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1853 1/4 Octagonal Liberty. Rarity 5-. Bowers & Merena March 2006. Their description:This is a richly colored example with mottled copper-russet and midnight-blue patina on the obverse. Similar, albeit lighter colors are present around the reverse periphery, with the center on that side exhibiting a warmer olive-gold sheen. A lightly worn and fully original representative of this, the earliest octagonal 25 Cents among California Fractional gold issues.
1854 25C Liberty Octagonal 25 Cents, BG-105, R-3, from The Victoria Collection.
1856 25C Liberty Octagonal 25 Cents, BG-107, Low R-4, Heritage 2009 Fall Long Beach Auction.
1854 1/2 Liberty Octagonal. Purchased at Heritage Long Beach September 26, 2005.
Bowers & Merena November 2009 Baltimore Show auction, lot # 3542 1856 Octagonal 50 Cents. BG-307. Rarity-5+. Liberty Head. MS-62 (PCGS). OGH. A richly original example with lovely khaki-gold color, the obverse also revealing light-rose highlights. Quite smooth in outward appearance, additional vibrancy to the surfaces is all that this coin would have needed to secure a Choice Mint State grade.
Per Heritage: 1853 50C Liberty Round 50 Cents, BG-418, Low R.7, MS64 PCGS. Ex: Eliasberg. This rare mule is a combination of the obverse of BG-415 and the reverse of BG-417. The latest BG reference has a roster of 13 examples with some probable duplication. We do not see Eliasberg on the roster, nor do we know any listing for California gold in the catalogs. The surfaces are bright overall and yellow-gold on the obverse with reddish patina on the reverse. Softly struck in the centers. (#10454)
Per Heritage: 1853 50C Liberty Round 50 Cents, BG-428, R.3, MS65 PCGS. Small Liberty head, bust tip points to star, L in CALIFORNIA centered between the wreath ends. An available Period One variety, but rarely encountered in such lofty condition. The prooflike yellow-green surfaces have numerous mint-made striations, but are well preserved. Population: 1 in 65, 0 finer (7/10). (#10464)
Bowers & Merena November 2009 Baltimore Show auction, lot # 3543 1853 Round 50 Cents. BG-430. Rarity-3. Die State I. Liberty Head. MS-65 (PCGS).
Per Heritage: 1853 Liberty Octagonal Gold Dollar BG-505, MS63, Ex: Eliasberg 1853 $1 Liberty Octagonal 1 Dollar, BG-505, R.4, MS63 PCGS. Ex: Eliasberg. The Period One gold dollars are among the most coveted of the entire fractional gold series. This Eliasberg specimen boasts lovely olive, gold, and lilac tinges over unmarked surfaces. This piece is tied for finest certified with a small handful of others at PCGS (7/10). (#10482)
1853 $1 Liberty Octagonal. High R-6 Purchased at Heritage auctions October 26, 2006. A pleasing mustard-gold example of this very rare variety. True circulation wear!
1859 1/4 dollar Liberty Octagonal BG-701. Rarity 6. Purchased at Bowers & Merena Auctions March 2006. Lee Collection. This scarce variety was discovered either by David Proskey or John W. Scott and first published in the March 1884 edition of The Coin Collector''''s Journal. A prooflike example, the surfaces alternate between tannish-gold color on the obverse and warmer, medium-gold and rose-gold shadings on the reverse. Free of outwardly distracting abrasions, and housed in an older PCGS holder with a light-green insert.
1871 1/4 Liberty Octagonal BG-771 PCGS MS-63 Purchased at Heritage 2008 FUN Auction #455 lot #11405. Low R.6. This exquisitely preserved, gleaming yellow-gold example shows exceptional reflectivity in the fields and crisp detail on the contrasting portrait. Plainly overdated with a distinctive die scratch that links the third star and the effigy's chin. The single finest example of the BG-1052 certified by PCGS
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Bowers & Merena November 2009 Baltimore Show auction, lot # 3549 1876 Octagonal 25 Cents. BG-780. Rarity-4. Liberty Head. MS-64 (PCGS). OGH. Rich copper-gold color to the obverse, the reverse is lighter with a blend of olive-gold and pale-lavender hues. A snappy-looking piece with a sharp strike, vibrant luster and surfaces that are nearly smooth enough to support a full Gem grade. Top-of-the-pop!
1872 1/4 WH Octagonal. This is the first WH graded MS-67 by PCGS and is tied with one other. Purchased from Don Kagin in 2004. Thanks, Don!
