SGBH Pre-Long Beach Elite Coin Auction

For only a small premium over gold value you get a "date" and not just some cookie cutter modern Eagle gold coin.

Fewer than the usual number of abrasions on this choice 1908.

Actually, the 1908 doesn't have typical frost like that seen on the preceding Liberty $20 design, but instead has a smoother finish more like fi...

Just beautiful shades of toning supports the warm golden surface of this well struck, choice coin.

Again, a frosty specimen of the $20 gold.

Pleasing satiny gold color and surfaces; light bagmarks as usual.

This date isn't rare, never was, and probably will always be a common issue, but so what, it contains 0.9675 of an ounce of gold and should foll...

Another choice frosty example.

Lustrous and choice.

Interesting No Motto design employed only in 1907 and part of 1908. Lustrous, though lightly cleaned.

Lustrous.

Popular date among bullion buyers.

With many 1908 No Mottos to choose, why not bid on a few for your bullion holdings?

Pleasing golden color.

Minor wear on the high points; lustrous.

Rims filed. Despite the minor annoyance of having the rims touched up by someone, 1908-S is a low mintage issue that always draws attention to it from

Luster remains, with only minor rub on the high points.

Another lustrous Saint, this featuring a much lower mintage than the two branch mint dates of 1911.

Bright and flashy, as often the case with 1914-S double eagles, for some reason; a real treat for the eyes and not a all expensive in this choice grad

This warmly colored example displays beams of golden metallic detail in virtually all areas.

Lustrous and well made with only slight wear, no doubt from shifting around in bank vaults.

Pleasingly bright and lustrous, both sides are warmly colored in orange-gold hues. Almost everyone likes to seek a 1922 Gem double eagle that was stru

Frosty if somewhat bagmarked.

Well struck with wide rims typical of the issue.

Cleaned. Another lustrous example.

Lustrous, though minor friction.

Lovely rose-gold to warm sunset toning on this handsome, well struck piece. A '23 in '62 that'll give you High-5's from all your fri...

Another with typical wide rims (unlike the narrower rims of the 1923-D).

A lovely fresh coin with dancing, swirling luster that typifies this popular D-mint twenty.

Cleaned. Lustrous with only a little scruffiness on the high points of the design.

Lustrous golden color is plentiful on this beautiful example.

Lustrous.

Several collector-interest common dates like this 1924 are scattered throughout the double eagle section of the sale.

Choice and attractive.

A golden-fresh double eagle from the middle part of the Roaring Twenties decade.

This choice specimen has good eye appeal and oceans of mint luster.

Choice golden surfaces with a strong strike on the main design.

Careful consideration will point the way to this coin along with many other MS63 specimens from the same consignment.

Ideal for the collector wanting to put aside his 10% gold allottment in a financial planning scheme.

Choice and attractive.

Satin frosted as are the others in this group.

Minor abrasions barely impact the nice luster.

Cleaned, but still with satin frost on either side.

Smooth luster with only moderate handling, although the rim appears to have been filed.

This well struck example is surprisingly free of large bagmarks for the MS64 grade. Close attention reveals a few wispy handling marks on both sides,

Extra choice surface and golden color with plenty of appeal.

A frosty, nominally bagmarked coin.

Extra effort went into this coin's design, as can be seen in the photos. A lovely example of Saint-Gaudens' pleasing twenty dollar gold motif.

An incredible array of rich golden hues grace the surfaces of this lovely gem Philadelphia Mint double eagle. The present gem is extraordinarily beaut

A bold gem! The color is a rich blend of orange-gold and honey-gold shades, smooth and rolling across the surface. Also, there is great detail to the

Gem and as struck.

Net grade MS64 since it has scattered bagmarks and small abrasions. The luster is creamy bright and flowing.

A beautiful warm gold coin with no objectionable marks or blemishes.

Choice surfaces show a slight amount of cleaning.

Lovely golden color.

Pleasing sharp strike on the main devices. A frosty example despite a scattering of small marks on Liberty's skirt folds.

Rim Filed. The 1928 is the last readily affordable $20, most consider it a bullion coin, which bounces around in value with the trend in world gold ma

Frosty and well adapted to a U.S. gold Type Set, in spite of the rim having been filed. A "bullion value" item in this grade.

Includes: 1907 MS61 and 1914-S AU58. Lot of 2 coins.

Lot of 3 coins.

1922 (x2) and 1923 (x2). Lot of 4 coins.

Lot of 5 coins.

