Goldberg Coins and Collectibles

Sale 115

February 16-19, 2020 Pre long Beach Auction

Draped Bust Cents

Lot	Photo	Description	Realized
Lot 535		1796 S-106 R4+ Draped Bust AG3. Clipped Planchet. Glossy light olive and steel brown. No roughness and only trivial marks for the grade, essentially just heavily worn. The only notable marks are a rim bump over the second T in STATES and a shallow planchet void in the center of the reverse. The lower third of the date is worn away but the rest is easily readable and more than half of the legends remain visible. There is a curved planchet clip behind the head and over the opposing NIT in UNITED. Value $200 - UP Ex McCawley & Grellman Auctions 7/31/1993:571-Tom Matthews 11/27/2011-The Widok Collection. View details and enlarged photos	Realized $312
Lot 536		1796 S-117 R5+ Draped Bust Fair-2+. Somewhat glossy light olive and steel brown with darker olive and reddish chocolate toning in protected areas. There are traces of very fine roughness and myriad light contact marks on both sides; a pair of rim nicks off the bust tip can help identify this cent. The date is nearly full and is easily readable and at least half of the legends remain visible. Value $100 - UP Source unrecorded-The Widok Collection. View details and enlarged photos	Realized $276
Lot 537		1797 S-139 R1 VF30. Five points sharper but there are a few contact marks on the reverse including a rim bruise at the first T in STATES and a dull nick under the left side of the M in AMERICA. Otherwise the surfaces are smooth and the toning is a very attractive glossy medium brown and light chocolate with some tan in protected areas. M-LDS, Breen state IV, with obvious swelling in the field left of the lower curls that caused weakness at the opposing area at ED in UNITED. Graded VF30 in the Bland census. Value $1,000 - UP Ex Empire Coin Co. FPL #15, March-April 1962-Robert Gilbred, Kagin's GENA Sale, 10/14/1983:1031-Dr. Philip W. Ralls-Ralls Estate, McCawley & Grellman Auctions/Goldbergs 1/26/2014:468-The Widok Collection (includes the Ralls collection envelope and Kagin's lot ticket). View details and enlarged photos	Realized $1,380
Lot 538		1797 S-140 R1 VF30. Moderately glossy medium chocolate brown with traces of lighter brown toning in some of the protected areas on the obverse. Smooth and attractive with only minor marks. The only notable mark is a light rim bruise over the M in AMERICA. MDS, Breen state V, with obvious swelling at the bust and a dull die crack arcing through the right top of the Y into the field before the face. Value $800 - UP Ex St. James Auctions (London) 9/1/2011-The Widok Collection. View details and enlarged photos	Realized $1,680
Lot 539		1798 S-148 R2 Large 8, Style I Hair F15. Five points sharper with microscopic roughness in the protected areas of the reverse. The obverse is smooth except for some shallow low spots in the field at the throat caused by debris on the die. The only notable contact mark is a diagonal nick hidden in the hair left of the neck. M-LDS, Breen state VI, with a bold cud break at ERTY. Removed from an NCS slab graded VF details with environmental damage (NCS label included and it shows the attribution and Reiver provenance). Value $1,200 - UP Ex George Ramont 8/9/1977-Jules Reiver, Heritage Auctions 1/24/2006:19363-Daniel W. Holmes, Jr., McCawley & Grellman Auctions/Goldbergs 9/6/2009:269-The Widok Collection (includes the Holmes collection envelope and both lot tickets). View details and enlarged photos	Realized $840
Lot 540		1798/7 S-152 R2 Overdate Large 8 over 7 F15. Sharpness VF25 but there are some light scratches on the obverse, the strongest one from the hair ribbon across the neck, and a small punch mark at the top of the second 0 in the denominator. Glossy chocolate and steel mottled with some darker olive brown. MDS, Breen state II. The date and overdate are bold and the legends are strong. Value $1,100 - UP Ex Homer K. Downing, 1952 ANA Sale, New Netherlands Coin Co., lot 1794-Bruno Crossfield-unknown-Chris McCawley, 2010 EAC Sale, McCawley & Grellman Auctions 4/24/2010:207-The Widok Collection. View details and enlarged photos	Realized $750
