Goldberg Coins and Collectibles

Sale 4

The Dr. Jon Kardatzke Coin and Currency Collection, Part 1

Large Cents

Lot	Photo	Description	Realized
Lot 89		1793 Flowing Hair Cent. Chain reverse, "AMERICA" in legend. Fine-12. Sharpness of Fine-15 but several nicks in front of and below Liberty, the worst close to the end of the nose. Darkish steel brown. A very popular type in near hysterical demand. View details	Realized $5,060
Lot 90		1793 Flowing Hair Cent. Wreath reverse, vine and bars edge. S-8 F-12. Sharpness of VF-35 but net Fine 12. The surfaces have been scraped and burnished to remove the effects of rough surfaces. Recolored to a glossy darkish steel brown. Ex Dr. Charles L. Ruby 12/72-Superior Stamp & Coin Co.--Superior Galleries 4/76:38--unknown--David Liljestrand (Dave's Coin and Stamp Co.). View details	Realized $2,875
Lot 91		1793 Liberty Cap Cent. Sheldon-13. VG-7. Sharpness of Fine 12 but the surfaces are rough with evidence of having been in a fire. Fairly attractive for the grade despite the roughness. Darkish steel brown. PCGS graded VG-10 but broken out of the slab. View details	Realized $4,830
Lot 92		1794 Liberty Cap Cent. Sheldon-57. EF-40. Five points sharper but a long light vertical scratch across the neck, another very long, well hidden vertical pin scratch from a denticle through the curls and a light edge dent at F of OF. Perfect dies. Medium steel brown. Ex. C. Douglas Smith, 1965--Alfred Bonard--Henry J. Berube (New England Coin Co.) 12/15/65--Philip Van Cleave--Kagin's Numismatic Auctions #340 1/86:5061--Donald H. Peterson--Heritage Numismatic Auctions #3 9/87:34-- David Liljestrand (Dave's Coin & Stamp Co.). View details	Realized $1,840
Lot 93		1795 Liberty Cap Cent. Lettered edge. Sheldon-75. Fine-15. A few barely noticeable edge dents on both sides and some minor abrasions here and there. Medium dark steel brown. View details	Realized $748
Lot 94		1795 Liberty Cap Cent. Lettered edge. Good-4. A few edge dents on both sides, brown. View details	Realized $184
Lot 95		1795 Liberty Cap Cent. Plain edge. VF-25. With weak striking on N in UNITED nearly obliterating the letter. Reasonably clean, however a small edge dent between A and T in STATES and a scratch at the top of E in CENT are visible. Medium dark chocolate brown, lighter high points. View details	Realized $920
Lot 96		1796 Liberty Cap Cent. Sheldon-88. VG-10. On the obverse at K9 and at K4 1/2 are small edge dents. Medium dark steel brown. Attractive for the grade. Purchased at the Long Beach Convention on 9/30/86 by Jack H. Robinson--Superior Galleries 1/89:159-0--David Liljestrand (Dave's Coin and Stamp Co.). View details	Realized $552
Lot 97		1796 Draped Bust Cent. "LIHERTY" error. VG-7. Sharpness of Fine 12 but uniformly and finely rough with a long, light vertical scratch near the right obverse denticles. Dark olive. Ex Robert Russano--Harmer Rooke Numismatists, Ltd. 10/85:44--Henry T. Hettger--Stack's 6/87:1118--Henry T. Hettger 2/23/89--Robinson S. Brown, Jr.--Superior Stamp and Coin Co. 1/96:145--David Liljestrand (Dave's Coin and Stamp Co). View details	Realized $546
Lot 98		1796 Draped Bust Cent. Reverse of 1797. About Good-3. Sharper, but evenly porous. Dark steel brown. View details	Realized $230
Lot 99		1797 Draped Bust Cent. Plain edge, reverse of 1796. Fine-15. With blunt striking in the area of the nose. A long thin pin scratch across the cheek into the field and a tiny edge dent on each side are the only handling marks on this very nice cent. Medium dark steel brown. Ex Thomas D. Reynolds 11/30/91--Robinson S. Brown, Jr.--Superior Stamp and Coin Co. 1/96:169--Dave Liljestrand (Dave's Coin and Stamp Co.). View details	Realized $2,300
Lot 100		1797 Draped Bust Cent. Gripped edge, reverse of 1796. VG-7. Marred only by a dent on the back of the head and a long scratch on the upper reverse. Dark olive. View details	Realized $115
Lot 101		Superb 1797 Large Cent. PCGS graded MS-65 BN. Uniformly subdued mint red toning to light steel brown on the high points. A needle sharp strike with splendid semi-lustrous surfaces. Between the tops of B and E in LIBERTY is a dark reddish-brown spot and at the denticles left of L is a smaller one. Virtually unsurpassed for the variety with only five being known in higher grade, one of which is in the ANS and permanently off the market. Undoubtedly one of the examples in a bag obtained from the mint in 1797 by Benjamin Goodhue, later left to his daughter and eventually dispersed by David Nichols of Gallows Hill, Mass. circa 1863. Ex Superior Stamp and Coin 2/99:2042. View details	Realized $10,063
