Goldberg Coins and Collectibles

Sale 130

Pre-Long Beach Auction

Half Dollars

Lot	Photo	Description	Realized
Lot 540		1801. PCGS graded Fine-12. Light old time silver gray toning on both sides. Half dollars were struck in modest numbers in 1794, with a prodigious increase in 1795 to nearly 300,000 peces, then the mintages plummeted to a few thousand coins for both 1796 and 1797 and then production of half dollars halted. Coinage of half dollars began again in 1801 but with only 30,189 pieces struck, about a tenth of those issued in 1795. This is one of those scarce 1801 dated coins. It is quite curious that half dollar production was so erratic in the first decade of Mint operations, as half dollars were soon the primary coin used for bank reserves and in commerce. Apparently these half dollars had to find their way into that level of acceptance over time. Hence as later more robust mintages were on the horizon, these early issues see strong demand in all grades (PCGS # 6064) Estimated Value $1,500 - 1,600 View details Check results on similar lots	Realized $1,980
Lot 541		1802. PCGS graded VF-20. Even toning on both sides. This is also a low mintage date which is seldom found at all, let alone in nice collector grades like this. The surfaces are pleasing with minimal signs of handling after brief circulation. Attractive and desirable (PCGS # 6065) Estimated Value $2,000 - UP View details Check results on similar lots	Realized $2,400
Lot 542		1803. Small 3, O-104. NGC graded VF-25. Lightly toned with natural silver-gray in the fields, lighter silver on the devices. Nearly full hair definition on every curl below Liberty's ear, and both wings of the eagle show strong feather definition. Impressive quality for the grade assigned. Estimated Value $800 - 900 View details	Realized $990
Lot 543		1805. PCGS graded VF-30. An example with light grey toning and clean surfaces. There is a thin die crack through the S's of STATES and below in the clouds. Moderate die clashing is noted in the fields common to this variety. Attractive collector quality with considerable hair detail remaining on Liberty (PCGS # 6069) Estimated Value $600 - 650 View details Check results on similar lots	Realized $1,020
Lot 544		1806, 6 over 5. PCGS graded VF-25. A hint of tone on this light silver coin with the overdate clearly seen with a loupe, particularly the upper tip of the 5 shows above the ball on the 6. Scattered light handling marks from circulation, as expected, and a coin that retains nice visual appeal (PCGS # 6077) Estimated Value $500 - 550 View details Check results on similar lots	Realized $870
Lot 545		1806. Pointed 6, stem through claw. ICG graded EF-40. Softly struck in the center. Strongly doubled T in LIBERTY, natural silver centers framed with gold toning at the rims. Nice mint luster. Estimated Value $750 - 800 From the Blackhorse Collection. View details	Realized $960
Lot 546		1807. PCGS graded AU-50. A mostly untoned example that retains considerable silver white luster and is framed with a few deeper russet and blue areas at the rims. Scarce at this lofty grade level and impressive quality overall (PCGS # 6079) Estimated Value $1,700 - 1,800 View details Check results on similar lots	Realized $2,340
Lot 547		1807. Small stars. PCGS graded VG-8. A well balanced coin with even wear and appealing contrast between the soft gray toning in the fields and brighter silver devices. This is the first year of issue of the new John Reich designed Capped Bust style (PCGS # 6087) Estimated Value $225 - 250 View details Check results on similar lots	Realized $324
Lot 548		1808, 8 over 7. PCGS graded VF-30. CAC. Toned on both sides with classic medium to deep gray, lighter silver on the devices. Outstanding eye appeal and surfaces (PCGS # 6091) Estimated Value $300 - 350 View details Check results on similar lots	Realized $432
Lot 549		1809. PCGS graded EF-40. Light grey toning and attractive surfaces throughout. The strike is sharp on the left hand stars and Liberty's curls, the right side a bit softer. Struck from clashed dies. A solid example of this early Capped Bust half dollar (PCGS # 6092) Estimated Value $400 - 425 View details Check results on similar lots	Realized $432
Lot 550		1810. PCGS graded EF-40. CAC. Even toning on both sides with lighter silver devices which produces the desirable cameo effect. Excellent surfaces throughout which keeps the eye appeal high for the grade assigned (PCGS # 6095) Estimated Value $375 - 400 View details Check results on similar lots	Realized $630
Lot 551		1811. Large 8. PCGS graded VF-35. Lightly toned (PCGS # 6096) Estimated Value $200 - 225 View details Check results on similar lots	Realized $384
Lot 552		1812. PCGS graded EF-45. Lightly toned with tawny golden gray around the rims, lighter silver-white centers. The strike is sharp on Liberty's curls, and the surfaces are clean and trouble free (PCGS # 6100) Estimated Value $400 - 425 View details Check results on similar lots	Realized $576