Lot 541		1798 S-172 R2 Small 8, Style II Hair VF30. Sharpness near EF40 with too many light contact marks for the sharpness grade, the only notable ones a long diagonal nick hidden in the hair under IB in LIBERTY and a very tiny rim bruise under the 9 in the date. Glossy chocolate and steel brown with delicate overtones of light bluish steel in protected areas. Sharply struck EDS, Breen state II, with smooth, slightly reflective fields on both sides. The tiny lumps from obverse die rust described by Breen for his state II are clear. In addition, there is sharp, clear doubling visible on both sides, including a double profile. The doubling is strongest on ONE and UNITED where the offset is much larger than normal for simple die bounce. Possibly a double struck cent that didn�t shift much between impressions. Not in the condition census for the variety, but a sharply struck cent with excellent eye appeal anyway. Value $1,500 - UP Ex McCawley & Grellman Auctions 1/6/1996:196-McCawley & Grellman Auctions/Superior 9/21/1998:1184-Jack Wadlington (via Bob Grellman & Chris McCawley) 6/30/2005-Daniel W. Holmes, Jr., McCawley & Grellman Auctions/Goldbergs 9/6/2009:314-The Widok Collection. View details and enlarged photos	Realized $1,320
Lot 542		1798 S-182 R4 Small 8, Style II Hair. NGC graded AU-53. Glossy olive brown and chocolate. The surfaces are smooth and show only minor contact marks. The notable ones are a dull, curved scratch blended into the toning over the hair ribbon and a couple more faint contact marks in the field under the hair ribbon. LDS, Breen state III, with doubled clashmarks on both sides. A decent example of this scarce die variety. Our grade is VF25. Graded VF30 net VF20 and tied for CC#12 in the Noyes census, his photo #24005. Bland says VF25. Our grade is VF25. The attribution is noted on the NGC label. Comes with a nice provenance. NGC population 1, none finer in BN. Value $2,500 - UP Ex Jess Patrick 1980-G. Lee Kuntz, Superior 10/6/1991:204-Wes Rasmussen, Heritage Auctions 1/13/2005:3212-Bil Luebke-eBay 8/2005-The Widok Collection. View details and enlarged photos	Realized $1,620
Lot 543		1799 S-189 R2 PCGS VG Detail Scratch. The surfaces are smooth but there are three nearly vertical disjointed scratches on the upper part of the obverse and some small nicks scattered over both sides. No verdigris. The obverse is an attractive glossy light to medium chocolate brown; the reverse is a mix of light chocolate and medium olive with a few areas of lighter reddish brown from an old cleaning. EDS, Breen state I. The strike is excellent with both the date and LIBERTY strong. The legends on the reverse are clear except for weakness on EN in CENT thanks to some nicks. Too bad about those three scratches but the strong date and LIBERTY are a big plus. Our grade is VG10 sharpness net VG7. The attribution and Widok Collection provenance are noted on the PCGS label (PCGS # 36140) Value $5,000 - UP Ex Jerry Larson 9/12/2012-The Widok Collection. View details and enlarged photos Check results on similar lots	Realized $6,000
Lot 544		1799 S-189 R2. PCGS graded Good-6. Slightly glossy dark chocolate brown. The surfaces are covered with uniform very fine granularity but there is no verdigris. The only marks of any note are a dull, light nick connecting the upper edges of the two 9's and a small pinprick under the I in AMERICA. The date is easily readable but the bottom edges of all 4 digits fade into the rim below. LIBERTY is strong, as is all the reverse except for TATES, which is faint due to the usual uneven strike. MDS, Breen state IV, with a thin rim cud break over AM in addition to the earlier one at F-A. Graded G6 by Del Bland. Our grade is G6 as well, same as the PCGS grade. The attribution and Widok Collection provenance are noted on the PCGS label (PCGS # 36140) Value $4,000 - UP Ex Jack Borckardt (Collector's Cabinet) 5/31/1987-Daniel W. Holmes, Jr., McCawley & Grellman Auctions/Goldbergs 9/6/2009:353-The Widok Collection (includes the Holmes collection envelope and lot ticket plus a grading cards from Del Bland and Bob Grellman agreeing at G6). View details and enlarged photos Check results on similar lots	Realized $5,760
