liberty cents - Coin Auctions
Lot 459 - united states liberty cents - Ira & Larry Goldberg Coins & Collectibles, Inc. Pre-Long Beach Auction #84Pair of Cents, 1816-1817. Includes 1816 N-3 R4 MDS VF20 net F15 for minor roughness on the bust, and 1817 N-9 R2 E-MDS VF35 net VF30 for a carbon spot at star 6. Lot of 2 coins. Ira & Larry Goldberg Coins & Collectibles, Inc. Pre-Long Beach Auction #84united states liberty cents |
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 Lot 475 - united states liberty cents - Ira & Larry Goldberg Coins & Collectibles, Inc. Pre-Long Beach Auction #841820 N-13 R1 Large Date PCGS graded MS64 Brown, CAC Approved. Attractive lustrous light steel brown with underlying faded mint red showing through in the fields and protected areas on both sides. The only defect is a tiny arc of lighter golden tan toning at the dentils right of the D in UNITED. Sharply struck MDS, the usual Randall Hoard die state. A common variety in mint state but a great date or type coin. Our grade is MS62. Ira & Larry Goldberg Coins & Collectibles, Inc. Pre-Long Beach Auction #84united states liberty cents |
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 Lot 491 - united states liberty cents - Ira & Larry Goldberg Coins & Collectibles, Inc. Pre-Long Beach Auction #841828 N-2 R2 EF45. Very attractive frosty light steel brown with underlying mint luster covering the fields and protected areas on both sides. A sharp, nearly mark-free cent. A tiny nick on the jawline is the only notable mark. MDS. The line connecting the bases of the 2 & 8 in the date is visible but it no longer touches the base of the 2. The only die crack is a faint one through the top of the first T in STATES. Ira & Larry Goldberg Coins & Collectibles, Inc. Pre-Long Beach Auction #84united states liberty cents |
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Lot 470 - united states liberty cents - Ira & Larry Goldberg Coins & Collectibles, Inc. Pre-Long Beach Auction #84Trio of Cents, 1819-1828, all Scarce Varieties. Includes 1819 N-4 R3 LDS F15, 1827 N-10 R4+ MDS VG8 net G5 for granularity, and 1828 N-4 R4 MDS VG10. The first and last are nice. Lot of 3 coins. Ira & Larry Goldberg Coins & Collectibles, Inc. Pre-Long Beach Auction #84united states liberty cents |
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 Lot 486 - united states liberty cents - Ira & Larry Goldberg Coins & Collectibles, Inc. Pre-Long Beach Auction #841825 N-5 R7 G4. Glossy chocolate with slightly lighter steel brown toning on the devices. No roughness or significant marks, just worn. The only defects are a few tiny rim nicks right of the date, a small chip out of the rim at star 2, and a pair of dull scratches up from the right top of the T in CENT. The date is clear and the legends are nearly complete except for the upper half of UNITED ST, which is worn into the rim. This is the 8th example discovered of this extremely rare variety and only the second we have offered at auction (the first example of 1825N5 offered at auction, also graded G4, was lot 298 in our 9/22/2013 sale where it brought $12,650). This die variety was first listed as the "A-5" die variety in the 1883 reference written by Frank D. Andrews, "An Arrangement of United States Copper Cents, 1816-1857." Howard R. Newcomb, in his 1944 reference "United States Copper Cents 1816-1857," built on the work of Andrews but listed the A-5 variety (N-5 in the Newcomb reference) as "unknown." John D. Wright advanced the study of this series in his 1992 reference "The Cent Book." In his chapter on the cents of 1825 he stated "There is no Number 5" as none had surfaced in spite of Andrews' 1883 listing and over 100 years of searching. Then, in 2011 an example was discovered on eBay by Tom Deck of Alabama. A careful examination of Tom's cent by John D. Wright and your cataloger confirmed Tom's coin was indeed the "missing" Andrews/Newcomb #5 die variety. It is a product of the N-4 obverse die in a later die state and the reverse of the N-10 die variety in an earlier die state. Since Tom's discovery and subsequent announcement by Paul Gilkes in the 23 January 2012 edition of "Coin World" there have been 7 additional examples confirmed for the A-5/N-5 die variety, including the coin offered here. The condition census of the 8 known pieces is 12(2)-4(4)-3(2). Clearly this piece is the new "key" to a complete series of business strike 1816-1839 cents by die variety. Ira & Larry Goldberg Coins & Collectibles, Inc. Pre-Long Beach Auction #84united states liberty cents |
