Goldberg Coins and Collectibles

Sale 47

Pre-Long Beach Coin and Currency Auction

Flowing Hair Half Dollars

Lot	Photo	Description	Realized
Lot 3961		1795 Flowing Hair Half Dollar. NGC graded VF-25. O-119. Elongated die defect lump above point of star 15. Somewhat irregular toning that is deepest along the lower obverse border. Overton-119 is easiest to recognize because the leaf on the reverse touches the base of I in UNITED. Berries arranged 9 + 9. This is one of the scarcer varieties (Rarity-4 in Parsley-Overton). Only 11 graded for the variety at NGC (PCGS # 6052) . Estimated Value $2,800 - 3,200. View details and enlarged photos Check results on similar lots	Realized $4,025
Lot 3962		1795 Flowing Hair Half Dollar. PCGS graded Fine-15. Nicely toned. Excellent hair detail and overall aesthetic appeal. From the same obverse as O-115 but now with UNITED faintly incused under Liberty from die clashing. Berries arranged 7 + 9, with 4 berries below the right wing, 3 inside and 1 out. Scarcer variety. Pop 1 for this variety; 2 Finer, 1 in 40, and 1 in 55 (PCGS # 39232) . Estimated Value $2,000 - 2,200. View details and enlarged photos Check results on similar lots	Realized $2,990
Lot 3963		1795 Flowing Hair Half Dollar. . Overton-107, R4. PCGS graded VG-8. CAC Approved. Mostly untoned. Nice for the grade. Housed in a first generation holder. On this scarcer 1795 variety, two points of star 1 are solid to the curl, while the point of star 2 is entirely across the end of the second curl. Reverse C (a long-lived one with several die marriages) has the berries 10 + 7 (PCGS # 6052) . Estimated Value $1,000 - 1,200. View details and enlarged photos Check results on similar lots	Realized $1,840
Lot 3964		1805 Draped Bust Half Dollar. . Overton-112, R2. PCGS graded EF-40 PQ. Nicely toned. Old green holder. A faint old hairline diagonally through the shield. Attractive natural gray "antique" color. Overton-112 is noted for its circular die crack from the edge through the first S across the clouds and out to the edge through the last S of STATES. A star is joined to the front of the eagle's beak and has two lower points embedded in the scroll. Pop 57; 61 finer (PCGS # 6069) . Estimated Value $2,000 - 2,100. View details and enlarged photos Check results on similar lots	Realized $2,875
Lot 3965		1806 Knob 6, large stasrs. NGC graded VF-30. Lightly toned. Estimated Value $600 - 650. View details and enlarged photos	Realized $805
Lot 3966		1806 Draped Bust Half Dollar. Pointed 6, stem through claw. . Overton-120, R3. PCGS graded EF-45. Nicely toned. A choice example of the date. Light to medium old-gray color beneath slightly deaper highlights. Nicely struck with just a modicum of weakness at the hair (PCGS # 6071) . Estimated Value $2,300 - 2,400. View details and enlarged photos Check results on similar lots	Unsold
Lot 3967		1806 Draped Bust Half Dollar. Pointed 6, stem not through claw. NCS graded Details of VF-20. Improperly cleaned. A popular type -- this reverse variety, the only one lacking a stem, shows that the finer details on the heraldic eagle side were put in separately, not only the lettering was hand-punched into the dies (PCGS # 6073) . Estimated Value $400 - 500. View details and enlarged photos Check results on similar lots	Realized $575
