarks show on both sides and the field is just starting to rise left of the lower curls. Removed from a PCGS slab graded AU58 (PCGS label included). DWH #3530. Estimated Value $4,000-UP. Ex Chris McCawley 1/10/09. View details and enlarged photos	Realized $3,450
Lot 512		1803 S-259 R4 Large Fraction. Fine-12. Glossy chocolate and steel brown with lighter brown toning in protected areas on the reverse. The surfaces are smooth and this cent is nearly choice except for a faint spot of reddish verdigris on the shoulder over the 8. E-MDS, Breen die state II, with a fine but clear die crack through STAT to the dentils at both ends. A nice example of a variety that usually comes with significant problems. DWH #3556. Estimated Value $50-UP. Ex Tom Reynolds 4/7/2001-Terry Denman-Chris McCawley 5/09. View details and enlarged photos	Realized $1,208
Lot 513		1803 S-259 R4 Large Fraction. VG-7. Several points sharper with five pinscratches down the cheek and front part of the neck, a couple reaching the bust. A shallow pitmark on the dentils over the E in UNITED is the only additional mark. Slightly glossy dark steel with lighter steel brown highpoints. The surfaces are decent but not perfectly smooth in the fields are protected areas. Rare M-LDS, Breen state III, with a heavily sunken retained cud break over TAT. Noyes graded VG10 net G5, photo #57074. DWH #2449. Estimated Value $100-UP. Ex Maxine Myers 10/73-John D. Wright, 2004 EAC Sale, McCawley & Grellman Auctions 4/17/04:255. View details and enlarged photos	Realized $242
Lot 514		1803 S-259 R4 Large Fraction. Good-6. Noyes Plate Coin. Slightly glossy steel brown and chocolate with darker olive brown in protected areas. There is a light rim bruise at the Y in LIBERTY and the fields are covered with extremely fine roughness. No verdigris and the overall eye appeal for the grade is decent. Extremely rare terminal die state, Breen state IV, with a strong cud break that joins the tops of TAT to the rim above. This is the Noyes plate coin for the die state, photo #25498, and is the finest of only 2 of the terminal die state examples listed in his census. DWH #2477. Estimated Value $2,000-UP. Ex Del Bland 5/76-John D. Wright 1/04. View details and enlarged photos	Realized $1,208
Lot 515		1803 S-260 R1 Large Fraction. MS-60. Prooflike Obverse. Choice lustrous medium brown and light chocolate with hints of light bluish steel overtone in protected areas. No spots or stains, and the only marks are a barely visible tick or planchet flake on the nostril, a couple microscopic marks on the cheek, and a few more high on the neck. None of these marks is visible without the aid of a strong glass and the eye appeal of this cent is outstanding. EDS, Breen state II. The obverse fields are prooflike offering nicely reflective surfaces thanks to a fresh die polishing following the earlier S-259 marriage. Many of the fine die polishing lines remain clearly visible in those fields. The reverse is highly lustrous and virtually flawless. A choice cent in every respect. Called MS60 and tied for CC#2 in the Bland census. Noyes has this piece listed as AU55 net EF45 and tied for CC#8, his photo #58145. (This pair of Noyes photos is of relatively poor quality, which may explain why the grades he assigned based on those photos are so far out of line.) Removed from a PCGS slab graded MS63BN (PCGS label included). DWH #3552. Estimated Value $15,000-UP. Ex Milton A. Holmes, Stack�s 10/60:1444-Garry Fitzgerald-possibly to John J. Pittman but not included in the sale of his collection by David Akers-James Swan, Stack/American Numismatic Rarities 7/04:9-Stack�s 1/5/09:62-Chris McCawley 2/09. View details and enlarged photos	Realized $18,400
