Goldberg Coins and Collectibles

Sale 44

Pre-Long Beach Coin and Currency Auction

Large Cents 1800-1807

Lot	Photo	Description	Realized
Lot 1213		1800/1798 S-191 R3 Style I Hair with Overdate 800 over 798. VG-8. Sharpness F12 with specks of shallow corrosion and verdigris on both sides. No contact marks worthy of mention. Slightly glossy olive and steel with lighter steel brown highpoints. The date and legends are clear and the overdate is visible. LDS, Breen state VII. Estimated Value $50 - 100. View details and enlarged photos	Realized $207
Lot 1214		1800/1798 S-191 R3 Style I Hair with Overdate 800 over 798. Good-6. Glossy steel brown and chocolate. A half dozen small contact marks on the obverse, none notable. Otherwise smooth and attractive for the grade. Late die state. Estimated Value $50 - 100. Ex Thomas Wolf. View details and enlarged photos	Realized $196
Lot 1215		1800/179 S-192 R3 Style II Hair with Overdate 80 over 79. VG-7. Close to VG8 but very lightly cleaned leaving the highpoints a lighter shade of brown while the remainder of the planchet is olive and dark chocolate brown. No marks or verdigris. The date and legends are strong and the overdate is clear. Estimated Value $40 - 80. View details and enlarged photos	Realized $161
Lot 1216		1800/179 S-192 R3 Style II Hair with Overdate 80 over 79. Good-6. A couple points sharper with microscopic roughness covering both sides. No verdigris, but there is a nick on the L, a couple digs on the U in UNITED, and a small rim bruise at the M in AMERICA. Slightly glossy dark steel brown with chocolate highpoints. MDS, Breen state II. The date is clear, the overdate is obvious, and the legends are complete. Estimated Value $40 - 80. Ex Thomas Wolf. View details and enlarged photos	Unsold
Lot 1217		1800/179 S-193 R4 Style II Hair with Overdate 80 over 79. Fine-12. Slightly sharper with too many light contact marks for the higher grade. None of the marks is distracting and the planchet is free of any hint of corrosion or verdigris. Glossy chocolate brown. MDS, Breen state II. The date is bold and the legends are strong. Estimated Value $200 - 300. Ex Thomas Wolf. View details and enlarged photos	Realized $604
Lot 1218		1800/179 S-194 R3 Style II Hair with Overdate 80 over 79. Fine-12. Glossy chocolate brown. Smooth and attractive. Just a few minor rim nicks, including a dull one at the O in OF. M-LDS, Breen state VII, with rim cud breaks at CA and the fraction. Estimated Value $200 - 300. View details and enlarged photos	Realized $604
Lot 1219		1800/179 S-194 R3 Style II Hair with Overdate 80 over 79. Good-5. A bit sharper but lightly cleaned and just starting to retone on the devices while chocolate brown covers the protected areas. No marks or verdigris. The date is bold and the legends are complete except for the upper part of a few letters. EDS, Breen state II. Estimated Value $35 - 70. View details and enlarged photos	Realized $114
Lot 1220		1800/179 S-194 R3 Style II Hair with Overdate 80 over 79. Fair-2 Plus. The obverse is weaker with a faint but readable date while the reverse is stronger showing about two-thirds of the legend clearly. Glossy steel brown and chocolate. No defects, just well worn. Extremely rare terminal die state, Breen state VIII late, with a continuous series of rim cud breaks extending inside the dentils from ICA clockwise to the left end of the wreath ribbon. Estimated Value $15 - 25. Ex Thomas Wolf. View details and enlarged photos	Realized $81
Lot 1221		1800/179 S-195 R5 Style II Hair with Overdate 80 over 79. Fine-15. Glossy chocolate brown. Smooth and attractive with no notable marks or other defects. MDS, Breen state III. Near the lower end of the condition census for this tough die variety. Estimated Value $1,000 - 1,500. Ex Glen Wallace-Abe Kosoff-Rare Coin Company of America 5/9/74:881-Ray Chatham-Dr. Byron M. Stuart-1977 ANA Sale, Kagin's 8/23/77:293-Thomas Wolf. View details and enlarged photos	Realized $2,530
Lot 1222		1800/179 S-196 R1 Style II Hair with Overdate 80 over 79. Fine-12. Sharpness VF20 and choice except for a dig in the center of the E in CENT. Very attractive glossy chocolate brown. The date is bold and the overdate is obvious. A great cent if not for the single dig. MDS, Breen state II. Estimated Value $200 - 300. Ex Denis Loring 1982-Thomas Wolf. View details and enlarged photos	Realized $660