Includes 1924 AU58, 1925 MS60, 1926 MS62. Lot of 3 coins.

1925, 1927 (x2) and 1928 (x3). Lot of 6 Six coins.

Another satiny gem, this time with the Star above Grant's name, with bright yellow-gold color that covers the frosty surfaces. Nicely struck for...

Lovely warm golden orange patina throughout this handsome coin. The devices are bold while the surface is covered in frostiness. A gem.

Ulysses S. Grant, the Union general and later 18th President, was born in 1822. This piece marks his 100th anniversary. And what a coin it is: a shimm

This is the very scarce Lewis and Clark commemorative dollar. A beaming gem rolling in unbeatable cartwheel luster that emits boldly beneath bright al

A bright gem that spares no compromises with its rich golden iridescence on both sides. Strike is much sharper than average for the issue, where minor

A bright and gleaming golden gem whose cartwheel luster seems poised to shine into eternity, plus we find a touch of faint reddish toning. Sharply str

This is the second Louisiana Purchase design, an emergency release after McKinley was assassinated, the government wanted to honor his memory. The ori

Early PCGS holder. A glittering gem with spectacular golden luster and lively reddish and warm toning highlights. Typical strike for the date, crisp a

Sparkling golden iridescence imbues this satiny beauty with a life of its own. Add a high degree of frostiness and the appeal is virtually irresistibl

Choice with muted luster on the canal worker's cap.

Color is mostly yellowish to orange-gold in shade, but flickers of copper tinted iridescence can be found as well. As for the devices, these were stru

In 1915 visitors from all over the world converged on a veritable new city that had been built of lath and plaster on the San Francisco shore front. B

Wonderful lustrous surfaces are flourishing with rich gold brilliance. Well struck for the date, with all reverse details present, including the sun r

Evenly worn with choice rims all around and lovely orange-gold patina. This, along with several other Territorials consigned to the sale, come from th

A gorgeous strike of the finest order by this Territorial minter, there is abundant luster throughout the devices, and around the legends on both side

Amazing lustrous surfaces are alive with rich gold and yellowish brilliance. Nicely struck for the date, with some reverse details present, though not

Well abraded from use, this is a more typical version of the rare 884 THOUS Assay Office $20 gold Territorial issue. The reason so few of these are ro

Well worn but uninjured by its sojourn thousands of feet down in Davey Jones's locker where it rested undisturbed for better than 130 years befo...

Made from melted down S. S. Central America gold, this interesting replica of the rare Baldwin and Company cowboy coin has the inscription Juste &am...

This is a certified Gold Rush era nugget retrieved from the shipwreck of the S. S. Central America (1857).

This is a large Justh & Hunter gold bar stamped 106.08 ounces, 887 Fine, and valued at $1945.07. Serial No. 4293, one of the recovered bars from...

A splendid Humbert $50 octagonal slug with reeded edge and target reverse. 887 THOUS fineness from native gold, Lustrous medium yellow gold with a hin

The popular (and extremely heavy, since it weighs two-and one half ounces) fifty dollar gold ingot struck by Augustus Humbert, United States Assayer.

A popular reminder of the days when private minters could strike gold coins (actually these were called "ingots" and later "slugs&quo...

Struck in 1851 and again in 1852, the Assay Office pieces were overseen by mintmaster Augustus Humbert under contract from the state of California to

K-18, R.2. Assay $20 gold pieces became the standard gold coins in Gold Rush San Francisco before the mint opened. As such, they are usually in circul

Matte surface from sea water immersion, but very boldly struck and no doubt this was mint state or close to it when it "went down with the ship...

This is an impressive, well struck example of the Kellogg firm's famous $20 gold design. The head makes a close copy of the standard $20 gold Li...

This brightly colored example displays beams of golden metallic detail in virtually all areas. The devices are well executed and also carefully engrav

A pleasing design with sharp Liberty head whose hair and coronet are crisply designed. Somewhat prooflike in the fields, as often occurs. Lustrous thr

Elusive and yet not costly as a Gem, this direct-hit MS65 example is free of noticeable abrasions. The strike, bright and complete, is well above par

Always a charming design, the frosted Indian head, which is very sharply made, standing in golden contrast against the equally splendid mirror fields.

Brilliant yellow golden in color, the surfaces exhibit eye-opening striking definition with strong mirrors surrounding the frosted head of the Indian.

Supported by warm golden luster, this fractional gold half dollar boasts lovely purples and reds. The large G below the bust is the minter's ini...