Goldberg Coins and Collectibles

Sale 8

Coin and Currency Auction

Coronet Type Cents

Lot	Photo	Description	Realized
Lot 446		1826 Braided Hair Cent. 6 over 5. Newcomb-8, Rarity-3. . N-8. Del Bland graded EF-40. Extremely Fine-40 with two long, line-like planchet defects at stars nine and ten. At least five points sharper but light porosity is visible around star four, over star eight and below D in UNITED. Medium brown with darker brown on most of the reverse. The underlying 5 is plainly visible below the top curve of the 6. Not only is this a nice coin, but the pedigree is quite wonderful too. D. Estimated Value $200 - 400. Ex: William Cutler Atwater; B. Max Mehl M. B. S. #108 6/46:67; Louis E. Eliasberg, Sr., Bowers and Merena 5/96:563. View details	Realized $776
Lot 447		1826 Braided Hair Cent. . N-11. Del Bland graded EF-40. Darkish chocolate brown with several minuscule nicks and scratches. A nice cent for a better than average date or type set. Estimated Value $250 - 325. View details	Realized $219
Lot 448		1827 Braided Hair Cent. . N-1. Del Bland graded EF-45. Sharper by five points but above and through the tops of ATES is some fine porosity almost hidden from view. Medium chocolate brown with darker brown between stars three and four and on most of the reverse. Estimated Value $400 - 750. View details	Realized $483
Lot 449		1827 Braided Hair Cent. . N-9. Del Bland graded EF-40. Medium brown with olive shades on the obverse and dark chocolate brown on the reverse. On the face and opposite the forelock are minor nicks and below the right base of the first A in AMERICA is a carbon spot. With the encircling die crack as always on the obverse, with lovely surfaces, strike and color. This splendid example will be coveted by many collectors. Worth a premium as such. Estimated Value $300 - 600. Ex: James G. Macallister 2/20/45 as "About Unc." for $8. View details and enlarged photos	Realized $805
Lot 450		1827 Braided Hair Cent. . N-11. Del Bland graded VF-35. Sharpness of Extremely Fine-45 but cleaned and retoned to a glossy dark steel color with deep red undertones. Opposite the chin is a tiny nick. Estimated Value $150 - 250. View details	Realized $219
Lot 451		1828 Braided Hair Cent. Small wide date. . N-10. PCGS graded AU-55 and Del Bland EF-40. Only a few abrasions on the obverse visible under magnification separate this cent from absolute perfection. The obverse is medium and light brown, the reverse medium dark steel brown. An excellent example for a mid-range date or type set. We note the obverse has some yellow tones in the color department, while the reverse is darker and more even. The small date has always been popular with collectors, and luckily is available in most grades. Estimated Value $300 - 600. Ex: T. James Clarke, 1944; B. Max Mehl; B. Max Mehl M.B.S. #106 6/45: 1782 as "claimed to be the finest known when offered in the Dr. French Collection where it was priced at $65.00." at $38.50. View details and enlarged photos	Realized $414
Lot 452		1828 Braided Hair Cent. Large narrow date. . N-1. Del Bland graded EF-40. Slightly sharper but the obverse has been lightly polished and under a glass a few abrasions are visible, mostly on the obverse, the worst of these being a small nick on the left top of E in CENT. Medium light brown with two small dark spots at stars ten and eleven. We note a small spot has been removed near CA on the reverse. Estimated Value $325 - 500. View details and enlarged photos	Realized $265
Lot 453		1828 Braided Hair Cent. Large narrow date. . N-3. Del Bland graded VF-30. Sharper by five points but the surfaces are not perfectly smooth. Glossy dark olive and very appealing. Well struck and an early die state, before the crack appears through the 8 to the curls. Estimated Value $200 - 350. Ex: James G. Macallister, circa 1945 at $10. View details and enlarged photos	Realized $219
Lot 454		1828 Braided Hair Cent. Large narrow date. . N-6. Del Bland graded EF-45. Five points sharper but a faint hairline scratch and some microscopic abrasions are almost hidden in the left obverse field and over the right side of O in OF is a tiny nick on a dentil. Medium steel brown mixed with golden brown obviously faded from mint red with a few small darker spots on the obverse. Estimated Value $300 - 500. Ex: Paul Norris; Superior Galleries 5/92:558; Jack Goetz; Superior Stamp & Coin 9/98:1466. View details and enlarged photos	Unsold
