Goldberg Coins and Collectibles

Sale 44

Pre-Long Beach Coin and Currency Auction

Large Cents 1797-1799

Lot	Photo	Description	Realized
Lot 1170		1798 S-155 R3 Style I Hair with Small 8. Good-6. Reverse of 1796. Mostly glossy chocolate brown with darker chocolate in protected areas. No marks or verdigris, but there are traces of microscopic roughness under the attractive patina. EDS, Breen state I. The date is strong and the legends are clear. Estimated Value $150 - 250. Ex Henry C. Hines-unknown-Thomas Wolf. View details and enlarged photos	Realized $575
Lot 1171		1798 S-156 R5+ Style I Hair with Small 8. Good-5. Reverse of 1796. Sharpness F12 but moderately corroded. No verdigris, but there are some old pinscratches, mostly on the face. Slightly glossy dark chocolate brown with lighter chocolate highpoints. The date and legends are complete and easily readable in spite of the roughness. MDS, Breen state II. Estimated Value $500 - 750. Ex Darwin Palmer 1976-Thomas Wolf. View details and enlarged photos	Realized $690
Lot 1172		1798 S-158 R4 Style I Hair with Small 8. VG-7. Glossy chocolate brown. Smooth and attractive. Close to VG8 but there is a fine hairline scratch meandering down the portrait. MDS, Breen state IV. The date is strong and the legends are complete. Estimated Value $100 - 150. Ex Thomas Wolf. View details and enlarged photos	Realized $414
Lot 1173		1798 S-159 R3 Style I Hair with Small 8. VF-20. Sharpness EF40 with several rim bruises on each side, including one left of the hair ribbon and two more at CA in AMERICA. There are a few shallow contact marks near the dentils before the throat and a small but obvious dig at the bottom of ME. Otherwise the surfaces are smooth and the toning is an attractive glossy steel brown and chocolate with a couple small spots of darker olive toning at the ear and throat. E-MDS, Breen state II. This is the Breen plate coin for the variety. Called net VF20 in the Bland census. Noyes says EF40 net F15 and tied for CC#9, his photo #23084. Estimated Value $1,000 - 1,500. Ex Bowers & Merena 11/86:2831-C. Douglas Smith-Dr. Robert A. Schuman, McCawley & Grellman Auctions/Superior 5/25/03:449. View details and enlarged photos	Unsold
Lot 1174		1798 S-159 R3 Style I Hair with Small 8. Fine-12 Plus. Sharpness VF20 with too many tiny nicks scattered over both sides for the sharpness grade. None of these marks is significant in its own right, but there are too many to ignore. No roughness or verdigris. Glossy medium brown and light chocolate with small clouds of darker olive toning mixed in. MDS, Breen state V. The vertical die cracks behind the portrait are strong and a die crack connects the tops of LIB, but the cud break in that area has not formed. Close to F15. Estimated Value $600 - 900. View details and enlarged photos	Realized $920
Lot 1175		1798 S-159 R3 Style I Hair with Small 8. VG-8. A couple points sharper with extremely fine granularity hiding under a rather glossy dark chocolate brown patina that covers the fields and protected areas. The highpoints are a lighter shade of brown. No marks or verdigris. MDS, Breen state IV. The date and legends are complete and clear. Estimated Value $200 - 400. Ex Denis Loring 1978-Thomas Wolf. View details and enlarged photos	Realized $242
Lot 1176		1798 S-159 R3 Style I Hair with Small 8. Good-6. Several points sharper with fine roughness covering the planchet. No verdigris, but there are some contact marks, including a dull scrape on the throat and a few thin nicks or short scratches on the reverse. The date and legends are complete and easily readable. Slightly glossy medium brown with small splashes of darker olive. MDS. Estimated Value $100 - 150. View details and enlarged photos	Realized $102
Lot 1177		1798 S-160 R3 Style I Hair with Small 8. VG-10. Slightly sharper with faint granularity under a mostly glossy dark olive and steel brown patina. The highpoints are a shade or two lighter, especially on the reverse. No verdigris, only a few minor contact marks including a thin diagonal nick near the hair left of the eye. MDS, Breen state III. The date and legends are bold. Estimated Value $200 - 300. Ex Del Bland-R. S. Brown, Jr.-Denis Loring-Chuck Funk-Joel Spingarn 1993-Thomas Wolf. View details and enlarged photos	Realized $368
