Goldberg Coins and Collectibles

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Pre-Long Beach Coin and Currency Auction

Morgan Dollars 1893-Large Lots

Lot	Photo	Description	Realized
Lot 2045		1893 Morgan Dollar. PCGS graded MS-64. White and well struck. Pop 874; 116 in 65; 3 in 66; 1 in 68. The surfaces are bright with moon-glow white luster and show none of the muting often seen on 1893 (PCGS # 7220) . Estimated Value $1,700 - 1,900. View details and enlarged photos Check results on similar lots	Realized $2,013
Lot 2046		1893-CC Morgan Dollar. PCGS graded MS-63. Well struck and mostly white. Pop 732; 355 in 64, 7 in 65. This is a first-rate Choice Mint State 63 example with eye appeal and limited bagmarks. Most examples of the 1893-CC Dollar are heavily bagmarked, however, this is a exception. Both sides have bright silver luster and are decently struck if not quite fully so. Neither side has even a hint of reflective surface (PCGS # 7222) . The Carson City Mint building stands solidly today and serves as the Nevada State Museum on Carson Street, corner of Robinson. Coinage activity on Carson Street ended in 1893, coincidentally, the year of this frosty silver dollar. Several exhibits remain in place relating to Nevada history, including some about numismatics. A set of Carson City coinage comes to mind and we recommend a tour of this facility to anyone who has an interest in Carson City's history. Estimated Value $5,500 - 6,000. View details and enlarged photos Check results on similar lots	Realized $6,613
Lot 2047		1893-CC Morgan Dollar. PCGS graded MS-62 Prooflike. Blast white. This sparkling '93-CC boasts swirling cartwheel effects and uncommonly sharp striking detail for the issue with only the centers at all soft, and this a common occurrence for the date. Unusual, on the other hand, is the state of the fields, which show decided prooflike reflection. As such, they provide ample contrast for the heavily frosted relief portions, most notable on the eagle and Liberty's contoured surface (PCGS # 7223) . Estimated Value $4,500 - 5,000. View details and enlarged photos Check results on similar lots	Unsold
Lot 2048		1893-CC Morgan Dollar. PCGS graded VF-35. Lightly toned (PCGS # 7222) . Estimated Value $425 - 500. View details and enlarged photos Check results on similar lots	Realized $805
Lot 2049		1893-O Morgan Dollar. PCGS graded AU-58. Nice white coin. Pop 179. Scarce date. The luster covers much of the surface from center to periphery and on both sides, with centers a little softly struck as usual (PCGS # 7224) . Estimated Value $800 - 1,000. View details and enlarged photos Check results on similar lots	Realized $1,093
Lot 2050		1893-S Morgan Dollar. PCGS graded AU-53. A well struck example of this popular key-date Morgan. Traces of mint luster still remain within the protected areas and a pleasing light silvery gray in color. Always in great demand. PCGS reports 44 in this grade with 65 better (PCGS # 7226) . Estimated Value $26,000 - 28,000. View details and enlarged photos Check results on similar lots	Unsold
Lot 2051		1893-S Morgan Dollar. NGC graded EF-45. Original toning. A well preserved example of this desirable key date. Not only is the business strike mintage of 100,000 pieces the lowest in the series, but it is unchallenged in its rarity in Extremely Fine and higher grades. There is a small area of contact along the jaw line as well as some old hairlines in the upper face and through the lower hair curls into the nearby field, but there are no other abrasions that we find need mentioning. Pleasing example for this key date (PCGS # 7226) . Estimated Value $8,000 - 9,000. View details and enlarged photos Check results on similar lots	Realized $10,350
Lot 2052		1893-S Morgan Dollar. PCGS graded VF-35. Popular key date. Nice even toning and well struck for the grade. Bidders will especially enjoy the opportunity of acquiring a coin that has never been cleaned. Neither does it show the usual objectionable rim bumps of most specimens. And there are only a few widely spaced contact marks from its venture into circulation so many years ago (PCGS # 7226) . Estimated Value $5,000 - 6,000. View details and enlarged photos Check results on similar lots	Realized $6,300
Lot 2053		1893-S Morgan Dollar. PCGS graded VF-35. Mostly untoned. Almost extra fine. Popular key date. Not only is the business strike mintage of 100,000 pieces the lowest in the series, but it is unchallenged in its rarity in all grades (PCGS # 7226) . Estimated Value $5,000 - 6,000. View details and enlarged photos Check results on similar lots	Realized $5,463
