Goldberg Coins and Collectibles

Sale 70

The September 2-5, 2012

$1.00 Gold

Lot	Photo	Description	Realized
Lot 1989		A Lot of U.S. Gold Dollars. Consists of: 1849-O, 1850, 1851, 1851-O, 1852, and 1852-O. Coins grade Fine to XF. Some cleaned. A total of 6 coins. Estimated Value $600 - 650. View details	Realized $949
Lot 1990		1855. NGC graded MS-62. A fresh and frosty untoned example. In 1854 James B. Longacre restyled the gold dollar to an increased diameter of 15 mm, a move intended to make the gold dollar easier to handle in commerce. This diameter was retained for the remaining years of the denomination. The obverse motif was changed from a coronet-crested Liberty head to the head of an Indian princess, albeit featuring Liberty in disguise wearing a feather headdress and a band inscribed LIBERTY, facing left, with UNITED STATES OF AMERICA surrounding. The reverse shows a wreath of corn, cotton, wheat, and tobacco, similar to that used on the $3 of the same year (and the Flying Eagle cent minted later, beginning in 1856). From the very outset difficulties in striking ensued. The high relief of the head of Miss Liberty on the obverse caused the situation in which metal flowing into the deep die recess for the obverse prevented the relief areas on the corresponding part of the reverse, particularly the central two digits of the date, from striking up properly. Also there were problems with the striking up of the wreath and certain parts of Miss Liberty�s head (PCGS # 7532) . Estimated Value $2,500 - 2,600. View details and enlarged photos Check results on similar lots	Realized $2,990
Lot 1991		1855. NGC graded AU-58. Untoned. Popular short-lived Type. James B. Longacre modified this 1854-56 design for his $3 gold pieces and 1856-89 gold dollars, but this is the first and in higher relief than was typical for coin designs in those days (PCGS # 7532) . Estimated Value $700 - 750. View details and enlarged photos Check results on similar lots	Realized $748
Lot 1992		1855. PCGS graded AU-53. CAC Approved. Only 5,000 examples are estimated to have survived (PCGS # 7532) . Estimated Value $450 - 500. View details and enlarged photos Check results on similar lots	Realized $518
Lot 1993		1855-O NGC graded AU Details. Bent. Only 500 examples are estimated to have survived (PCGS # 7535) . Estimated Value $700 - 750. View details and enlarged photos Check results on similar lots	Unsold
Lot 1994		1855-O NGC graded AU Details. Improperly cleaned (PCGS # 7535) . Estimated Value $650 - 700. View details and enlarged photos Check results on similar lots	Realized $552
Lot 1995		1856-S/S G$1 NGC graded AU Details. Improperly cleaned. FS-501. Discovered by Walter Breen in 1959, doubled S mintmark. Estimated Value $700 - 750. View details and enlarged photos	Realized $604
Lot 1996		1856. Slanting 5 PCGS graded Genuine. Our grade is MS60 cleaned (PCGS # 7540) . Estimated Value $125 - 135. View details and enlarged photos Check results on similar lots	Realized $219
Lot 1997		1857-C PCGS graded Genuine AU Details. Surface damage. Only 13,280 minted of which merely 175 examples are estimated to have survived (PCGS # 7545) . Estimated Value $500 - 550. View details and enlarged photos Check results on similar lots	Realized $834
Lot 1998		1859 NGC graded Unc Details. Bent (PCGS # 7551) . Estimated Value $180 - 190. View details and enlarged photos Check results on similar lots	Realized $228
Lot 1999		1870-S NGC graded AU Details. Improperly cleaned. Light golden toning. A semi-key date (despite our modest estimate). Only 3,000 were minted bearing the "S" mintmark. Always a popular item, even when cleaned as here (PCGS # 7570) . Estimated Value $500 - 525. View details and enlarged photos Check results on similar lots	Realized $432
Lot 2000		1879. NGC graded Proof 64 Ultra Cameo. A lovely untoned example. An impressive, well contrasted specimen with glittering fields set against heavily frosted devices. A hardly detectable, paper-thin blemish by the 9 of the date has no ill-effect on the coin's considerable eye appeal and is all that keeps this elusive early Proof from Gem Proof 65 status. The 1879 gold dollar is a very rare coin as a Proof and not a date to be confused with the much more plentiful Proofs struck from 1881 to 1889 in the series. Only 30 pieces were produced and, since most business strikes display full Prooflike brilliance, the number of Proof 1879 gold dollars available has been exaggerated for many years. In reality, their numbers may be as few as a dozen coins. Pop 1; 2 finer, 1 in 65 and 1 in 66 Star . Estimated Value $5,000 - 5,500. The Dandelion Collection. View details and enlarged photos	Realized $8,338
Lot 2001		1881 NGC graded Unc Details. Improperly cleaned. Nice prooflike fields with golden toning. Only 7,620 minted (PCGS # 7582) . Estimated Value $200 - 225. View details and enlarged photos Check results on similar lots	Realized $230
Lot 2002		1886. NGC graded Proof 65 Cameo. Only 1,016 minted of which merely 150 examples are estimated to have survived. One of the superior examples of this date, and a glittering Gem. Fresh golden color on the devices with deeply mirrored fields surrounding. Satiny frost on the devices provides maximum contrast against the mirror fields, enough to earn the coveted "Cameo" designation by NGC. If you demand a forthright Gem Proof Gold Dollar, then look no further than this lot. Pop 11; 15 finer, 11 in 66, 1 in 66 Star, 3 in 67 (PCGS # 87636) . Estimated Value $7,000 - 7,500. View details and enlarged photos Check results on similar lots	Realized $8,970
Lot 2003		1889 NGC graded Unc Details. Harshly cleaned. Reflective fields (PCGS # 7590) . Estimated Value $150 - 170. View details and enlarged photos Check results on similar lots	Realized $207
Lot 2004		A Lot of NGC Graded $1 Gold Coins. Consists of: 1853 Unc Details brushed, 1857 AU55, and 1861 AU55. Lot of 3 coins. Estimated Value $400 - 450. View details	Realized $719
Lot 2005		A Lot of $1 Gold Coins. Consists of: 1855, 1856, and 1874. All three coins have been cleaned. Estimated Value $300 - 330. View details	Realized $483