Goldberg Coins and Collectibles

Sale 60

Pre-Long Beach Coin Auction

$5 Gold

Lot	Photo	Description	Realized
Lot 2892		1895 and 1901-S $5 Liberty Coins. ANACS graded both MS-61. Lot of 2 coins. Estimated Value $700 - 750. View details	Realized $863
Lot 2893		1895 $5 Liberty. NGC graded MS-63. Untoned (PCGS # 8390) . Estimated Value $650 - 700. View details and enlarged photos Check results on similar lots	Unsold
Lot 2894		1895 $5 Liberty. NGC graded MS-63. Frosty and untoned with eye-pleasing luster (PCGS # 8390) . Estimated Value $650 - 700. View details and enlarged photos Check results on similar lots	Unsold
Lot 2895		1897-S $5 Liberty. PCGS graded MS-62 PQ. Lovely golden toning. 354,000 minted. A very lustrous and attractive coin. Pop 14; 18 finer (PCGS # 8395) . Estimated Value $1,300 - 1,400. View details and enlarged photos Check results on similar lots	Realized $1,208
Lot 2896		1898 $5 Liberty. NGC graded MS-63. Frosty and lightly toned (PCGS # 8396) . Estimated Value $650 - 700. View details and enlarged photos Check results on similar lots	Unsold
Lot 2897		1898 $5 Liberty. ANACS graded MS-62. A nice untoned coin (PCGS # 8396) . Estimated Value $350 - 375. View details and enlarged photos Check results on similar lots	Realized $460
Lot 2898		1898 $5. MS-60. Nicely toned, frosty luster. Estimated Value $300 - 320. View details and enlarged photos	Realized $380
Lot 2899		1899 $5 Liberty. ANACS graded MS-64. Well struck and frosty (PCGS # 8398) . Estimated Value $800 - 850. View details and enlarged photos Check results on similar lots	Realized $978
Lot 2900		1899 $5. Several abrasions on the neck. Estimated Value $325 - 350. The Estate of Winthrop A. Haviland, Jr. View details and enlarged photos	Realized $403
Lot 2901		1900 and 1905 $5 Liberty Coins. ANACS graded both MS-62. Lot of 2 coins. Estimated Value $700 - 750. View details	Realized $891
Lot 2902		1900 $5 Liberty. NGC graded MS-62. Well struck and frosty (PCGS # 8400) . Estimated Value $475 - 500. View details and enlarged photos Check results on similar lots	Realized $546
Lot 2903		1900 $5 Liberty. ANACS graded Details of MS-60. Cleaned (PCGS # 8400) . Estimated Value $300 - 325. View details and enlarged photos Check results on similar lots	Realized $377
Lot 2904		1901-S $5 Liberty. NGC graded MS-64. Well struck; light gold toning. Bright ever-fresh surfaces with a change to more subtle toning in areas supports the cartwheel effect from the way light skips over the mint frost. Putting aside the luster for a moment, which we could go on about for many more sentences, we turn to the strike. Here again, it is easy to see this piece received a full, sharp blow by the dies (PCGS # 8404) . Estimated Value $1,000 - 1,050. View details and enlarged photos Check results on similar lots	Realized $1,121
Lot 2905		1901/0-S $5 Liberty. PCGS graded MS-64. Well struck plus nice light gold toning. Encounters with this overdate are few and far between in all grades except lower ones while examples in the better grades of Mint State become elusive. The luster has a special quality, the fields are vivid yellow-gold and some pale mellow orange-gold accents elsewhere. Sharp in all areas -- this being a typical well-made S-mint -- the choice, almost abrasion-free radiance on either side give it a boost. The underdigit is clear toward the upper right side of the 1 in the date.Pop 74; 17 finer, 15 in 65, 2 in 66 (PCGS # 8403) . Estimated Value $1,200 - 1,300. View details and enlarged photos Check results on similar lots	Realized $1,380
Lot 2906		1903-S $5 Liberty. ANACS graded MS-64. A hint of light gold tone (PCGS # 8408) . Estimated Value $800 - 850. View details and enlarged photos Check results on similar lots	Realized $1,150
