Goldberg Coins and Collectibles

Sale 54

Pre-Long Beach Coin and Currency Auction

Commemorative Silver Coins

Lot	Photo	Description	Realized
Lot 2938		1900 Lafayette Dollar. PCGS graded MS-63. Light natural antique toning on both sides, with even detail in the main devices, as struck. The Lafayette was the first silver-dollar U.S. commemorative issued. The government would go the better part of 75 years before issuing another silver-dollar commemorative! (PCGS # 9222) . Estimated Value $1,400 - 1,500. View details and enlarged photos Check results on similar lots	Unsold
Lot 2939		1900 Lafayette Dollar. AU-50. Some faint hairlines are noted, still quite lustrous. There is no purer pleasure than landing a scarce Lafayette dollar like this at a reasonable price. Estimated Value $300 - 350. The Leo Wexler Collection. View details and enlarged photos	Realized $546
Lot 2940		1893 Isabella Quarter Dollar. PCGS graded MS-63. A hint of light toning about the devices while luster strolls leisurely across all surfaces, including Isabella's facial profile (PCGS # 9220) . Estimated Value $450 - 500. The Leo Wexler Collection. View details and enlarged photos Check results on similar lots	Realized $575
Lot 2941		1921 Alabama Half Dollar, with 2 x 2. PCGS graded MS-65. An intensely lustrous example with a hint of light tone and oceans of mint luster rolling to and fro across the surface. The only way to press your advantage with a gem Alabama commemorative of this caliber is to take a firm stance and bid with vigor! Pop 396; 63 in 66, 5 in 67 (PCGS # 9225) . Estimated Value $1,000 - 1,050. The Leo Wexler Collection. View details and enlarged photos Check results on similar lots	Realized $1,006
Lot 2942		1921 Alabama Half Dollar, no 2 x 2. PCGS graded MS-64 PQ. Lovely natural toning on both sides and a Premium Quality coin. Only 6,000 minted (PCGS # 9224) . Estimated Value $450 - 550. The Leo Wexler Collection. View details and enlarged photos Check results on similar lots	Realized $483
Lot 2943		1936 Albany Half Dollar. PCGS graded MS-65 (PCGS # 9227) . Estimated Value $220 - 240. View details and enlarged photos Check results on similar lots	Realized $322
Lot 2944		1937 Antietam Half Dollar. PCGS graded MS-64 (PCGS # 9229) . Estimated Value $550 - 570. View details and enlarged photos Check results on similar lots	Realized $604
Lot 2945		1935-P,D,S Arkansas Half Dollar Set. PCGS graded MS-65, MS-64 and MS-65 respectively. A lovely set with attractive light gold toning. Choice to gem quality throughout, we see no reason to revise the high estimation we hold of this handsome set of coins. Lot of 3 coins. Estimated Value $400 - 450. The Leo Wexler Collection. View details and enlarged photos	Unsold
Lot 2946		1936-P,D,S Arkansas Half Dollar Set. PCGS graded MS-65, MS-64 and "Genuine" respectively. All are mostly untoned. Lot of 3 coins. Estimated Value $250 - 275. The Leo Wexler Collection. View details	Realized $334
Lot 2947		1936 Arkansas Half Dollar. PCGS graded MS-64. Original deep sunset toning on both sides with some colorful aspects (PCGS # 9237) . Estimated Value $110 - 120. The Leo Wexler Collection. View details and enlarged photos Check results on similar lots	Realized $265
Lot 2948		1937-P,D,S Arkansas Half Dollar Set. PCGS graded MS-64, MS-65 and MS-64 respectively. A choice untoned set, radiant with satin luster characteristic of the Arkansas Type. Lot of 3 coins. Estimated Value $350 - 400. The Leo Wexler Collection. View details and enlarged photos	Realized $322
Lot 2949		1938-P,D,S Arkansas Half Dollar Set. PCGS graded MS-64, MS-65 and MS-64 respectively. A beautiful untoned set. Only 3,155 sets made. Lot of 3 coins. Estimated Value $700 - 800. The Leo Wexler Collection. View details and enlarged photos	Unsold