Lot 3968		1815 Capped Bust Half Dollar. 5 over 2. . Overton-101a. NGC graded MS-64. NGC serial #1619260-004. Wonderful blue and golden toning. Well struck and choice for this rare date. One of the finest examples we have ever handled. A fascinating example of this key Bust half dollar date that is one of the top dozen known. Even disputatious experts agree it is one of the most beautiful in terms of aesthetic enjoyment, though tied with several others at this technical grade level. The toning supplement greatly to coin's allure, with rich colorful shades over iridescent lustrous surfaces. There is a concentric ring of purple and blue at the stars and legend. Both dies have minor clash marks, as seen on a large percentage of half dollars in 1815. Mintage fell to 47,150 pieces during 1815 when the climax of the Napoleonic Wars reached a crisis, upsetting the world's specie payments system. Little silver or gold was sent to the Mint that year for coinage, and this paucity in supply continued through to 1817 or 1818. Then, to add tragedy to misery, in January 1816, a disastrous fire struck the Philadelphia Mint areas housing the rolling equipment used to prepare the ingots and strips of silver and gold coinage. Production ceased until repairs could be completed in 1817. The disruptions of the Napoleonic Wars, and our own War of 1812 with Britain brought impaired coin production. According to historical accounts, the 1815 coinage that was produced was circulated through the Planter's Bank of New Orleans. Most survivors today are well circulated or badly impaired. Extremely Fine to About Uncirculated coins can be found for a price. However, this particular coin seems to be with us only through the favor of providence. It belongs in a world-class set of United States coins. Pop 6; 2 in 65. Estimated Value $45,000 - 55,000. Ex Bowers 1/2003 sale. View details and enlarged photos	Unsold
Lot 3969		1818/7 Capped Bust Half Dollar. Small 8. . Overton-101. Rarity-1. NGC graded MS-64. CAC Approved. Nice deep blue toning on both sides. A worthwhile addition to a Bust Half Dollar collector's holdings by any standard, the luster is not in the least timid or yielding, while the toning hues blossom on both sides. The strike, like the luster, is confident, indeed, as bold as ever seen on virtually any 1818 overdate. A gorgeous coin. Pop 9; 3 finer, 1 in 64 star, 1 in 65, 1 in 66 (PCGS # 6114) . Estimated Value $5,500 - 6,000. View details and enlarged photos Check results on similar lots	Realized $7,763
Lot 3970		1819/8 Capped Bust Half Dollar. . Overton-102, T's are all defective. VF-20. Nicely toned (PCGS # 6117) . Estimated Value $80 - 90. View details and enlarged photos Check results on similar lots	Realized $156
Lot 3971		1822 Capped Bust Half Dollar. . Overton-115, R3. PCGS graded MS-63. CAC approved. Well struck with nice blue and grey toning. Most specimens of O-115 show die cracks contiguous to the legend, at UNITED STATES and one passes through MERICA leaving a small lump at the center of R and continuing through 50C to the edge below the leaves, as noted here. An impressive MS63 with smooth luster under the toning highlights. Representative sharp strike for the date, as well includes excellent detail in the head and eagle areas of the design. Definitely very choice where objective quality is concerned. Pop 53; 51 finer (PCGS # 6129) . Estimated Value $3,000 - 3,200. View details and enlarged photos Check results on similar lots	Realized $4,140
Lot 3972		1826 Capped Bust Half Dollar. NGC graded AU-55. O-108A. A nice full struck with attractive sunset toning with a touch of iridescense. Pop 4; 3 finer. Estimated Value $300 - 330. View details and enlarged photos	Realized $506
Lot 3973		1826 Capped Bust Half Dollar. NGC graded AU-53. O-112. Rarity 2. Well struck with lots of sharp detail. Attractive natural antique gray toning on both sides. Estimated Value $275 - 300. View details and enlarged photos	Realized $322
Lot 3974		1832 Capped Bust Half Dollar. . O-103. Rarity-1. PCGS graded MS-65. Well struck with lovely blue and golden toning. A beaming gem rolling in unbeatable cartwheel luster that emits boldly beneath the naturally toned highlights. Possessed of a much better-quality strike than is typical for an 1832, although there is some suggestion at the rims that the dies were nearing the time for retirement. Centers are crisply detailed. Pop 12; 1 finer in 67 (PCGS # 6160) . Estimated Value $7,000 - 8,000. View details and enlarged photos Check results on similar lots	Realized $10,350