1875 25C Indian Octagonal 25 Cents, BG-784, High R.5, MS65 PCGS. Pleasing yellow-gold patina covers both sides. The fields are decidedly prooflike and neither side has any mentionable marks. A challenging variety. Population: 3 in 65, 0 finer (7/10). (#10611)
Bowers & Merena November 2009 Baltimore Show auction, lot # 3550 1872/1 Octagonal 25 Cents. BG-790. Rarity-3. Indian Head. MS-65 (PCGS). A gorgeous Gem with rich olive-orange color and cameo-like contrast between the fields and devices. Worthy of a strong bid!
Per Heritage 8/13/10 ANA Boston: 1873/2 25C Indian Octagonal 25 Cents, BG-792, Low R.7, MS64 PCGS. Breen and Gillio (2003) write: "This is a rare instance of a die actually used, then annealed, altered in date, and rehardened for later use (compare 432); this obverse probably lasted only an hour or two afterward." The dies would quickly shatter, and the obverse of this piece shows a number of die cracks. An appealing medium yellow example with deeply mirrored fields. (#10619)
Per Heritage 8/13/10: 1876 25C Indian Octagonal 25 Cents, BG-799D, R.6, MS65 PCGS. A rare octagonal quarter variety, identified by the date location and a berry beneath the left corner of the D in DOLLAR. The sun-gold fields are highly prooflike, and there is no indication of grade-limiting hairlines. Population: 3 in 65, 0 finer (6/10). (#10630)
Per Heritage: Heavily Contrasted 1873 Indian Octagonal Dollar MS66, BG-1123 1873 $1 Indian Octagonal 1 Dollar, BG-1123, High R.4, MS66 PCGS. This octagonal Period Three dollar variety can be found with patience in grades between AU55 and MS64, but the present example is the single finest certified by either major service (7/10). This immaculate piece offers obvious cameo contrast and the canary-gold surfaces show only minor incompleteness of strike at the centers. Housed in an old green label holder. (#10934)
Per Heritage 8/13/10: 1881 25C Indian Octagonal 25 Cents, BG-799O, Low R.4, MS66 PCGS. This prooflike Premium Gem boasts splendid cameo contrast. The strike is needle-sharp, and the surfaces have a pleasing bright yellow coloration. A carefully preserved example of this scarce issue. (#10641)
1859 1/4 Liberty Round BG-801 R-3 purchased from Bowers and Merena in June 2009. Lot # 3566. B&M Comments: Pale silver-rose highlights enliven otherwise khaki-gold surfaces. Modestly semi prooflike in the fields, with satiny devices that possess a good quality of strike for the type.
1867 1/4 dollar Liberty Round. Low R.5. A lustrous and extremely well-preserved Gem with a partially prooflike obverse. Housed in a green label holder. Population: 7 in 65, 2 finer (6/06). Heritage ANA lot #2549 August 13, 2006
1874 1/4 Liberty Round BG-844, PCGS MS-63. Purchased at Heritage 2008 FUN Auction #455 lot #11421 High R.5.
1875 1/4 Liberty Round BG-844, PCGS MS-63 Purchased at Heritage 2008 FUN Auction #454 lot #5197. R.6. A couple of alternating brilliant and frosty areas on the reverse identify this as the plate coin in the Breen-Gillio second edition, as does the PCGS encapsulation. This piece shows the "dent-like ghosts on the obverse," as Breen-Gillio calls them, with considerable clash marks in evidence and some minor planchet flaws. Population: 2 in 63, 0 finer (12/07).
1872/1 1/4 Indian Round BG-870, PCGS MS-65. Purchased at Heritage 2008 FUN Auction #455 lot #11423 R.3.
1881 1/4 Indian Round. Green insert. Purchased 9/19/2004 on ebay from Centsles.
1859 1/2 Liberty Octagonal, BG-902, PCGS MS-65. Purchased at Heritage 2008 FUN Auction #455 lot #11427 Low R.4.
1872 1/2 Liberty Octagonal purchased from David Cloyed. Thanks David!
Per Heritage: 1872 50C Liberty Octagonal 50 Cents, BG-914, R.4, MS66 PCGS. A stunning Premium Gem, this 1872 California factional half dollar is highly lustrous with brilliant yellow-gold surfaces. Both sides have frosty devices and prooflike fields that create exceptional cameo contrast. Population: 1 in 66, 0 finer (7/10). (#10772)
1876/6876 1/2 Indian Octagonal BG-935. R-5. purchased from Bowers and Merena in June 2009. Lot $3567. B&M Comments: Beautiful honey-gold surfaces also possess a smooth, satiny sheen that is comfortably at home with the MS-65 grade. Overall boldly struck, with flashes of semi reflectivity evident in the fields at select angles. The loop of a 6 underdigit is clearly discernible to the left of the 1 in the date. High Condition Census!