Lot 2950		1939-P,D,S Arkansas Half Dollar Set. PCGS graded MS-65, MS-64 and MS-65 respectively. A beautifully matched set, each with a hint of delicate light toning. Only 2,104 sets issued, the lowest mintage in the Arkansas series. Collectors positively prefer their Arkansas sets to be original, attractive, and (whenever possible), beautifully toned like this. Lot of 3 coins. Estimated Value $1,600 - 1,750. The Leo Wexler Collection. View details and enlarged photos	Realized $1,380
Lot 2951		1935-P,D,S Boone Half Dollar Set. PCGS graded MS-65, MS-64 and "Genuine" respectively (our grade is MS-65). A beautiful original set, well matched and each with stunning rainbow toning. For consistent eye-appeal and colors you cannot beat these original sets purchased at the time of issue and coddled lovingly by their owners for the better part of 7 decades! Lot of 3 coins. Estimated Value $400 - 500. The Leo Wexler Collection. View details and enlarged photos	Realized $1,006
Lot 2952		1935-P, D, S Boone Half Dollar Set. Small 1934 on reverse. PCGS graded All MS-66. A magnificent gem set, perfectly matched and each with a touch of natural creamy color toning. One of the key sets to the 144-piece set. Only 2,003 made. Lot of 3 coins. Estimated Value $2,300 - 2,400. The Leo Wexler Collection. View details and enlarged photos	Realized $2,013
Lot 2953		1936-P,D,S Boone Half Dollar Set. PCGS graded All MS-65. Mostly untoned. A gem quality set. Lot of 3 coins. Estimated Value $600 - 650. The Leo Wexler Collection. View details and enlarged photos	Realized $690
Lot 2954		1937-P,D,S Boone Half Dollar Set. PCGS graded MS-66, MS-67 and MS-64 respectively. An original set, each with a touch of light antique toning about the borders. Lot of 3 coins. Estimated Value $800 - 850. The Leo Wexler Collection. View details and enlarged photos	Realized $1,898
Lot 2955		1938-P,D,S Boone Half Dollar Set. Coins will grade MS-60 or better. Each untoned with some minor hairlines. Only 2,100 sets struck. Lot of 3 coins. Estimated Value $500 - 550. The Leo Wexler Collection. View details and enlarged photos	Realized $748
Lot 2956		1936 Bridgeport Half Dollar. PCGS graded MS-67. Nice light gold toning. Pleasant satin luster ripples across the naturally toned silver surfaces. This is a strongly struck Bridgeport, with nice detail to all the important high points of P.T. Barnum's profile. Pop 54; none finer at PCGS (PCGS # 9279) . Estimated Value $1,400 - 1,500. View details and enlarged photos Check results on similar lots	Realized $1,380
Lot 2957		1936 Bridgeport Half Dollar. PCGS graded MS-65 (PCGS # 9279) . Estimated Value $150 - 160. View details and enlarged photos Check results on similar lots	Realized $165
Lot 2958		1925-S California Half Dollar. PCGS graded MS-65. Deep natural golden toning on both sides. Gem quality like this always draws a lot of attention (PCGS # 9281) . Estimated Value $400 - 450. The Leo Wexler Collection. View details and enlarged photos Check results on similar lots	Realized $506
Lot 2959		1925-S California Half Dollar. PCGS graded MS-65. A blazing white gem example. Estimated Value $400 - 450. View details and enlarged photos	Realized $661
Lot 2960		1951-1954 P,D,S Carver-Washington Half Dollar Sets. Mint State 63 to 65. A lovely hand picked complete set. Lot of 12 coins. Estimated Value $250 - 300. The Leo Wexler Collection. View details	Realized $460
Lot 2961		1936 Cincinnati Music Center Half Dollar. PCGS graded MS-64 PQ. Delicate light natural toning. In a 1st generation holder. A Premium Quality coin. The low mintage Cincinnatis were quite a draw at the time they were issued, racing up the price charts during the Commemorative coin boom of 1936. Estimated Value $250 - 300. View details	Realized $334
Lot 2962		1936-P,D,S Columbia, S.C. Half Dollar. NGC graded Each MS-66. Each is a brilliant white gem. Lot of 3 coins. Estimated Value $800 - 850. View details	Realized $660
