Goldberg Coins and Collectibles

Sale 57

Pre-Long Beach Coin and Currency Auction

Dimes

Lot	Photo	Description	Realized
Lot 947		1796 Draped Bust Dime. NGC graded AU-53. Only 22,135 pieces struck. Light friction from use in commerce, the smooth, even surfaces show a decided contrast from gray toning around the legends and devices. The main surface area is light silver-gray. The only weak spot in the strike is seen at the center, where some of the lovelock curls remain indistinct. There is a sharp center dot below Liberty's ear, however. A couple of small marks on the eagle. Estimated Value $14,000 - 15,000. View details and enlarged photos	Unsold
Lot 948		1802 Draped Bust Dime. NGC graded AU-55. The date logotype on this dime variety appears to be identical to that used for the 1802 quarter eagle. Interestingly, the quarter eagle has often been called an 1802/1 overdate in past literature, while we do not recall any instances of the dime being called an overdate. The lower right serif of this digit is connected to the diagonal by a short die line while the upper left curve is connected to the opposite side of the diagonal by a second die line. It is these features that led some to call the quarter eagle an overdate. It is our opinion that these merely represent slight defects to the date punch and in no manner suggest that this is an 1802/1 overdate. A superb specimen of a very tough early dime. Frosty silver gray surfaces with luster present and somewhat grayer in the fields. A smattering of tiny contact points may be seen under magnification, many of which may have preexisted striking; we note only one on Liberty's throat for identification although some might want to add another, a scuff from the shield into the left wing on the reverse. Some light hairlines are visible as well, but the overall eye appeal is just superb -- this is a really nice early dime even before factors like rarity and die state are considered. This piece is likely Condition Census for this rare variety, as the JR book notes that the finest specimen seen was an AU-55 that was formerly in the R.L. Miles collection. NGC has certified only one Mint State specimen! The rarity of the 1802 date is famous, and we expect competition for a coin of this remarkable quality will be fierce. Pop 1; 1 finer in 62. Estimated Value $14,000 - 15,000. View details and enlarged photos	Realized $13,225
Lot 949		1805 Draped Bust Dime. 5 berries. Corrosion, scratches, and cleaned. Estimated Value $500 - 550. View details and enlarged photos	Realized $776
Lot 950		1827 Capped Bust Dime. . JR-3, R-1. NGC graded MS-65. Mostly well struck on a problem-free planchet. The obverse surfaces are semi reflective and all is delicatly toned. A resplendent Gem that has beautiful fields and devices. Lustrous and carefully reserved. A faint die crack connects the top of Liberty's cap to the rim and the eagle's shield displays solid gules stripes on this common variety, both characteristic of the die marriage. Pop 20; 5 in 66, 2 in 67. Estimated Value $9,000 - 9,500. View details and enlarged photos	Unsold
Lot 951		1833 Capped Bust Dime. NGC graded MS-64. Light even gray toning. Well struck. Muted old-silver luster graces satiny and original (uncleaned) surfaces. Varying hues of gray mingle with faint gold iridescence. An attractive MS64 that wears its sharp strike proudly. Pop 49; 27 finer. Estimated Value $2,000 - 2,100. View details and enlarged photos	Unsold
Lot 952		Withdrawn Check results on similar lots	Unsold
Lot 953		1837 Liberty Seated Dime. NGC graded MS-62. Seated. No Stars. Even natural toning. During the latter half of the 1830s Mint officials decided to spruce up the silver coinage. They picked Christian Gobrecht's now-famous rendition of an allegorical Liberty seated on a boulder to do it. Mint condition No Drapery Dimes and Half Dimes featuring Gobrecht's original starless design are attractive. Moreover, they were minted only in 1837 and 1838. Pop 27. Estimated Value $1,300 - 1,400. View details and enlarged photos	Unsold
Lot 954		1837 Liberty Seated Dime. Large date. Altered surfaces but still lustrous and attractive for the right buyer. This is Gobrecht's acclaimed design of Liberty seated surrounded by a plain background. Our grade is sharpness of MS63 (PCGS # 4561) . Estimated Value $300 - 350. View details and enlarged photos Check results on similar lots	Realized $1,553