Lot 455		1828 Braided Hair Cent. Large narrow date. . N-12. Del Bland graded Fine-15. Near star three is a small scratch and touching the top of the head is a light corrosion spot, other minor defects are consistent with the grade. Medium brown. Estimated Value $250 - 350. View details	Realized $207
Lot 456		Withdrawn	Unsold
Lot 457		1829 Braided Hair Cent. Large letters. . N-7. Del Bland graded VG-10. With some blunt striking as usually seen. Sharpness of Fine-15 but the surfaces are uniformly and lightly porous with a scratch above EN of CENT. Dark olive steel with lighter high points. Estimated Value $125 - 200. View details	Realized $81
Lot 458		1829 Braided Hair Cent. . N-8. Del Bland graded EF-40. Large letters. Sharpness of About Uncirculated-55 but on the reverse are two large areas where some light raised corrosion exists on AT of STATES and around the U in UNITED is an area of heavier raised corrosion. Medium brown with olive overtones on the obverse and some dark red on the reverse. Nice on the obverse, but the reverse does have the corrosion problems. Worth inspecting. Estimated Value $150 - 250. Ex: James G. Macallister 2/20/45 as "Unc." at $20. View details and enlarged photos	Realized $230
Lot 459		1830 Braided Hair Cent. Large letters. . N-1. Del Bland graded EF-40. With blunt striking on both sides. In the lower left obverse field is a fingerprint and between N and I in UNITED is a very small edge nick. Medium dark steel in color. Estimated Value $150 - 275. View details	Realized $161
Lot 460		1830 Braided Hair Cent. Large letters. . N-2. Del Bland graded VF-35. With some blunt striking. Almost perfect medium dark steel brown surfaces. Estimated Value $275 - 350. View details	Realized $276
Lot 461		1830 Braided Hair Cent. Large letters. . N-2. Del Bland graded VF-20. Sharpness of Very Fine-35 but some microscopic roughness covering the neck and elsewhere on the obverse, a couple of small nicks on both sides, edge nicks over D, over S and AT and numerous hairlines scratches into raw copper over ES. Medium dark steel brown, sharply struck. Estimated Value $75 - 150. View details	Realized $86
Lot 462		1830 Braided Hair Cent. Large letters. . N-4½. Del Bland graded AU-50. Nearly defect free and a choice, glossy medium and light chocolate brown cent. Fine double profile on forehead, faintly on end of nose and chin. A beautiful cent that boasts even color and a good strike. Later die state with cracks around the periphery of the obverse and reverse. Estimated Value $400 - 600. Ex: James G. Macallister 2/20/45 as "Unc." at $8. View details and enlarged photos	Realized $391
Lot 463		1830 Braided Hair Cent. Large letters. . N-7. Del Bland graded VF-30. With some blunt striking as usually seen for this variety. Sharper by five points with pleasing surfaces even though faint hairline scratches are visible under magnification opposite the chin and nose and above ONE, none of these visible to the unaided eye. Between stars eight and nine is a small nick and between stars nine and ten is a group of tiny abrasions. Medium light steel brown. Tied with several others for fourth finest. Estimated Value $1,500 - 2,500. Ex: Chris Victor-McCawley (CVM); Early American Coppers 5/90:161; Thomas D. Reynolds; McCawley-Grellman Auctions #1 1/91:141; Robinson S. Brown, Jr., Superior Stamp & Coin Co. 1/96:560; Wes Rasmussen; Superior Galleries 6/2000:322. View details and enlarged photos	Unsold
Lot 464		1831 Braided Hair Cent. Medium letters. . N-3. Del Bland graded MS-61. Lovely medium steel brown and mint red, the surfaces slightly iridescent. Marred only by minor edge dents over F and over the left side of E in AMERICA and a few microscopic carbon specks on the upper left reverse. A very common variety but very nice. Estimated Value $600 - 900. View details	Realized $661
Lot 465		1831 Braided Hair Cent. . N-3. Del Bland graded AU-50. With a tiny planchet defect on the edge over star three. Sharpness of mint state but cleaned and now slightly toned down to a natural appearing medium light golden red with a light steel color throughout the upper left are of the obverse which is off center at K2½. On three dentils right of star five are some very small nicks, on the edge over the first T in STATES is a tiny one. Estimated Value $425 - 650. View details and enlarged photos	Realized $391
