Goldberg Coins and Collectibles

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Coins, Manuscript and Collectibles Auction

Seated Liberty Dollars

Lot	Photo	Description	Realized
Lot 1387		1846. PCGS graded EF-40. Good type to collect, as most dates are at the very least genuinely scarce. Many rarities exist in the series. Here's a commoner date which is fairly typical of the survivors. Odd color, possibly retoned, but not unattractive. Die-ejection clip on the rim by O in ONE, as so often seen. View details	Realized $276
Lot 1388		1859-O. NGC graded MS-62. Flashy and lustrous on both sides, but with a few too many tick marks to make it to choice. Untoned and perfect for the type collector, likely from the bag of these released by the United States Treasury in 1964, as are nearly all Mint State examples known. View details	Unsold
Lot 1389		1860-O. PCGS graded MS-61. A frosty and lightly toned example from the original Mint bag of these that turned up in 1964 when the Treasury Department released truck loads of silver dollars to the adoring public. Most were pretty baggy, as seen here, but thankfully many collectors can afford to buy one of these early mint marked, and still mint state, Seated Dollars because of those bags. View details	Unsold
Lot 1390		1860-O. PCGS graded AU-50. Light silvery gray toning on both sides. A bit softly struck on the lower reverse, but with some luster still adhering near the devices. One mark on the shield over the eagle's chest, but clean rims and surfaces otherwise. View details	Unsold
Lot 1391		Splendid Gem Proof 65 1866 Type II Seated Dollar. NGC graded Proof 65 With Motto. Here's a PQ coin. Both sides have tawny gold toning deepening to blue and russet at the edges. The devices are frosted and contrast well with the mirror fields. Only 725 were struck as the first "with motto" coins in 1866, very few of which remain in grades even approaching this. NGC has only graded 17 this high, with a mere 6 graded higher. Identifiable by a tiny spot below the date, and another just left of the digit 1. In NGC holder #242827-004. View details	Unsold
Lot 1392		1870. NGC graded Proof 65. The brilliant, totally untoned mirror surfaces of this coin, having the opportunity to hide nothing, reveal some faint, wispy lines--probably from having lain on velvet pads years ago, when that's how neat coins were shown at conventions. A thousand Proofs were struck of this dollar coin, but only 116 of them have made it to NGC for review. Of those, 22 were given the 65 designation, and another 8 made 66. There aren't any nicer ones, so here we have one of the nicest survivors of the year. This coin hails from what is known as the Reconstruction period of our history. What does that mean? Well, five years after the Civil War ended, Virginia and Texas and Mississippi were finally readmitted to the Union. Yet the future's equalities were still a long away: Utah Territory granted sufrrage to women, the first black man was elected to the U.S. Senate (from Mississippi!), and the Ku Klux Klan at last came under federal scrutiny, while the Department of Justice came into existence. In October, Robert E. Lee, former commander in chief of the Confederate army, died in his beloved Virginia at the age of 63. "Type coins" may be just type coins, but they are much more to those who appreciate the times which issued them. View details	Unsold
Lot 1393		A Cool 1875-S Silver Mint Set. NGC graded MS-65. Here we have a put-together Mint Set from the San Francisco Mint in 1875. Aside from the Trade dollar, there's the silver half dollar, quarter, 20c piece and dime. While this is obviously an assembled set, it has real merit being together like this, for the coins are not dissimilar in overall appearance. The Trade dollar is yummy--light silvery in color and virtually free of any kind of contact marks you might care to search for. It's a real beauty! The Half Dollar grades NGC MS65 and has a very similar silvery color, with some slightly darker silver-grays swirled across it--real original and a true gem. The Quarter Dollar is NGC MS65 and may be the flashiest coin here, for it's bright with a champagne-color silvery gold, and gemmy! The Twenty-Center is NGC MS65 and a little darker on the obverse, which seems to hide some really faint lines, but the luster beneath the toning is strong and the surfaces have a lovely originality to them. The Dime is NGC MS66 but has a weakly struck mintmark, which haply is fast forgotten when your eye is grabbed by its bright silvery gold and blue iridescent toning. This is definitely a nice set for the picky buyer. Lot of 5 coins. View details	Unsold