Lot 2963		1936-P,D,S Columbia, S.C. Half Dollar. PCGS graded MS-65, MS-66 and MS-65 respectively. A brilliant untoned gem set. Once you embark on a career of examining and describing in detail high quality coins, it becomes second nature to be drawn towards any fresh, original set like this for the Columbia, South Carolina commemorative halves. Lot of 3 coins. Estimated Value $700 - 750. The Leo Wexler Collection. View details and enlarged photos	Realized $661
Lot 2964		1892 and 1893 Columbian Half Dollars. PCGS graded Each MS-65. Each is similarly toned exhibiting multi-color hues. Lot of 2 coins. Estimated Value $500 - 525. View details	Realized $575
Lot 2965		1893 Columbian Half Dollar. PCGS graded MS-65. Light golden toning around the obverse edges. A lovely gem example, fully in accordance with the rules guiding the grading service to award this the MS65 grade (PCGS # 9297) . Estimated Value $240 - 260. The Leo Wexler Collection. View details and enlarged photos Check results on similar lots	Realized $300
Lot 2966		1935 Connecticut Half Dollar. PCGS graded MS-65 (PCGS # 9299) . Estimated Value $300 - 325. View details and enlarged photos Check results on similar lots	Realized $345
Lot 2967		1935 Connecticut Half Dollar. MS-60 Plus. Distinctive deep lilac and multi color toning. The grading service questions the toning. Estimated Value $125 - 150. The Leo Wexler Collection. View details and enlarged photos	Realized $196
Lot 2968		1922 Grant Half Dollar, with star. PCGS graded MS-65. A brilliant creamy-white gem. Only 4,256 minted and one of the key issues to the complete 144-piece set. Always in demand, particularly at this high level. Pop 146; 32 in 66, 3 in 67 (PCGS # 9307) . Estimated Value $3,500 - 3,700. The Leo Wexler Collection. View details and enlarged photos Check results on similar lots	Realized $4,888
Lot 2969		1922 Grant Half Dollar, with star. NGC graded MS-65. Lightly toned. A lovely gem example of this important key issue to the complete 144-piece set. Pop 203; 44 in 66; 6 in 67. (PCGS # 2879) . Estimated Value $3,500 - 3,700. View details and enlarged photos Check results on similar lots	Realized $3,680
Lot 2970		1922 Grant Half Dollar, with star. PCGS graded MS-64. A very choice untoned example of this key issue, this coin was struck during 1922 as a centenary souvenir of Ulysses S. Grant's birth. A star that appeared on the first issues was later removed, creating a second (more common) variety. The star has no other significance than to boost sales. The reverse shows the frame house in Point Pleasant, Ohio, where Grant was born in 1822. (The log cabin label was affixed to this design by Andrew W. Mellon, then Secretary of the Treasury, who so described it in his annual report for fiscal 1922. As Slabaugh has pointed out, Mellon confused this frame house with a log cabin Grant built over 30 years later on his wife's farm near St. Louis.) (PCGS # 9307) . Estimated Value $1,400 - 1,500. View details and enlarged photos Check results on similar lots	Realized $1,553
Lot 2971		1922 Grant Half Dollar, with star. PCGS graded MS-63. A very choice example with hints of light toning about. Everything straight forward and above-board here, with copious amonts of mint luster. We note the wrong PCGS number on the holder (PCGS # 9306) . Estimated Value $1,100 - 1,150. View details and enlarged photos Check results on similar lots	Realized $1,438
Lot 2972		1922 Grant Half Dollar, no star. PCGS graded MS-66. A splendid frosty white gem specimen whose luster is booming on both sides. The beauty of the coin proves the correctness of PCGS's '66 grade, and then some! Pop 219; 33 in 67 (PCGS # 9306) . Estimated Value $650 - 700. The Leo Wexler Collection. View details and enlarged photos Check results on similar lots	Realized $690
Lot 2973		1922 Grant Half Dollar, no star. MS-60. Lightly toned. Estimated Value $80 - 90. View details and enlarged photos	Realized $102
