Goldberg Coins and Collectibles

Sale 67

The Pre-Long Beach Auction

Washington Pieces

Lot	Photo	Description	Realized
Lot 27		1783 Washington & Independence with Small Military Bust Breen-1201 NGC graded VF Details, repaired. Type with a gripped edge. Rather glossy chocolate brown. Faint hairline scratches cover the fields on both sides but there is no evidence of a "repair." A rim dent under the 7 in the date is the only other notable mark. Very late die state, the obverse die now shattered. Estimated Value $400-UP. View details and enlarged photos	Realized $230
Lot 28		1791 Washington Large Eagle Cent Breen-1206 NGC graded AU Details, burnished. Glossy dark chocolate and olive brown. The devices show a trace of smoothing on the highest points, but the color and eye appeal of this piece are quite nice. The only marks are a small rim bruise at the top of the obverse and tiny specks of glue or some similar substance scattered into several of the protected areas on the reverse. Estimated Value $200-UP. View details and enlarged photos	Realized $529
Lot 29		1791 Washington Small Eagle Cent Breen-1217 F15. Slightly sharper but there are a few very light rim bruises on both sides, the strongest of these at TON in WASHINGTON. Glossy chocolate brown blending to olive brown in protected areas. The date and legends are all bold. Weight 183.2 grains. Estimated Value $150-UP. View details and enlarged photos	Realized $311
Lot 30		1795 Washington Bust Right "Liberty and Security" Penny. "ASYLUM" edge. . Breen-1258, Baker-2. PCGS graded MS-64 Brown. A gorgeous glossy iridescent brown example of the extremely rare large head variety. Less than 10 known in all grades. This apparently is the only example that has been graded by either service. Pop 1; none finer. This is the Breen Plate Coin. The Liberty and Security design was created at the foundry of Peter Kempson and Son of Birmingham, England in the hopes of obtaining a contract from the United States government to provide coinage. A quantity of his penny size coppers were exported to America where they were put into circulation. However, the United States government never responded to the request by offering a contract. According to one researcher, apparently Kempson did not realize President Washington had rejected Hancock's 1791 Eagle Cents and Getz's 1792 pattern because he felt it was too monarchical for a coin to carry his portrait. As it was, the United States mint had been established in 1792 and there was no need to contract out the coinage to a foreign firm. There are two basic types in this series. The first, designed by the diecutter Thomas Wyon is an undated copper penny size (33mm) token minted by Peter Kempson and Son of Birmingham. The second type in the series is considered to be later than the Kempson copper. It was designed by three diecutters named Arnold, Dixon and Mainwaring and minted by William Lutwyche in Birmingham. This coin is somewhat smaller (29mm) than the undated "penny" sized copper and is frequently referred to as a "halfpenny." The obverse of this copper token includes the legend "GEORGE WASHINGTON" and adapted the right facing bust of Washington found on Kempson's 1795 "Grate" halfpenny token (made for the Clark and Harris Company of London, merchants of fire grates and stoves). The reverse copied the Kempson coin described above, except there was a longer olive branch in the eagle's talon and most significantly, the date 1795 was added under the shield. This token comes in four varieties: with an edge legend reading either, "PAYABLE AT LONDON LIVERPOOL OR BRISTOL" or "BIRMINGHAM REDRUTH & SWANSEA" or "AN ASYLUM FOR THE OPPRESS'D OF ALL NATIONS" as well as with a plain edge. The plain edge variety was struck on slightly smaller planchets and therefore weigh less that the other varieties. There are also two mules using the 1795 "LIBERTY AND SECURITY". Finally, there is this very rare larger version (33mm) of the "halfpenny" token usually referred to as a "penny", of which about ten examples exist with the "ASYLUM" edge (Baker 32), and one example with a plain edge (Baker 32A) (PCGS # 764) . Estimated Value $60,000-UP. View details and enlarged photos Check results on similar lots	Realized $49,450
Lot 31		1795 Washington "Liberty and Security" Halfpenny. "ASYLUM" edge. . Breen-1263, Baker-31. PCGS graded MS-63 Brown CAC Approved. A well struck example with glossy medium brown colors. A rare variety of this popular Washington issue, much more elusive than the usually seen LONDON edge inscription. Areas of lovely steel chocolate brown colors mix with shimmering luster on this typically well struck example. Pop 3; none finer (PCGS # 761) . Estimated Value $7,000 - 8,000. View details and enlarged photos Check results on similar lots	Realized $5,060
Lot 32		1783 Washington token. Copper restrike, engrailed edge. PCGS graded Proof 67 Brown. Gorgeous bluish-brown iridescent toning on both sides. An early die state that lacks the reverse peripheral crack between 2 and 5 o'clock. The popularity of Washingtonia in the mid 19th century encouraged British entrepreneur W. S. Lincoln to produce his own well-made copy of Baker-2. Precisely struck and virtually flawless. This Type is listed in A Guide Book of United States Coins, all editions going back to the very beginning in the late 1940s. Pop 4; none finer (PCGS # 685) . Estimated Value $3,000 - 3,300. View details and enlarged photos Check results on similar lots	Realized $2,875