Lot 1223		1800 S-197 R1. VF-30. Ten points sharper with a narrow scuff of hairline scratches following the drapery fold on the shoulder and a thin nick on the throat, plus a few more light contact marks of no real consequence. Frosty steel brown and chocolate with delicate wisps of darker olive toning on the obverse. Traces of satiny mint frost remain in a couple places. MDS. A sharp, attractive example in spite of the few marks. Estimated Value $750 - 1,000. View details and enlarged photos	Unsold
Lot 1224		1800 S-197 R1. VG-7. A few points sharper with a dusting of very fine verdigris covering the reverse and dulling the gloss on that side. Dark olive brown with lighter chocolate devices, the obverse glossy and the reverse closer to matte. No notable marks. The date and legends are clear. Estimated Value $80 - 100. Ex Denis Loring 1980-Thomas Wolf. View details and enlarged photos	Realized $98
Lot 1225		1800 S-198 R5+. VG-7. Several points sharper with a few light contact marks on the obverse and very fine roughness covering much of the reverse. The notable marks are a couple small pits on the N in ONE and another on the numerator of the fraction. No verdigris. Rather glossy medium brown and chocolate, the obverse darker in the center and lighter near the rim. The obverse is mostly glossy, the reverse less so due to the microscopic roughness. Extremely rare terminal die state, Breen state VI, with a strong cud break at MER. Called VG7 and tied for CC#6 in the Bland census, even higher for the terminal state. Estimated Value $1,500 - 2,500. Ex Copley Coin Co. 8/1959-Dorothy Paschal 1977-Thomas Wolf. View details and enlarged photos	Realized $3,680
Lot 1226		1800 S-199 R4. VG-10. A couple points sharper with extremely faint granularity under a mostly glossy dark olive brown patina. No marks or verdigris. MDS, Breen state V, with a cud break connecting the F in OF to the rim above. The date and legends are strong. Estimated Value $250 - 350. Ex Thomas Wolf. View details and enlarged photos	Realized $276
Lot 1227		1800 S-199 R4. VG-8. Sharpness near F12 with small patches of raised greenish verdigris in the field before the portrait and another small patch at CA in AMERICA. The rest of the planchet is decent but does show minor roughness in a few areas. Mostly glossy steel brown and chocolate. The date is bold and the legends are strong. E-MDS, Breen state IV. Estimated Value $150 - 250. View details and enlarged photos	Realized $192
Lot 1228		1800 S-199 R4. Good-6. Glossy light chocolate brown with darker olive brown in protected areas. No defects other than a minor rim bruise at the L in LIBERTY. The date is bold and the legends complete except for weakness inside the wreath from minor die swelling. EDS. Estimated Value $100 - 150. Ex Thomas Wolf. View details and enlarged photos	Realized $230
Lot 1229		1800 S-200 R3. VG-8. Slightly sharper with very fine roughness covering the reverse. Traces of fine verdigris show in a few places but there are no notable contact marks. Dark chocolate brown, the obverse lightly cleaned leaving coppery brown highlights on the portrait. The obverse is rather glossy while the reverse is matte. MDS, Breen state IV early, with a sunken retained cud break in the dentils over AT in STATES. An intermediate die state not mentioned by Breen, obviously extremely rare. The date is strong and the legends complete. Estimated Value $100 - 150. Ex Thomas Wolf. View details and enlarged photos	Realized $173
Lot 1230		1800 S-201 R4+. VG-10. A couple points sharper with extremely faint granularity covering the fields and protected areas. No verdigris or marks, and the roughness is barely visible with a good glass. Mostly glossy chocolate brown with specks of darker olive on the obverse. The date and legends are bold. LDS, Breen state V. Called VG10 and tied for CC#6 in the Bland/Breen census. Estimated Value $750 - 1,250. Ex Lester Merkin FPL #6, 1970-Denis Loring 1978-R. S. Brown, Jr., Superior 9/30/86:291-Thomas Wolf. View details and enlarged photos	Realized $1,840
Lot 1231		1800 S-202 R4+. Good-6. Slightly sharper with minor roughness in the fields and protected areas from a mix of fine corrosion and light contact marks. Glossy medium chocolate brown with darker chocolate in protected areas of the reverse. MDS, Breen state IV. The date and legends are complete and clear except for weakness caused by die swelling at ATE. Estimated Value $200 - 300. Ex Gordon Wrubel 1974-Thomas Wolf. View details and enlarged photos	Realized $253