Lot 2054		1893-S Morgan Dollar. PCGS graded VF-25. An attractive example of this key issue, the surface natural "old silver" color with light grade high points and fields deepening around the main devices and stars with medium-level toning. Scarce in all grades. Collector demand keeps these returning to the market but just as soon as a nice example like this VF25 appears, it is snatched away and goes into hiding again (PCGS # 7226) . Estimated Value $4,500 - 5,000. View details and enlarged photos Check results on similar lots	Realized $5,175
Lot 2055		1893-S Morgan Dollar. NGC graded Fine-15. Mostly lightly toned. Has a small mark on the cheek and another in the field before Liberty's face, but these are within the constraints of the grade. What is most desirable is the original, uncleaned surface. Popular key date. Estimated Value $3,500 - 4,000. View details and enlarged photos	Realized $3,600
Lot 2056		1893-S Morgan Dollar. PCGS graded Good-6. Lightly toned and a very popular date. Has a light hairline through the upper brow into the field but well placed for a circulated collection of Morgan silver dollars (PCGS # 7226) . Estimated Value $1,800 - 2,000. View details and enlarged photos Check results on similar lots	Realized $1,783
Lot 2057		1893-S Morgan Dollar. NGC graded Good-6. Mostly untoned, there is a hint of a rim bruise by the 12th and 13th star. Scarce. Estimated Value $1,800 - 2,000. View details and enlarged photos	Realized $1,783
Lot 2058		1893-S Morgan Dollar. NGC graded Good-6. Pleasing example of this key date. Estimated Value $1,800 - 2,000. View details and enlarged photos	Realized $1,783
Lot 2059		1893-S Morgan Dollar. PCGS graded Good-6. Nice rims and strong detail for the grade, placing it in an ideal spot for bidders to fight over (PCGS # 7226) . Estimated Value $1,800 - 2,000. View details and enlarged photos Check results on similar lots	Realized $2,070
Lot 2060		1893-S Morgan Dollar. PCGS graded Good-4. Key date (PCGS # 7226) . Estimated Value $1,700 - 1,900. View details and enlarged photos Check results on similar lots	Realized $1,783
Lot 2061		1893-S Morgan Dollar. NGC graded Good-4. Minor indentation on the nose; worn but presentable and with nice rims. Estimated Value $1,700 - 1,900. View details and enlarged photos	Realized $1,668
Lot 2062		1893-S Morgan Dollar. PCGS graded Good-4. Popular key date. Date and mint mark very clear (PCGS # 7226) . Estimated Value $1,700 - 1,900. View details and enlarged photos Check results on similar lots	Realized $1,610
Lot 2063		1894 Morgan Dollar. PCGS graded MS-65 PQ. Well struck and white. Popular key date. The powerfully struck, lustrous surfaces are readily appreciable at all angles. This is an important issue among Gem quality date buyers. The strike as keen as a razor on this key date 1894, with sharp-than-average hair detail and a crisp eagle collectors would die for! Business strike Morgan Dollar production fell to an all-time low at the Philadelphia Mint this year with production of just 110,000 pieces. With the exception of the 1901, the 1894 is the rarest Morgan dollar from this mint in Mint State. This silvery bright example swirls with full mint luster and grand eye-appeal, with little in the way of the usual abrasions which are too few and relatively far between to describe, and none are worthy of singular attention. A solid, Premium Quality PCGS graded Gem for the high-quality dollar collector. PCGS reports 17 at this level with 3 in MS-66 as finest (PCGS # 7228) . Estimated Value $35,000 - 40,000. View details and enlarged photos Check results on similar lots	Realized $41,400
Lot 2064		1894 Morgan Dollar. NGC graded Proof 67 Cameo. A white gem. Fully radiant - an important and rare feature for this sometimes poorly preserved Proof issue -- the surfaces display metallic pearl-white mirrors whose pitapatation is almost unnerving to view. 1894 is, as collectors know or soon discover, a very scarce year in Proof quality (972 minted) as well as the circulation strikes. Pop 12; 7 finer in cameo. Estimated Value $8,000 - 10,000. The Kazpar Collection. View details and enlarged photos	Realized $12,363