Lot 516		1803 S-260 R1 Large Fraction. VF-35. Choice glossy steel brown and chocolate with traces of satiny mint frost remaining in protected areas. The only marks are a light diagonal nick in the center of the neck and another in the field before the neck. MDS, Breen state IV, with a clear and relatively strong rim cud break at S-OF. The only example known to this cataloger showing the rim cud. Called VF35 choice and tied for CC#19 by Noyes, his photo #21039. A beautiful example of a common die variety, which may explain why several "advanced" collectors of large cents once owned this coin. DWH #2842. Estimated Value $1,500-UP. Ex Ray Gallo 10/1960-R. E. Naftzger, Jr.-C. Douglas Smith-Dr. Robert A. Schuman-Chris McCawley 12/31/05. View details and enlarged photos	Realized $2,013
Lot 517		1803 S-261 R2+ Large Fraction. Fine-15. Five points sharper with too many light contract marks for the sharpness grade. A pair of tiny rim nicks over the E in LIBERTY and a fine scratch from the curl on the neck down to the drapery over the 3 in the date are the notable marks, and they are not distracting. Glossy steel brown and chocolate with traces of olive brown toning in protected areas. E-MDS, Breen state II. A fine die crack extends from the dentils between the 8 & 0 in the date up to the shoulder but goes no farther. DWH #3093. Estimated Value $400-UP. Ex R. L. Smith-Tom Reynolds 3/83-John D. Wright 1/18/06-Bob Grellman & Chris McCawley 4/3/06. View details and enlarged photos	Realized $604
Lot 518		1803 S-261 R2+ Large Fraction. EF-45. Plated in Newcomb, Noyes, and Breen. Five points sharper with a few small spots of darker toning on the head and a patch of very fine roughness at CA in AMERICA. Glossy light chocolate brown with small splashes of reddish brown toning scattered over the reverse. No notable signs of contact, but the aforementioned reddish brown toning spots are a bit distracting from an otherwise very attractive cent. MDS, Breen state IV. The arcing die crack on the obverse is clear. This crack is a prominent feature on the so-called 1804 restrikes made decades later using this obverse die, then discarded as scrap metal, with the date altered to 1804. The obverse of this cent is plated in the Newcomb book on the cents of 1801-1803 and in the Noyes book. Both sides are plated in the Breen book to illustrate the variety. Called AU55 and tied for CC#2 in the Bland census. Noyes says AU55 net EF40 and tied for CC#7, his photo #23146. Removed from a PCGS slab graded AU58 (PCGS label included, and it shows the attribution and Husak provenance). DWH #3495. Estimated Value $5,000-UP. Ex Howard R. Newcomb, J. C. Morgenthau & Co. 2/1945:445-James G. Macallister-Charles Green 1950-C. Douglas Smith-Dr. Robert A. Schuman, McCawley & Grellman Auctions/Superior 9/5/2004:569-Walter Husak, Heritage 2/15/08:2264. View details and enlarged photos	Realized $6,325
Lot 519		1803 S-262 R3 Small Fraction. Good-6. A few points sharper but lightly corroded. No verdigris. The notable marks are a dull rim bruise at D-S, a smaller one under the fraction, and a rim nick at F in OF. Dark chocolate and steel brown, the obverse rather glossy and the reverse closer to matte. Date is clear and legends complete. Very rare EDS, Breen state I, without the strong, slanting die line from the bust into the field before the neck. DWH #0306. Estimated Value $100-UP. Ex Chuck Heck 3/28/80. View details and enlarged photos	Realized $173
Lot 520		1803 S-262 R3 Small Fraction. VF-25. Plated in Newcomb. Ten points sharper with a scuff of hairline scratches slanting down to the right at LIBERTY, strongest at LIB, with some of these scratches extending lightly into the hair and a single extension passing down the face to the throat. Otherwise the surfaces are smooth and very attractive, the reverse nearly choice. Lightly cleaned and expertly retoned glossy steel brown and chocolate. MDS, Breen state II, with a strong die line slanting up from the bust into the field before the lower part of the neck. Called EF40 net VF25 and tied for CC#4 in the Noyes census, photo #23299. Bland says VF35 net VF25 and tied for CC#5. The reverse is plated in Newcomb�s book covering the cents of 1801-1803. DWH #2815. Estimated Value $3,000-UP. Ex Henry C. Hines-Homer K. Downing, 1952 ANA Sale, New Netherlands Coin Co. #38, 8/23/52:1960-C. Douglas Smith-Dr. Robert A. Schuman, McCawley & Grellman Auctions/Superior 6/5/2000:232-Jack Wadlington (via Bob Grellman & Chris McCawley) 6/30/05. View details and enlarged photos	Realized $3,910