Lot 2974		1928 Hawaiian Half Dollar. PCGS "Genuine". Our grade is MS-63 with a few minor hairlines and a very nice coin. The luster is plainly evident over both sides. Captain James Cook made two visits to the Hawaiian Islands, in 1778 and again the next year (PCGS # 9309) . Estimated Value $1,700 - 1,800. View details and enlarged photos Check results on similar lots	Realized $1,840
Lot 2975		1928 Hawaiian Half Dollar. MS-60 Plus. Remarkably clean surfaces with a faint hint of pastel toning. Estimated Value $900 - 950. The Leo Wexler Collection. View details and enlarged photos	Realized $2,013
Lot 2976		1924 Huguenot-Walloon Half Dollar. PCGS graded MS-65. Lovely original antique toning over gem-quality frosted luster (PCGS # 9314) . Estimated Value $200 - 220. The Leo Wexler Collection. View details and enlarged photos Check results on similar lots	Realized $288
Lot 2977		1936 Lynchburg Half Dollar. PCGS graded MS-65 (PCGS # 9324) . Estimated Value $200 - 220. View details and enlarged photos Check results on similar lots	Realized $231
Lot 2978		1920 Maine Half Dollar. PCGS graded MS-66. Warm golden toning around the devices on both sides. Frosty and bold. Pop 346; 16 in 67 (PCGS # 9326) . Estimated Value $400 - 450. The Leo Wexler Collection. View details and enlarged photos Check results on similar lots	Realized $437
Lot 2979		1920 Maine Half Dollar. NGC graded MS-65. Well struck with a hint of gold tone (PCGS # 9326) . Estimated Value $225 - 250. View details and enlarged photos Check results on similar lots	Realized $253
Lot 2980		1934 Maryland Half Dollar. PCGS graded MS-66. Pop 528; 44 finer in 67 (PCGS # 9328) . Estimated Value $300 - 320. View details and enlarged photos Check results on similar lots	Realized $322
Lot 2981		1934 Maryland Half Dollar. PCGS graded MS-65. Gorgeous shades of natural lavender toning wraps itself lovingly over the frosted surface of this very attractive Maryland commemorative (PCGS # 9328) . Estimated Value $250 - 300. The Leo Wexler Collection. View details and enlarged photos Check results on similar lots	Realized $552
Lot 2982		1921 Missouri Half Dollar, no 2 x 4. PCGS graded MS-65. Well struck with nice, even natural toning. Volatile cartwheel luster is nicely tempered by the natural toning overlay, yet its dynamic effects still grab your attention. What also peaks our interest is the sharp appearance of the main design where the cap shows its detail and the shoulder isn't round as on some. An attractive gem Missouri half dollar that shows off its bold strike proudly. Pop 216; 29 finer in 66 (PCGS # 9330) . Estimated Value $2,000 - 2,200. View details and enlarged photos Check results on similar lots	Realized $2,128
Lot 2983		1921 Missouri Half Dollar, no 2 x 4. PCGS graded AU-58. Lightly toned (PCGS # 9330) . Estimated Value $350 - 400. View details and enlarged photos Check results on similar lots	Realized $368
Lot 2984		1923-S Monroe Doctrine Half Dollar. PCGS graded MS-64. A nice frosty coin. These were issued to commemorate the anniversary of Monroe's Doctrine in 1823 (PCGS # 9333) . Estimated Value $150 - 175. View details and enlarged photos Check results on similar lots	Realized $207
Lot 2985		1938 New Rochelle Half Dollar. PCGS graded MS-66 (PCGS # 9335) . Estimated Value $385 - 400. View details and enlarged photos Check results on similar lots	Realized $575
Lot 2986		1936 Norfolk Half Dollar. PCGS graded MS-67 (PCGS # 9337) . Estimated Value $440 - 460. View details and enlarged photos Check results on similar lots	Realized $546
Lot 2987		1926 Oregon Trail Half Dollar. PCGS graded MS-66. Delicate natural antique tones, booming luster underneath all this (PCGS # 9340) . Estimated Value $300 - 330. The Leo Wexler Collection. View details and enlarged photos Check results on similar lots	Realized $414

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