Goldberg Coins and Collectibles

Sale 63

The Pre-Long Beach Auction of US, World Coins and Currency

$5 Liberty/No Motto

Lot	Photo	Description	Realized
Lot 1491		1840. NGC graded AU-58. Lightly toned with reflective surfaces. Notice the extremely choice quality of the portrait, with burt a single shallow mark under the lovelock curl and a faint chattermark above the right wing of the eagle. Well struck. Scarce (PCGS # 8194) . Estimated Value $1,300 - 1,400. View details and enlarged photos Check results on similar lots	Unsold
Lot 1492		1840-D. NGC graded MS-61. Well struck and untoned. A total of 22,896 struck. The 1840-D half eagle represents a significant change in the just introduced Gobrecht-designed Coronet head series. It is the first Dahlonega five with the new, modified head of Liberty, a type that would endure long after the Dahlonega mint itself was closed. This is also the first year in which the mintmark was on the reverse, where it would remain until the end of the half eagle series. An important coin that scholarly socialists will want to examine (and admire) since the surfaces display attractive even vivid-gold color that is traditionally found on high grade, original examples of this elusive D-mint production. Some suggest there could be 120-140 pieces left today in all grades out of the original mintage, though only about a dozen coins are traced in Mint condition. The details are uncommonly strong with all areas finely detailed on both sides. Abrasions are also kept to a minimum. Note especially the clean profile on Liberty. Destined for an appreciative home in a rarities set of U.S. gold. Pop 6; 4 in 62, 1 in 63. Estimated Value $12,500 - 15,000. The Frank McCarthy Collection. View details and enlarged photos	Realized $11,500
Lot 1493		1843-D. Medium D. PCGS Genuine, filed rims. Our grade is Sharpness of Mint State and cleaned. The present coin has a light cameo quality to it and in spite of the cleaning, shows attractiveness beyond its rank, a piece that could well have been used for presentation purposes when issued. Even the most experienced specialist in Dahlonega Mint coinage will find this piece desirable. When encountered, the 1843-D is usually seen in Very Fine condition, occasionally Extremely Fine, and not often About Uncirculated. Perhaps a couple thousand 1843-D half eagles exist today, this possibly being a generous estimate. Whatever the figure, the presently offered specimen should find an eager buyer from the many date and rarities collectors now populating the auction sales (PCGS # 8215) . Estimated Value $4,250 - 5,000. The Frank McCarthy Collection. View details and enlarged photos Check results on similar lots	Unsold
Lot 1494		1846-O. PCGS graded AU-58. Attractive light golden toning with semi reflective surfaces. A choice coin for the grade. Although essentially brilliant, the smooth, satiny surfaces show a decided tinge of iridescent shading cast at certain angles. The devices, being more frosted than the surrounding field, rise a little in two-tone contrast, which adds measurably to the coin's overall attractive quality. Only 58,000 struck. Pop 8; 7 finer (PCGS # 8230) . Estimated Value $4,200 - 4,800. View details and enlarged photos Check results on similar lots	Realized $5,060
Lot 1495		1847-C. VF-35. A pleasing problem-free example with attractive original toning on both sides. Only 84,151 struck. Consigned too late for 3rd party grading. Estimated Value $1,400 - 1,500. View details and enlarged photos	Realized $2,070
Lot 1496		1848. PCGS graded MS-63. A nice bold strike with semi reflective surfaces and all, lightly toned. In an old green label holder. A lovely No Motto half eagle. Some faint marks are evident under low magnification, but the overall quality and appeal are both outstanding to the unaided eye. A first-class example of a date whose true rarity is greatly underappreciated. Here is a date that is practically unknown in Mint State despite its liberal mintage figure of 260,775 pieces. It could be many years before a comparable specimen crosses the auction block, or the present piece reappears. Once it sells, we expect it will be off the market for a decade or more. Pop 5; none finer (PCGS # 8236) . Estimated Value $8,000 - 8,500. View details and enlarged photos Check results on similar lots	Realized $7,533
Lot 1497		1852-C. PCGS graded AU-50. Lightly toned and quite attractive. Only 72,574 struck. Some light abrasion marks from circulation show mainly under low magnification. One of the more readily available issues from Charlotte, but still far from plentiful. As such, this would make an excellent candidate in a general type set of half eagles. Pop 24; 61 finer (PCGS # 8251) . Estimated Value $2,400 - 2,600. View details and enlarged photos Check results on similar lots	Realized $2,703
Lot 1498		1853-C. PCGS graded EF-40. Only 65,571 pieces struck. A fine representative of the Charlotte, North Carolina half eagle production which, because it isn't rare or expensive, is suitable for the average gold buyer's budget. Pop 35; 96 finer (PCGS # 8254) . Estimated Value $1,400 - 1,450. View details and enlarged photos Check results on similar lots	Realized $1,840
Lot 1499		1859-C. NGC graded AU-58. Well struck for this notoriously poorly made issue. Plenty of mint luster remains to justify this lofty grade. Only 31,847 minted. The reverse strike is typically soft in most places for this date, and high-end specimens are mainly graded by the overall quality of the obverse. From a mintage for the date which seems low by today's standards, most of the specimens found in collections from that mintage are Very Fine or, at best, Extremely Fine. Douglas Winter calls the date Rarity-7 in AU preservation, pointing to as few as a dozen pieces. The present coin will attract wide attention, and we know instinctively that it will find an appreciative new owner.(The reverse of virtually every known 1859-C half eagle is softly struck. Many of the known impressions from the die also show evidence of die rust. This same reverse die was used in Charlotte in the following year, 1860, with the same comments regarding the reverse die being appropriate for half eagles of that date as well.) Pop 30; 14 finer (PCGS # 8281) . Estimated Value $6,000 - 7,000. View details and enlarged photos Check results on similar lots	Unsold