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Attractive Joseph Brothers head, struck for Deriberpe and Nouizillet with D.N. initials beneath head. Very popular 1852 date. R4. NGC MS-61. Bright.

Same obverse die as BG-407. R6. Early die state. PCGS MS-62, although the cataloger would assign a grade of AU-58. Scratch or planchet defect through

(Item 2) BG-408, by Joseph for Nouizillet. 1853 Round $1/2 VF wear, expert mount removal from edge not affecting design. R6. California HWAC#

Same obverse die as BG-407. R3. Early die state. PCGS no-grade, the cataloger assesses this as AU-58, lightly scratched. The scratch is faint and exte

Sought after and scarce large Deriberpe head. LR5. PCGS MS-62, noticeable scratch on coronet. Light toning. California HWAC# 33013

Head unique to BG-426 and BG-427 and bearing the popular early 1852 date. LR6. PCGS AU-58, but worthy of a higher grade. From the prestigious Jack To

Attractive Nouizillet head. LR4. Raw mint state sharpness, but lightly hairlined. Bright. California HWAC# 33015

Crude rendition of the Great Seal of the State of California obverse (missing many of the mandatory details), crude Humbert style eagle reverse. This

(Item 8) BG-755, by Gray. 1870 Octagonal $1/4 MS62, discolored as often seen. Rev scratch to left of date. HR4. California HWAC# 32638

(Item 9) BG-1002, by Frontier. 1859 Round $1/2 MS63, straight planchet clip. Late die state with obv cracks in front of face. HR4. California

(Item 11) BG-1306, by Kroll. 1858 Octagonal $1 MS63. Looks hairlined, but that detail is on the dies. R3. Dies by Herman Kroll circa 1910 using the

This lot consists of five pieces (4 different) from 1854 through circa 1950, providing a collection of pieces from multiple eras. See the de902172tio

(Items 4, 6) 2 Contemporary Gold Rush era Denominated California Gold coins. Item 4: BG-428, by Joseph for Nouizillet. 1853 Round $1/2 XF wear, holed

3 pieces, (Items 5, 7, 10) Item 5: BG-409, by Joseph. 1853 Round $1/2 heavy solder damage both sides. R3. Item 7: BG-735, by Gray. 1864 Octagonal $1/

(Items 3, 30, 37, 49) Item 3. By Nouizillet, circa 1853. BG-409 1853 Round $1/2 AU wear, holed and bent. R3. Item 30: By Brand, circa 1890. Locke va

(Items 12, 13). Item 12: 1853 Liberty gold $1. MS, but scrape on reverse. 0.72 grams of low grade gold. Item 13: 1855 Liberty gold $1. Toned, but s

(Item 20) Always popular Washington head charm, probably struck in 1872. Locke variety Charm Oct 1/4 1872 Washington #2, obverse of BG724. Choice AU

(Items 22, 25) Locke varieties: Item 22: Wreath3 Oct 1/4 1885 Arms of California #1. MS62 some spotting. Usually seen much worse. Thin gold platin

(Item 23, 26) Locke varieties: Item 23: Wreath3 Round 1/4 1853 Arms of California #1 "splintered spear". Gold plated over baser gold. Ra...

(Items 24, 27). Locke varieties: Item 24: Wreath3 Round 1/2 1854 Arms of California #1. AU. Thin gold plating over baser gold. Rarity 5. An example

(items 28, 31). Locke varieties: Item 28: Wreath3 Round 1/2 1854 Arms of California #2. XF. Thin gold plating over baser gold. Rarity 6. This varie

(Items 29, 32). Locke varieties: Item 29: Wreath3 Round 1/2 1854 Arms of California #2. XF. Thin gold plating over baser gold. Rarity 6. This variet

(Item 33). Locke variety Wreath1 Round 1/4 1880 Indian #2. MS64 or MS65. Thin gold plating over baser gold. High Rarity 4. In demand 1/4 over 1/2 f

F.H. Noble & Co of Chicago. Noble's Arms of California design is distinguished by the lack a bear in almost all varieties and the head of Me...

