Goldberg Coins and Collectibles

Sale 78

January Pre-Long Beach Sale 17.5% BP

Draped Bust Half Cents

Lot	Photo	Description	Realized
Lot 272		1800 C-1 R2 VF20. Glossy chocolate brown with darker steel brown toning on the devices. The only marks are a few faint hairline scratches on the portrait, none visible without the aid of a good glass. MDS, Manley state 3.0. Very nice for the grade, close to VF25. Estimated Value $150-UP. View details and enlarged photos	Realized $306
Lot 273		1802/0 C-2 R3 Overdate 2 over 0 G4. A few points sharper but the portrait and highpoints of the wreath are covered with fine scratches. The only other mark is a small planchet void (as struck) on the rim left of the hair ribbon and the opposing rim at ED in UNITED. Attractive glossy chocolate brown and steel. E-MDS, Manley state 2.0. The date is strong and the overdate is obvious. The legends are complete and easily readable except for weakness on HALF CENT. Estimated Value $400-UP. View details and enlarged photos	Realized $617
Lot 274		Trio of Half Cents, 1803 & 1804, grading VF20. Includes 1803 C-1, 1804 C-8 with a Spiked Chin, and 1804 C-13 Stemless Wreath. All are nice glossy brown and chocolate with good eye appeal. Lot of 3 coins. Estimated Value $250-UP. View details	Realized $494
Lot 275		1803 C-2 R4 G6. Glossy medium chocolate brown. Smooth and attractive, only trivial contact marks, none notable. EDS, Manley state 1.0, before any die cracks on the reverse. Estimated Value $150-UP. Ex Jack Borckardt (Collector's Cabinet)-Gino Sanfilippo-Gene Braig 1/22/2005-David Consolo. View details and enlarged photos	Realized $341
Lot 276		1803 C-2 R4 G5. Glossy medium chocolate and olive brown. Nice for the grade, evenly struck with the date and legends all clear. EDS, Manley state 1.0, before any die cracks. Estimated Value $150-UP. Ex Rick Coleman 4/1993-David Consolo. View details and enlarged photos	Realized $259
Lot 277		1803 C-4 R4 ANACS graded VF35. Frosty dark chocolate brown and steel with traces of light brown in protected areas on both sides. The only mark is a thin, long nick at the top of the A in STATES. MDS with the reverse upset (head-to-head) in medal orientation. Our grade is VF25. Estimated Value $600-UP. Ex Gene Braig 12/2004-David Consolo. View details and enlarged photos	Realized $676
Lot 278		Trio of Half Cents, 1805 & 1806, grading F12. Includes 1805 C-4 Large 5 with Stems, 1806 C-1 Stemless Wreath with the reverse misaligned to K-9 and rotated 30 degrees CCW, and 1806 C-4 Large Repunched 6 with Stems and the reverse rotated 70 degrees CW. An interesting group, all with nice eye appeal. Lot of 3 coins. Estimated Value $150-UP. View details	Realized $400
Lot 279		1806 C-1 R1 Stemless Wreath VF30. Glossy medium chocolate brown with a puff of reddish chocolate toning at S-O on the reverse. The only notable mark is a planchet flake at the leaf tip under the O in OF. MDS. Estimated Value $150-UP. Ex David Consolo. View details and enlarged photos	Realized $212
Lot 280		1806 C-2 R4 Small 6 with Stems. PCGS graded VF-20. Frosty steel brown and chocolate. No roughness, only light contact marks including some faint hairline scratches on the portrait and a dull, light scratch in the field close to the hair ribbon. MDS, Manley state 2.0. The die clashmarks at RT in LIBERTY are clear but the crack from the 6 to the bust tip has not formed. Our grade is F15. The "Small 6, Stems" feature is noted on the PCGS label. Pop 1; 4 finer at PCGS. (PCGS # 1096) . Estimated Value $750-UP. Ex Geno Sanfilippo 3/12/2005-David Consolo. View details and enlarged photos Check results on similar lots	Realized $1,175
Lot 281		Group of 5 Half Cents, 1807-1811. Includes 1807 C-1 EF40 sharpness net VF20 for tiny nicks, 1808 C-3 with the reverse rotated 160 degrees CW F12, 1809/6 C-5 VF20 net F12 for small nicks, 1810 C-1 F15+ Choice, and 1811 C-2 F15 net G5 for roughness. Lot of 5 coins. Estimated Value $400-UP. View details	Realized $881