Lot 553		1813. PCGS graded EF-40. CAC. A nice example for this grade. Lightly toned on both sides with typical russet gold deepest around the devices, lighter silver fields and high points (PCGS # 6103) Estimated Value $400 - 125 View details Check results on similar lots	Realized $504
Lot 554		1814. PCGS graded VF-20. Toned with natural deep gray fields, lighter silver on the devices (PCGS # 6105) Estimated Value $200 - 225 View details Check results on similar lots	Realized $228
Lot 555		1815. 5 over 2, Overton 101. PCGS graded VF-30. Nice even lilac and gray toning on both sides. Popular key date with a low mintage of 47,150 pieces for the year. Always in high demand from Capped Bust half dollar specialists as well as date collectors (PCGS # 39491) Estimated Value $3,000 - UP View details Check results on similar lots	Realized $4,320
Lot 556		1817, 7 over 3. PCGS graded VF-30. Has been toned around the edges of attractive deep blue an russet gold, while the enters are light silver. A few minor nicks particularly on the reverse. The overdate is bold and almost comical in appearance as there was no way to hide that big 3 below the skinny 7! (PCGS # 6111) Estimated Value $500 - 600 View details Check results on similar lots	Realized $780
Lot 557		1818. NGC graded MS-63. Premium Quality. Well struck. An example with lovely blue and russet toning on both sides that accents the devices. Clean surfaces and wonderfully original. Pop 17; only 26 pieces finer at NGC. Estimated Value $2,800 - 3,000 From the Blackhorse Collection. View details	Realized $3,360
Lot 558		1818. PCGS graded VF-35. Light grey toning over predominantly silver surfaces. Only a few light scattered circulation marks noted when closely examined (PCGS # 6113) Estimated Value $200 - 225 View details Check results on similar lots	Realized $288
Lot 559		1819. Overton 114. PCGS graded EF-40. Mostly untoned with silver gray surfaces and a few golden russet flecks near the rims. Decent surfaces with a few shallow marks, including one dull nick below the first star (PCGS # 39553) Estimated Value $300 - 325 View details Check results on similar lots	Realized $276
Lot 560		1820, 20 over 19. Curl base 2. PCGS graded AU-50. An untoned example with traces of luster. Bold overdate feature to the unaided eye, and a desirable specimen for the collector (PCGS # 6126) Estimated Value $800 - 900 View details Check results on similar lots	Realized $900
Lot 561		1821. O-101A. NGC graded AU-53. Nicely toned with blue color mixed with traditional russet hues. Estimated Value $400 - 450 View details	Realized $480
Lot 562		1822, 2 over 1. PCGS graded EF-45. CAC. A nicely toned example with light wear on the high points of the design on the obverse, the reverse even sharper with full definition on the eagle's wing feathers. Clean surfaces and a delightful coin to examine (PCGS # 6130) Estimated Value $550 - 600 View details Check results on similar lots	Realized $780
Lot 563		1823. PCGS graded EF-45. Nicely toned on both sides with medium gray over silver. The strike is solid and the surfaces average with a few light marks scattered about (PCGS # 6131) Estimated Value $650 - 700 View details Check results on similar lots	Unsold
Lot 564		1823. PCGS graded VF-30. A lightly toned example (PCGS # 6131) Estimated Value $200 - 250 View details Check results on similar lots	Realized $168
Lot 565		1824. PCGS graded AU-53. Lightly toned with soft silver-gray throughout save for a touch of gold intermixed. Well struck and satiny smooth (PCGS # 6137) Estimated Value $300 - 325 View details Check results on similar lots	Realized $312
Lot 566		1824. EF-40. Lightly toned. Estimated Value $100 - UP View details	Realized $156
Lot 567		1825. NGC graded EF-45. Deeply toned on both sides. Estimated Value $170 - 180 View details	Realized $216
Lot 568		1827. Square base 2. PCGS graded EF-40. Toned on both sides with medium to deep silver gray shades, ligter tones on the devices. Clean surfaces on both sides (PCGS # 6144) Estimated Value $150 - 160 View details Check results on similar lots	Realized $192
Lot 569		1828. Square base 2, small 8's, large letters. PCGS graded AU-50. Nicely toned with medium gray shades with flashes of luster in the protected areas (PCGS # 6151) Estimated Value $300 - 325 View details Check results on similar lots	Realized $312
Lot 570		1829. PCGS graded AU-50. Nicely toned with golden gray hues and silvery fields. One old scuff is noted on Liberty's drapery. A nice looking Capped Bust half dollar overall (PCGS # 6154) Estimated Value $250 - 275 View details Check results on similar lots	Realized $324
Lot 571		1830. Small 0, O-111. NGC graded EF-45. CAC. Estimated Value $200 - 225 Ex. Jules River Collection. View details	Realized $216
Lot 572		1831. Overton 109. PCGS graded EF-40. Even steel gray toning and attractive, with clean surfaces (PCGS # 39845) Estimated Value $140 - 150 View details Check results on similar lots	Realized $156