Lot 2907		1903-S $5 Liberty. NGC graded MS-63. Delicate golden-orange toning; has a few flat stars, very lustrous (PCGS # 8408) . Estimated Value $650 - 700. View details and enlarged photos Check results on similar lots	Unsold
Lot 2908		1905-S $5 Liberty. PCGS graded MS-63. Attractive original gold toning. The 1905-S half eagles and eagles both are scarce in Mint condition, even though mint figures belie their rarity in being similar to other dates around them. This well struck piece has nice clean features on Liberty. Pop 23; 27 finer (PCGS # 8412) . Estimated Value $1,450 - 1,500. View details and enlarged photos Check results on similar lots	Realized $1,265
Lot 2909		1905-S $5 Liberty. NGC graded MS-61. Lovely golden toning. Pop 132; 83 finer (PCGS # 8412) . Estimated Value $375 - 400. View details and enlarged photos Check results on similar lots	Realized $495
Lot 2910		1906 $5 Liberty. NGC graded Proof 65 Cameo. A beautiful untoned coin. 85 Proofs minted. This very attractive coin is deeply reflective and shows some light frosting over the devices, which yields a moderate cameo effect, enough to be so designated on the grading holder. We speak of this since it is somewhat unusual after the Mint went to a no-contrast method of Proofing after 1901. Usually only the first coins struck off of new dies carry any contrast, though it seems the Mint began returning in 1905 and more in 1906 to the practice of frosting the recessed devices in the dies. Lovely orange-golden color covers each side, with orange-peel rippling when the coin is viewed at an angle, and there are no obvious or detracting blemishes present. Sits squarely in the Gem class. (The 1906 and 1907 Liberty Half Eagles are the last pieces in the this series in which examples are made in Proof quality. Both years saw a total Proof mintage of fewer than 100 pieces. Although 1908 Liberty Head half eagles were coined for a brief period, no Proofs were issued.) Pop 5; 12 finer (PCGS # 88501) . Estimated Value $24,000 - 25,000. View details and enlarged photos Check results on similar lots	Unsold
Lot 2911		1906-D $5 Liberty. NGC graded MS-63. Lightly toned and frosted (PCGS # 8414) . Estimated Value $650 - 700. View details and enlarged photos Check results on similar lots	Unsold
Lot 2912		1906-S $5 Liberty. PCGS graded MS-64. Light even gold toning. Uncommonly smooth with fully bright metallic, golden-rose features. Pop 29; 16 finer (PCGS # 8415) . Estimated Value $1,300 - 1,350. View details and enlarged photos Check results on similar lots	Realized $1,265
Lot 2913		1907 $5 Liberty. PCGS graded MS-65. Lovely light golden toning. Boldly struck Gem whose luster dances across the surface unimpeded. Pop 82; 16 finer in 66 (PCGS # 8416) . Estimated Value $2,500 - 2,600. The Cypress Estate. View details and enlarged photos Check results on similar lots	Realized $2,875
Lot 2914		1909-D $5 Indian. NGC graded MS-64. Lightly toned. The color is a rich blend of pinkish-gold and fresh-out-of-a-roll mint frostiness. We say this because over the years, 1909-D turned up in roll quantities from time to time (more common years ago than now). It is from these few that the choice BU Half Eagles collectors like so well are supplied to the marketplace (PCGS # 8514) . Estimated Value $2,200 - 2,300. View details and enlarged photos Check results on similar lots	Realized $2,588
Lot 2915		1909-D $5 Indian. ANACS graded MS-63. Well struck, frosty, and untoned (PCGS # 8514) . Estimated Value $1,100 - 1,150. View details and enlarged photos Check results on similar lots	Realized $1,121
Lot 2916		1909-D $5 Indian. ANACS graded MS-63. Well struck and lightly toned (PCGS # 8514) . Estimated Value $1,100 - 1,150. View details and enlarged photos Check results on similar lots	Realized $1,093
