Goldberg Coins and Collectibles

Sale 7

Coin and Currency Auction

Large Cents

Lot	Photo	Description	Realized
Lot 1406		1857 Flying Eagle Cent. PCGS graded MS-64 Premium quality. Frosty and original, with the typical wood-grain toning attendant to this issue. Well struck on the bird, but some of the lettering is minutely weak. Seldom found in these old holders today, and worth a premium for the surface and color quality. An important type coin. Here is one of several coins that was consigned to us by a collector who obviously put them away years ago. All the coins are in the old style PCGS holders, with the blue inserts.The coins were carefully chosen and preserved since that time, and obviously have not been resubmitted to the grading services for over a decade. Estimated Value $700 - 900. View details and enlarged photos	Realized $2,530
Lot 1407		1858 Flying Eagle Cent. Small letters. PCGS graded MS-64 Premium quality. Still in an old style PCGS holder, this coin is a real blazer. Frosty luster on both sides, and untoned. If you have been searching for a really choice piece, then view this coin carefully, it may fit the bill. Estimated Value $800 - 1,000. View details and enlarged photos	Realized $2,760
Lot 1408		1862 Indian Head Cent. PCGS graded Proof 65 Premium quality. In the old style of PCGS holder, this gem proof is simply outstanding. A glass fails to note even the smallest signs of contact, and the color is bright and fresh, with golden toning just forming on both sides. Only 550 were struck, few of which would measure up to this coin. Rarely encountered so problem-free, making this worth a good premium. Estimated Value $1,700 - 2,000. View details and enlarged photos	Realized $3,105
Lot 1409		ONE OF THE FINEST KNOWN 1864 BRONZE PROOF CENTS. PCGS graded Proof 66 Red. With a mintage of only 150 in Proof, any appearance of this coin is an event. To find one that qualifies for gem is worthy of a party. To find an original "Red" example is approaching impossible. PCGS has only graded 18 coins as "Red". This is one of the 2 finest known examples in Red, tied with one other. There are none graded higher with the original "Red" mint color predominating. Of course the surfaces are superb, with no signs of contact or other detriments. Both sides are virtually free of spots, except for under the extreme scrutiny of a strong magnifying glass. The proof fields are watery in their reflectivity, and the devices are wonderfully frosted. All is boldly struck, and this would be an amazing coin if it were a late date. Worthy of the finest collection, and certain to bring a runaway price as quality conscious collectors will fight tooth and nail for a specimen of this quality. Don't let it get away, you may never see one that even approaches the magnificent quality offered here. Estimated Value $15,000-UP. View details and enlarged photos	Realized $25,300
Lot 1410		1869 Indian Head Cent. MS-65 Red and Brown. Nearly full red on this well struck example and very few signs of age. The surfaces are superb, with very little to note in the way of contact with other coins. 1869 is a very tough date to find in gem grades, and any collector would love to own a coin with such original color and surfaces. Struck from lightly clashed dies with the Indian's face outlined on the reverse. Estimated Value $900 - 1,000. View details and enlarged photos	Realized $719
Lot 1411		1871 Indian Head Cent. PCGS graded Proof 63 Red. Lovely original color, but a few flyspecks to show its age. A tough date to find any better. Estimated Value $300 - 400. View details	Realized $380
Lot 1412		1880 Indian Head Cent. PCGS graded Proof 66 Red and Brown. Outstanding quality here, there is a dollup of bright red color on the Indian's headdress, and more on the reverse wreath. Clean fields and devices, and we note a hint of bluish color starting to form on the right side of the wreath. Estimated Value $375 - 425. View details	Realized $748
Lot 1413		1883 Indian Head Cent. MS-65 Red. Nice and bright, this lovely gem exhibits a full strike with a blush of reddish-golden toning about the borders. Estimated Value $150 - 200. View details	Realized $552
Lot 1414		1885 Indian Head Cent. NGC graded Proof 66 Red and Brown. Mostly red, with slight mellowing in the color. Free of the usual spots which so often mar proof copper and nickel. A first rate gem for the numismatist. Probably well within the top 40 of the date. Estimated Value $420 - 470. View details	Realized $1,035
Lot 1415		1885 Indian Head Cent. MS-64 Red and Brown. The obverse has a few hints of color starting to form, and the surfaces are very choice indeed. Estimated Value $150 - 200. View details	Realized $173
Lot 1416		1886 Indian Head Cent. MS-64 Red. A choice example with some fine hairlines noted before NI in UNITED. The luster mellows to a medium magenta. Estimated Value $250 - 300. View details	Realized $184
Lot 1417		1887 Indian Head Cent. MS-60 Plus Red and Brown. A nice original Mint State cent. Estimated Value $50 - 60. View details	Realized $92