Lot 1232		1800 S-203 R3. Fine-15. Five points sharper with microscopic roughness covering the portrait, a fine hairline scratch in the field under the hair ribbon, and a tiny scratch on the right side of the A in STATES. Attractive rather glossy chocolate brown. MDS, Breen state IV. Estimated Value $300 - 450. Ex Darwin Palmer-Thomas Wolf. View details and enlarged photos	Realized $604
Lot 1233		1800 S-203 R3. Good-6. Several points sharper but covered with microscopic roughness. No verdigris, and the only marks are a rim nick at B and a hairline scratch under OF. Slightly glossy dark steel. Scarce EDS, Breen state II. Estimated Value $50 - 75. View details and enlarged photos	Realized $81
Lot 1234		1800 S-204 R4. VG-7. Sharpness near F15 but the obverse shows several nicks and there are light rim bruises around both sides, strongest just right of the date. Glossy chocolate brown with reddish chocolate at RICA. MDS, Breen state IV. The date is bold and the legends are clear. Estimated Value $50 - 75. Ex Thomas Wolf. View details and enlarged photos	Realized $96
Lot 1235		1800 S-206 R3. VG-10. Sharpness VF20 with shallow pitting scattered over much of the obverse, mostly on the right half. No verdigris or contact marks, and the remainder of the planchet is nice and smooth. Glossy dark steel, nearly black. M-LDS, Breen state II. The date and legends are strong. Estimated Value $100 - 150. Ex Sidney Smith 1986-Thomas Wolf. View details and enlarged photos	Realized $127
Lot 1236		1800 S-207 R3. VG-8. Sharpness near VF20 but covered with fine granularity and there are pitmarks at the base of the Y, at the upper edge of the bust, and below CE in CENT. No verdigris or contact marks. Slightly glossy dark olive and steel with chocolate highpoints. The dark toning in protected areas is a very thin layer of scale. MDS, Breen state III, with a cud break connecting the first 0 in the denominator to the rim below. The date and legends are strong. Estimated Value $50 - 80. Ex Thomas Wolf. View details and enlarged photos	Realized $109
Lot 1237		1800 S-208 R3. VF-20. Sharpness VF35 with traces of microscopic roughness under a glossy dark olive brown patina. No notable marks, but there are a half dozen small spots of shallow reddish verdigris at the top of the reverse. LDS, Breen state IV, with a strong cud break at TY and to the right. Struck very slightly off center to K-3, but everything remains on the planchet. Estimated Value $1,500 - 2,500. View details and enlarged photos	Realized $1,323
Lot 1238		1800 S-208 R3. Good-6. Rather glossy steel brown and chocolate with reddish chocolate on the lower right reverse. No marks or other notable defects. LDS, Breen state IV, with a clear cud break through the upper half of TY onto the rim at right down to opposite the chin. The date and legends are clear. Estimated Value $50 - 100. Ex Frank Obermeyer 1971-Thomas Wolf. View details and enlarged photos	Realized $184
Lot 1239		1800 S-209 R3. VG-8. Glossy chocolate brown. No roughness, only a few contact marks, including a dull dig at the leaftip under the D in UNITED. MDS. The date and legends are clear. Estimated Value $75 - 125. Ex Denis Loring 1981-Thomas Wolf. View details and enlarged photos	Realized $391
Lot 1240		1800 S-210 R5+. Fine-12. Slightly sharper with a small rim dent under the left side of the fraction. Otherwise the surfaces are smooth, free of any notable contact marks or verdigris. Glossy dark chocolate brown with two small splashes of lighter brown toning on the portrait. MDS, Breen state VI. The date and legends are clear. Called F12 and tied for CC#6 in the Bland/Breen census, and it comes with an impressive provenance. Estimated Value $1,500 - 2,000. Ex David Proskey-Henry C. Hines-Dr. William H. Sheldon-Dorothy Paschal-Thomas Wolf. View details and enlarged photos	Realized $2,875
Lot 1241		1800 S-211 R3. Fine-12. Sharpness VF30 with a dig on the shoulder, corrosion near the edge left of the L in LIBERTY, small areas of shallow roughness around UNITED STAT, and myriad faint hairline scratches on the face. The remainder of the planchet is decent but not perfectly smooth either. Slightly glossy light chocolate brown mottled with dark olive. MDS, Breen state IV. The date and legends are bold. Estimated Value $200 - 300. Ex Borky sale in 1935-unknown-Darwin Palmer-Thomas Wolf. View details and enlarged photos	Realized $253