Lot 466		1831 Braided Hair Cent. . N-5. Del Bland graded VF-25. Nearly defect free surfaces and edges. A choice dark chocolate brown cent with deep red undertones, mostly on the obverse. Early die state, well struck. Estimated Value $600 - 750. Ex: Larry Hine; M & G Auctions 1/97:374; Stanley Chen; Superior Galleries 10/2000:1366. View details and enlarged photos	Realized $529
Lot 467		1831 Braided Hair Cent. Large letters. . N-7. Del Bland graded AU-50. Virtually mint state in sharpness but on the neck, chin and elsewhere on the obverse are some tiny nicks and over OF are two tiny edge dents. Medium dark chocolate brown with light steel blue overtones and traces of faded mint red, mostly on the reverse. Estimated Value $350 - 500. View details and enlarged photos	Realized $345
Lot 468		1831 Braided Hair Cent. Large letters. . N-9. PCGS graded AU-55 and Del Bland graded EF-40. Ten points sharper but there are several handling marks on both sides, mostly on the obverse, including a few on the face. Golden tan faded from mint color and well struck. The handling marks are visible with a glass, but the color and appeal of this piece is very high, and we expect a strong price when this one crosses the block. Estimated Value $400 - 600. Ex: Ira S. Reed 1/5/45 at $5.50. View details and enlarged photos	Unsold
Lot 469		1831 Braided Hair Cent. Large letters. . N-9. Del Bland graded AU-50. Mint reddish brown surfaces, somewhat lustrous with small, darkish olive toning spots covering the right half of the reverse. A glass discloses some minute abrasions mostly near star ten and between M and E in AMERICA. Very attractive. Estimated Value $450 - 650. View details and enlarged photos	Realized $414
Lot 470		1832 Braided Hair Cent. Large letters. . N-3. PCGS graded MS-64 Brown and Del Bland graded MS-61. With some blunt striking on the forelock and on the top front line of the coronet and a low area above and right of E in ONE. Light brown with some mint red on the obverse, marred only by two microscopic nicks above the hair buns and a tiny carbon spot opposite the center of the neck. An appealing coin that will doubtless find many suitors. Estimated Value $350 - 500. Ex: James G. Macallister 5/28/45 as "Superb" at $20. View details and enlarged photos	Realized $633
Lot 471		1833 Braided Hair Cent. . N-3. Del Bland graded AU-55. A minute nick on the bridge of the nose, others on the chin and jaw, otherwise nearly free from post striking defects. Dark chocolate brown with faint light steel blue overtones and traces of mint red around many devices, mostly on the reverse. Estimated Value $600 - 1,000. Ex: Bowers and Merena 1/95:2361; Walter Husak; Superior Stamp & Coin 6/98:354. View details and enlarged photos	Realized $633
Lot 472		1833 Braided Hair Cent. 3 over 2. Newcomb-4, Low Rarity-4. . N-3. Del Bland graded EF-45. Medium chocolate brown and nearly free from impairments. An excellent example, well struck with lovely color, the undertype visible under magnification and an impressive pedigree. Estimated Value $1,250-UP. Ex: Henry C. Hines; Judge Thomas L. Gaskill 11/56; New Netherlands Coin Company; Dorothy Paschal; New Netherlands Coin Company #50 12/57:1542; E. M. Seneca, Jr.; Garry Fitzgerald; C. Douglas Smith 3/76; Del Bland 4/76; Robert E. Vail; Superior Stamp & Coin 9/97:520. View details	Unsold
Lot 473		1833 Braided Hair Cent. . N-4. Del Bland graded VF-30. The 2 under the last 3 is plainly visible under a glass. Dull dark olive steel surfaces with lighter high points. On the back of the neck is a very small nick and a few tiny ones are right of the date and in the right obverse field. A very popular variety for the overdate feature, and a scarce variety to boot. Estimated Value $300-UP. View details	Realized $219
Lot 474		1833 Braided Hair Cent. . N-4. Del Bland graded Fine-15. Sharpness of VF-25 but some faint verdigris around most of the devices. Medium dark steel brown with raw copper showing on some obverse high points due to excessive rubbing. Estimated Value $125 - 200. View details	Realized $81
Lot 475		1833 Braided Hair Cent. . N-5. PCGS graded MS-64 Brown and Del Bland graded MS-60. Attractive medium dark steel and light brown with faint traces of faded mint red, the obverse slightly iridescent. Perfect surfaces except for a fine nick on back of the face. A common variety but very pretty. The fine mark on Liberty's face is near the curl before her ear, and is very faint, but we do note a spot on the U of UNITED. Common, but desirable for the color and surfaces. Estimated Value $350 - 500. Ex: James G. Macallister 2/20/45 as "About Unc." at $4. View details and enlarged photos	Realized $437
