Goldberg Coins and Collectibles



Sale 60

Pre-Long Beach Coin Auction


Buffalo Nickels
 
 
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Lot 1428
1913 Buffalo Nickel. Type 1. PCGS graded MS-64 PQ. Evenly toned and boldly struck (PCGS # 3915) .
Estimated Value $50 - 60.
The Cypress Estate.

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$63
Lot 1429
1913-D Buffalo Nickel. Type 2. NGC graded MS-62. Nice even toning, lustrous.
Estimated Value $175 - 200.
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Realized
$253
Lot 1430
1913-S Buffalo Nickel. Type 2. NGC graded AU-58 PQ. Bold strike with nice even toning. Scarcest of the six 1913-dated issues, most are in low grades.
Estimated Value $500 - 525.
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Realized
$719
Lot 1431
1914-D Buffalo Nickel. NGC graded AU-58. A nice bold strike, the '14-D has long been admired as a scarcer year in high grade.
Estimated Value $275 - 300.
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Realized
$316
Lot 1432
1914-S Buffalo Nickel. Improperly cleaned. Well struck and still a nice looking coin.
Estimated Value $70 - 80.
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Realized
$127
Lot 1433
1915-D Buffalo Nickel. PCGS graded MS-65 PQ. A gorgeous gem exhibiting a nice bold strike and lovely even light golden toning. A Premium Quality coin in our opinion. In an old green PCGS holder. Pop 119; 31 finer (PCGS # 3928) .
Estimated Value $1,300 - 1,400.
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$1,840
Lot 1434
1918/7-D Buffalo Nickel. NGC graded Fine-12. Evenly toned with a clear overdate. A popular key date. The World War I war boom increased the demand for minor coins. The Engraving Department at the Mint was engaged in the production of both 1917 and 1918-dated nickel dies in the final months of 1917. In order to ship dies to the branch mint at Denver as soon as possible for the facility's 1918 requirements, the Philadelphia Mint (which made the dies) took a 1917-dated obverse die and gave it a second impression from a 1918-dated hub. The Denver Mint used this die to produce an unknown (though believed to be small) number of 1918/7-D overdate Buffalo Nickels.
Estimated Value $1,900 - 2,000.
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$2,128
Lot 1435
1918/7-D Buffalo Nickel. Environmental damage. Dark toning. A popular key date.
Estimated Value $1,600 - 1,700.
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$1,783
Lot 1436
1921-S Buffalo Nickel. Improperly cleaned. Still a nice looking coin.
Estimated Value $475 - 500.
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Realized
$748
Lot 1437
1923-S Buffalo Nickel. NGC graded EF-40. Lightly toned.
Estimated Value $150 - 160.
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Realized
$345
Lot 1438
1924-S Buffalo Nickel. Improperly cleaned. Even toning.
Estimated Value $350 - 400.
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Realized
$690
Lot 1439
1925-D Buffalo Nickel. NGC graded MS-66. Well struck with nice even toning on both sides. The 1925-D Buffalo Nickel is an important strike and condition rarity in this series, the 1925-D being similar to the 1919-D, 1919-S, 1925-S and 1926-D. All are challenging to track down in the finest Mint State grades. Our delight in offering this handsome MS66 knows no bounds. We are pleased to be able to acquaint bidders with this first-rate Gem and encourage the Buffalo Nickel specialists among our clientele to give it consideration.

Not to be repetitive, but the coin really is remarkable. Both sides are very well struck for the issue with overall bold delineation on the major devices. Only the faintest trace of softening in the highpoint detail is found. This is mainly on the reverse at the bison's head, shoulder and tail but comparison with similar pieces places the coin at the front of the line in terms of its overall detail. As if this feature were not sufficient, we might also point to the gleaming surfaces. Both sides are fully lustrous, satiny in sheen. They are devoid of grade-limiting blemishes. Finally, extremely impressive nickel-gray iridescence rounds out the long list of positive qualities. It is clear to this cataloger that the consignor must have hunted a great while before he found himself this '25-D Nickel. High Condition Census! Pop 8; 2 finer in 66 Star.
Estimated Value $10,000 - 12,000.
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Lot 1440
1925-S Buffalo Nickel. Improperly cleaned. Evenly toned and in our opinion a nice coin.
Estimated Value $60 - 70.
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Realized
$230
Lot 1441
1926-S Buffalo Nickel. Environmental damage. Toned.
Estimated Value $200 - 225.
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Realized
$1,610
Lot 1442
1926-S Buffalo Nickel. Obverse scratched. Another nice looking coin.
Estimated Value $150 - 160.
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Realized
$196
Lot 1443
1927-S Buffalo Nickel. NGC graded EF-45 PQ. Nicely toned and could be graded AU.
Estimated Value $80 - 90.
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Realized
$230
Lot 1444
1937 Buffalo Nickel. PCGS graded Proof 66. Nice even toning. 5,769 Proofs struck of this popular Type. Only in the final two years of the series was the Mint able to prepare mirror Proof Buffalo Nickels. Due to technical difficulties, this was not possible before 1936 (PCGS # 3996) .
Estimated Value $1,400 - 1,500.
The Cypress Estate.

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$1,610
Lot 1445
  A Partial Set of Buffalo Nickels. Missing: 1913-D, S Type II, 1914-D,S, 1918/17-D, 1921-S, 1923-S, 1924-S, 1925-S, 1926-S, 1927-S, and the 1937-D 3 Legged. Includes some 1938-D/S and D/D varieties. A total of 57 coins in the Library of Coins folder. Coins will grade VF to Unc. Most are in EF to AU. A nice set.
Estimated Value $3,000 - 3,500.
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$3,910






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