Lot 1242		1800 S-212 R3. VG-10. A couple points sharper with very fine granularity covering the left side of the reverse. No verdigris, and the only notable mark is a small rim nick before the forehead. Rather glossy dark olive and chocolate brown. EDS, Breen state I. The date and legends are strong. Estimated Value $100 - 150. Ex Thomas Wolf. View details and enlarged photos	Realized $391
Lot 1243		1800 S-212 R3. Good-6. Glossy steel and light chocolate brown. Smooth surfaces showing only a few light contact marks. The date and legends are complete and clear except for weakness at LIBERTY. M-LDS, Breen state IV. Estimated Value $50 - 75. View details and enlarged photos	Realized $230
Lot 1244		Trio of 1800 Cents. Includes S-190 (798 over 800) R3 VG 8 net G4 for granularity, S-194 (79 over 80) R3 LDS with reverse rim cuds AG3, and S-204 R4 in G5. All have a readable date. Lot of 3 coins. Estimated Value $80 - 120. All are ex Thomas Wolf. View details	Realized $104
Lot 1245		1801 S-213 R2. VG-10. Slightly sharper with a very faint hairline scratch from the top of the head down to the bust. Only a few additional light contact marks on smooth surfaces. Glossy chocolate brown. M-LDS, Breen state VIII. The date and legends are strong except for the usual weakness at RTY from die failure. Estimated Value $100 - 150. Ex Darwin Palmer 1985-Thomas Wolf. View details and enlarged photos	Realized $391
Lot 1246		1801 S-214 R3. VG-8. A few points sharper with fine horizontal hairline scratches across the lower half of the portrait, tiny nicks scattered over the reverse, and minor rim nicks and bruises on both sides. Glossy dark chocolate and olive brown. EDS, Breen state I. The date and legends are strong. Estimated Value $75 - 100. Ex Denis Loring 1978-Thomas Wolf. View details and enlarged photos	Realized $120
Lot 1247		1801 S-215 R4+. VG-8. Sharpness F12 with a smoothed area in the field off the chin, apparently where a few pinscratches were partially removed. The rest of the planchet is smooth and very attractive for the grade. Mostly glossy light chocolate brown. EDS, Breen state I, before the obverse die began to fail. The date is bold and the legends are strong. Estimated Value $250 - 400. Ex Denis Loring 1981-Thomas Wolf. View details and enlarged photos	Realized $334
Lot 1248		1801 S-216 R1. VG-8. Slightly sharper with traces of faint roughness on both sides. Rather glossy steel brown with reddish chocolate in protected areas. LDS, Breen state III. The date and legends are clear except for weakness at OF from an uneven strike. Estimated Value $75 - 100. Ex Thomas Wolf. View details and enlarged photos	Realized $127
Lot 1249		1801 S-216 R1. VG-8. A couple points sharper but lightly cleaned leaving light brown highpoints on an otherwise rather glossy dark olive and steel planchet. A patch of shallow roughness in the field before the face is the only notable flaw. MDS. The date and legends are strong. Estimated Value $75 - 100. View details and enlarged photos	Realized $75
Lot 1250		1801 S-218 R5+ 3-Error Reverse. Good-5. LIBERTY far right. A couple points sharper but covered with small nicks and contact marks, including a dull nick on the top of the hair ribbon plus pair of dull rim nicks at the top of the obverse and another at OF. Minor roughness covers the protected areas but there is no notable verdigris. Rather glossy dark olive and steel. LDS, Breen state II, an extremely rare state according to Breen. ERTY are now obliterated by die failure. The date is clear and the legends are complete except for the aforementioned failure at ERTY. The 3 reverse die-cutter errors are obvious. Estimated Value $1,000 - 1,500. Ex Darwin Palmer 1976-Thomas Wolf. View details and enlarged photos	Realized $2,070
Lot 1251		1801 S-219 R2 3-Error Reverse. VG-10. Sharpness VF20 with uniform fine granularity covering the planchet. No marks, but there are specks of waxy greenish verdigris in some of the protected areas of the reverse. Slightly glossy chocolate with lighter steel brown highpoints. The date and legends are complete and the three die-cutter errors are clear. MDS, Breen state IV. Estimated Value $300 - 500. View details and enlarged photos	Realized $529
Lot 1252		1801 S-219 R2 3-Error Reverse. Good-6. Very slightly sharper with a small planchet chip out of the edge before the nose tip extending through the planchet to the opposing rim over R in AMERICA. Otherwise the surfaces are decent with only very faint roughness under the slightly glossy dark chocolate and olive brown patina. No verdigris or contact marks. E-MDS, Breen state III. The date is strong, the legends are complete, and the 3 reverse die-cutter errors are clear but not strong. Estimated Value $100 - 150. Ex Thomas Wolf. View details and enlarged photos	Realized $150