(Item 35). Locke variety Wreath8 Oct 1/4 1891 Arms of California #2, this and variety #1 are the only 1891 dated California Gold tokens. MS62, no issu

E.F. Gambs of San Francisco is known to have sold these tokens in the 1890s, but the manufacturer remains unknown. Most die varieties exist in both g

(Items 36, 39) Locke varieties: Item 36: Wreath9 Oct 1/4 1852 Indian #2. MS60. Gold plated. R5. Item 39: Wreath9 Oct 1/2 1853 Indian #2. MS63 some e

(Items 40, 41). Locke varieties: Item 40: Wreath9 Oct 1/2 1857 Indian #1. MS60 discolored. Gold. R5. Item 41: Wreath9 Round 1/2 1875 Indian #1. MS

(Item 43). Locke variety Wreath10 Oct 1/4 1856 Indian #7, early style wreath. MS61, flat strike, gold. Not seen before. California HWAC# 32659

(Item 46). Locke variety Wreath10 Round 1/4 1854 Indian #7, early style wreath. MS63 gold. Not seen before. California HWAC# 32660

(Items 42, 45, 47, 52). Item 42: Wreath10c Oct 1/4 1855 Indian #3, later style wreath. MS62 gold plated. R4. Item 45: Wreath10 Round 1/4 1852 Indian #

(Items 48, 51, 53). Locke varieties: Item 48: Wreath10c Oct 1/2 1857 Liberty #2, later style wreath. MS65, apparently gold. R6, tough to find Liberty

(Items 44, 66, 50, 54). Locke varieties: Item 44: Wreath10c Oct 1/4 1856 Indian #1, later style wreath. MS65 or better, gold. R4. Item 66: Wreath10c

(Items 55, 56). Group lot of 2 imitations of the above. Unclear when these were made, but they were clearly both make by the same manufacturer. Locke

(Items 57, 59, 65, 67, 64?). Locke varieties: Item 57: Bear2a Oct 1/4 1852 Indian #1, underscores in legend. Choice AU, gold. R5. Item 59: Bear2 Roun

(Items 58, 60, 61, 62). Locke varieties: Item 58: Bear2 Oct 1/4 1857 Liberty #1. MS63, gold. R4. Item 60: Bear2 Round 1/4 1853 Liberty #2. AU, dark, g

(Item 16) 1860 Indian facing left/bear Round 1/4 size Locke Variety #3. Gold chain soldered to rim on top and bottom. UNC sharpness. Rarity 7.

(Item 17) 1860 Indian facing left/bear Round 1/4 size Locke Variety #3. Gold chain soldered to rim on top and bottom. UNC sharpness. Rarity 7 C

(Item 18) 1860 Indian facing left/bear Round 1/4 size Locke Variety #3. Gold chain soldered to rim on top and bottom. UNC sharpness. Rarity 7.

(Items 15, 19). Item 15: 1860 Indian facing left/bear Octagonal 1/4 size Locke variety #2. Gold chain soldered to rim on top, solder remnant on rim a

Low Rarity 7. Weakly Struck on a striated planchet. There is a fine scratch across the cheek from the mouth to ear. MS60 HWAC# 33819

(5 stars right and left of portrait). Low Rarity 7 Well struck and as bold as any seen. Attractive satin luster. Faint scratch from star 8 to nose

Well struck and as bold as any seen. Low Rarity 7. Glue residue on obverse. Difficult to grade due to the residue, but at least MS64. Alaska

Rarity 4. From Bowers & Merena's May 7, 1999 sale lot #2799. Well struck and semi-PL. MS65. The 1909 Alaska Yukon Pacific Exposi...

Rarity 4. From Bowers & Merena's May 7, 1999 sale lot #2799. Muted details as always seen with this variety. MS63 or better. Alaska 1...

Rarity 4. Flatly struck as always seen with this variety. MS63. Alaska 1907 HWAC# 33817

High Rarity 7. Extremely rare, with this one being the fourth example seen. Reeded edge. From Superior's September 1998 sale, lot #2301. Somew...

