Goldberg Coins and Collectibles

Sale 4

The Dr. Jon Kardatzke Coin and Currency Collection, Part 1

Half Dimes

Lot	Photo	Description	Realized
Lot 477		1844-0 VG-8 and 1851-0 VF-30 Liberty Seated Half Dime. Lot of 2 coins. The '44-0 is quite scarce. View details	Realized $138
Lot 478		1845 Liberty Seated Half Dime. NGC graded MS-62. Deep russet and blue toning on both sides, well struck and pleasing. View details	Realized $184
Lot 479		1845 Liberty Seated Half Dime. AU-50. Typical surfaces for the grade, this one without toning or problems. View details	Realized $104
Lot 480		1846 Liberty Seated Half Dime. VF-25. Nice color and surfaces for the grade. A low-mintage date with only 27,000 struck in all. View details	Realized $1,783
Lot 481		1848 Liberty Seated Half Dime. Large date. The first has a dig on the ST of STATES and both have original toning. Lot of 2 coins. View details	Realized $81
Lot 482		1848 Liberty Seated Half Dime. Large date. NGC graded MS-65. A beautiful, boldly struck Gem half dime with dark green and amber iridescence, mixed with silvery gray on the reverse, which has a long diebreak nearly bisecting the design vertically. Fully struck everywhere except for the top left leaf cluster. View details	Realized $2,760
Lot 483		1848 Liberty Seated Half Dime. Medium date. AU-55. Choice untoned luster and well struck. Several die cracks on the reverse add interest. View details	Realized $138
Lot 484		1848-O Liberty Seated Half Dime. PCGS graded MS-65. Satiny brilliance with a hint of champagne gold iridescence, and the best strike this cataloguer has ever seen on this O-mint issue. The stars are so fully made they have outlines! Clashed dies show part of the date at the top of the reverse. Destined for another holder? Should be. This looks like an MS66 to us. View details	Realized $1,610
Lot 485		1848-O Liberty Seated Half Dime. AU-50. Minor surface hairlines, probably from an old cleaning. Nicely toned today. View details	Realized $115
Lot 486		1849 Liberty Seated Half Dime. AU-50. Lovely original toning and well struck. View details	Realized $86
Lot 487		A Group of 36 Seated Half Dimes. Some duplication. Grades range from About Good to Very Fine. We urge personal inspection on this worthwhile lot. View details	Realized $661
Lot 488		1850 Liberty Seated Half Dime. Includes 1850 VF-30, 1850-O VF-35 Cleaned, 1853-O F-15, 1854 EF-45, 1854-O VG-8, 1855 VF-20, 1856 VF-35, 1857 F-15, 1859 scratched EF-45, 1860 VG-8 Cleaned, 1869-S VF-20 and 1872-S Above EF-45. A lovely run of these popular coins. View details	Realized $414
Lot 489		1851-O Liberty Seated Half Dime. MS-60. Peripheral toning and lighter at the centers. A few very faint scrapes on the reverse. Scarce as a date. View details	Realized $345
Lot 490		1852 Liberty Seated Half Dime. AU-58. A beautiful coin that boasts original luster, splendid gold toning around the rims, and boldly struck devices. View details	Realized $104
Lot 491		1852-O Liberty Seated Half Dime. EF-45. Boldly struck throughout, with deep gray colors and pleasing surfaces. Scarce. View details	Realized $207
Lot 492		1853 Liberty Seated Half Dime. No arrows. Fine-15. Scarce as an issue. The surfaces have some handling marks, visible with a glass. View details	Realized $86
Lot 493		1853-O Liberty Seated Half Dime. No arrows. VG-8. A key date without the arrows at the date, only 160,000 were struck, most of which were apparently lost or melted. Silvery-gray in color, with moderate handling marks as one would expect for the grade. As usual, the date is weak, especially on the lower parts of the digits, as seen on all of this issue. View details	Realized $196
Lot 494		1853 Liberty Seated Half Dime. Arrows. AU-58. Milky white in color, but with some dark toning areas on Liberty. Sharply impressed by the dies. View details	Realized $104
Lot 495		1855-O Liberty Seated Half Dime. AU-55. Nearly mint state, with most of the luster remaining and with well struck devices. Free of toning. View details	Realized $288
Lot 496		1856-O Liberty Seated Half Dime. EF-45. A bit dark in the toning department, but still lustrous beneath and sharp. View details	Realized $127
Lot 497		1857-O Liberty Seated Half Dime. EF-45. Dark toning throughout and about average for the grade. View details	Realized $127
Lot 498		1858 Liberty Seated Half Dime. NGC graded MS-64. A frosty mint state coin that boasts mottled blue toning on the obverse, and streaky russet toning on the reverse. Minor handling marks from gem, but tough to see with the toning. View details	Realized $345
Lot 499		1858 Liberty Seated Half Dime. EF-40. Abundant eye-appeal on this one, lustrous fields and rainbow peripheral toning on both sides. View details	Realized $81
Lot 500		1858-O Liberty Seated Half Dime. AU-50. Boldly struck and with clean surfaces for the grade. Mottled toning. View details	Realized $138
Lot 501		1859-O Liberty Seated Half Dime. EF-45. However, there is a scratch on the upper reverse. Excellent color, luster and surfaces otherwise. View details	Realized $86