Lot 102		1797 Draped Bust Cent. Reverse of 1797, stems. VG-8. Sharpness of Fine 15 but cleaned to a light orange-red color with some dark olive on the upper reverse and with a few edge dents. View details	Realized $196
Lot 103		1797 Draped Bust Cent. Reverse of 1797, stems. VG-7. Dark steel brown, lighter high points. View details	Realized $92
Lot 104		1797 Draped Bust Cent. Reverse of 1797, stemless. VF-20. Sharpness of Extremely Fine 40 but in the lower left obverse field and on parts of the reverse are plain erosion spots and opposite Miss Liberty are several ancient scratches. Darkish olive steel in color. Tied for sixth finest known with three others. Purchased unattributed by Chris Victor-McCawley (CVM) 7/20/90--Robinson S. Brown, Jr.--Superior Stamp and Coin Co. 1/96:204--David Liljestrand (Dave's Coin and Stamp Co.). View details	Realized $1,725
Lot 105		1798 Draped Bust Cent. Sheldon-168. VF-35. With tiny low spots in the area of the lower neck and behind the head. Sharpness of Extremely Fine 45 but on the reverse are several very long scratches blending fairly well into the patina. Later die state. Medium light golden brown faded from mint color mottled with olive brown. Ex Paul S. Sietz 3/63:917--George Ramont 5/18/93--Robinson S. Brown, Jr.--Superior Stamp and Coin Co. 1/96:234--David Liljestrand (Dave's Coin and Stamp Co.). View details	Realized $1,035
Lot 106		1798 Draped Bust Cent. Sheldon-170. VF-30. Sharpness of Extremely Fine 40 but the surfaces and rims on both sides show very small handling marks and some edge nicks which appear on the obverse, the most obvious one being over Y. Medium chocolate brown. View details	Realized $1,035
Lot 107		1798 Draped Bust Cent. Sheldon-179. Fine-15. Sharpness of Very Fine 30 but light porosity in many areas on both sides. Cleaned and retoned to a brownish and olive color. View details	Realized $575
Lot 108		1798 Draped Bust Cent. Sheldon-184. Fine-15. With a small planchet defect on the obverse edge. Sharpness of Very Fine-30 but burnished with a few tiny specks of raised corrosion on the obverse, mostly on the face and upper neck. Recolored to a medium gray steel brown. Ex. Emanuel Taylor 10/60--R.E. Naftzger, Jr.--A. Kosoff 10/61:211--unknown--1977 ANA (Kagin's Numismatic Auctions #309):282--William R. T. Smirth--unknown. View details	Realized $299
Lot 109		1798 Draped Bust Cent. Style 2 hair. Includes 1798 S-166 altered to 1796, otherwise VG-7; 1802 G-5 porous; 1802 G-4 corroded; 1803 AG-3; 1803 G-6; 1807/6 G-6; 1807/6 BS-1 and 1807 Fr-2. View details	Realized $253
Lot 110		1798 to 1802. A mixed lot of large cents. 1798 VG-8 scratched; 1798 G-5; 1800 AG-3; 1800 AG-3; 1801 G-5; 1801 AG-3 and 1802 VG-7. Lot of 7 coins. View details	Realized $288
Lot 111		1799/8 Draped Bust Cent. Sheldon 188. About Good-3. The date and parts of the reverse are very weak. Fairly clean for the grade with only some fine roughness and a small nick, all on the obverse, marring the surfaces. Dark steel brown, lighter high points. View details	Realized $1,610
Lot 112		1800 Draped Bust Cent. Sheldon-190. VF-20. Sharpness of Extremely Fine 45 but microscopic scratches cover the entire obverse and most of the reverse and over the first T in STATES is a very long light edge dent. Recolored to medium dark steel brown. Ex. Hollinbeck Kagin Coin Co. M.B.S. #297 5/72:228--Hollinbeck Kagin Coin Co.--Kagin's Numismatic Auctions #304 11/74:57--Kagin's--Kagin's Numismatic Auctions #315 4/79:67--unknown--Bowers and Merena 1/85:2475--Dr. Thomas S. Chalkley--Superior Galleries 1/90:384--Robinson S. Brown, Jr.--Superior Stamp and Coin Co. 1/96:263--David Liljestrand (Dave's Coin and Stamp Co.). View details	Realized $719