Lot 2917		1909-D $5 Indian. ANACS graded MS-63. Well struck and untoned (PCGS # 8514) . Estimated Value $1,100 - 1,150. View details and enlarged photos Check results on similar lots	Realized $1,093
Lot 2918		1909-D $5 Indian. PCGS graded MS-62 PQ. Well struck with lovely golden toning on both sides. Should be sent back to PCGS for a MS63 grade (PCGS # 8514) . Estimated Value $950 - 1,000. View details and enlarged photos Check results on similar lots	Realized $863
Lot 2919		1909-D $5 Indian. ANACS graded MS-62. Mostly untoned (PCGS # 8514) . Estimated Value $600 - 650. View details and enlarged photos Check results on similar lots	Realized $748
Lot 2920		1909-D $5 Indian. ANACS graded MS-62. A nice frosty example (PCGS # 8514) . Estimated Value $600 - 650. View details and enlarged photos Check results on similar lots	Realized $1,035
Lot 2921		1909-D $5 Indian. ANACS graded MS-62. Mostly untoned (PCGS # 8514) . Estimated Value $600 - 650. View details and enlarged photos Check results on similar lots	Realized $690
Lot 2922		1909-D $5 Indian. ANACS graded MS-62. Well struck and frosty (PCGS # 8514) . Estimated Value $600 - 650. View details and enlarged photos Check results on similar lots	Realized $1,093
Lot 2923		1909-D $5 Indian. ANACS graded MS-62. Well struck and frosty (PCGS # 8514) . Estimated Value $600 - 650. View details and enlarged photos Check results on similar lots	Realized $690
Lot 2924		1909-D $5 Indian. ANACS graded MS-62. Untoned (PCGS # 8514) . Estimated Value $600 - 650. View details and enlarged photos Check results on similar lots	Realized $776
Lot 2925		1909-D $5 Indian. ANACS graded MS-62. Well struck, frosty, and untoned (PCGS # 8514) . Estimated Value $600 - 650. View details and enlarged photos Check results on similar lots	Realized $1,035
Lot 2926		1909-D $5 Indian. ANACS graded MS-62. A nice untoned coin (PCGS # 8514) . Estimated Value $600 - 650. View details and enlarged photos Check results on similar lots	Realized $776
Lot 2927		1909-D $5 Indian. ANACS graded MS-62. Frosty and mostly untoned (PCGS # 8514) . Estimated Value $600 - 650. View details and enlarged photos Check results on similar lots	Realized $776
Lot 2928		1909-D $5 Indian. ANACS graded MS-62. Well struck and frosty (PCGS # 8514) . Estimated Value $600 - 650. View details and enlarged photos Check results on similar lots	Realized $1,035
Lot 2929		1909-D $5 Indian. ANACS graded MS-62. Mostly untoned (PCGS # 8514) . Estimated Value $600 - 650. View details and enlarged photos Check results on similar lots	Realized $805
Lot 2930		1909-D $5 Indian. NGC graded AU-53 (PCGS # 8514) . Estimated Value $340 - 350. View details and enlarged photos Check results on similar lots	Realized $414
Lot 2931		1909-D $5 Indian. MS-60. Estimated Value $350 - 375. The Estate of Winthrop A. Haviland, Jr. View details and enlarged photos	Realized $431
Lot 2932		1909-O $5 Indian. NGC graded MS-65. Housed in NGC holder 1998186-001. A well struck frosty mint gem with a clear round mint mark. The lustrous surfaces are a natural light reddish-orange in color. The key date Indian half eagle and the most eleusive example in high grade of them all. The 1909-O Indian half eagle is in the same predicament as the "only time of issue" 1854 Dahlonega Mint three-dollar gold piece insofar as it is the only delivery from its respective branch mint in its series. Why should this be so? Only the ghost of the New Orleans Mint Director could say. And he isn't telling. The archives, too, are mute, other than in their droll fact-sheet that thus-and-so-many specimens were made that year. Combined with an especially low mintage, this causes the '09-O to be the key-date Indian half eagle. By several orders of magnitude, we might add, the rarest issue in the series in Gem condition. Survivors from an original 34,200 pieces are rarities at all levels of preservation but