Lot 1178		1798 S-161 R2 Style I Hair with Small 8. Good-6. Slightly glossy olive brown and chocolate. Covered with uniform very fine roughness and there are traces of verdigris on the reverse. No marks, and the eye appeal is decent in spite of the imperfect surfaces. E-MDS, Breen state III. The date and legends are complete and clear. Estimated Value $80 - 100. Ex Thomas Wolf. View details and enlarged photos	Realized $104
Lot 1179		1798 S-162 R4 Style I Hair with Small 8. VG-7. Very slightly sharper with fine roughness in protected areas around the portrait. No verdigris, just a few short scratches on the forehead and in the field below the hair ribbon. Rather glossy dark chocolate and olive with lighter chocolate highpoints. MDS, Breen state II. The date is bold and the legends are strong. Estimated Value $100 - 150. Ex Darwin Palmer 1985-Thomas Wolf. View details and enlarged photos	Realized $334
Lot 1180		1798 S-163 R4 Style I Hair with Small 8. VG-10. Sharpness VF20 with fine roughness covering both sides, strongest in the fields and protected areas. No marks or verdigris, and the color is an attractive and rather glossy medium chocolate brown with hints of reddish chocolate in protected areas. LDS, Breen state VII, with a strong cud break at the 17. The date and legends are strong. Estimated Value $400 - 600. Ex Philip Van Cleave, Kagin's 1/30/86:5177-Thomas Wolf. View details and enlarged photos	Realized $604
Lot 1181		1798 S-164 R4 Style I Hair with Small 8. VG-7. Slightly sharper with a dozen small punchmarks scattered over the reverse. Otherwise the surfaces are smooth with only a few trivial marks. Glossy chocolate brown. MDS, Breen state II. The date and legends are clear. Estimated Value $100 - 150. Ex Lester Merkin 1974-Thomas Wolf. View details and enlarged photos	Realized $150
Lot 1182		1798 S-166 R1 Style II Hair with Large 8. EF-45. Choice glossy chocolate and lighter steel brown with frosty golden light brown and tan faded down from mint color in protected areas of the reverse. The only defect is a tiny planchet chip at the top of the E in LIBERTY, as struck. M-LDS, Breen state IV, with the reverse rotated 30 degrees CCW. The arc crack through the fraction and E in UNITED is strong and three small but clearly defined rim cud breaks show over TA in STATES. A premium example of this common variety. Estimated Value $2,500 - 4,000. View details and enlarged photos	Unsold
Lot 1183		1798 S-166 R1 Style II Hair with Large 8. VF-25. Five points sharper but lightly cleaned and nicely retoned glossy chocolate and light olive brown. No notable marks. Softly struck on the bust tip and the opposing area at OF, as often seen on this variety. M-LDS, Breen state IV. Estimated Value $350 - 500. View details and enlarged photos	Realized $546
Lot 1184		1798 S-167 R1 Style II Hair with Large 8. VG-7. Glossy steel brown and chocolate. Smooth and attractive. Just a few minor contact marks from choice. LDS, Breen state VI, with a cud break at the first T in STATES and several die cracks on both sides. Estimated Value $100 - 150. Ex Thomas Wolf. View details and enlarged photos	Realized $242
Lot 1185		1798 S-168 R3 Style II Hair with Small 8. VG-8. A couple points sharper with myriad faint hairline scratches on the obverse, all blended perfectly into the natural toning. No roughness or verdigris. Attractive glossy chocolate brown. LDS, Breen state IV. The date is bold and the legends are strong. Estimated Value $125 - 200. Ex Dr. Charles L. Ruby, Superior 2/10/75:159-Thomas Wolf. View details and enlarged photos	Realized $150
Lot 1186		1798 S-169 R3 Style II Hair with Small 8. VG-10. A few points sharper with a dull rim nick under the bust tip. Otherwise quite nice. Glossy light olive brown and chocolate. M-LDS, Breen state IV. The date and legends are bold. Estimated Value $200 - 300. Ex Thomas Wolf. View details and enlarged photos	Realized $426
