Goldberg Coins and Collectibles

Sale 70

The September 2-5, 2012

Early Tokens

Lot	Photo	Description	Realized
Lot 441		(1792-1794) Kentucky Halfpence Token with Plain Edge Breen-1155. PCGS graded MS-63 Brown. Lustrous medium brown and light chocolate. A puff of darker chocolate toning in the field right of the scroll, a pair of nicks under the first U in PLURIBUS and a few ticks under UNUM are the notable marks. Sharply struck slightly off center to K-4.5. Listed on page 71 in the "Redbook." Estimated Value $350-UP. View details and enlarged photos	Realized $690
Lot 442		(1792-1794) Kentucky Halfpence Token with Plain Edge Breen-1155. NGC graded EF-45. Rather glossy chocolate and steel with frosty lighter brown toning in protected areas. Smooth surfaces and no notable contact marks. The only defects are a faint planchet fissure in the field well left of the scroll and another near the rim at E PL left of the starry pyramid. See page 71 of the "Redbook." Estimated Value $100-UP. View details and enlarged photos	Realized $230
Lot 443		(1792-1794) Kentucky Halfpence Token with Blundered Edge Letters Breen-1157 AU50. Choice glossy medium brown and chocolate. Flawless except for some tiny planchet fissures at the top and bottom of the reverse (the pyramid side). Excellent eye appeal. The edge letters are blundered and less than half of them made it onto the planchet. The edge should read PAYABLE IN LANCASTER LONDON OR BRISTOL but only BLE IN LANCA and a stray L made it to this one. Breen mentions that this variety rarely comes with edge blunders from slippage. Well, this is a good example. Weight 155.7 grains. Estimated Value $200-UP. View details and enlarged photos	Realized $345
Lot 444		1794 Franklin Press Token Breen-1165 NGC graded AU details, improperly cleaned. Cleaned and retoning frosty dark bluish steel on the devices while the protected areas are mellowed artificial red. No marks or other defects. Sharply struck EDS. A nicely detailed piece that deserves a proper retoning. Listed on page 72 in the "Redbook." Estimated Value $150-UP. View details and enlarged photos	Realized $299
Lot 445		Pair of Early Coppers. Includes 1787 Vermont Ryder-13 (the Britannia Reverse) Rarity-1 VG7, and an undated (circa 1830) Canadian Blacksmith Token, Wood-14, VG8. The reverse of the Ryder-13 is very weak, as always, and the blacksmith token is crudely struck, also as always. Both are chocolate brown. Lot of 2 coins. Estimated Value $50-UP. View details	Realized $63
Lot 446		Trio of Colonial Coppers grading G5. Includes 1760 Voce Populi Nelson-9 AU sharpness but covered with light to moderate corrosion, 1783 Nova Constellatio with pointed rays VG10 sharpness net G4 for a dent, and an undated (1792-1794) Kentucky halfpenny with plain edge VF30 sharpness net VF20 for cleaning. The date (on the first 2) and the legends on all three are clear. Lot of 3 coins. Estimated Value $100-UP. View details	Realized $288
Lot 447		Group of 9 Colonial Coppers. Includes a 1787 Machin's Mills Vlack 17-87B G5, 1723 Woods Hibernia Halfpenny G6, and 7 counterfeit British Halfpennies dated 1770-1776 grading AG-VG. Lot of 9 coins. Estimated Value $100-UP. View details	Realized $150
Lot 448		Group of 10 French Colonial Billon "Old Sols". Two are counterstamped (recoined) and all have been salvaged and harshly cleaned. Grades range from Basal State-1 to AG3. Only one has a readable date (1712). Lot of 10 coins. Estimated Value $100-UP. View details	Realized $92