especially Mint State grades. Circulated to low Mint State pieces are offered for sale on occasion. Writing in 1988 (A Handbook of 20th-Century United States Gold Coins: 1907-1933) David W. Akers believes there are fewer than 10 pieces in existence at or above Mint State 64, all of which (presumably) qualify as Condition Census. What about the coin's other specifications? Listing them in random order, we find first a strong mintmark which is as full and sharply impressed as we have ever seen on an '09-O Indian $5. Notable as this is, it is just the first item in a procession of fine features. Next up comes the luster, which is of exemplary quality: a sheen of frostiness that has a lovely satiny veneer over the Indian's cheek and brow contours. Also, all elements of the main motifs whether satiny or frosted are clear and sharp in keeping with the clear mintmark. We could stop right here, but we cannot go back now. For as an encore that should attract serious buyers, while the surface appears to be smooth enough to warrant all due respect at the full Gem Mint State 65 grade level, the full flood of beautiful light toning completes the splendid list of qualifications. There is nothing more attractive than this bold 1909-O half eagle. If someone disputes this, we haven't seen or heard of another quite like it. Yes, there is one other MS65 graded by NGC, but that is of no concern. If a single example of this date is desired, the present piece should be considered for its beauty and quality, its rarity and historic situation. Pop 2; none finer at NGC (PCGS # 8515) . Estimated Value $250,000-UP. View details and enlarged photos Check results on similar lots	Unsold
Lot 2933		1910 $5 Indian. PCGS graded MS-64. Rich orange and gold toning. The fully brilliant, lustrous example we now hand over bidders beats (from a technical angle) practically all of the Indian fives that have passed through the various grading services at this mid-level MS64 grade. And so next to the devices, which are sharply struck on obverse and reverse (PCGS # 8517) . Estimated Value $2,400 - 2,500. View details and enlarged photos Check results on similar lots	Realized $4,025
Lot 2934		1910-D (S). NGC graded AU-55 GSA. Antique toning. In our opinion this coin is overgraded and is a "S" mint mark (PCGS # 8518) . Estimated Value $300 - 325. The Estate of Winthrop A. Haviland, Jr. View details and enlarged photos Check results on similar lots	Realized $483
Lot 2935		1911 $5 Indian. ANACS graded MS-61. Untoned (PCGS # 8520) . Estimated Value $400 - 425. View details and enlarged photos Check results on similar lots	Realized $460
Lot 2936		1911 $5 Indian. ANACS graded MS-61. Mostly untoned (PCGS # 8520) . Estimated Value $400 - 425. View details and enlarged photos Check results on similar lots	Realized $460
Lot 2937		1911-S $5 Indian. ANACS graded MS-61. Lightly toned. A clear mint mark (PCGS # 8522) . Estimated Value $700 - 750. View details and enlarged photos Check results on similar lots	Realized $978
Lot 2938		1912 $5 Indian. ANACS graded MS-64. Lightly toned (PCGS # 8523) . Estimated Value $1,800 - 1,900. View details and enlarged photos Check results on similar lots	Realized $1,783
Lot 2939		1912 $5 Indian. ANACS graded MS-62. Mostly untoned (PCGS # 8523) . Estimated Value $600 - 650. View details and enlarged photos Check results on similar lots	Realized $633
Lot 2940		1912 $5 Indian. ANACS graded MS-62. Lightly toned (PCGS # 8523) . Estimated Value $600 - 650. View details and enlarged photos Check results on similar lots	Realized $633
Lot 2941		1912 $5 Indian. ANACS graded MS-62. Frosty and untoned (PCGS # 8523) . Estimated Value $600 - 650. View details and enlarged photos Check results on similar lots	Realized $633

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