Lot 113		1800 Draped Bust Cent. Sheldon-194. VF-20. Five points sharped but along the lower right obverse rim is a patch of light porosity, above the eye is a nick, another nick is below I in AMERICA and through OF AMERI is some raised corrosion. Medium dark chocolate brown and nicer in appearance than it sounds. Ex. Charles R. Mathewson--Robert C. LeBlanc (LeBlanc Numismatics)--Denis W. Loring 8/82--Robinson S. Brown, Jr.--Superior Stamp and Coin Co. 1/96:267--David Liljestrand (Dave's Coin and Stamp Co.). View details	Realized $449
Lot 114		1800 Draped Bust Cent. Sheldon-203. VF-30. Sharpness of Very Fine-35 but in the hair behind the face are traces of raw copper, over B is a carbon spot, a lighter carbon spot is visible near the rim behind the head and traces of verdigris can be seen in the ribbon, in the lower hair and around the date. Dark steel brown. Ex. Stack's 5/75:562--Henry T. Hettger--Coin Galleries M.B.S. 7/82:2505--Henry T. Hettger--Stack's 4/83:1046--Jack H. Robinson--Superior Galleries 1/89:430--David Liljestrand (Dave's Coin and Stamp Co.). View details	Realized $1,380
Lot 115		1800 Draped Bust Cent. VG-8. Dark steel brown. View details	Realized $63
Lot 116		1801 Draped Bust Cent. 1/100, one stem & "IINITED" errors. Sheldon-119 variety. VG-7. Sharpness of Fine-12 but a few minute nicks and small pit marks, mostly on the obverse, and a lump of raised corrosion at N in UNITED. Darkish steel brown, lighter high points. Ex. Charles E. Funk, Jr.--Denis W. Loring--Robinson S. Brown, Jr.--Superior Stamp and Coin Co. 1/96:304--David Liljestrand (Dave's Coin and Stamp Co.). View details	Realized $414
Lot 117		1801 Draped Bust Cent. Fraction 1/000. Sheldon-220. VF-20. Five points sharper but on the surfaces and edges are a few tiny nicks and on the bust is a larger, more visible nick. Cleaned and nicely retoned to a darkish steel brown on the obverse and to a light chocolate brown and olive color on the reverse. Ex. Charles R. Mathewson--Robert LeBlanc (LeBlanc Numismatics)--Denis W. Loring 6/82--Fred H. Borkardt 6/18/91--Robinson S. Brown, Jr.--Superior Stamp and Coin Co. 1/96:307--David Liljestrand (Dave's Coin and Stamp Co.). View details	Realized $661
Lot 118		1801 Draped Bust Cent. Corrected fraction. Sheldon-221. VF-30. Darkish steel brown surfaces with slightly lighter high points and considerable evidence of a dark olive color, mostly on the reverse. No handling marks worthy of mention and an excellent example of a very popular variety. Ex. Dorothy Paschal--Don Donegan--Kagin's Numismatic Auctions #333 3/84:1221--Henry T. Hettger--Stack's 6/87:1122--Robinson S. Brown, Jr.--Superior Stamp and Coin Co. 1/96:308--David Liljestrand (Dave's Coin and Stamp Co.). View details	Realized $719
Lot 119		1801 Draped Bust Cent. Fraction 1/000. Sheldon-223. Fine-15. Sharpness of Very Fine 25 but some small nicks on both sides, mostly on Miss Liberty, a light edge dent at K8 on the obverse and areas of microscopic porosity at the chin and at the upper right reverse. Darkish steel brown with light gray high points. Ex. James Cassidy 12/18/82--Jack H. Robinson--Superior Galleries 1/89:481--David Liljestrand (Dave's Coin and Stamp Co.). View details	Realized $345
Lot 120		1802 Draped Bust Cent. Sheldon-231. VF-25. Medium chocolate brown with traces of a darker color. Almost without blemishes except for a small nick on the upper reverse and a very small edge dent over E in STATES. A lovely type coin. View details	Realized $661
Lot 121		1802 Draped Bust Cent. Normal reverse. Good-6. The obverse displays some roughness. View details	Realized $25
Lot 122		1803 Draped Bust Cent. 1/100 over 1/000 Fraction. Sheldon-249. VF-20. Slightly sharper but nicks in the lower right obverse field and below U in UNITED and a very small edge nick between L and I in LIBERTY. Cleaned and nicely retoned to a darkish steel brown on the obverse and a medium light steel brown on the reverse. Ex. David O. Hughes--Stack's 4/48:196--Willard C. Blaisdale--Robinson S. Brown, Jr.--Superior Stamp and Coin Co. 1/96:345--David Liljestrand (Dave's Coin and Stamp Co.). View details	Realized $460
Lot 123		1803 Draped Bust Cent. Small date, small fraction. Sheldon-255. VF-25. Sharpness of Extremely Fine-40 but from near the corner of the eye a heavy scratch runs far into the hair and throughout the reverse light porosity exists. Darkish steel brown, the reverse lighter with both sides showing a coppery color on many high points from excessive rubbing with a cloth. View details	Realized $230