Lot 1253		1801 S-220 R3 Error Fraction 1/000. VG-10. Glossy light chocolate and steel brown. No defects, only trivial contact marks consistent with the grade. LDS, Breen state VII, with a cud break at AM. The date and legends are clear and the error fraction feature is obvious. Estimated Value $100 - 150. Ex Denis Loring 1981-Thomas Wolf. View details and enlarged photos	Realized $437
Lot 1254		1801 S-221 R2 Corrected Fraction 100 over 000. VF-30. Attractive glossy olive brown and dark chocolate with underlying frosty luster in the fields and protected areas. No marks, but there are traces of shallow waxy verdigris or crud in protected areas of the reverse. The crud may be removable and the eye appeal of this piece is excellent. M-LDS, Breen state IV late. A strong rim cud break shows over F AME and a smaller but clearly defined rim cud also shows over the O in OF. A nice example of this popular corrected fraction variety. Estimated Value $1,500 - 2,000. View details and enlarged photos	Realized $2,070
Lot 1255		1801 S-221 R2 Corrected Fraction 100 over 000. VG-8. Sharpness F12 with fine roughness covering both sides. There are microscopic traces of shallow verdigris in protected areas. The only mark is a dull rim nick at R in AMERICA. Slightly glossy steel brown and chocolate with darker olive in protected areas. LDS, Breen state III, with a cud break at TA in STATES. The date and legends are complete and easily readable. Estimated Value $100 - 150. Ex Thomas Wolf. View details and enlarged photos	Realized $219
Lot 1256		1801 S-221 R2 Corrected Fraction 100 over 000. VG-7. Close to VG8 but a few too many light contact marks, including a dull scrape at RI in AMERICA. Mostly glossy chocolate and steel brown. The date is bold and the legends are complete. The corrected fraction feature is easily visible but not strong. EDS. Estimated Value $80 - 120. View details and enlarged photos	Realized $138
Lot 1257		1801 S-222 R1. VF-20. Very attractive glossy chocolate brown. Nicely struck and free of any notable defects other than a few trivial contact marks scattered about. EDS, Breen state I. A premium cent for the grade. Estimated Value $350 - 450. View details	Realized $1,380
Lot 1258		1801 S-223 R1 Error Fraction 1/000. VG-8 Plus. Slightly sharper with microscopic roughness under a rather glossy dark olive and chocolate brown patina. No notable marks or verdigris. MDS, Breen state III. The date and legends are clear and the error fraction feature is obvious. Estimated Value $100 - 150. View details and enlarged photos	Realized $184
Lot 1259		1801 S-224 R1. VF-20. Choice glossy chocolate brown. No roughness or other defects. Very nice for the grade. EDS, Breen state I. Estimated Value $300 - 400. View details and enlarged photos	Realized $834
Lot 1260		1801 S-224 R1. Fine-12. Slightly sharper but lightly cleaned and retoned glossy light olive and chocolate brown with sea-green overtones in protected areas. No roughness or notable marks. MDS. The date and legends are strong. Estimated Value $200 - 300. View details and enlarged photos	Realized $322
Lot 1261		1801 S-224 R1. VG-10. Sharpness VF25 but covered with fine granularity, strongest on the left side of the reverse. No marks or verdigris. Dark chocolate brown. The date is strong and the legends complete. EDS, Breen state I. Estimated Value $100 - 125. Ex Jeff Peck 1972-Thomas Wolf. View details and enlarged photos	Realized $108
Lot 1262		1801 NC-3 R6+ Error Fraction 1/000. VG-7. Sharpness F12 but covered with very fine roughness that's partially hidden under a rather glossy dark olive and steel patina with chocolate brown highpoints. No marks or verdigris. The date and legends are complete and strong and the error fraction feature is obvious. Called net VG7 and tied for CC#4 in the Breen/Bland census behind three marginally finer examples (and a side-by-side comparison could easily move this one up the list). Noyes has this one tied for CC#3, his photo #22237. Either way this is an important example of a very rare die variety, and it comes with an impressive provenance. Estimated Value $3,000 - 5,000. Ex Willard C. Blaisdell-Dr. William H. Sheldon-Dorothy Paschal-William R. T. Smith 4/78-John D. Wright. View details and enlarged photos	Realized $3,680

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