Goldberg Coins and Collectibles

Sale 114

The New York Sale

Alexander II, 1855-1881

Lot	Photo	Description	Bidding
Lot 951		Rouble 1856 C??-?? Bit 46, Sev 3644. Authenticated and graded by PCGS AU 53. About uncirculated. Value $400 - UP View details and enlarged photos
Lot 952		Rouble 1867 C??-HI. Bit 80, Sev 3779 (S). Scarce with a low mintage of only 425,040 pcs. Toned. Uncirculated. Value $500 - UP View details and enlarged photos
Lot 953		Rouble 1875 C??-HI. Bit 88, Sev 3849 (S). Authenticated and graded by NGC MS 64. Better date with a mintage of 687,003 spc. Meticulous strike with attractive pale champagne hues and sparkling lustre. Very choice brilliant uncirculated. Value $750 - UP View details and enlarged photos
Lot 954		Rouble 1875 C??-HI. Bit 88, Sev 3849 (S). Scarce with a low mintage of only 687,003 pcs. Toned over some hairlines. Brilliant uncirculated. Value $500 - UP View details and enlarged photos
Lot 955		Rouble 1876 C??-HI. Bit 89, Sev 3860 (S). Scarce with a low mintage of only 778,005 pcs. Prooflike fields. About uncirculated. Value $500 - UP View details and enlarged photos
Lot 956		Poltina 1867 C??-HI. Bit 108 (R). Rare with small mintage of only 26 040 pieces. Toned over numerous scratches. Extremely fine. Value $600 - UP View details and enlarged photos
Lot 957		Poltina 1877 C??-HI. Bit 125, Sev 3874. Authenticated and graded by NGC MS 61. Snowy white. Uncirculated. Value $150 - UP View details and enlarged photos
Lot 958		25 Kopecks 1859 C??-?? St. George with mantle. Bit 131 (R), Sev 3675 (S). Authenticated and graded by NGC MS 64. Pale blue-gray with champagne peripheral hues. Lovely strike. Very choice brilliant uncirculated. Value $250 - UP View details and enlarged photos
Lot 959		25 Kopecks 1861 C??-?? Bit 135 (R1), Jul 632 (S), Sev 3723 (S). Low mintage of 116,004 spc. Few marks. Extremely fine. Value $150 - UP View details and enlarged photos
Lot 960		20 Kopecks 1868 C??-HI. Bit 216, Sev 3783. Authenticated and graded by NGC MS 64. Very choice brilliant uncirculated. Value $200 - UP View details and enlarged photos
Lot 961		20 Kopecks 1872 C??-HI. Eagle of the 1874-1881 pattern. Bit 222, Sev 3822. Authenticated and graded by NGC MS 65. Lustrous linen white. Gem brilliant uncirculated. Value $250 - UP View details and enlarged photos
Lot 962		15 Kopecks 1867 C??-HI. Bit 235, Sev 3775. Authenticated and graded by NGC MS 63. Crisp strike, bold pearly lustre. Choice brilliant uncirculated. Value $150 - UP View details and enlarged photos
Lot 963		15 Kopecks 1879 C??-H? Bit 248, Sev 3892. Authenticated and graded by NGCMS 65. Frosty. Very choice brilliant uncirculate. Value $250 - UP View details and enlarged photos
Lot 964		10 Kopecks 1866 C??-H? Bit 202, Sev 3761. Authenticated and graded by NGC MS 65. Peripheral rainbow hues, steely medium gray over pristine fields. Gem brilliant uncirculated. Value $300 - UP View details and enlarged photos
Lot 965		10 Kopecks 1873 C??-HI. Bit 257, Sev 3827. Authenticated and graded by NGC MS 66. A bold meticulous strike, sparkling linen white over near-flawless fields. Excellent eye appeal. Gem brilliant uncirculated. Value $300 - UP View details and enlarged photos
Lot 966		10 Kopecks 1880 C??-H? 10 Kopecks 1880 C??-H? Bit 266, Sev 3898. Authenticated and graded by PCGS PR 66. Blazing mirrorlike surfaces. Superb brilliant PROOF. Value $1,800 - UP View details and enlarged photos
Lot 967		5 Kopecks 1857 C??-?? Bit 68 (R), Sev 3645 (S). Authenticated and graded by NGC MS 63. Snowy white. Choice brilliant uncirculated. Value $200 - UP View details and enlarged photos
Lot 968		5 Kopecks 1862 C??-M? Bit 208, Sev 3729. Authenticated and graded by NGC MS 64. Low mintage of 400,009 pcs. Lustrous and bold. Very choice brilliant uncirculated. Value $200 - UP View details and enlarged photos