Lot 502		Group of 18 Seated Half Dimes. Mostly different dates and mints grading About Good to Very Fine. We urge inspection. View details	Realized $311
Lot 503		1860-O Liberty Seated Half Dime. AU-55. Well struck, but there are some moderate hairlines in the fields. View details	Realized $58
Lot 504		1861 Liberty Seated Half Dime. AU-50. Lustrous, but with some weakness in the strike on both sides. View details	Realized $52
Lot 505		1862 Liberty Seated Half Dime. MS-60. Frosty, untoned and with light hairlines. View details	Realized $92
Lot 506		1863 Liberty Seated Half Dime. Fine-15. Medium to dark silver color and a low mintage date. Minor edge ticks from the war, no doubt. View details	Realized $276
Lot 507		1864 Liberty Seated Half Dime. AU-55. Bright and untoned, with well struck devices on the obverse, a bit weak on the upper left wreath of the reverse. Struck from sharply clashed dies. A rare date, most were hoarded during the "Civil War", and later melted. Seldom found in choice grades like this. View details	Realized $805
Lot 508		1864-S Liberty Seated Half Dime. VG-8. A nice coin for the grade, with moderate surface marks from circulation and no real problems worthy of note. Scarce as a date. View details	Realized $63
Lot 509		1865 Liberty Seated Half Dime. VF-20. One of the really low-mintage dates of the Civil War, this 1865 should bring a strong price for its clean surfaces and original toning. Only 13,500 struck, most of which were melted, lost or just plain worn out. View details	Realized $374
Lot 510		1865-S Liberty Seated Half Dime. EF-45. Frosty luster in the fields and well struck on both sides. Light golden toning evenly distributed, and without detriments. View details	Realized $196
Lot 511		1866 Liberty Seated Half Dime. EF-45. A classic rarity in the half dime series, this 1866 boasts a mintage of 10,725 in all, few of which even approach a decent grade, let alone a nice EF grade. This one is lightly toned with hues of gold around the periphery. The strike is bold, with full details on Liberty's head, the wreath and all the peripheral lettering. View details	Realized $483
Lot 512		1866 Liberty Seated Half Dime. Sharpness of Very Good but porous. Scarce low mintage date that is more often seen as a proof. View details	Realized $173
Lot 513		1866-S Liberty Seated Half Dime. VF-35. Lightly cleaned, enough so to take away the toning and expose the circulation marks common to small silver coins in this grade. Lustrous and a coin that should retone nicely if given a chance. View details	Realized $161
Lot 514		1867 Liberty Seated Half Dime. EF-45. Here is the queen of the half dime series, the 1867. 8,000 were coined for circulation, scarcely enough to bag and ship, as very little silver was found to coin just after the Civil War drew to a close. The obverse has deep blue toning in the shape of a crescent moon on the right side, with medium gold color over Liberty. The reverse has little toning, and this coin must have been displayed obverse up for decades in an old style coin tray. Rare and desirable in this grade. Date collectors have to search long and hard to find one this nice, so expect to pay a premium and be glad if you're the lucky winner of this lot. View details	Realized $633
Lot 515		1867-S Liberty Seated Half Dime. EF-40. Nicely balanced and struck, with faint toning on the obverse, more toning on the reverse. View details	Realized $92
Lot 516		1868 Liberty Seated Half Dime. EF-45. A frosty, lustrous coin that has appealing--and colorful--toning. Well struck and nice overall. View details	Realized $265
Lot 517		1868-S Liberty Seated Half Dime. MS-60. Choice yellow-green toning around the obverse periphery with luster in the fields. View details	Realized $368
Lot 518		1869 Liberty Seated Half Dime. Proof 55. Clorox gray in color from an unwise cleaning, but sharply struck, but just too dull in appearance. View details	Realized $184
Lot 519		1870 Liberty Seated Half Dime. AU-50. Untoned and well struck, but there is a reverse scratch. View details	Realized $43
Lot 520		1871 Liberty Seated Half Dime. AU-58. Frosty luster in the fields, with light toning. Minor hairlines in the fields. View details	Realized $46
Lot 521		1871-S Liberty Seated Half Dime. AU-58. Lightly toned with tawny gold colors, and lustrous in the fields. View details	Realized $276
Lot 522		1872 Liberty Seated Half Dime. AU-58. Delightful old-tyme toning of blues and golds in concentric circles. Well struck, but weak on the upper left wreath, as usual. View details	Realized $69
Lot 523		1873 Liberty Seated Half Dime. AU-50. Somber black toning and crisply struck. View details	Realized $52
Lot 524		1873-S Liberty Seated Half Dime. AU-58. A frosty, lightly toned coin that is very nice overall. View details	Realized $173
Lot 525		1873-S Liberty Seated Half Dime. Includes the PCGS tag. AU-58. Untoned, and decently struck. The close of the half dime series with this year, finally giving up to the vast barrage of nickels pouring forth from the Mint. View details	Realized $138

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