Lot 1418		1900 Indian Head Cent. PCGS graded Proof 66 Red and Brown. Splendid colors on this example, the obverse shows an array of purples and deep blue, while the reverse displays a combination of green and purple. Boldly struck and exceptional for the grade. One for the color specialist who demands a rainbow of toning. Estimated Value $325 - 375. View details and enlarged photos	Realized $1,265
Lot 1419		1901 Indian Head Cent. Proof 63 Red and Brown. Mottled toning, with some red near the centers. Estimated Value $70 - 90. View details	Realized $115
Lot 1420		1902 Indian Head Cent. Proof 63 Red and Brown. A rather pretty proof Injun with a myriad of colors. Estimated Value $75 - 125. View details	Realized $144
Lot 1421		1907 Indian Head Cent. NGC graded Proof 66 Red and Brown. Faded mint red on both sides with some rather bright red colors. The Indian's cheek has a curious toned area on it. Outstanding surfaces, as expected for the grade. Estimated Value $375 - 425. View details	Realized $1,035
Lot 1422		1909-S VDB ICG GRADED MS 67 RED. ICG graded MS-67 Red. A stunning example of this key date to the Lincoln Cent series. The color and surfaces are superb, full glowing mint luster with only a hint of fiery red and yellow toning around the periphery. As to the strike, it is bold, centered, complete. Similar on the reverse, blazing mint color, sharply impressed, and perfectly preserved. San Francisco ticked off 484,000 of this first year of issue Lincoln cent variety, before removing the designer's initials at the behest of newspaper accounts that the initials were too prominently placed. Here lies an interesting story as noted in the Breen Encyclopedia: We owe the Lincoln design to a coincidence. The Lithuanian immigrant sculptor Victor David Brenner developed an obsession with the martyred President, and during the years just before Lincoln's birth centennial he modeled portrait medals and plaques. These came to the attention of Pres. Theodore Roosevelt, and probably played a part in Brenner's winning a commission to portray him on the Panama Canal Service medal. During the sittings, Brenner became a close friend of Roosevelt. The President confided in Brenner about his "pet crime" (improving all our coin designs, favoring domestic artists above Mint Engraver Barber's mediocrity), and invited him to submit cent models. Brenner's original cent reverse copied the then current French 2-franc piece. The moment that Mint Director Leach found this out, he used the fact as an excuse to reject the new design. Undaunted, Brenner brought the Mint Bureau a new reverse on February 17, 1909; this featured two stylized ears of durum wheat (the kind used today in making spaghetti). Brenner had signed his full name on the obverse model, but on Leach's orders he removed his signature, substituting V.D.B. at bottom reverse. Owing largely to pressure from the White House, this version was approved, and the new cents appeared on August 2, 1909. Newspaper attacks on the use of the initials promptly followed, and people hoarded the new coins as souvenirs, correctly expecting that later cents would drop the initials. An alternative proposal to substitute a modest B on truncation of shoulder was so strongly objected to by Barber, on grounds then obscure, that Brenner's signature in any form was dropped instead. (After all, Barber had been using an initial B on the truncation of his silver coins since 1892, and it would not do for anyone to mistake his designs for Brenner's and vice versa.) Brenner's initials were not restored until January 1918, a convenient few months after Barber's death; the remain there today, on lower edge of truncation. Estimated Value $4,000 - 5,000. View details and enlarged photos	Realized $6,325
Lot 1423		1909-S Lincoln Cent. VDB. ANACS graded MS-61 Red and Brown. A lovely example of this key date issue and loaded with mint luster toning to a golden sunset hue. Estimated Value $600 - 700. View details	Realized $719
Lot 1424		1912 Lincoln Cent. Matte Proof 63 Red and Brown. Quite choice with a red sunset tone. A nice original matte proof cent. Estimated Value $150 - 175. View details	Realized $299
Lot 1425		1915 Lincoln Cent. Matte Proof 64 Red and Brown. Quite scarce as only 1150 were coined of which many were spent. Estimated Value $150 - 200. View details	Realized $368
Lot 1426		1917 Lincoln Cent. A small box of Lincoln cents, mostly in 2 X 2 holders, with some in tubes, mostly mint state, some circulated. Put together long ago, and recently discovered. We'll guess there are 200 coins included, some dating way back to the teens, and these are BU! Don't forget to spend a moment communing with this lot, we think it will pay off once its broken up. Lot of 200 coins or so. Estimated Value $300-UP. View details	Realized $230
Lot 1427		1918-D Lincoln Cent. NGC graded MS-65 Red and Brown. A well struck gem. Estimated Value $300 - 400. View details	Realized $345
Lot 1428		Withdrawn	Unsold
Lot 1429		1941 Lincoln Cent. A large group of Lincoln cents, 1941 to date, in partial sets, two albums included and some additional pages. Some specialized errors included like cracked skulls and filled "S" of STATES. We'll even throw in a couple of partial BU rolls of 1966 and some other mystery date and a few loose coins. Lot of 200 or so pieces, all grades, but many uncirculated. Estimated Value $50-UP. View details	Realized $46