Lot 969		5 Kopecks 1863 C??-A? Bit 209, Sev 3736. Authenticated and graded by NGC MS 63. Low mintage of 200,003 pcs. Linen white. Choice brilliant uncirculated. Value $200 - UP View details and enlarged photos
Lot 970		5 Kopecks 1865 C??-H? Bit 211, Sev 3752. Authenticated and graded by NGC MS 64. Low mintage of 190,003 pcs. A crisply struck example with pleasing pearly lustre. Very choice brilliant uncirculated. Value $250 - UP View details and enlarged photos
Lot 971		5 Kopecks 1871 C??-HI. Bit 272, Sev 3805. Authenticated and graded by NGC MS 64. Low mintage of 200,003 pcs. Semi-reflective fields cameo meticulous devices; an excellent example. Very choice brilliant uncirculated. Value $250 - UP View details and enlarged photos
Lot 972		5 Kopecks 1872 C??-HI. Bit 273, Sev 3818. Authenticated and graded by NGC MS 65+. Blazing lustre, great eye appeal. Gem brilliant uncirculated. Value $300 - UP View details and enlarged photos
Lot 973		5 Kopecks 1864/3 EM. Cf.Bit 311, cf. B 225. Authenticated and graded by NGC MS 63 BN. The only graded specimen. Silvery-brown. Choice brilliant uncirculated. Value $300 - UP View details and enlarged photos
Lot 974		2 Kopecks 1863 BM. Warszawa. Bit 472, B 144. Authenticated and graded by NGC AU 55 BN. Good about uncirculated. Value $300 - UP View details and enlarged photos
Lot 975		Kopeck 1860 EM. Bit 357, B 91. Authenticated and graded by NGC MS 62 BN. Deep birch brown, silvery highlights. Brilliant uncirculated. Value $250 - UP View details and enlarged photos
Lot 976		Kopeck 1866 EM. Bit 361, B 102. Authenticated and graded by NGC MS 62 BN. Pale red and blue undertone. Brilliant uncirculated. Value $250 - UP View details and enlarged photos
Lot 977		Denezhka 1862/1 EM. Cf. Bit 371, cf B 53. Rare overdate. Authenticated and graded by NGC MS 63 RB. The only graded specimen. Claret and orange. Choice brilliant uncirculated. Value $300 - UP View details and enlarged photos
Lot 978		Denezhka 1866 EM. Bit 375, B 59. Authenticated and graded by NGC MS 64 RB. A very handsome example with ample mint red. Very choice brilliant uncirculated. Value $300 - UP View details and enlarged photos
Lot 979		Polushka 1861 EM. Bit 385, B 9. Authenticated and graded by NGC MS 64 BN. Rich birch brown with silvery hues. Very choice brilliant uncirculated. Value $300 - UP View details and enlarged photos
Lot 980		Polushka 1861 BM. Warszawa. Bit 497 (R), B 10. Authenticated and graded by NGC MS 64 BN. Silver-brown. Very choice brilliant uncirculated. Value $400 - UP View details and enlarged photos
Lot 981		PATTERN 2 Kopecks 1863 EM. Brussels mint. Bit 600 (R2) B 142 (R). Authenticated and graded by NGC PF 62 BN. Brilliant PROOF. Value $1,800 - UP View details and enlarged photos
Lot 982		3 Kopecks 1868 C?? Bit 511, B 195. Authenticated and graded by NGC MS 62 RB. Abundant mint red. Brilliant uncirculated. Value $200 - UP View details and enlarged photos
Lot 983		2 Kopecks 1869 EM. Bit 414, B 153. Authenticated and graded by NGC MS 63 BN. Attractive silvery-brown with orange highlights. Choice brilliant uncirculated. Value $200 - UP View details and enlarged photos
Lot 984		1 Kopeck 1870 C?? Bit 535, B 111. Authenticated and graded by NGC MS 66 RB. Red brown tone with silvery peripheral hues over pristine fields. The highest graded specimen; the next highest is MS 64. A superb coin. Gem brilliant uncirculated. Value $300 - UP View details and enlarged photos
Lot 985		½ Kopeck 1879 C?? Bit 551, B 35. Authenticated and graded by NGC MS 64 BN. Attractive iridescent undertone. Very choice brilliant uncirculated. Value $150 - UP View details and enlarged photos
Lot 986		1/4 Kopeck 1868 C?? Bit 555 (R). Low mintage of only 60,000 pcs. Authenticated and graded by NGC MS 65 RB. Among the fines known. Very choice brilliant uncirculated. Value $400 - UP View details and enlarged photos
Lot 987		Medal. Cast Iron. 81 mm. By V. Alexeev. Grand Duke Nicholas Nikolaevich. � 25 Years as Chief of the Life Guards Uhlan Regiment, 1831 (1856). Diakov 628.1, Sm 600. Conjoined portraits of Alexander II and Nicholas I / Eleven-line legend. Light tape residue. About uncirculated. Value $500 - UP View details and enlarged photos