Reeded edge thin planchet. Rarity 5. From Superior's September 1998 sale, lot #2301. Around MS63.. Alaska HWAC# 33813

Reeded edge thick planchet. Rarity 4. At least MS64. Alaska HWAC# 33814

Rarity 6. From Coin Galleries' April 1996 sale lot #3782. Well struck and attractive. About MS65. The 1914 State Gold tokens are on...

Rarity 6. From Coin Galleries' April 1996 sale lot #3782. Attractive with no issues. MS64 or MS65. Montana 1914 HWAC# 33827

Rarity 2. From Stacks' October 1998 sale lot #1764. MS62, but may be better after a bath. The next 4 popular tokens were apparently...

Oversized 0 in date, possibly the die from the extremely rare variety 3 after being ground down and re-engraved. Very worn reverse die indicates that

Rarity 4. From Coin Galleries' April 1996 sale lot #3782. Semi-PL, well struck MS64. The Lewis and Clark Exposition was held in Portl...

Rarity 4. From Coin Galleries' April 1996 sale lot #3782. Earliest die state seen. MS63. Oregon 1905 HWAC# 33823

Rarity 5. No sign of jewelry damage, but apparent exposed to some liquid (ink? acid?) that discolored about 1/2 of the obverse and reverse. Surfaces

(Item 68). Locke variety Wreath3 Oct 1/4 1865 Liberty #5. Head of BG1301. MS67, gold. R5. California HWAC# 32667

(Items 69, 70, 71, 72, 73, 74). Locke varieties: Item 69: Wreath3 Oct 1/4 1865 Liberty #5. Head of BG1301. MS64, gold. R5. Item 70: Wreath3 Oct 1/4 1

Manufacturer #1: This series has a relatively small number of die varieties which are uniformly scarce to rare. (Item 75): Locke variety Bear4 Round 1

Manufacturer #2. This series has a surprisingly large number of die varieties all of which are scarce to rare. (Item 76): Locke variety Bear3 Oct 1/4

Manufacturer #2. (Item 77). Locke variety Bear3 Oct 1/4 1849 Indian #11. MS60, gold plated, some verdigris. Not seen before. California HWAC# 32

(Item 78). Locke variety Bear3 Round 1/4 1850 Indian #2. MS63, reverse clashed, gold plated. This die pairing not seen in gold plate before. Calif

(Item 79). Locke variety Bear3 Oct 1/2 1849 Liberty #5. MS62, reverse clashed. Gold version of #3 and not seen before. California HWAC# 32673

Most of the following in this offering are common and not gold. This collection consists of 20 gold colored tokens from six different makers, Kelly, H

Obverse: F#360 liberty. Reverse: gold panning. AU details with some corrosion. Slabbed. NGC 3326641-056 California 1849 dated HWAC# 32727

Obverse: F330. Slabbed. NGC 3326641-022. Very Good. California 1850's HWAC# 32730

VF slabbed gaming counter. NGS 3297949-003. California c1850's HWAC# 32729

This is a great opportunity of the advanced collector or for a collector wanting to make a splash in this area. Ten are slabbed and rate from G to VF.

Obverse: Liberty "Comp S. Marke." Reverse: Eagle, 'Composition Spiel Marke." Fine. Scarce. Slabbed. NGC-3326641-006. Californi...

Unknown variations. Both liberty obverses and gold panning reverses. Both are slabbed. One has F details with damage and the other is FV details with

Lot of 4: 1) Obv.: 1849 Liberty Head $5 size; rev.: California / pictorial panning miner/ 1849; 2) Obv.: Keep Your Temper / Lady seated; Rev.: 13 star

H# 1000 1847 liberty obverse. H# 1000 flag reverse. AU details. Hole in field. Possibly to test for gold content. California 1847 dated HWAC# 327

H# 1000 obverse. H# 1000 flag reverse. Excellent condition. AU. California 1847 dated HWAC# 32723

Obverse: Liberty "Comp ,/ Marke." Reverse: Double eagle "Compos Spiel-Marke" / "Unitate Fortitudo." This piece has a m...