Lot 1187		1798 S-170 R3 Style II Hair with Small 8. VG-7. A point or two sharper with a nick on the 8, a thin scrape on TES, and extremely faint roughness in the fields and protected areas. No verdigris. Slightly glossy light chocolate brown with lighter brown highpoints. E-MDS, Breen state II. The date is easily readable in spite of weakness on the 8 and the legends are clear. Estimated Value $100 - 150. Ex Thomas Wolf. View details and enlarged photos	Realized $138
Lot 1188		1798 S-170 R3 Style II Hair with Small 8. Good-6. Glossy medium brown and chocolate with lighter brown toning in protected areas of the reverse. No defects, just worn. The date and legends are complete. EDS. Estimated Value $80 - 100. View details and enlarged photos	Realized $92
Lot 1189		1798 S-171 R4 Style II Hair with Small 8. VF-30. Sharpness near EF40 but a strong glass reveals traces of extremely faint roughness under the attractive glossy steel brown and chocolate toning. Possibly lightly cleaned long ago and but the toning is very attractive and appears quite natural today. There are a couple small, faint spots of darker olive toning in the field under the chin and a few very tiny pitmarks over CE in CENT. None of these defects is significant and the eye appeal of this cent is excellent for the grade. MDS, Breen state IV. Called VF35 and tied for CC#4 in the Breen/Bland condition census. Noyes says VF25 and tied for CC#7, his photo #27829. Estimated Value $3,000 - 4,000. Ex J. J. Teaparty 8/19/78-Denis Loring 1979-R. S. Brown, Jr, Superior 9/30/86:240-McCawley & Grellman Auctions/Superior 9/5/04:387. View details and enlarged photos	Unsold
Lot 1190		1798 S-171 R4 Style II Hair with Small 8. VG-8. Slightly sharper with microscopic roughness well hidden under a glossy dark chocolate and steel patina. A small patch of verdigris near the rim over the bust tip is the only distracting defect. MDS, Breen state III. The date and legends are strong. Estimated Value $150 - 200. Ex Ray Chatham-Denis Loring 1978-Thomas Wolf. View details and enlarged photos	Realized $150
Lot 1191		1798 S-173 R3 Style II Hair with Small 8. VG-7. Slightly sharper details, especially on the left side of the reverse, but too many light contact marks for the higher grade, including a short pinscratch in the hair under the ribbon. Traces of very fine verdigris is dusted at the edge before the portrait and over ERICA. Rather glossy chocolate and olive brown. The date and legends are clear. E-MDS, Breen state III, which he says is rare. Estimated Value $100 - 150. Ex Thomas Wolf. View details and enlarged photos	Realized $207
Lot 1192		1798 S-175 R3 Style II Hair with Small 8. VG-7. Glossy chocolate brown, the devices a few shades lighter than the fields. No roughness, only a few insignificant marks. LDS, Breen state VI, with a cud break at the U in UNITED. The date and legends are clear. Estimated Value $100 - 150. Ex Thomas Wolf. View details and enlarged photos	Realized $391
Lot 1193		1798 S-176 R4 Style II Hair with Small 8. VG-7. A bit sharper with fine to moderate granularity covering the fields and protected areas. No marks or notable signs of verdigris. Slightly glossy olive brown with chocolate highpoints. EDS, Breen state II. The date and legends are bold. Estimated Value $100 - 150. Ex Jim Young 1989-Thomas Wolf. View details and enlarged photos	Realized $161
Lot 1194		1798 S-177 R4+ Style II Hair with Small 8. VG-8. Sharpness near VF20 but moderately granular. No verdigris, and the only mark is a rather strong rim nick under the fraction. Slightly glossy olive and chocolate brown. MDS, Breen state III. The date is bold and the legends are clear. Estimated Value $150 - 250. Ex John D. Wright 1973-Thomas Wolf. View details and enlarged photos	Realized $184
