united states - Coin Auctions
Lot 116 - united states draped bust half cents - Ira & Larry Goldberg Coins & Collectibles, Inc. Pre-Long Beach Auction #84Group of 10 Half Cents, 1803-1808, grading AG3 to VG7. Average grade is G5. Includes 1803 (1), 1804 (3), 1805 (1), 1806 (2), 1807 (2), and 1808 (1). Some are sharper with defects but all have a clear date. Lot of 10 coins. Ira & Larry Goldberg Coins & Collectibles, Inc. Pre-Long Beach Auction #84united states draped bust half cents |
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 Lot 132 - united states draped bust half cents - Ira & Larry Goldberg Coins & Collectibles, Inc. Pre-Long Beach Auction #841804 C-13 R1 Plain 4 without Stems PCGS graded XF45. Frosty steel and olive brown with hints of golden light steel brown faded down from mint color in protected areas on the reverse. Only microscopic marks of no significance. Nicely struck MDS, Manley state 2.0, with dentils showing around at least half of the reverse. Our grade is VF35. The Plain 4 & No Stems features are noted on the PCGS label. Ira & Larry Goldberg Coins & Collectibles, Inc. Pre-Long Beach Auction #84united states draped bust half cents |
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 Lot 148 - united states draped bust half cents - Ira & Larry Goldberg Coins & Collectibles, Inc. Pre-Long Beach Auction #841807 C-1 R1 VF25. Nice glossy chocolate brown and steel. No roughness or verdigris, only minor contact marks. The best identifying mark is a faint hairline scratch from the bottom of the eye to the ear. Rare EDS, Manley state 1.0. The repunching on the 7 is sharp and most of the dentils are clear. The strike on EN in CENT and the ribbon loop below is soft, which is typical of the early state, but everything else is sharp. Ira & Larry Goldberg Coins & Collectibles, Inc. Pre-Long Beach Auction #84united states draped bust half cents |
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 Lot 95 - united states liberty cap half cents - Ira & Larry Goldberg Coins & Collectibles, Inc. Pre-Long Beach Auction #841795 C-6a R2 No Pole VG7. Off center. Sharpness F15 but there are a half dozen obvious pin scratches at HALF CENT and a light rim bruise well right of the Y in LIBERTY. Otherwise the planchet is smooth and the toning is a very attractive glossy light to medium chocolate brown. EDS, Manley state 1.0, before any hint of swelling right of the Y in LIBERTY. Struck at least 5% off center to K-9. Weight 78.1 grains. Ira & Larry Goldberg Coins & Collectibles, Inc. Pre-Long Beach Auction #84united states liberty cap half cents |
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 Lot 51 - united states colonials - Ira & Larry Goldberg Coins & Collectibles, Inc. Pre-Long Beach Auction #841783 Washington Unity Cent Breen-1188 VF20. Choice glossy medium chocolate brown and steel. Smooth and essentially flawless except for the quality of the strike. The central details are sharper than the assigned grade but the strike is soft near the borders. Some of the letters in the legend and the 83 in the date are weak. Listed on page 80 in the "Redbook." Weight 124.7 grains. Ira & Larry Goldberg Coins & Collectibles, Inc. Pre-Long Beach Auction #84united states colonials |
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Lot 67 - united states colonials - Ira & Larry Goldberg Coins & Collectibles, Inc. Pre-Long Beach Auction #84Group of 7 Counterfeit Irish Halfpennies 1741-1782 grading AG3 to VG10. Average grade is VG7. Includes 1741, 1769 (2), 1775, 1781 (2), and 1782. A good mix of dates and styles. Includes two that were struck off center, one that is double struck, and one with a clipped planchet. Weights range from 89.5 to 103.3 grains. These were commonly used in colonial America and are discussed on pages 65-66 in the "Redbook." Lot of 7 coins. Ira & Larry Goldberg Coins & Collectibles, Inc. Pre-Long Beach Auction #84united states colonials |