Lot 955		1846 Liberty Seated Dime. NGC graded AU-58. Many point to the Little Orphan Annie 1844 seated dime as a difficult acquisition. It does not, however, have the least mintage in the Stars Obverse series, for that honor belongs to this 1846 with a mere 31,300 pieces originally delivered. The 1846 is rare in all grades. Since Brian Greer (1992), a seated dime authority, states that the 1846 is particularly elusive at or above the EF level, this choice, lustrous and toned About Uncirculated 58 survivor is destined to be a magnet for bidders in the auction. Both the obverse and the reverse are naturally toned at the rims in prevailing russet and gray patina. There are also a few swirls of lighter, old-silver color blended together through the central obverse. By the time we get to the reverse, some iridescent steel blue has appeared in a few areas outside the wreath. Plenty sharp when it comes to striking definition, every device is evident despite light highpoint wear. We find there are no noticeable abrasions to detract attention. Undeniably this is one of the most significant offerings of seated Liberty coinage in this sale, and a coin that would grace any collection with its presence. Pop 1; 1 finer in 61. Estimated Value $15,000 - 17,500. Ex: Heritage 6/29/08 Auction (Realized $23,000). View details and enlarged photos	Unsold
Lot 956		1857-O Liberty Seated Dime. PCGS graded MS-62 PQ. Well struck with lovely lilac toning. Scarcer than the common 1857 P-mint half dime. Pop 18; 73 finer (PCGS # 4615) . Estimated Value $350 - 400. View details and enlarged photos Check results on similar lots	Realized $460
Lot 957		1860-O Liberty Seated Dime. NGC graded AU-55. 40,000 pieces struck. Only one variety is known of this date. A solid, light silver-gray About Uncirculated 55 example, there are some light hairlines visible under closer examination. Of the rather meager mintage, only a minuscule percentage has made it down to the present, most disappeared. There are only a few Mint State examples known of this date, and these are extremely expensive; even high grade circulated pieces such as that offered here are very rare! Pop 1; 3 finer, 2 in 64, 1 in 67. Estimated Value $7,000 - 7,500. View details and enlarged photos	Realized $7,130
Lot 958		1864 Liberty Seated Dime. NGC graded Proof 67. Attractive delicate sunset toning on both sides. Only 470 Proofs made. This is one of the rare dates from the 1860s when production declined to lower levels than before. A spectacular Proof! Survival was hit or miss at the upper end of the grade scale, as this low census confirms: Pop 5; 1 better in 67*. Estimated Value $2,500 - 2,750. View details and enlarged photos	Realized $2,933
Lot 959		1882 Liberty Seated Dime. PCGS graded Proof 66 PQ. CAC Approved. Eye catching multi-colored toning exists on both sides. Only 1,100 struck. Pop 14; 10 finer, 9 in 67, 1 in 68 (PCGS # 4779) . Estimated Value $1,500 - 1,600. View details and enlarged photos Check results on similar lots	Realized $2,340
Lot 960		1890 Liberty Seated Dime. PCGS graded MS-64. Lightly toned. In an old green label holder. A frosty example (PCGS # 4704) . Estimated Value $250 - 275. View details and enlarged photos Check results on similar lots	Realized $322
Lot 961		1891 Liberty Seated Dime. PCGS graded MS-64. Lightly toned. In an old green label holder. Final year of the seated Liberty Type. By 1891, a great debate rages across the country whether silver should be the money of the land or gold. A presidential election the next year focused on the debate. The gold-standard faction won the seat (PCGS # 4706) . Estimated Value $250 - 275. View details and enlarged photos Check results on similar lots	Realized $334
Lot 962		1891 Liberty Seated Dime. PCGS graded MS-63. Choice with frosty luster somewhat muted on both sides (PCGS # 4706) . Estimated Value $150 - 175. View details and enlarged photos Check results on similar lots	Realized $173
Lot 963		1892 Barber Dime. PCGS graded MS-65. CAC Approved. Well struck with nice original toning atop gleaming frosted luster. First year of issue (PCGS # 4796) . Estimated Value $500 - 550. View details and enlarged photos Check results on similar lots	Realized $575
Lot 964		1892 Barber Dime. PCGS graded MS-63. The luster on this piece streams out from the center to the edge, perhaps from fast-wearing dies (PCGS # 4796) . Estimated Value $110 - 120. View details and enlarged photos Check results on similar lots	Realized $150