Lot 1195		1798 S-177 R4+ Style II Hair with Small 8. Good-5. Rather glossy chocolate and steel brown with hints of reddish chocolate on both sides. The surfaces are mostly smooth with only traces of microscopic roughness on the lower part of the reverse. The notable marks are a small punchmark on the throat and an old vertical scratch in the field before the throat. EDS, Breen state II. Struck 10% off center to K-10.5. The date is complete and clear and the legend on the upper right part of the reverse is strong (so strong it suggests a much higher grade than the G5 assigned). Estimated Value $250 - 450. View details and enlarged photos	Realized $1,035
Lot 1196		1798 S-178 R5+ Style II Hair with Small 8. About Good-3. Reverse of 1796. Sharpness VG7 but the 8 in the date was carefully altered into a "9" to create a 1799 cent. Too bad since this is a rare and very valuable die variety in its own right. The surfaces are decent but traces of microscopic roughness can be found in protected areas. No significant marks. Mostly glossy olive brown with chocolate highpoints. The date is strong (albeit altered) but the reverse legend is relatively weak, as usual. M-LDS. Estimated Value $500 - 750. Ex Chuck Furjanic 1975-Thomas Wolf. View details and enlarged photos	Realized $661
Lot 1197		1798 S-180 R5+ Style II Hair with Small 8. About Good-3. The obverse is a bit stronger while the reverse is weaker. There is some very light roughness across the middle of the reverse, but mostly this cent is just well worn. No verdigris. Mostly glossy chocolate brown. The bottom of the 179 is weak, as usual due to the opposing cud break, but the rest is clear and most of the legends remains readable. MDS, Breen state III, with a strong cud break over TATE. Estimated Value $200 - 300. Ex Chuck Furjanic 1978-Thomas Wolf. View details and enlarged photos	Realized $748
Lot 1198		1798 S-182 R4 Style II Hair with Small 8. VG-10. Five points sharper with a rim nick over the R in LIBERTY and shallow ones covering much of the reverse rim. No roughness or verdigris. Slightly glossy light chocolate and steel brown. EDS, Breen state I. The date and legends are strong. Estimated Value $200 - 300. Ex Stack's Pierce Sale 1965-1967 ANA Sale-Denis Loring 1978-Thomas Wolf. View details and enlarged photos	Realized $483
Lot 1199		1798 S-182 R4 Style II Hair with Small 8. Fine-15. Sharper by at least 5 points with a rim bruise before the chin and extremely faint roughness covering the planchet. The roughness is barely visible with a strong glass and the eye appeal of this cent is nice for the grade. No verdigris or other notable defects. Mostly glossy olive and dark steel brown. MDS, Breen state II. The date and legends are bold. Estimated Value $400 - 600. Ex Darwin Palmer 1989-Thomas Wolf. View details and enlarged photos	Realized $891
Lot 1200		1798 S-183 R5 Style II Hair with Small 8. VG-7. Rather glossy chocolate and steel brown. Mostly smooth surfaces, only minor marks scattered about and a shallow pit in the hair left of the eyebrow. The bottom of the date is weak, as usual, but it is easily readable and the legends are clear. Estimated Value $500 - 700. Ex Chuck Furjanic 1978-Thomas Wolf. View details and enlarged photos	Realized $661
Lot 1201		1798 S-184 R1 Style II Hair with Small 8. Fine-15. Sharpness VF35 with a dull scratch hidden in the hair and areas of very fine roughness on both sides. No verdigris and the eye appeal is decent in spite of the imperfections. Slightly glossy steel and chocolate brown. Sharply struck EDS. Estimated Value $300 - 400. View details and enlarged photos	Unsold
Lot 1202		1798 S-184 R1 Style II Hair with Small 8. VG-8. Sharpness near F12 but covered with very fine porosity. No marks or verdigris. The date and legends are clear. Slightly glossy dark steel brown. Estimated Value $100 - 150. View details and enlarged photos	Realized $150
Lot 1203		1798 S-185 R2 Style II Hair with Small 8. VG-8. Glossy chocolate and darker steel brown. Smooth and attractive except for a small patch of very light corrosion at ME in AMERICA. M-LDS, Breen state VI. The date and legends are clear. Estimated Value $100 - 150. Ex Darwin Palmer 1985-Thomas Wolf. View details and enlarged photos	Realized $265