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 Lot 79 - united states half cents - Ira & Larry Goldberg Coins & Collectibles, Inc. Pre-Long Beach Auction #841793 C-2 R3 PCGS graded MS63 Brown. Choice lustrous medium brown and chocolate with darker steel brown toning on the highpoints. Hints of attractive light bluish steel overtone show on both sides. The frosty surfaces are nearly flawless and the eye appeal is outstanding for the grade. The only imperfections are a microscopic planchet chip on the rim at the top of the reverse and an even smaller chip just inside the border beads over the left side of the O in OF, both as struck, plus a hint of reddish carbon at the right side of the first A in AMERICA. Late die state with obvious fine die rust evident on both sides. The reverse is rotated 45 degrees CW relative to a normal head-to-foot die orientation, a condition that is often found on this variety. Both sides are rather well centered on the planchet leaving ample borders outside the ring of beads. Our grade is MS60 Choice. The reverse of this half cent was plated in the Ebenezer Gilbert's 1916 reference "The United States Half Cents" (Plate 1, the 1793 "1-3" reverse), and both sides were plated in the 1914 ANS Exhibition of United States and Colonial Coins Catalog (Plate 23, the Crosby 2-A provided by Hillyer Ryder). In addition this is the plate coin for the die variety (the large photos) and for the late die state (the smaller State II photos) in "Walter Breen's Encyclopedia of United States Half Cents 1793-1857." The attribution and Missouri Cabinet provenance are shown on the PCGS label. PCGS population 1; the finest of only 2 graded Mint State for the variety. PCGS #35006. (Note: This half cent has been part of the fabulous Missouri Cabinet since the purchase of the Showers Collection in 1976 but it was misplaced in 1997 and was not included in our sale of that collection in January 2014. The coin was subsequently "rediscovered" after the auction. This offering completes the Missouri Cabinet sale, and we are making copies of this page available for insertion into the January 2014 catalog so that important reference can represent the complete Missouri Cabinet Collection.). Ira & Larry Goldberg Coins & Collectibles, Inc. Pre-Long Beach Auction #84united states half cents |
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 Lot 62 - united states colonials - Ira & Larry Goldberg Coins & Collectibles, Inc. Pre-Long Beach Auction #841739 Admiral Vernon Medal of Portobello in Brass VF30. Type with Vernon and Don Blass. Frosty medium chocolate mixed with golden brown. Nicely struck and well centered. The only mark is a chip out of the planchet at the rim over the head of the standing Admiral Vernon. A nice example of a variety missing from the extensive collection of Vernon medals offered in the John Ford collection (neither the obverse nor the reverse die was represented in that landmark sale by Stack's 1/16/2006). Weight 199.8 grains. Ira & Larry Goldberg Coins & Collectibles, Inc. Pre-Long Beach Auction #84united states colonials |
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 Lot 78 - united states colonials - Ira & Larry Goldberg Coins & Collectibles, Inc. Pre-Long Beach Auction #841795 British Political Token for Patriots Spence, More & Paine MS60. Attractive frosty light chocolate brown and steel with traces of faded mint red. The obverse legend reads "Thos Spence/Sir Thos More/Thos Paine/Advocates for the Rights of Man/1795." The reverse shows a large pig stepping on a crown and cannon with a Liberty Cap above all surrounded the legend "Pigs Meat Published by T. Spence London." Diameter 20.2 millimeters. Ira & Larry Goldberg Coins & Collectibles, Inc. Pre-Long Beach Auction #84united states colonials |
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 Lot 90 - united states liberty cap half cents - Ira & Larry Goldberg Coins & Collectibles, Inc. Pre-Long Beach Auction #841794 C-9 R2 High Relief Head F12+. Small Edge Letters. Attractive glossy medium chocolate brown with slightly lighter steel brown toning on the highpoints. No corrosion or verdigris, but there is some soft dirt in protected areas. The sharpness is F15 or slightly better but there are a few marks on the reverse. The notable defects are a thin planchet void from over the C in CENT to the right foot of the I in UNITED and a shallow void on the rim between the D in UNITED and the adjacent S in STATES (both as struck but they do catch your eye), plus a rim bruise at the I in AMERICA. The obverse is choice. LDS, Manley state 3.0, with a dull but clear die crack from the rim through the cap to the hair where it fades away. The date and legends are complete and clear. Ira & Larry Goldberg Coins & Collectibles, Inc. Pre-Long Beach Auction #84united states liberty cap half cents |