Lot 2065		1894 Morgan Dollar. PCGS graded Proof 63. A hint of light even toning on both sides. Pop 57. Popular date. Precision strike on every device. Very few survivors could possibly equal the choice technical merits and originality of this Proof 1894 piece. In addition to its strong strike and nearly flawless surface quality, both sides are gleaming with mint brilliance under the toning. A few hairlines and one tiny mark near the point of Liberty's neck (PCGS # 7329) . Estimated Value $2,800 - 3,100. View details and enlarged photos Check results on similar lots	Realized $4,140
Lot 2066		1894 Morgan Dollar. NGC graded AU-58. Nice untoned example that has a few light scuffs and marks on the profile of Liberty. Few auctions nowadays offer such a wide selection of key and semi-key Morgan dollars in affordable grade such as those offered in this section. Estimated Value $2,700 - 3,000. View details and enlarged photos	Realized $2,875
Lot 2067		1894 Morgan Dollar. NGC graded AU-58. Mostly white and very close mint state, there are only a few light abrasions on the cheek of this handsome Philadelphia Mint rarity. Best of all, the coin appears to be untouched by cleaning, free of rim problems, and is picture perfect for the lock-solid AU-58 grade (PCGS # 7228) . Estimated Value $2,700 - 3,000. View details and enlarged photos Check results on similar lots	Unsold
Lot 2068		1894 Morgan Dollar. NGC graded AU-55. A nice white example of this scarce date displays copious amounts of luster with the first hint of toning seen at the rims (PCGS # 7228) . Estimated Value $2,500 - 2,800. View details and enlarged photos Check results on similar lots	Realized $2,875
Lot 2069		1894 Morgan Dollar. AU-55. A few minor hairlines but generally well preserved for the issue. Only 110,000 minted for circulation, along with a few hundred additional Proofs sold to collectors (PCGS # 7228) . Estimated Value $2,500 - 2,800. View details and enlarged photos Check results on similar lots	Realized $3,335
Lot 2070		1894 Morgan Dollar. NGC graded AU-50. Mostly untoned. Has a small chattermark on the jaw but is otherwise well placed for a choice circulated collection of Morgan dollars. Popular semi key date. Estimated Value $2,300 - 2,500. View details and enlarged photos	Realized $2,415
Lot 2071		1894 Morgan Dollar. PCGS graded EF-40. Popular semi key date. A pleasing, choice example of this scarce Philly mint silver dollar (PCGS # 7228) . Estimated Value $1,700 - 1,800. View details and enlarged photos Check results on similar lots	Realized $1,783
Lot 2072		1894 Morgan Dollar. PCGS graded EF-45. Low mintage of just 110,972 pieces. One of the semi-key dates in the Morgan dollar set (PCGS # 7228) . Estimated Value $1,700 - 1,900. View details and enlarged photos Check results on similar lots	Realized $1,898
Lot 2073		1894 Morgan Dollar. PCGS graded VF-30. Minor roughness and scattered abrasions on the face. Popular low mintage date. Pop 105. (PCGS # 7228) . Estimated Value $1,300 - 1,400. View details and enlarged photos Check results on similar lots	Realized $1,438
Lot 2074		1894-O Morgan Dollar. PCGS graded MS-63. Slight streak on Liberty's cheek otherwise should be MS-64. Nice satin look. In fact, simplay a sparkling example of this difficult year with bright, lightly toned surfaces and a commanding appearance just about everyone will appreciate. Pop 243; 217 in 64; 9 in 65 (PCGS # 7230) . Estimated Value $2,700 - 3,000. The Kazpar Collection. View details and enlarged photos Check results on similar lots	Realized $3,450
Lot 2075		1894-O Morgan Dollar. PCGS graded MS-61. White example of this scarcer New Orleans mint issue. The strike is excellent for the date (PCGS # 7230) . Estimated Value $600 - 650. View details and enlarged photos Check results on similar lots	Realized $1,064
Lot 2076		1894-S Morgan Dollar. PCGS graded MS-64. Quite frosty and bascially white. A very choice example of this popular semi-key date (PCGS # 7232) . Estimated Value $1,400 - 1,600. View details and enlarged photos Check results on similar lots	Realized $1,610
Lot 2077		1894-S Morgan Dollar. PCGS graded MS-62. White example. A frosty 1894-S with brilliant, untoned surfaces and a powerful strike typical of this mint's production during the last decade of the 19th century. A few scattered bagmarks (PCGS # 7232) . Estimated Value $500 - 600. The Kazpar Collection. View details and enlarged photos Check results on similar lots	Realized $863