Lot 1204		1798 S-186 R2 Style II Hair with Small 8. Good-6. Slightly sharper with minor roughness covering the fields. Mostly glossy dark greenish olive with lighter chocolate highpoints. M-LDS, Breen state VIII, with a small cud break connecting the 00 in the fraction to the rim below. Estimated Value $80 - 100. Ex Darwin Palmer 1985-Thomas Wolf. View details and enlarged photos	Realized $98
Lot 1205		Quartette of 1798 Cents. Includes S-157 R2 VF20 net G5 for corrosion, S-166 R1 VG10 net VG7 for fine granularity, S-167 R1 EDS in G6, and S-172 R2 in G4. All have a readable date. Lot of 4 coins. Estimated Value $150 - 200. All are ex Thomas Wolf. View details	Realized $242
Lot 1206		Quartette of 1798 Cents. Includes S-174 R2 AG3, S-179 R2 VG8 net G6 for rim nicks, S-181 R3 F15 net G6 for pits and scratches, and S-187 R1 VG8 net G5 for granularity. All have a readable date. Lot of 4 coins. Estimated Value $100 - 150. All are ex Thomas Wolf. View details	Realized $207
Lot 1207		1799/8 S-188 R4 Overdate 9 over 8. Good-6. A couple points sharper with uniform fine granularity covering the planchet. No verdigris or notable marks, but the planchet is delicately bent. Slightly glossy dark olive and steel. The bottom edge of the date is starting to flow into the rim below, but it remains easily readable. The legends are complete. Estimated Value $2,000 - 3,000. View details and enlarged photos	Realized $3,960
Lot 1208		1799/8 S-188 R4 Overdate 9 over 8. Good-5. Mostly glossy chocolate brown. The surfaces are decent and reasonably smooth, but there are traces of extremely fine roughness in the fields and protected areas. No verdigris, and the only notable marks are a small rim nick right of the upper edge of the bust and a thin diagonal nick in the center of the reverse. The bottom of the date is flowing into the rim below but the upper two-thirds is clear. The legends are complete although portions on the reverse are very weak. EDS. Estimated Value $2,000 - 3,000. Ex Willard C. Blaisdell-Denis Loring 1977-Thomas Wolf. View details and enlarged photos	Realized $2,415
Lot 1209		1799 S-189 R2. VG-8. Sharpness F12 but there are too many light contact marks for the sharpness grade, including a rim bruise off the tip of the nose. The eye appeal remains quite nice for the grade, but a strong glass reveals traces of extremely fine roughness in a few places. Mostly glossy chocolate brown delicately mixed with splashes of darker olive. MDS. The date is strong and the legends are clear. A very nice 1799 cent in spite of the minor imperfections. Estimated Value $3,000 - 5,000. View details and enlarged photos	Unsold
Lot 1210		1799 S-189 R2. About Good-3 Plus. Glossy chocolate brown. The obverse could easily be called G4 but the reverse is weaker. No roughness or notable marks, just well worn. The bottom of the date is flowing into the rim below, but the upper three-fourths is clear and the second 9 is nearly complete. LIBERTY is nearly complete as well, but only half of the reverse remains visible. Quite nice for a low grade 1799 cent. Estimated Value $1,500 - 1,800. View details and enlarged photos	Realized $2,415
Lot 1211		1799 S-189 R2. About Good-3. Close to G4 but the surfaces show minor roughness and there are a couple fine, old pinscratches on the portrait. No verdigris. Rather glossy chocolate and olive brown. The date is easily readable although the bottom of each digit is starting to blend into the rim below. LIBERTY is faint at best but the reverse legends can be made out. A decent 1799 cent for the grade, especially with such a relatively strong date. Estimated Value $1,500 - 1,800. View details and enlarged photos	Realized $2,300
Lot 1212		1799 S-189 R2. About Good-3. Glossy medium brown. No roughness or verdigris. There are a half dozen tiny digs on the obverse and a dozen more on the reverse. The bottoms of the date digits are fading into the rim but the date remains easily readable. About a third of the reverse legend remains visible. Not too bad for a low grade 1799 cent, and the easily readable date is a big plus. Estimated Value $1,500 - 1,800. View details and enlarged photos	Realized $1,610

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