1872 1/2 Indian Octagonal, BG-939, PCGS MS-64. Purchased at Heritage 2008 FUN Auction #455 lot #11436 Low R.5.
1875 50C Indian Octagonal 50 Cents, BG-946, R-4, from The Victoria Collection.
1859 1/2 Liberty Round BG-1004. R-6- purchased from Bowers and Merena in June 2009. Lot # 3568. B&M Comments: A handsome example of a rare type, both sides possess undeniable originality in the form of hazy tannish-rose color. There are no outwardly noticeable blemishes, although direct light does call forth modest semi-reflective tendencies in the fields. Top-of-the-pop!
1870 1/2 Liberty Round purchased from Jay Parrino, The Mint in 1997. Thanks, Jay!
Bowers & Merena November 2009 Baltimore Show auction, lot # 3556 1871 Round 50 Cents. BG-1011. Rarity-2. Liberty Head. MS-67 (PCGS). Single-finest certified at PCGS for the type, this is a simply extraordinary "Cal Frac." Both sides are bathed in soft, satiny luster that mingles nicely with pretty medium-gold color. And while a bold-to-sharp strike is easily seen, we are unable to locate so much as a single detracting blemish. A gorgeous coin that is sure to please even the most exacting specialist.
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Bowers & Merena November 2009 Baltimore Show auction, lot # 3558 1871 Round 50 Cents. BG-1030. Rarity-6. Liberty Head. MS-62 (PCGS). OGH. A rare type in an original state of preservation, both sides are veiled in mottled hazy-olive tinting. There are no individually mentionable abrasions apart from a wispy obverse pinscratch over Liberty's cheek and neck that obviously explains the lower Mint State rating from PCGS.
1874/3 1/2 Indian Round BG-1052 Purchased at Heritage 2007 Long Beach Signature Auction #446 lot #3096. High R-4. This exquisitely preserved, gleaming yellow-gold example shows exceptional reflectivity in the fields and crisp detail on the contrasting portrait. Plainly overdated with a distinctive die scratch that links the third star and the effigy's chin. The single finest example of the BG-1052 certified by PCGS (8/07).
1874/3 1/2 Indian Round BG-1052 Purchased at Heritage 2007 Long Beach Signature Auction #446 lot #3096. High R-4. This exquisitely preserved, gleaming yellow-gold example shows exceptional reflectivity in the fields and crisp detail on the contrasting portrait. Plainly overdated with a distinctive die scratch that links the third star and the effigy's chin. The single finest example of the BG-1052 certified by PCGS (8/07).
1881 50C Indian Round 50 Cents, BG-1069, High R-4, from The Victoria Collection.
1859 1/2 Liberty Round BG-1075. R-7 purchased from Bowers and Merena in June 2009. Lot # 3569. B&M Comments: A very rare and highly elusive type, BG-1075 was discovered as recently as 1979 by renowned California Fractional collector Jay Roe. In the 2003 edition of the book California Pioneer Fractional Gold by Walter Breen and Ronald J. Gillio, as many as seven different examples are pedigreed. We are unable to positively match the coin in this lot to any of those pieces, however, but we are confident that it is not the Norweb/Brilliant & Sieck, Cohen or Jay Roe specimens that Bowers and Merena have auctioned in the past. It is also probably not the specimen that sold as lot 2426 in our October 1996 sale of the Burhop and Davis Collections, but plate matching makes it difficult for us to make a positive match. As one of only two examples of BG-1075 to have received an MS-65 grade from PCGS (the other being the Jay Roe specimen), however, this coin is possibly the Stephen Richter specimen that appeared in a Kagin's Coin World ad in the July 13, 1998 issue. Radiant, mirror-finish fields form a splendid backdrop to satiny, boldly impressed devices. The color is a beautiful blend of orange-gold and green-gold shades that is fully appreciable in the absence of grade-limiting blemishes. An obviously important offering for the advanced collector of California Fractional gold.
1860 $1. Liberty Octagonal BG-1102, R.4, MS66 PCGS. Die State I, without the ''''''''bisecting obverse crack.'''''''' The 0 in the date is widely repunched, and faint clash marks (as made) confront Liberty''''''''s profile. The bust truncation points to a star. A magnificently preserved Gem with mirrored apple-green fields and a bold strike. From the Holman Family Collection and sold at Heritage Auctions in New York November 9, 2003.