Lot 282		1808/7 C-2 R3 Overdate 8 over 7 VF25. Glossy medium chocolate brown with slightly lighter frosty greenish steel toning in protected areas, especially on the reverse. The planchet is smooth except for a small area of microscopic roughness just right of the date. No verdigris, only light contact marks. These include a fine hairline from the curl on the neck to the bust tip and some light scratches and nicks inside the wreath. EDS, Manley state 1.0 late, with a faint die crack through the top of RTY. The overdate feature is clear. Estimated Value $1,500-UP. Ex Bill Eckberg. View details and enlarged photos	Realized $1,528
Lot 283		1808/7 C-2 R3 Overdate 8 over 7 F15. Attractive glossy chocolate brown with lighter brown toning on the devices. Excellent eye appeal and only a few trivial contact marks. A tiny planchet fold in the dentils over the first S in STATES is the only notable mark. E-MDS, Manley state 2.0, with a die crack through the top of ERTY. The overdate feature is obvious. Estimated Value $500-UP. Ex Stack's 4/27/1988:2068 (lot ticket included)-Pierre Fricke-Geno Sanfilippo 3/12/2005-David Consolo. View details and enlarged photos	Realized $793
Lot 284		1808/7 C-2 R3 Overdate 8 over 7 VG8. Slightly sharper but there are small contact marks on both sides and a light rim bruise under the bust tip. None of the marks is distracting but there are too many to ignore. Glossy steel brown and chocolate. Nicely struck EDS, Manley state 1.0, before any die cracks on the obverse. The date and legends are complete and the overdate feature is clear. Estimated Value $200-UP. View details and enlarged photos	Realized $200
Lot 285		1808 C-3 R1. PCGS graded EF-45. Glossy steel and chocolate brown with underlying frosty luster in protected areas on both sides. Excellent eye appeal with only a few trivial contact marks. A small nick on the shoulder over the 18 is a good identifying mark. M-LDS, Manley state 4.0. Both dies are well worn, the die crack through the I in UNITED is clear, and the reverse is rotated 30 degrees CW. Our grade is VF35. (PCGS # 1107) . Estimated Value $500-UP. Ex Gene Braig 1/22/2005-David Consolo. View details and enlarged photos Check results on similar lots	Realized $676
Lot 286		1808 C-3 R1 VF30. Choice glossy chocolate brown and steel with lighter brown toning in protected areas on both sides. Excellent eye appeal for the grade with only a few trivial marks none notable. M-LDS, Manley state 4.0. The die crack through the I in UNITED is clear but not strong, and the reverse is rotated 20 degrees CW. Estimated Value $250-UP. Ex Stack's 3/2/1973:53 (lot envelope included)-Jim McGuigan-Geno Sanfilippo 3/12/2005-David Consolo. View details and enlarged photos	Realized $341
Lot 287		1808 C-3 R1 VG7. Double Struck over Obverse Brockage. Glossy olive brown and dark steel with traces of lighter brown toning in protected areas on the reverse. The planchet is smooth. The only marks are a few faint hairline scratches on the portrait. LDS. Double struck. The first strike was an obverse brockage slightly off center to K-6 and the second impression was normal and centered on the planchet. Clear evidence of the incuse brockage shows in the field before the portrait of the second (normal) strike. Incuse hair ribbons show in the field above the bust and an incuse retrograde LI from LIBERTY is visible near the rim before the face. The top of the head from the first strike is visible under CA in AMERICA of the second strike and Ms Liberty's neck shows above in the wreath above and left of the C in CENT. A decent example of a rare type of mint error. Estimated Value $200-UP. View details and enlarged photos	Realized $200