Lot 476		1833 Braided Hair Cent. . N-6. MS-63 Red and Brown. Mostly brown with a lovely arc of greenish luster. This one has a sharp double profile on Liberty, top to bottom, also doubled on a few of the stars (the first three) and LIBERTY. Choice surfaces and excellent color. Estimated Value $700 - 800. View details	Unsold
Lot 477		1833 Braided Hair Cent. . N-6. Del Bland graded EF-45. A trifle sharper but between stars eleven and twelve is a small edge dent. Medium chocolate brown with evidence of dark olive above stars seven to nine and through STATES OF AMER. Estimated Value $225 - 350. View details	Realized $184
Lot 478		1834 Braided Hair Cent. Small 8, large stars, medium letters. . N-1. Del Bland graded AU-55. With a line like crack through the planchet at star twelve. Mint State sharpness but cleaned and very nicely retoned to an iridescent sea-green and steel tan color. Estimated Value $175 - 300. Ex: Consignment W. Stack's 3/72:38; David Queller; Stack's 3/97:225: Stack's F.P.L. Summer 1997; Stack's 10/97:91. View details	Realized $230
Lot 479		1834 Braided Hair Cent. Small 8, large stars, medium letters. . N-1. PCGS graded AU-55 and Del Bland graded EF-45. Medium brown, the obverse exhibiting evidence of faded mint color, with a small darkish spot touching star four and small dark red spots over C in CENT and above OF. The PCGS holder calls this a "Lg 8 Sm S M Let", which is not correct. The faded color is very pleasant, and the reverse spots are minor. Estimated Value $150 - 250. Ex. James G. Macallister 6/6/44 at $7.50. View details and enlarged photos	Realized $253
Lot 480		1834 Braided Hair Cent. Small 8, large stars, medium letters. . N-1. Del Bland graded EF-45. Sharpness of AU-55 but in the lower left obverse field are traces of roughness where corrosion was removed. Lightly cleaned to a golden brown color with dark spots at the top of 3 and over star eleven. Estimated Value $200 - 350. Ex: Lester Merkin 9/67:113; Robinson S. Brown, Jr.; Superior Galleries 9/86:747; Robinson, Victor-McCawley (CVM); Bowers and Merena Galleries 1/14/91; Stanley Chen; Superior Galleries 10/2000:1385. View details	Realized $242
Lot 481		1834 Braided Hair Cent. Small 8, large stars, medium letters. . N-1. Del Bland graded VF-35. Ten points sharper but the surfaces are not perfectly smooth and below 183 is a scratch. Medium dark chocolate brown. Nice surfaces for the grade, and the scratch below the date is old and barely visible. Not a rare coin, but popular in high grade. Estimated Value $125 - 200. Ex: Ira S. Reed, circa 1945 at $1.40. View details and enlarged photos	Realized $121
Lot 482		1834 Braided Hair Cent. Small 8, large stars, medium letters. . N-2¾. Del Bland graded AU-50. Faint triple profile on upper lip, double on forehead, lower lip and chin. Nearly mint state in sharpness but over stars one to three are microscopic scratches, between stars eleven and twelve is a pin scratch, at star four and on the cheek are small carbon spots and opposite the chin is a larger one showing some evidence of attempted removal. Light golden brown with traces of mint red around many reverse devices. Estimated Value $250 - 400. View details and enlarged photos	Realized $253
Lot 483		1835 Braided Hair Cent. . N-2. Del Bland graded VF-35. There is a tiny planchet clip over star two. Smooth darkish steel brown surfaces. Defect free and really a nice cent. Estimated Value $400 - 650. View details and enlarged photos	Realized $460
Lot 484		Withdrawn	Unsold
Lot 485		1835 Braided Hair Cent. . N-4. Del Bland graded VG-7. Slightly sharper but an obvious scratch from the nose to star two and a light edge dent over star five. Medium chocolate brown. Estimated Value $225 - 350. View details	Realized $173
Lot 486		1835 Braided Hair Cent. Small 8 and stars. . N-6. PCGS graded MS-63 Brown and Del Bland graded MS-61. With a tiny planchet defect below the eye. Light brown with traces of mint red around most devices and a darker area between stars three and four. Marred only by a thin, hardly noticeable scratch opposite the forehead. A beautiful coin that boasts splendid color and a sharp strike. Estimated Value $250 - 350. Ex: James G. Macallister, circa 1945 as "Unc." for $15. View details and enlarged photos	Realized $920