Lot 2078		1895 Morgan Dollar. NGC graded Proof 68. Lightly toned on both sides with light green, blue and grey shades. Pop 2; 7 in PF68 Cameo; 4 in PF68 Ultra Cameo; 1 in PF69 Ultra Cameo. Rarest of the rare in the Morgan series, attested to by all to be the "King of the Morgan Dollars" and for many reasons, the first of which is that only 880 Proofs were minted and it is from these few that generations of collectors, must vie with one another for ownership of the small obtainable supply on the market at any one time. The coin is, breathlessly beautiful, a knock-out. As can be seen in the photographs, it acquired deep original iridescent shades of toning in its years spent in the original tissue wrapper. Where later Proof coins are packaged in either celluloid or cellophane sleeves (1930s-1950s) or flat-pack plastic by the mint, all pre-1916 Proof coinage was sent to its recipients in simple jeweler's tissue paper. The tissue paper has a certain amount of sulfur content. And it is this which imparted the many marvelous colors often seen on Proof Morgans, like this glittering 1895. Faithful to every detail from a full blow by the dies, the hair is crystal clear down to the tiniest hair strand, and this includes the important curls directly above the ear, with only two of them appearing fused together; included also in this full blow by the dies, a resplendent eagle, proud and assured, with full-featured wings outstretched and a nice feather-covered chest projecting from the central part of this side of the design. The coin itself, grading Proof 68, is housed in a protective NGC holder and will forever remind us just how spectacular these early Morgan dollars were in Proof condition. Don't let the current market price dissuade you from bidding. As seems inevitable whenever a great rarity like a Gem Proof 1895 Morgan dollar changes hands, the interest and value only intensifies, year over year (PCGS # 7330) . Aside from the annual issue of Proofs, coins of this type were routinely ignored by the vast majority of hobbyists. It was not until decades later in the 1950s and 1960s that collectors sought to own an example of each mint's products for each respective date. Only then did it become apparent that none of the 12,000 1895 Philadelphia Mint Dollars reportedly struck for circulation were extant. Not a single verifiable example could be located, and the demand for this issue has ever since fallen entirely on the few hundred Proofs surviving from that year. Estimated Value $100,000 - 115,000. View details and enlarged photos Check results on similar lots	Realized $115,000
Lot 2079		1895 Morgan Dollar. NGC graded Proof 40. Key date to the Morgan Dollars. Seldom seen in circulated proof condition. Light toning. Pop 1 in this grade. As Silver Dollar experts will tell you, only 880 Proof 1895s were issued. There were an additional 12,000 business strike made that year as well, but apparently these were all melted in 1918 or thereabouts when 270 million Silver Dollars had to be destroyed in pursuance to the Pittman Act of 1918. Today, only the 880 Proofs sold to collectors in original Proof sets did not get destroyed. And of those, it is likely only 500 examples out of the original mintage are available for purchase, many of them mishandled but surprisingly few in actual circulated condition like the present specimen. It is always a joy to be able to catalog a sharp-looking 1895 whatever its technical grade, like that being offered here. We hope the successful bidder will enjoy owning this King of the Morgan Dollars as much as we did having it pass through our sale. Estimated Value $25,000 - 28,000. View details and enlarged photos	Realized $32,488
Lot 2080		1895-O Morgan Dollar. PCGS graded EF-45. Light golden toning. Nice for the grade with only light scattered marks on the cheek. Original antique-gray patina gives way grudgingly to traces of russet brown (PCGS # 7236) . Estimated Value $675 - 750. View details and enlarged photos Check results on similar lots	Realized $1,150
Lot 2081		1896-O Morgan Dollar. PCGS graded AU-58. A super white slider, choice with satiny luster. 1896-O along with 1893-O to 1897-O comprise five elusive to very elusive New Orleans mint issues in upper grades, especially those above Extremely Fine quality (PCGS # 7242) . Estimated Value $150 - 200. View details and enlarged photos Check results on similar lots	Realized $604
Lot 2082		1896-S Morgan Dollar. PCGS graded MS-64. A lovely frosty white example of this semi-key date. PCGS reports 283 in this grade with 47 in MS-65, 1 in MS-66 and 1 in MS-67 (PCGS # 7244) . Estimated Value $3,300 - 3,600. View details and enlarged photos Check results on similar lots	Realized $3,910