Lot 965		1894 Barber Dime. NGC graded Proof 67 Cameo. A snow-white superb cameo gem. What more can we say? The coin is gorgeous! It is grand. The fields dance. The devices sparkle. So much, then, for the luster although we wish we could go on. Scanning the devices, these were struck with sufficient power by the dies that they left all design elements showing, and showing clearly, confirming that quality control was primed at the Mint in 1894! Only 972 Proofs struck. Pop. 8; 4 better, 2 in 67*, 2 in 68. Estimated Value $2,500 - 2,750. View details and enlarged photos	Unsold
Lot 966		1896-S Barber Dime. PCGS graded MS-64. A well struck example exhibiting natural shades of violet toning. This crisply original coin is toned over frosted fields and devices. Pertaining to the devices, all aspects of the design were made with methodical precision. Only 575,056 minted. Pop 25; 22 finer with 17 in 65, 5 in 66 (PCGS # 4811) . Estimated Value $1,900 - 2,000. View details and enlarged photos Check results on similar lots	Realized $1,898
Lot 967		1905-S Barber Dime. PCGS graded MS-66. Well struck with lovely toning. A frosty and exceptionally original Gem that has near perfect fields and devices. Desirable, too, with this precision strike on the chief devices. Pop 9; 3 finer in 67 (PCGS # 4837) . Estimated Value $2,000 - 2,100. View details and enlarged photos Check results on similar lots	Realized $2,243
Lot 968		1906-S Barber Dime. NGC graded MS-62. Frosty and lightly toned. We note some milling marks on the neck consistent with this numerical grade. Estimated Value $200 - 225. View details and enlarged photos	Realized $276
Lot 969		1911-S Barber Dime. NGC graded MS-66. An attractive, well struck and frosty mint gem with a hint of light gold about the borders. Pop 24; 5 in 67, 1 in 68. Estimated Value $900 - 950. View details and enlarged photos	Unsold
Lot 970		1916-D Mercury Dime. NGC graded VG-10. A popular key date, 264,000 minted. Nice even wear. Estimated Value $1,150 - 1,250. View details and enlarged photos	Realized $1,380
Lot 971		1917-S Broadstruck. NGC graded Mint Error MS-62 Full Bands. An impressive early error. Estimated Value $200 - 225. View details and enlarged photos	Realized $368
Lot 972		1926-D Mercury Dime. PCGS graded MS-65 Full Bands. A splendid gem with gorgeous turquoise and light golden toning. Radiant gem originality of the kind of quality one likes to see in a Mint State 66 Mercury dime are easy to describe for bidders of this actively collected design. The coin displays smooth-flowing luster that blends effortlessly with toned highlights on the frosted surfaces. Knife-edge detail on all devices, with present specimen we see a wonderful separation in the cross bands of the fasces as well as in the broad regions of crisp strike found elsewhere on the coin. Another notable coin. Pop 71; 21 better (PCGS # 4957) . Estimated Value $1,600 - 1,700. View details and enlarged photos Check results on similar lots	Unsold
Lot 973		1935-D Mercury Dime. NGC graded MS-67. A glittering totally white gem. Pop 8; 1 better. Estimated Value $500 - 550. View details and enlarged photos	Unsold
Lot 974		1939 Mercury Dime. NGC graded Proof 68. A superb gem with a touch of golden sunset toning. Clearly the most visually arresting aspect of this coin is its gorgeous color. Full spinning color on both sides, in fact. The mirrors are virtually perfect, hence the advantageous high grade assigned to the coin by NGC. Pop 67; none finer. Estimated Value $400 - 425. View details and enlarged photos	Realized $1,380
Lot 975		1942/1 Mercury Dime. ANACS graded AU-55. Nice clear overdate and all, lightly toned, light surface luster evident around the peripheries. Estimated Value $900 - 950. View details and enlarged photos	Realized $1,006
Lot 976		A Lot of Gem Uncirculated Mercury Dimes. PCGS graded all MS-67 Full Bands. Dates include: 1941-S (2) and 1942-S (3). A total of 5 white dimes. Estimated Value $1,100 - 1,200. View details	Realized $1,208
Lot 977		A Lot of PCGS graded Gem Full Bands Mercury Dimes. Consists of: 1941-D MS65FB (5), 1941-D MS66FB (5), 1942-S MS65FB (3), 1942-S MS66FB (5), 1943 MS66FB (5). A total of 23 coins. Estimated Value $1,100 - 1,200. View details	Realized $1,006
Lot 978		1955-P-D-S BU Dime Rolls. Consists of the following: 1955-P (6 rolls); 1955-S (1 roll); 1955-D (1 roll). Each is a choice Brilliant Uncirculated roll. Lot of 8 rolls. Estimated Value $300 - 325. View details	Realized $518
Lot 979		Pair of MINT ERRORS. Off-Center each with a partial date 197-. Each is about 50% off-center and both are Brilliant Uncirculated . Lot of 2 coins. Estimated Value $100 - 125. View details	Realized $81