Lot 3975		1834 Capped Bust Half Dollar. NGC graded MS-63 PQ. A frosty white coin. Likely a later strike from the dies, judging from the details. The surfaces are satin silver. Struck with not quite the required mathematical precision (but aren't most 1834 bust halves this way?), with some areas incomplete on the high points by an unsuccessful strike left by the rebound of the dies. The surfaces, however, are exceedingly choice for the grade, silvery, smooth, devoid of marks or tarnish spots. We consider the grade to be Premium Quality. Estimated Value $2,200 - 2,300. View details and enlarged photos	Realized $2,415
Lot 3976		1835 Capped Bust Half Dollar. PCGS graded MS-64. CAC approved. A nice frosty coin. An nice array of rich golden hues grace the periphery of this lovely choice condition Bust half dollar. A small area of striking weakness is seen at the stars on the obverse while a lack of rim dentils and sharpness at URI can be seen on the reverse, but the present MS64 is still extraordinarily beautiful. Pop 33; 2 finer, 1 in 65, 1 in 67 (PCGS # 6168) . Estimated Value $3,700 - 3,800. View details and enlarged photos Check results on similar lots	Realized $5,060
Lot 3977		1837 Capped Bust Half Dollar. PCGS graded MS-63. CAC approved. Well struck and nicely toned. A special choice Mint State example in all respects, the luster is smooth, fresh and unyielding, while natural shades of toning accent both sides. The strike is bold in the centers but typically soft in areas at the stars and rim dentils, indeed, one of the few choice examples seen on virtually any date in the 1837-39 Capped Bust half dollar series. The Philadelphia Mint struck the issue on its newly installed steam-driven press. (The early bust halves were struck on hand-operated screw presses which sometimes left an uneven impression.) Pop 75; 90 finer (PCGS # 6176) . Estimated Value $2,900 - 3,000. View details and enlarged photos Check results on similar lots	Realized $3,220
Lot 3978		A lot of Bust Half Dollars. Consists of: 1813, 1819, 1820, 1826, 1827, 1832 and 1839. Coins will grade Very Fine to Extremely Fine and housed in an old Wayte Raymond holder. Unchecked for varieties. Lot of 7 coins. Estimated Value $900 - 1,000. View details	Realized $1,668
Lot 3979		1850-O Liberty Seated Half Dollar. PCGS graded MS-62. Well struck with a hint of light gold toning around devices; lustrous fully detailed frost on both sides. A crisply struck example. Pop 7; 24 finer at PCGS. (PCGS # 6265) . Estimated Value $650 - 700. View details and enlarged photos Check results on similar lots	Realized $1,064
Lot 3980		1854-O Liberty Seated Half Dollar. Arrows. NGC ungraded Shipwreck Effect SS Republic. Our grade is Sharpness of MS-60. Housed in a nice wooden box. Estimated Value $400 - 500. View details	Realized $506
Lot 3981		1861 Liberty Seated Half Dollar. Proof 60 plus. Nice golden toning with some milky effects in the fields. Razor-sharp detail on this Civil War period Proof (PCGS # 6415) . Estimated Value $375 - 400. View details and enlarged photos Check results on similar lots	Realized $1,093