Lot 545		1800/79 S-195 R5 Overdate 80 over 79 F15. Choice glossy chocolate brown. Smooth and attractive with only a few trivial contact marks. A pair of small diagonal nicks or planchet chips under the L in LIBERTY can help identify this cent. MDS, Breen state III, with dull die cracks but no cud breaks. The overdate feature is clear. Near the lower end of the condition census for this tough die variety. Value $1,800 - UP Ex Glen Wallace-Abe Kosoff-Rare Coin Company of America 5/9/1974:881-Ray Chatham-Dr. Byron M. Stuart-1977 ANA Sale, Kagin's 8/23/1977:293-Thomas Wolf, McCawley & Grellman Auctions/Goldbergs 2/10/2008:1221-The Widok Collection (includes the Wolf collection envelope and first 2 lot tickets). View details and enlarged photos	Realized $1,320
Lot 546		1800/79 S-196 R1 Overdate 80 over 79 VF35+. Very attractive glossy medium reddish brown and chocolate. Mint frost shows through in the fields and protected areas, particularly on the reverse. No corrosion or verdigris, only minor contact marks. The notable marks are a rim nick over the B in LIBERTY and a nick in the field just left of the lower curls. MDS, Breen state II. There are clear die clashmarks on both sides but no die crack on the obverse. The overdate feature is bold. A nice cent, close to EF40. Value $5,000 - UP Ex Moe's Cards & Comics (Libertyville, IL) 6/15/1990-The Widok Collection. View details and enlarged photos	Realized $2,760
Lot 547		1800 S-201 R4+ VG10. Sharpness perhaps closer to VF20 but the planchet is dented and bent, and the surfaces are covered with minor roughness mixed with specks of verdigris. The toning is a decent medium reddish chocolate and steel brown, and the surfaces are rather glossy in spite of the minor roughness. E-MDS, Breen state II. The most interesting feature on this cent is the presence of a clearly defined "S" from STATES near the dentil tips left of the hair ribbon. Perhaps the depression that houses the stray S is an off-center indent error, and the "spoiled planchet" was later struck properly. An interesting cent. Value $500 - UP Source unrecorded-The Widok Collection. View details and enlarged photos	Realized $204
Lot 548		1800 S-202 R4+. PCGS graded AU-53. Frosty steel and olive brown with traces of reddish tan in protected areas on the obverse. The only notable marks are a spot of darker brown toning (not carbon) on the upper part of the neck and a trio of very fine hairline scratches in the field before the portrait. M-LDS, Breen state VI. The obverse die is shattered and the reverse is badly bulged and shows multiple strong die clashmarks. Struck slightly off center to K-6 leaving some of the dentils off the planchet, but the date and legends are all present. Our grade is EF40. This cent was discovered in England and it has not been seen by Noyes or Bland, but clearly it ranks very high in the condition census. A highlight of the large cents in the Widok Collection. The attribution and Widok Collection provenance are noted on the PCGS label. PCGS population 2; 1 finer in 63. (PCGS # 36194) Value $15,000 - UP Spink's (London) 11/1/2009-The Widok Collection. View details and enlarged photos Check results on similar lots	Unsold
Lot 549		1800 S-208 R3 VF20. Sharpness VF35 with traces of microscopic roughness under a glossy dark olive brown and steel patina. No notable contact marks, but there are a half dozen small spots of shallow reddish verdigris at ATES OF plus one more below the E in ONE. LDS, Breen state IV, with a strong cud break at TY and to the right. Struck very slightly off center to K-3, but everything remains on the planchet. Value $1,000 - UP Ex McCawley & Grellman Auctions/Goldbergs 2/10/2008:1237-The Widok Collection. View details and enlarged photos	Realized $750
Lot 550		1802 S-225 R3 AU50. Sharpness very close to mint state but this cent was very lightly cleaned long ago, now retoned an attractive glossy dark chocolate and olive brown with traces of slightly lighter steel brown toning peeking through in protected areas on the reverse. Excellent eye appeal. The only marks are a small spot of very fine carbon near the dentils right of the Y in LIBERTY and a tiny planchet lamination just right of the fraction, as struck. E-MDS, Breen state III, with fine die cracks at UN and ES-OF. The die clashmarks are strong on both sides. Called AU55 and tied for CC#10 in the Bland census. Noyes says AU55 net EF40 and CC#11, his photo #29131. Removed from an ANACS slab graded MS Details, cleaned (ANACS label #4042668 included). A very sharp cent that comes with a nice provenance. Value $4,000 - UP Ex Richard Picker 12/1960-C. Douglas Smith 1/1974-Del Bland 1/1979-G. Lee Kuntz, Superior 10/6/1991:248-Gary Ruttenberg, McCawley & Grellman Auctions 8/17/1996:215-Walter Husak, Heritage Auctions 2/15/2008:2228-Chris McCawley 11/9/2008-Daniel W. Holmes, Jr., McCawley & Grellman Auctions/Goldbergs 9/6/2009:431-The Widok Collection (includes the Holmes collection envelope and lot ticket). View details and enlarged photos	Unsold