Lot 521		1803 S-262 R3 Small Fraction. VG-8 Plus. Sharpness F12 with too many light contact marks for the sharpness grade, including very light hairline scratches covering the highpoints on both sides and a relatively strong nick or planchet chip on the rim left of the lower curls. Glossy chocolate brown. The date and legends are complete and clear. Extremely rare TDS, Breen state III, with a sunken retained cud break at STAT. Called F15 net VG10 and finest of the terminal die state in the Noyes census, his photo #36168. DWH #2843. Estimated Value $750-UP. Ex C. Douglas Smith-Dr. Robert A. Schuman-Chris McCawley 12/31/05. View details and enlarged photos	Realized $633
Lot 522		1803 S-263 R3 Small Fraction. VF-20. Glossy chocolate brown with darker steel and olive brown toning in protected areas. Smooth surfaces with excellent eye appeal. The only marks are two small pinpricks at the hairline below the I in LIBERTY and a small nick on the shoulder. Rare EDS, Breen state I, before the dies cracked. Removed from an NGC slab graded VF35 (NGC label included, and it shows the attribution and Reiver provenance). NGC Population 1; 1 in AU55; 1 in AU58 at NGC for the variety. DWH #2890. Estimated Value $500-UP. Ex George Ramont 2/2/76-Jules Reiver, Heritage 1/24/06:19592. View details and enlarged photos	Realized $805
Lot 523		1803 S-263 R3 Small Fraction. VF-30. Five points sharper with a small pinprick in the center of the neck and a nick-like planchet chip at the right top of the E in LIBERTY, as struck. The obverse is glossy steel and olive brown while the reverse is a glossy but rather mottled mix of steel, chocolate and reddish chocolate with frosty light brown and tan toning in protected areas. LDS, Breen state VI, with a strong cud break connecting the base of the date to the rim below and a fine die crack from the lower part of that 3 to the bust at right. Rather softly struck at LIBERTY and at the opposing fraction, but everything else is strong. DWH #3094. Estimated Value $2,500-UP. Ex Phil Wagner 10/79-John D. Wright 1/18/06-Bob Grellman & Chris McCawley 4/3/06. View details and enlarged photos	Realized $3,450
Lot 524		1803 S-263 R3 Small Fraction. AU-55. Plated in Newcomb, Early American Cents, Penny Whimsy, Noyes, and Breen. Mint state sharpness but the toning is a dark for a mint state cent. The eye appeal is still quite nice, and the surfaces are a satiny, lustrous uniform dark olive and steel with only a few microscopic marks. A small pinprick between the B & E in LIBERTY and another over that I are the only signs of contact. The only evidence of corrosion is small pitmark at the dentils over the right side of the A in STATES, and this defect is barely visible. LDS, Breen state VII, with a strong cud break connecting the date to the rim below and a fine die crack from the second T in STATES to the leaf below. An arc die crack at the top of the reverse outlines where the retained cud is forming for this die�s use during its more famous S-264 marriage. Both sides are plated to represent the variety in the Newcomb book on the cents of 1801-1803, Early American Cents, Penny Whimsy, Noyes, and Walter Breen�s Encyclopedia of Early United States Cents 1793-1814. In other words, virtually every significant work on the series used this cent to illustrate the variety. Graded MS60 and CC#1 in the Bland census. Noyes says MS60 net AU50 and tied for CC#1, his photo #23292. Removed from a PCGS slab graded AU58 (PCGS label included, and it shows the attribution and Husak provenance). PCGS Population 1; The only example graded at Pcgs for vsriety DWH #3496. Estimated Value $15,000-UP. Ex T. S. Bronson, S. H. Chapman 2/1911:407-F. G. Simpson, S. H. Chapman 6/1924:32-Howard R. Newcomb-George H. Hall-Stack�s 5/45:210-Henry Grunthal-Homer K. Downing, New Netherlands Coin Co., 1952 ANA Sale, lot 1962-C. Douglas Smith-Dr. Robert A. Schuman, McCawley & Grellman Auctions/Superior 9/5/04:573-Walter Husak, Heritage 2/15/08:2266. View details and enlarged photos	Realized $18,400