Lot 3982		1870-CC Liberty Seated Half Dollar. PCGS graded AU-50. Encased in PCGS holder 60096988. Light even toning on both sides. Very popular first year "CC" mint coin. Although essentially untouched by cleaning or any signs that it was ever tarnished, the smooth, light to medium gray surfaces show a few small marks that a collector can use as identifiers since this is among the finest specimens on the market today. There is a small mark near the elbow that crosses the staff holding the liberty cap. Another equally small mark is in the field a short distance from Liberty's leg. On the reverse, there is a small darkish area of toning at the 4 o'clock position near three of the dentils. The strike is excellent for this mint. That is seen in the full, clear motto IN GOD WE TRUST on the scroll above the eagle (this area is often a problem spot on With Motto dates). All in all a sensational coin for the advanced seated Liberty half dollar collector. Pop 4; 5 finer; 2 in 53; 1 in 55; 1 in 62. (PCGS # 6328) . For a detailed account of the Carson Mint in Nevada, collectors will want to acquire a copy of Rusty Goe's "The Mint on Carson Street". In his reflections on the year 1870, the year the mint opened for business, Goe has this to say: "On February 10, 1870 the stars seems to be properly aligned and Carson City was ready for the first coins ever bearing the "CC" mintmark to be delivered. The 2,303 silver dollars set in motion the timeless love affair rooted in the operations oat the Carson City Mint. Two months later, the half dollar became the second silver denomination struck at that legendary institution. Ten days later, on April 20, 1870, quarters were produced, thus rounding out Carson City's inaugural year offering of silver coins." Goe goes on to observe that "approximately 100 years after the 1870-CC half dollars were minted, numismatists established that no more than 40 pieces existed. In the late 1970s and early 1980s, information about a hoard of double that size came to light. When the time came, numismatic researcher Randall E. Wiley confirmed the existence of a 90 coin hoard. Wiley examined this significant hoard in 1986, attributing varieties and assigning grades. No fewer than 55 pieces graded AG to VG, 23 were F to VF, and nine received the XF rating. Only three coins qualified for the highest grade in the lot, that being About Uncirculated (AU)." This is significant for prospective bidders of the lovely About Uncirculated specimen offered in this lot! Estimated Value $35,000 - 40,000. View details and enlarged photos Check results on similar lots	Unsold
Lot 3983		1884 Liberty Seated Half Dollar. PCGS graded MS-67. Nicely toned on both sides. Pleasant antique-silver satin surfaces display lots of luster flowing through the balanced toning on both sides. In light of that, we can also say this piece is nicely struck with extremely full details on both sides. Superb! Only 4,400 coins struck for circulation. Pop 4; None finer at PCGS. (PCGS # 6366) . Estimated Value $8,000 - 8,500. View details and enlarged photos Check results on similar lots	Realized $10,120
Lot 3984		A Lot of Seated Half Dollars. Consists of: 1853 Arrow and Rays, 1853-0 Arrows and Rays, 1856-O, and 1858-O. All have been cleaned with some graffiti on the coins. Coins range from VF to AU and damaged. Lot of 4 coins. Estimated Value $300 - 350. View details	Realized $201
Lot 3985		1901 Barber Half Dollar. PCGS graded MS-65. Nice deep blue toning. Old green holder. An very fresh looking and lively toned gem with intense luster and a bold strike. Everything you would want from the Gem grade, and probably then some. Notice the unusually low PCGS census: Pop 12; 5 finer, 4 in 66, 1 in 67 (PCGS # 6489) . Estimated Value $3,500 - 3,800. View details and enlarged photos Check results on similar lots	Unsold
Lot 3986		1902 Barber Half Dollar. NGC graded MS-64. Spectacular electric blue and rose hues cover the obverse surfaces. The reverse is basically untoned. Worthy of a premium bid for the intense obverse toning. Pop 36; 14 finer, 7 in 65, 6 in 66, 1 in 67 (PCGS # 6492) . Estimated Value $1,400 - 1,600. View details and enlarged photos Check results on similar lots	Realized $1,553
Lot 3987		1907-D Barber Half Dollar. ANACS graded VF-30. Toned (PCGS # 6509) . Estimated Value $50 - 60. View details and enlarged photos Check results on similar lots	Realized $98