Per Heritage: 1871 $1 Liberty Octagonal 1 Dollar, BG-1104, High R.4, MS66 PCGS. The fields exhibit dazzling reflectivity, and are void of marks or planchet defects. This well made and high grade octagonal dollar is the only PCGS-certified example to reach the MS66 level (7/10). Those who will not settle for less than the finest quality should strongly consider the present lot. (#10915)
1871 $1 Liberty Octagonal 1 Dollar, BG-1109, Low R.4, Display Box and Certificate of Authenticity included.Heritage 2009 Fall Long Beach Auction.
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Bowers & Merena November 2009 Baltimore Show auction, lot # 3560 1870 Octagonal $1. BG-1118. Rarity-5-. Liberty Head. AU-58 (PCGS). An appealing example of this scarce "Goofy Head" variety, both sides possess sharp definition in the absence of appreciable rub. A bright prooflike finish is also easily seen, the olive-orange surfaces revealing none but small, wispy abrasions that are hardly distracting to the eye.
1872 $1 Indian Octagonal 1 Dollar, BG-1120, Low R.5, MS63 PCGS. This handsome octagonal dollar has prooflike fields and a penetrating strike. Study beneath a loupe locates no noticeable marks. Encapsulated in a green label holder. Population: 7 in 63, 13 finer (7/08). From The Hamous Collection of California Gold.
1873/2 $1 Indian Octagonal 1 Dollar, BG-1121, Low R.7, MS63 PCGS. Per Heritage: A prooflike medal-turn octagonal dollar that benefits from consistent sun-gold color and an even, precise strike. A thin vertical retained lamination (as made) resides above the first star, and the cheek displays minor marks. Population: 2 in 63, 1 finer (6/10). Ex: Long Beach Signature (Heritage, 5/2007), lot 3069, which realized $2,875. (#10932)
Per Heritage: Heavily Contrasted 1873 Indian Octagonal Dollar MS66, BG-1123 1873 $1 Indian Octagonal 1 Dollar, BG-1123, High R.4, MS66 PCGS. This octagonal Period Three dollar variety can be found with patience in grades between AU55 and MS64, but the present example is the single finest certified by either major service (7/10). This immaculate piece offers obvious cameo contrast and the canary-gold surfaces show only minor incompleteness of strike at the centers. Housed in an old green label holder. (#10934)
Per Heritage 8/13/10: Reflective 1876/5 Indian Gold Dollar, MS64, BG-1129 1876/5 $1 Indian Octagonal 1 Dollar, BG-1129, R.4 MS64 PCGS. This decidedly prooflike near-Gem has a good strike, and is essentially pristine save for a single hair-thin diagonal mark on the field in front of the forehead. The maker performed the overdate by engraving a crude, thick upright to the 5 in the date. Encapsulated in an old green label holder. Population: 12 in 64, 0 finer (7/10). (#10940)
1870 $1 Liberty Round. Deeply prooflike green-gold surfaces with pleasing contrast of this scarcer, desirable variety. Purchased at Heritage Long Beach Signature Auction September 10, 2004.
MS62 Round 1872 Indian Dollar Rare BG-1206 Variety 1872 $1 Indian Round 1 Dollar, BG-1206, High R.6, MS62 PCGS. Beautiful peach-gold toning graces this flashy and attractive example. The strike is sharp except for the DOL in DOLLAR. Produced near the end of Period Two, at a time when the Secret Service began aggressively targeting the makers of California small denomination gold. Population: 2 in 62, 4 finer (9/11). (#10951)
MS62 Round 1872 Indian Dollar Rare BG-1206 Variety 1872 $1 Indian Round 1 Dollar, BG-1206, High R.6, MS62 PCGS. Beautiful peach-gold toning graces this flashy and attractive example. The strike is sharp except for the DOL in DOLLAR. Produced near the end of Period Two, at a time when the Secret Service began aggressively targeting the makers of California small denomination gold. Population: 2 in 62, 4 finer (9/11). (#10951)
1872 $1. Indian Round from Bowers & Merena Auctions in Baltimore December 6, 2003. Description is: An excellent coin for the grade that shows rich prooflike fields and normal color. The reverse is similar and does show a bit of haze and a few lines, but this one has the appearance of a higher grade. Sharply struck throughout and very pleasing for the grade. PCGS has graded 19 this high, with 6 higher as MS-64, and a single coin at the top as MS-65.
1872 $1 Indian Round (Token) Jay Roe Collection purchased at ANR Numismatics Rarities in Baltimore, MD November 30, 2004. The plate coin for the second edition of Breen-Gillio. Brilliant, honey-gold lustre on deeply mirrored surfaces. The only coin in the entire series of small denomination California gold that bears the word "TOKEN.