Lot 124		1803 Draped Bust Cent. Sheldon-261. Fine-15. Sharpness of Very Fine 20 but some minor edge dents and a couple long nearly invisible hairline scratches on each side. Medium light brown. Ex. Allen F. Lovejoy--Stack's 10/82:648--Jack H. Robinson--Superior Galleries 1/89:585--David Liljestrand (Dave's Coin and Stamp Co.). View details	Realized $230
Lot 125		1803 to 1807. A mixed lot of large cents. 1803 G-4; 1803 G-4; 1803 AG-3; 1803 AG-3; 1805 AG-3; 1806 G-4; 1806 AG-3; 1807 G-5 reverse corrosion; and 1807 AG-3, glue on reverse. Lot of 9 coins. View details	Realized $196
Lot 126		1804 Draped Bust Cent. VG-8. Obverse and reverse breaks. Sharpness of Fine-12 but the surfaces are dark olive and uniformly and very lightly porous. A better appearing cent than the description might indicate, especially for the grade. View details	Realized $1,955
Lot 127		1805 Draped Bust Cent. Good-6. A clean darkish brown cent. View details	Realized $40
Lot 128		1805 Draped Bust Cent. VG-10. Sharpness of Fine-12 but some porosity on the upper obverse and several nicks on the jaw and right of Miss Liberty. Dark chocolate brown. View details	Realized $115
Lot 129		1806 Draped Bust Cent. VG-7. Sharpness of Very Good-10 but dark olive and finely rough with the obverse fields lightly burnished. View details	Realized $69
Lot 130		1807 Draped Bust Cent. "Comet" variety. Sheldon-271. VF-25. Five points sharper but on both sides is some light roughness, mostly in the central areas, and on the obverse is a long pin scratch across the neck and jaw into the field. Dark steel brown with gray high points. Ex. Thomas D. Reynolds 7/22/87--Robinson S. Brown Jr.--Superior Stamp and Coin Co. 1/96:373--David Liljestrand (Dave's Coin and Stamp Co.). View details	Realized $449
Lot 131		1807 Draped Bust Cent. Large fraction. Sheldon-276. Fine-12. Slightly sharper but on Miss Liberty are a few tiny nicks, below 7 and at K8 1/2 are small rim nicks and the coin has been cleaned and retoned to a medium dark steel brown with lighter brown undertones. The reverse is rotated 155 degrees to the left. View details	Realized $132
Lot 132		1808 Classic Head Cent. Twelve Star. Sheldon-277. VF-25. Sharpness of Extremely Fine-40 but the surfaces are not perfectly smooth, under a glass light burnishing is visible on the face, neck and in the obverse fields and a few nicks and a scratch exist about the portrait. Late die state but quite well struck up with star 1 very sharp. Dark olive brown. Ex. Bruno Crossfield 12/56--Willard C. Blaisdell--Robinson S. Brown, Jr.--Superior Stamp and Coin Co. 1/96:381--David Liljestrand (Dave's Coin and Stamp Co.). View details	Realized $776
Lot 133		1808 Classic Head Cent. Includes 1808 G-4 corroded; 1810 VG-7; 1811/0 G-5 rough; 1812 VG-8 scratched and 1812 AG-3. View details	Realized $391
Lot 134		1808 to 1813. A mixed lot of large cents. Classic head large cents, 1808 G-5; 1810 G-5; 1811 AG-3 rough; 1811 AG-3; 1812 AG-3 and 1813 AG-3 glue on reverse, partially cleaned. Lot of 6 coins. View details	Realized $253
Lot 135		1809 Classic Head Cent. VF-20. Sharpness of VF-35, but some light porosity on the obverse, two scratches at 0 in the date and traces of verdigris around some devices on the reverse. Dark steel brown. View details	Realized $437
Lot 136		1809 Classic Head Cent. Sheldon-280. Fine-12. Sharpness of Very Fine 30 but burnished with two plain pit marks at the denticles near stars twelve and thirteen. Recolored to a darkish olive and medium light brown. Ex. R. L. Miles, Jr.--Stack's 4/69:130 as "Extremely Fine" with no mention of the burnishing--unknown--David Liljestrand (Dave's Coin and Stamp Co.). View details	Realized $1,035
Lot 137		1810/9 Classic Head Cent. Sheldon-281. VF-25. Sharpness of Very Fine 35 but light porosity is evident on the upper obverse and throughout most of the reverse and a trace of burnishing is visible under magnification in the area of TED. Dark steel brown. View details	Realized $460
Lot 138		1810/9 Classic Head Cent. VG-10. A long scratch from the chin and two small edge dents between S and O on the reverse. Darkish steel brown. View details	Realized $173

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