Lot 573		1832 Small Letters Reverse. O-121g. AU-50. Nicely toned about the borders. Estimated Value $200 - 250 View details	Realized $192
Lot 574		1832. Large letters. PCGS graded EF-45. CAC. Lightly toned with the usual die crack on the reverse under the left wing. A solid example of this variety, and the only Large Letters reverse die used in 1832 (PCGS # 6161) Estimated Value $225 - 250 View details Check results on similar lots	Realized $264
Lot 575		1833. PCGS graded EF-40. Toned on both sides with medium gray deeping a bit around the rims. Good collector quality and attractive (PCGS # 6163) Estimated Value $150 - 160 View details Check results on similar lots	Realized $156
Lot 576		1834. Large date and letters. PCGS graded Genuine Details of About Uncirculated, Cleaned. Lightly toned around the edges (PCGS # 6164) Estimated Value $120 - 130 View details Check results on similar lots	Realized $180
Lot 577		1835. PCGS graded Genuine Details of Extremely Fine, Environmental Damage. Deeply toned. This coin still has a nice look (PCGS # 6168) Estimated Value $80 - 90 View details Check results on similar lots	Realized $120
Lot 578		1836. Lettered edge. NGC graded VF-30. Toned on both sides. Estimated Value $90 - 100 View details	Realized $90
Lot 579		1837. NGC graded AU-58. A mostly untoned example with residual mint luster in the protected areas, attracive silver surfaces with a few golden peripheral accents. Rather well struck for this issue, and this one barely circulated before being saved and well preserved. Estimated Value $600 - 650 From the Blackhorse Collection. View details	Realized $720
Lot 580		1837. Reeded Edge. PCGS graded AU-53. An example with light toning. The strike is a trifle blunt around the rims but sharp at the centers. Nice surfaces and appealing (PCGS # 6176) Estimated Value $350 - 375 View details Check results on similar lots	Realized $456
Lot 581		1838. Reeded Edge. PCGS graded AU-50. A lightly toned example with steel gray fields and flashes of underlying luster. Boldly impressed throughout on all the lettering and devices, with a thin die crack extending through the reverse legend (PCGS # 6177) Estimated Value $325 - 350 View details Check results on similar lots	Realized $432
Lot 582		1839. Reeded Edge, Capped, Large Letters. PCGS graded EF-40. Lightly toned (PCGS # 6179) Estimated Value $190 - 200 View details Check results on similar lots	Realized $228
Lot 583		1839-O. PCGS graded EF-40. A deeply toned example with the bold obverse O mintmark located just above the date. This is also a short lived two year type coin from the half dollar series that was struck in the second year of the New Orleans Mint's operation. Just under 179,000 of these were struck for the year, of which a tiny fraction exist today (PCGS # 6181) Estimated Value $1,400 - 1,500 View details Check results on similar lots	Realized $1,950
Lot 584		1853-O. Arrows and rays. NGC graded AU-55. Mostly untoned with pale silver gray throughout. In demand for both the Arrows at the date and the Rays on the reverse. Clean, attractive surfaces and impressive quality that any collector will long appreciate. Estimated Value $750 - 800 From the Blackhorse Collection. View details	Realized $1,260
Lot 585		1860. PCGS graded Proof 64. CAC. Premium Quality. Lovely rainbow toning of delicate peach and teal around the obverse and reverse. This splendid coin is close to the gem level of preservation and has glorious toning. Only 1,000 pieces of proof coins issued. (PCGS # 6414) Estimated Value $1,400 - 1,500 From the Blackhorse Collection. View details Check results on similar lots	Unsold
Lot 586		1860. PCGS graded MS-63. A fully white coin with semi reflective fields. Excellent surfaces and eye appeal for this pre Civil War date, with satiny frost on the devices. Impressive collector quality. Pop 19; 33 finer at PCGS. (PCGS # 6299) Estimated Value $900 - 950 From the Blackhorse Collection. View details Check results on similar lots	Realized $1,440
Lot 587		1860-O. NGC graded MS-62. Well struck. It has a delicate light golden toning. The surfaces are clean and attractive for the grade, and this is a tough date to find this well preserved. Estimated Value $650 - 700 From the Blackhorse Collection. View details	Realized $750
Lot 588		1860-S. PCGS graded MS-62. An example with nice strike. Toned with soft lilac and pale gold hues throughout, with satin smooth surfaces. A scarce coin to find in any Mint State grade and this one is quite wholesome and attractive. The vast majority of these are found in well circulated grades. Pop 11; only 17 finer at PCGS, 10 in 63, 7 in 64. (PCGS # 6301) Estimated Value $2,500 - 2,700 From the Blackhorse Collection. View details Check results on similar lots	Realized $3,240
Lot 589		1870. NGC graded Proof 63. Nice rainbow toning around the coin edges. It has clean surfaces too, with eye-appealing toning and frosty centers. Estimated Value $1,100 - 1,200 From the Blackhorse Collection. View details	Realized $1,440

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