Lot 525		1803 S-264 R4+ Large Date with Small Fraction. VF-20. Ten points sharper but dark with microscopic roughness, strongest in the reverse fields. No verdigris. The only marks are a dull nick-like depression on the rim right of the bust tip and a light scuff on the rim above the junction between the I & B in LIBERTY, plus a couple dull and very faint scratches close before the profile. Slightly glossy dark steel and reddish olive brown. The date is bold and legends clear. MDS, Breen state II. The arcing die crack at the upper left of the reverse is clear but not strong. Called VF35 net VF20 and tied for CC#4 in the Noyes census, photo #26666. DWH #2203. Estimated Value $20,000-UP. Ex Del Bland-George Ramont-Jim McGuigan 3/99-Robert C. Clark, 2000 ANA Sale, Bowers & Merena, lot 315-Robert C. Clark-Denis Loring-Chris McCawley 1/10/03. View details and enlarged photos	Realized $25,300
Lot 526		1803 S-264 R4+ Large Date with Small Fraction. VF-25. Plated in Newcomb and Noyes. Ten points sharper but dark with extremely fine roughness hidden under a very glossy dark olive and steel patina. There is some very faint reddish carbon scale on the obverse, mostly on the bust and in the field above. The only notable marks are a tiny planchet chip between the E & R in LIBERTY, a couple even smaller pinpricks left of that L, and a couple tiny chips or pitmarks in the raised retained cud at ST in STATES. LDS, Breen state III. The die cracks on both sides are strong and the retained cud break at STAT has completely obliterated the ST and severely weakened the A. Removed from a PCGS slab graded VF30 (PCGS label included, and the label notes the Large Date with Small Fraction variety). Plated in the Newcomb book on the cents of 1801-1803, and this is the Noyes plate coin for the variety. Called VF35 net VF25 and tied for CC#1 in the Noyes census, photo #21264. Bland says net VF25 and CC#1 by itself. An outstanding example of this very famous and popular "Redbook" variety. PCGS Population 1; One finer in VF35 at PCGS for the variety. DWH #2816. Estimated Value $30,000-UP. Ex James C. Macallister-Henry C. Hines 1944-Dr. William H. Sheldon-Carl Wurtzbach-Barney Bluestone 1947 FPL-Christian M. Petersen-Hollinbeck Coin Co., privately, 8/31/53-C. Douglas Smith 9/59-Dr. William H. Sheldon 4/19/72-R. E. Naftzger, Jr., 2/23/92-Eric Streiner-Jay Parrino (The Mint) 4/16/96-Jack Wadlington (via Bob Grellman & Chris McCawley) 6/30/05. View details and enlarged photos	Realized $28,750
Lot 527		1803 S-265 R4 Large Date and Fraction. Good-6. Sharpness F15 but slightly bent, strongest under the date causing extra wear under the 03. Other defects include a sharp rim nick at B in LIBERTY, a small patch of reddish verdigris right of D in UNITED, and some dull marks at the rim right of the second S in STATES where the bend occurs. Slightly glossy dark olive and steel brown with lighter steel brown highpoints. The surfaces are covered with fine granularity, strongest on the reverse. The date is clear and legends complete. EDS, Breen state I, before any die cracks. DWH #0311. Estimated Value $100-UP. Ex Sid Emerson 9/23/79. View details and enlarged photos	Realized $207
Lot 528		1803 S-265 R4 Large Date and Fraction. VF-25. Rather glossy chocolate and darker steel brown with hints of reddish brown toning around the date. Minor contact marks are evident on both sides, the best identifying mark being a dull nick close under the base of the second T in STATES. M-LDS, Breen state VI, with die cracks on both sides. The most recent die crack is a rather strong one that arcs from the dentils through ST in STATES over to where is joins the earlier die crack under that E. Called EF40 net VF20 and tied for CC#10 in the Noyes census, photo #25255. Bland says VF25 and tied for CC#8. DWH #3095. Estimated Value $3,000-UP. Ex Flambeau Stamp & Coin 6/66 FPL-John D. Wright 1/18/06-Bob Grellman & Chris McCawley 4/3/06. View details and enlarged photos	Realized $3,565

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