Lot 988		Medal. Silver. By A. Lyalin and M. Kuchkin. 65 mm. 121.72 gm. On the Coronation of Alexander II, 1856. Diakov 653.1 (R1), Iversen Memorial MedalsVII/I, Sm 603/a. Bare head of Alexander II right, signed A.????H? P. ontruncation / Imperial eagle, signed M. K??K?H? P: below. Brusched firlds. Extremely fine. Value $1,500 - UP View details and enlarged photos
Lot 989		Medal. Bronze. 65 mm. By A. Lyalin and M. Kuchkin. On the Coronation of Alexander II, 1856. Diakov 653.1, Sm 603/a. Bare head right, signed on truncation/ Imperial eagle. Attractive cafe au lait over some lower obverse deposits. Uncirculated. Value $400 - UP View details and enlarged photos
Lot 990		Medal. Bronze. 58 mm. By A. Lindberg. Passage of the Nordenskiöld Vega Expedition through the Bering Strait, 1879. Upper hemisperical globe showing lands of the Russian Empire, Latin legend / The Vega�s Captain Palander named; scientists, officers and crew of the expedition named below. Rare. Deep caramel brown. About uncirculated. Value $500 - UP View details and enlarged photos
Lot 991		Medal. Bronze. 42 mm. By Blachère. Siege of Sebastopol, 1854-1855. Map of the siege / Six-line French legend and dates within wreath. Uncirculated. Value $250 - UP View details and enlarged photos
Lot 992		Medal. Bronze. 45 mm. By Roquelay. On the Taking of Sebastopol, 8 September 1855. Laureate head of napoleon III left / Five-line legend on crowned shield festooned with banners and arms, eagle below. Trivial reverse deposit. Extremely fine. Value $200 - UP View details and enlarged photos
Lot 993		Medal. Bronze. 41 mm. By Blachère. On the taking of Sebastopol by the Allied Armies, 9 September 1855. Bare head of Napoleon III left; A LA GLOIRE DE L�ARMÉE D�ORIENT below / Flags of the Allies above three-line legend and date, all within wreath. Choice about uncirculated. Value $200 - UP View details and enlarged photos
Lot 994		Medal. Silver. 32.3 mm. 20 gm. By W.J. Taylor, London. Diakov--, BHM--. Raising of the Russian Sebastopol Fleet, 1860. Stars and Stripes behind a keg, cannon, anchor and cannonballs; TO COM: THE RAISING OF THE RUSSIAN FLEET FROM THE HARBOR OF SEVASTOPOL. BY J.E. GOWEN / Steam-powered salvage ships pumping out wooden Russian ship, mountains framing harbor in background, 1857-58-59-60. A very rare and fascinating medal in the annals of marine salvage � the raising of the Russian vessels sunk by the Allies in the Crimean War. Choice about uncirculated. Value $1,000 - UP Lieutenant Colonel John E. Gowen was contracted by the Russian government to raise the 70 ships scuttled during the Crimean War from Sevastopol Harbor. Gowen apparently served in the U.S Army and in the mid-1860s worked for the Russian government in varying capacities and as a naval engineer. A few years later, in 1869, he became involved in a plan to raise the Spanish treasure-laden ships from Vigo Bay, which had been scuttled in 1702 to keep them out of English hands. The Bostonian Society published in 1895 a catalog of the items it owned and displayed at the Old State House in Boston. Item 162 reads: "Two Cutlasses…taken from a ship sunk off the harbor of Sebastopol during the Crimean War, and raised by Col Gowen of Lynn [Massachusetts]". View details and enlarged photos
Lot 995		Medal. GOLD. 76 mm. 291.76 gm. By V. Alexeev and A. Griliches. On the Death of Alexander II, 1881. Diakov 881.1 (R5), Sm 830. His head right, initials �B.A.� on truncation, palm branch beneath radiant All-Seeing Eye above / Russia mourning, kneels and places wreath upon coffin, an angel grieves on a Russian shield at left, laurel wreaths, books and scrolls on ground, signed below. Numerous surface marks and edge nicks. Extremely fine. Value $30,000 - UP View details and enlarged photos