Lot 487		1835 Braided Hair Cent. Small 8 and stars. . N-6. Del Bland graded VF-25. Sharper by five points but the surfaces are not perfectly smooth and at star six is a very small nick. Darkish steel in color. As the surfaces are not perfectly smooth, inspection is recommended. Appealing color. Estimated Value $100 - 150. Ex: James G. Macallister 6/6/44 at $5. View details and enlarged photos	Realized $81
Lot 488		1835 Braided Hair Cent. Head of 1836. . N-7. Del Bland graded AU-50. With a tiny planchet defect on the cheek. Medium chocolate brown with faint reddish tones and a darker spot between star five and the denticles. There are two very small nicks over star thirteen, otherwise the surfaces are just about flawless. Heavily rusted dies, some stars double lined. Fairly well struck for this later die state, the planchet defect on the face may actually be a small ding from circulation. Estimated Value $225 - 400. Ex: Dr. George P. French 3/21/29; B. Max Mehl F.P.L., 1929:549 $12; T. James Clarke, 1944; B. Max Mehl, privately 7/9/45 at $12. View details and enlarged photos	Realized $276
Lot 489		1835 Braided Hair Cent. Head of 1836. . N-7-3/4. PCGS graded AU-50 and Del Bland graded VF-25. At the coronet line above I in LIBERTY is a tiny nick, at the lower front line of the neck is another one, between stars eleven and twelve is a short scratch and over F in OF four denticles have been scraped. Medium brown. Very heavy triple profile on the chin, light tripling on the upper lips, double on the lower lip and on stars five to thirteen. The scrape on the denticles is well hidden by the holder, and apparently minor. Excellent color and surfaces for type. Estimated Value $125 - 200. Ex: James G. Macallister 6/6/44 at $3.50. View details and enlarged photos	Realized $150
Lot 490		1835 Braided Hair Cent. . N-10. Del Bland graded VG-10. Exceptionally clean for the grade. Medium dark steel brown. The die crack over TAT is strong. Estimated Value $375 - 550. View details	Realized $207
Lot 491		1835 Braided Hair Cent. . N-10. Del Bland graded Good-6. Clean for the grade except for an edge dent over the first T in STATES. Medium steel brown. Estimated Value $125 - 200. View details	Realized $109
Lot 492		1835 Braided Hair Cent. Type of 1834. Newcomb-13 1/2, Low Rarity-4. . N-13½. Del Bland graded MS-61. Double profile from the forelock to the nose, on the lips and on most of the stars. A point or so better in terms of quality with medium dark chocolate brown and mint red uniformly dispersed on both obverse and reverse. The only blemishes are microscopic nicks right of star ten, on the lower line of the bust, in the field opposite the neck and on the face where a small patch of light color is visible. This is the finest known business strike. This cataloger (Del Bland) considers it more desirable than the Proof 60/MS-61 example which has two long scratches on the lower obverse. Nothing comparable has been auctioned since the AU-55 Halpern coin in March 1988. A wonderful opportunity for the advanced large cent collector. Estimated Value $6,000 - 9,000. View details and enlarged photos	Realized $5,520
Lot 493		1835 Braided Hair Cent. Head of 1836. . N-15. Del Bland graded EF-40. More than five points sharper but between stars six and seven is a small edge dent, in the upper left obverse field are a few minor nicks and touching the top of the head is a small reddish spot where an attempt was made to remove a bit of carbon. Medium steel brown. Estimated Value $150 - 225. View details	Realized $127
Lot 494		1835 Braided Hair Cent. . N-15½. Del Bland graded AU-55. Double profile on forehead, lips, chin and a couple of stars, the last three with triple outlines. Beautiful frosty and lustrous darkish steel brown with light steel blue overtones, the reverse blended with medium chocolate brown. Very nearly perfect surfaces showing a minute nick below the space between T and A in STATES. Later die state adds further to the appeal of this exceptional coin. Estimated Value $400 - 550. Ex: John M. Foreman, Sr.; Stack's 1/93:1232; Anthony Terranova; M & G Auctions 1/95:529. View details	Realized $437
Lot 495		1836 Braided Hair Cent. . N-2. Del Bland graded AU-50. Just about Mint State in sharpness but on the rim left of star eight is a dent, other smaller ones appear on the reverse edge and above ON is ONE is a thin scratch and a nick. Medium dark chocolate brown with a considerable amount of faded mint red. Estimated Value $225 - 350. View details	Realized $184

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