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 Lot 465 - united states liberty cents - Ira & Larry Goldberg Coins & Collectibles, Inc. Pre-Long Beach Auction #841818 N-7 R1 AU55. Lustrous medium brown with steel brown toning on the highpoints. Just a touch of friction on the highest points from mint state. The notable marks are a small spot of darker olive brown toning at the dentils over star 9 and a short scratch right of the D in UNITED. MDS with minor crumbling in the dentils at star 5 and stars 6-7 but no cud break at the O in OF. Ira & Larry Goldberg Coins & Collectibles, Inc. Pre-Long Beach Auction #84united states liberty cents |
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 Lot 481 - united states liberty cents - Ira & Larry Goldberg Coins & Collectibles, Inc. Pre-Long Beach Auction #841824/2 N-1 R1 Overdate 4 over 2 PCGS graded MS63 Brown, CAC Approved. Lustrous bluish steel and medium chocolate brown with hints of underlying very faded mint color peeking through in a couple of the protected areas. Subtle puffs of darker olive and steel toning are visible on both sides. Satiny mint frost covers the planchet and this cent offers excellent eye appeal. The only marks are a shallow scrape on the eyebrow, a thin diagonal nick or planchet chip on the jaw, and a faint hairline scratch from the second S in STATES to the bottom of the adjacent O in OF. MDS. There are microscopic radial die flowlines on both sides but no trace of crumbling in the dentils at stars 2-5. Our grade is AU58. A beautiful example of this popular overdate variety, and it comes with a very impressive provenance. The Eliasberg provenance is shown on the PCGS label. Ira & Larry Goldberg Coins & Collectibles, Inc. Pre-Long Beach Auction #84united states liberty cents |
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 Lot 497 - united states liberty cents - Ira & Larry Goldberg Coins & Collectibles, Inc. Pre-Long Beach Auction #841829 N-7 R3 Large Letters F15+. Choice glossy light to medium chocolate brown. No roughness or verdigris, only a few light contact marks. The notable ones are a couple dull rim nicks at star 10, a light rim bruise over AT in STATES, and a dull rim nick at the M in AMERICA. Nicely struck M-LDS with 4 radial die cracks on the reverse (the "Wheelspoke" variety of 1829). Although the variety often comes poorly struck, the devices are fully impressed on both sides of this example. Ira & Larry Goldberg Coins & Collectibles, Inc. Pre-Long Beach Auction #84united states liberty cents |
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 Lot 460 - united states liberty cents - Ira & Larry Goldberg Coins & Collectibles, Inc. Pre-Long Beach Auction #841816 N-7 R3 AU58. Lustrous bluish steel and brown mixed with some light olive tones. Traces of very faded red show in protected areas on the left side of the reverse. No spots or stains, and the only mark is a nick-like planchet chip on the rim right of the second S in STATES. Nicely struck LDS with die clashmarks and flowlines on both sides. Just a hint of friction on the highest points from mint state. The doubled coronet line over BERTY is clear. Ira & Larry Goldberg Coins & Collectibles, Inc. Pre-Long Beach Auction #84united states liberty cents |
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 Lot 476 - united states liberty cents - Ira & Larry Goldberg Coins & Collectibles, Inc. Pre-Long Beach Auction #841820 N-13 R1 Large Date MS60+. Lustrous medium brown and light chocolate with bluish steel overtones on the reverse. A small swipe of reddish brown toning at the top of STAT is the only notable mark. Sharply struck MDS, the usual Randall Hoard die state for this variety. Ira & Larry Goldberg Coins & Collectibles, Inc. Pre-Long Beach Auction #84united states liberty cents |