Lot 3988		1914 Barber Half Dollar. NGC graded Proof 62. A nice untoned coin. Only 380 proofs struck. While Mint State examples are rarely available of the '14-P, Proofs are also surprisingly elusive due, in part, to their low mintage. This is a reflective, choice Proof 62 survivor whose sharpness is indicative of its grade (PCGS # 6561) . Estimated Value $450 - 500. View details and enlarged photos Check results on similar lots	Realized $920
Lot 3989		1936 Liberty Walking Half Dollar. PCGS graded Proof 65. Old green holder. Lightly toned. An intensely beautiful Walking Liberty half dollar, a Gem Proof with outstanding mirror luster and a strike that is amazingly complete. Intense silvery color gleaming through suggests that the present specimen spent much of its life protected from tarnish or mishap in a devoted collector's safe deposit box (PCGS # 6636) . Estimated Value $3,800 - 3,900. View details and enlarged photos Check results on similar lots	Realized $4,370
Lot 3990		1941-S Liberty Walking Half Dollar. PCGS graded MS-66 PQ. CAC approved. A lovely white gem. The surfaces are nearly flawless. Rarely do you see a white, mint-fresh Gem, like this, as crisp and glossy, bold and attractive as when it was first released from to the Treasury for distribution. Pop 361; 6 finer in 67 (PCGS # 6613) . Estimated Value $1,200 - 1,300. View details and enlarged photos Check results on similar lots	Realized $1,840
Lot 3991		1942 Liberty Walking Half Dollar. PCGS graded Proof 65 PQ. CAC approved. Housed in an old green holder. Well struck and fully white, the surface brightly reflective (PCGS # 6642) . Estimated Value $550 - 600. View details and enlarged photos Check results on similar lots	Realized $660
Lot 3992		A complete set of Walking Liberty Halves 1916-1947-D. Coins will grade from About Good to Very Fine. All housed in two deluxe Whitman albums. Estimated Value $900 - 950. View details	Realized $920
Lot 3993		1934-1947-D. Complete Set of Gem BU Walkers. All are PCGS graded MS-65 in old green holders. Each is a sparkling brilliant totally white gem specimen and many are Premium Quality coins. This outstanding collection is stored in two old green PCGS boxes. Lot of 39 coins. Estimated Value $15,000 - 20,000. View details	Realized $21,850
Lot 3994		1934-1947-D. Complete Set of Gem BU Walkers. All are PCGS graded MS-65 in old green holders. Each is a sparkling brilliant totally white gem specimen and many are Premium Quality coins. This outstanding collection is stored in two old green PCGS boxes. Lot of 39 coins. Estimated Value $15,000 - 20,000. View details	Realized $19,550
Lot 3995		1941-1947-D. A Complete Gem BU "Short Set" of Walkers. All are graded PCGS MS-65 in old green holders. Most coins are totally white and many are of Premium Quality. Stored in an old green PCGS box. Lot of 20 coins. Estimated Value $4,000 - 4,500. View details	Realized $5,060
Lot 3996		1941-1947-D. A Complete Gem BU "Short Set" of Walkers. All are graded PCGS MS-65 in old green holders. Most coins are blast white and are of Premium Quality for the designated grade. Stored in an old green PCGS box. Lot of 20 coins. Estimated Value $4,000 - 4,500. View details	Realized $5,060
Lot 3997		A Pair of Franklin Half Dollars. Consists of: 1949-S and a 1950-D ranging from AU to Unc. Lot of 2 coins. Estimated Value $30 - 40. View details	Realized $46
Lot 3998		1951-S Franklin Half Dollar. NGC graded MS-66. Together with: 1951-S Quarter. NGC graded MS-66. Undoubtedly from the same mint set as they exhibit the same natural mutli-color toning. Lot of 2 coins. Estimated Value $100 - 125. View details	Realized $104
Lot 3999		1948-1963-D Complete BU Franklin Half Set. A Choice Brilliant Uncirculated set housed in a deluxe Whitman album. Estimated Value $425 - 475. View details	Realized $633