Obverse: Liberty "Comp ,/ Marke." Reverse: Double eagle "Compos Spiel-Marke" / "Unitate Fortitudo." VF details. Four p...

F# 1200 Liberty obverse. F# 1220 Flag reverse. Slabbed and graded VF details. Hole in top. NGC 3326641-044. California 1852 dated HWAC# 32712

F# 1210 Liberty obverse. F# 1220 Flag reverse. XF detail with damage. Slabbed. NGC 3326641-045 California c1852 HWAC# 32711

F# 1210 Liberty Obverse. F# 1220 Flag reverse. Fine. California c1852 HWAC# 32714

F# 1200 Liberty obverse. F# 1220 reverse. Very Good detail. California c1852 HWAC# 32715

1) Unlisted in Fauver. Obverse is 1854 Liberty. Reverse is Double Eagle, San Francisco, California, Twenty D. 2) Counterfeit 1851 Baldwin. Dug. Badly

Obverse: American Flag with a sailing ship on top. Reverse: "California Token" with eagle. Possibly a $20 or a $50. VF to XF. Weakly struc...

Obverse: Liberty "Comp ,/ Marke." Reverse: Double eagle "Compos Spiel-Marke" / "Unitate Fortitudo." Original gold lust...

United States Mint Drop Twenty D "Gaming counter style" brass token. (dimensions 1.25" diameter, 0.25" height). Very Rare, . ...

Stunning, complete type set of United States coins in a red binder made by "The Continental Line" of La Mirada, California. None of the co...

Two 1921 Morgan dollars with an owl with camera engraved on liberty's head. 1921 HWAC# 28543

"CC" mint mark is visible, but most of the detail on this coin is worn off. This may be the most worn example! Clearly, this piece was kep...

Two 1990 1/10 oz California gold and one 1990 1/4 oz California gold coins in original packaging. Proof. HWAC# 33267

Nice kids grab bag of unsearched US and foreign coins and currency. Approximately between 300 and 500 coins. A fun lot. Contains seated Lib coins, at

Nice group (generally metal detector finds) includes: 30 Indian Head 1c; 4 silver dollars; 9 1935 D/S quarters; 10 silver quarters; 6 silver half doll

Five US 1/10 ounce gold $5 coins dated 1989, and one 1986 1/4 ounce $10 coin. Each of these has the classic St. Gaudens obverse. HWAC# 33266

Sealed in the original packaging, proof. Gorgeous coin art with the California bear on obverse and state seal on reverse. California HWAC# 3326

Two proof coins in the original sealed packaging. These coins feature the California bear on the obverse and state seal on reverse. California

Silver. 500,000 mintage, 257,400 melted after annexation. Last official coinage minted by the Hawaiian Islands. Minted at the San Francisco Mint 1883-

Gold trimmed coin tray with encased coin of King Kalakaua 1, "L" engraved. Coin dated 1883 while Hawaii was still a monarchy. Diameter: 2....

Four encased Lincoln cents: 1910, 1926, and two from 1928. The two from 1928 are in circular New York Souvenir holders. The 1910 is in a circular hold

Lot of 12. Four are Lincoln Memorial and eight are wheat back. Dates include: 1937 (2), 1940, 1948, 1949, 1950 (2), 1958, 1960, 1964 (2), and 1969. Ho

Six different encased coins: 1904 World's Fair (1904 cent); Washington DC (1947D cent); Lucky Penny (1948D cent); Saunders Novelty (1952D cent);...

What a unique collectible! A 1943 dime encased in a plastic holder with "American Museum of Atomic Energy/ Neutron Irradiated" printed alo...

U S 25 cent piece made into a cufflink. Popular item in the late 1800's. Engraved HLB. Diameter: 0.75." . c1870 HWAC# 31815

Top coin in 1836 U.S. 25C piece attached to an 1853 U.S. Half Dollar (O). Fob measures approx. 4" in length. Coins in fine condition. HW...