Lot 2083		1897 Morgan Dollar. PCGS graded MS-66. Boldly struck and a frosty blast white gem. PCGS reports 174 in this grade with 14 better by a point (PCGS # 7246) . Estimated Value $800 - 900. View details and enlarged photos Check results on similar lots	Unsold
Lot 2084		1897-S Morgan Dollar. PCGS graded MS-66. A frosty blast white gem with immaculate surfaces including the cheek and neck. PCGS reports 174 with 21 in MS-67 and 2 in MS-68 (PCGS # 7250) . Estimated Value $1,000 - 1,200. View details and enlarged photos Check results on similar lots	Realized $1,208
Lot 2085		1897-S Morgan Dollar. NGC graded MS-66. A delightful example, well struck and glistening with mint luster.A brilliant white gem example of this semi-key date (PCGS # 7250) . Estimated Value $850 - 900. View details and enlarged photos Check results on similar lots	Realized $920
Lot 2086		1898-O Morgan Dollar. PCGS graded MS-67. A superb gem example, boldly struck and blast white with immaculate surfaces throughout. Pop 109 with none graded finer by PCGS (PCGS # 7254) . Estimated Value $1,350 - 1,450. View details and enlarged photos Check results on similar lots	Realized $1,610
Lot 2087		1899 Morgan Dollar. PCGS graded MS-63. White example: A nice radiant white tint tantalizes the eye from this lustrous piece, a coin whose mint glow goes round and round (PCGS # 7258) . Estimated Value $170 - 190. The Kazpar Collection. View details and enlarged photos Check results on similar lots	Unsold
Lot 2088		1899-O Morgan Dollar. PCGS graded MS-67 PQ. Well struck with near perfect cheeks and surfaces.Pop 66+; 1 in 68 as finest grade by PCGS. A pure white example. Indeed, this is a simply stunning example, the strike is noteworthy for this handsomely produced New Orleans type. The focal features are all sharply defined, and the luster is radiant with a nice reciprocating sheen. Bright and untoned (PCGS # 7260) . Estimated Value $2,500 - 3,000. View details and enlarged photos Check results on similar lots	Unsold
Lot 2089		1899-O Morgan Dollar. PCGS graded MS-65. Intense blue toning graces the obverse mixed with ligher golden highlights (PCGS # 7260) . Estimated Value $400 - 500. View details and enlarged photos Check results on similar lots	Realized $546
Lot 2090		1899-S Morgan Dollar. ICG graded MS-65. Attractively toned with turquoise surrounded by golden sunset hues. Estimated Value $800 - 1,000. View details and enlarged photos	Realized $1,208
Lot 2091		1899-S Morgan Dollar. PCGS graded MS-63. This fully struck choice specimen has glowing icy white slightly reflective surfaces and no mentionable problems on either side, just a few scattered marks on the face and near the nose (PCGS # 7262) . Estimated Value $325 - 350. View details and enlarged photos Check results on similar lots	Realized $345
Lot 2092		1900 Morgan Dollar. NGC graded Proof 67 Cameo. Mostly white with a hint of golden toning near the edges. A simply exquisite Gem, the snow white surfaces on Liberty and the eagle gyrate to-and-fro with full, starbright textured luster. Against them, silvery mirrors glow. To say this is a resonant gem is to do it an injustice, since there are never enough adjectives to describe it fully. Only first hand viewing can capture the effect this delightful gem inspires in a coin collector. Were it only possible for everyone to own such a coin! But then, the mint struck a mere 912 Proofs this year. And, as long-time collectors know, a goodly portion of that figure no longer exists or, worse, is mishandled and in low Proof grades. Pop 9; 6 in 68 cameo. Estimated Value $8,000 - 10,000. The Kazpar Collection. View details and enlarged photos	Realized $12,420
Lot 2093		1900 Morgan Dollar. NGC graded Proof 65. Old holder. Mostly white witha hint of gold toning on both sides. As such, this is a glittering example whose vivid wintry blast of white color undulates and billows across the surface like a Himalayan avalanche beneath the warm tints of color. Mirrors are fresh and radiant, suggesting an even high grade as a possibility.Pop 29; 33 finer. Proo mintage this year came to 912 pieces (PCGS # 7335) . Estimated Value $3,200 - 3,500. The Kazpar Collection. View details and enlarged photos Check results on similar lots	Realized $5,865
Lot 2094		1900-O Morgan Dollar. NGC graded MS-65. Attractive deep mottled blue, violet and golden colors on both sides. Estimated Value $150 - 175. View details and enlarged photos	Realized $242

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