Goldberg Coins and Collectibles

Sale 110

The June 2-5, 2019 Pre-Long Beach Auction

$3 Gold

Lot	Photo	Description	Realized
Lot 1160		1854. PCGS graded AU-58. A hint of gold tone (PCGS # 7969) Estimate Value $850 - 900 From The Fullerton Coin Shop. View details and enlarged photos Check results on similar lots	Realized $1,080
Lot 1161		1854. NGC graded Details of Uncirculated scratches. Fully lustrous with vertical hairline scratches on Liberty's cheek (PCGS # 7969) Estimate Value $700 - 750 View details and enlarged photos Check results on similar lots	Realized $840
Lot 1162		1854-O. NGC graded AU-55. Typical soft strike for this only $3 Gold issue of the "O" mint. From the orginal mintage only 1,000 or so exist today. As a date and mint, the 1854-O is virtually unobtainable in any mint state grade, with no more than a few known that merit that grade. Thus, all but the most well healed collectors try to buy a high end AU example like this piece to represent this date and mint. The strike is a trifle soft, but the surfaces are pleasing with minimal signs of handling. It is nearly certain that the vast majority of this issue did not survive the Civil War, with most melted and converted into newer gold coins along the way in the decades to follow. Only 24,000 struck (PCGS # 7971) Estimate Value $3,500 - UP View details and enlarged photos Check results on similar lots	Unsold
Lot 1163		1856-S. PCGS graded Fine-12. Nice even toning. Only 34,500 struck (PCGS # 7975) Estimate Value $500 - 550 From The Fullerton Coin Shop. View details and enlarged photos Check results on similar lots	Realized $690
Lot 1164		1860-S. PCGS graded AU-58. Nice golden toning and exceptionally appealing for this key date issue. Only 7,000 struck, and for nearly 5 decades a debate raged that 2,592 of these were melted. That controversy has finally been laid to rest by numistatic researcher R.W. Julian in 2017 where he published his findings in The Centinal, June 2017 (Volume 65, Number 2), pages 45-50. Julian's findings record that Mint Director Henry Linderman, on visiting the San Francisco Mint in October of 1869 reviewed a group of $3 gold coins that had been sweated or treated in a manner which removed some of their gold, making them lightweight. Persons of nefarious intentions would remove some of the gold, then spend the coin for the full $3 value. It is assumed that the so treated gold coins were then melted at Linderman's order, but these had nothing to do with the later production of the 1860-S $3 pieces. Nevertheless, this date remains one of the tougher dates to find at all, and is all but unobtainable in full Mint condition as just a few coins that have been certified at that lofty grade level. Here is one that is truly close to that state of preservation, with nearly perfect surfaces, lovely antique gold color and a better than average strike. Pop 10; 5 finer, 1 in 60, 2 in 61, 2 in 62. (PCGS # 7981) Estimate Value $15,000 - 16,000 View details and enlarged photos Check results on similar lots	Unsold
Lot 1165		1868. PCGS graded MS-62. Well struck and intensely lustrous. A premium quality coin for the grade, and a low mintage date. The $3 gold series is highly collectible, with several scarce but obtainable issues. This is a collection which is well worth undertaking! Only 4,850 struck. Pop 49; 44 finer at PCGS. (PCGS # 7989) Estimate Value $4,000 - UP View details and enlarged photos Check results on similar lots	Unsold
Lot 1166		1874. PCGS graded AU Details, Gouged. Reverse marks the heaviest is located below the ribbon knot on the wreath. Only 41,800 struck (PCGS # 7998) Estimate Value $450 - 500 View details and enlarged photos Check results on similar lots	Realized $576
Lot 1167		1878. PCGS graded MS-66. A nice untoned example.The surfaces are handsome, with just a few small nicks from bag handling. A lot of eye appeal for the type collector on this popular issue. Only 82,304 struck. Pop 79; 15 finer, 7 in 66+, 5 in 67, 3 in 67+. (PCGS # 8000) Estimate Value $13,000 - 14,000 View details and enlarged photos Check results on similar lots	Unsold
Lot 1168		1878. NGC graded AU-58. A hint of tone. Only 82,304 struck (PCGS # 8000) Estimate Value $900 - 950 View details and enlarged photos Check results on similar lots	Realized $1,050
Lot 1169		1882. PCGS graded MS-65. A lovely gem example with golden toning and reflective fields. Only 1,500 struck, and this is one of the finer examples seen today. The strike is sharp and the surfaces are an absolute delight to study, with gem satin finish and nearly free of any bagmarks. This issue has always been in high demand forthe low mintage date. All examples struck for circulation have the 2 in the date repunched high. Seldom seen this nice, let alone any finer. Pop 6; 6 finer, 3 in 66, 1 in 66+, 2 in 67. (PCGS # 8004) Estimate Value $15,000 - 17,000 View details and enlarged photos Check results on similar lots	Realized $15,600
Lot 1170		1889. PCGS graded UNC Details, Tooled. Lovely golden toning. Still a good looking coin. Only 129 struck, with about 80 to 100 examples estimated to have survived by PCGS Pop Report (PCGS # 8053) Estimate Value $1,250 - UP View details and enlarged photos Check results on similar lots	Realized $1,860