Lot 551		1803 S-257 R2 Large Fraction. PCGS graded AU-53. Very attractive glossy light olive and steel brown with peeks of lighter brown and tan faded down from mint color in a few of the protected areas. The surfaces are smooth and virtually flawless. The only marks, and they are barely visible even with a strong glass, are a couple faint hairline scratches under RTY and a vertical scratch or thin nick on the bust tip. Sharply struck EDS, Breen state I. Called AU50 net EF40 and tied for CC#14 in the Noyes census, his photo #34695. Our grade is EF45. A sharp, attractive example of the Small Date with Large Fraction type. The attribution and Widok Collection provenance are noted on the PCGS label. PCGS population 1; 3 finer: 1 in 60, 1 in 62, 1 in 63+. (PCGS # 36395) Value $3,500 - UP Ex Barney Bluestone 5/1948:21 (as uncirculated)-Judge Thomas L. Gaskill, New Netherlands Coin Co. (privately) 11/1956-Dorothy Paschal 1973-Bob Vail 1988-R. S. Brown, Jr., Superior 1/27/1996:355-Wes Rasmussen, Heritage Auctions 1/13/2005:3309-Walt Husak, McCawley & Grellman Auctions/Goldbergs 9/14/2008:388-The Widok Collection (includes the Husak collection envelope and Goldberg lot ticket). View details and enlarged photos Check results on similar lots	Realized $5,040
Lot 552		1803 S-259 R4 Large Fraction. NGC graded EF-45. Glossy olive brown and steel. Smooth and attractive with just a few notable contact marks. A thin vertical nick in the hair left of the eye and another over the N in ONE are the only marks visible without a glass. EDS, Breen state I, with a light die crack through the top of STAT. Graded VF20 net F15 by Noyes, his photo #29712. Our grade is VF20. The attribution and Rasmussen provenance are noted on the NGC label. NGC population 1; none finer. Value $2,000 - UP Ex Borhek-Barlow's Coins 1963-Bill Noyes 12/1976-Lillian Willins (via Bill Noyes) 4/1992-Wes Rasmussen, Heritage Auctions 1/13/2005:3312-The Widok Collection. View details and enlarged photos	Realized $1,320
Lot 553		1805 S-267 R1. NGC graded AU-55. Very attractive glossy olive brown and steel. Smooth and very attractive showing only a few trivial contact marks. The only notable marks are a diagonal nick in the field close before the eye and a thin diagonal scratch through the right foot of the E in AMERICA. MDS, Breen state III. The repunching on the 5 is sharp and there is no trace of swelling on the obverse. Our grade is VF35+, very close to EF40. The attribution and Jules Reiver provenance are noted on the NGC label. NGC population 2; 6 finer. Value $1,600 - UP Ex George Ramont-Jules Reiver 1/24/2006:19607-The Widok Collection (lot ticket included). View details and enlarged photos	Realized $2,100
Lot 554		1808 S-279 R1. PCGS graded VF-35. Glossy chocolate and olive brown with slightly lighter steel brown toning on the highpoints. Looks flawless to the unaided eye but there are some microscopic specks of greenish verdigris scattered over the reverse, mostly on the upper half. The obverse is choice, just lightly worn. LDS. The fields are flowlined and most of the dentils are gone. Our grade is VF25+. Comes with a nice provenance. The attribution and Ramont-Brown-Ellsworth provenance are noted on the PCGS label. PCGS population 2; 4 finer: 1 in 58, 1 in 61, 1 in 64, 1 in 66. (PCGS # 36463) Value $1,900 - UP Ex George Ramont 2/15/1995-R. S. Brown, Jr., Superior 1/27/1996:383-Colonel Steven K. Ellsworth, Heritage Auctions 9/2013:4853-Allen Ross, 2016 EAC Sale, lot 297-The Widok Collection (includes the Brown and Ellsworth collection envelopes and the Brown and EAC Sale lot tickets. View details and enlarged photos Check results on similar lots	Realized $2,160