Goldberg Coins and Collectibles

Sale 37

Pre-Long Beach Coin and Currency Auction

Morgan Dollars 1878-1880

Lot	Photo	Description	Realized
Lot 2854		1878 Morgan Dollar. 8 tail feathers. NGC graded Proof 66. Lovely toning. Lustrous, mint-frosty devices (light cameo effect, not enough to list discretely on the holder) put on a show with their rich amethyst and sky blue flickering mirrors, the overall form of this Proof greatly improved by the smooth gleam off the fields. Nothing dull about this charismatic silver dollar! Regarding this date, it is the first year of issue, the first of 3 distinct varieties, with the 8 Tail Feathers being abnormally scarce in Proof due to its low mintage. 500 proofs minted. Pop 4; 4 finer in 67. (PCGS # 7311) . Estimated Value $6,000 - 7,000. View details and enlarged photos Check results on similar lots	Realized $7,763
Lot 2855		1878 Morgan Dollar. 8 tail feathers. PCGS graded MS-65. Frosty and untoned (PCGS # 7072) . Estimated Value $800 - 850. The Greenhill Collection. View details and enlarged photos Check results on similar lots	Unsold
Lot 2856		1878 Morgan Dollar. 8 tail feathers. PCGS graded MS-65. Well struck and frosty white (PCGS # 7072) . Estimated Value $800 - 850. The Greenhill Collection. View details and enlarged photos Check results on similar lots	Realized $920
Lot 2857		1878 Morgan Dollar. 7 tail feathers, reverse of 1878. NGC graded MS-65. Light golden toning. Well struck (PCGS # 7074) . Estimated Value $750 - 800. The Greenhill Collection. View details and enlarged photos Check results on similar lots	Realized $863
Lot 2858		1878 Morgan Dollar. 7 tail feathers, reverse of 1878. PCGS graded MS-65. Subdue multi-color toning on both sides (PCGS # 7074) . Estimated Value $750 - 800. The Greenhill Collection. View details and enlarged photos Check results on similar lots	Realized $920
Lot 2859		1878 Morgan Dollar. 7 tail feathers, reverse of 1879. PCGS graded MS-65. White and frosty. The brilliant white luster is satiny and consistent. A well struck and lustrous Gem that has carefully preserved surfaces. Pop 240; 6 finer in 66. (PCGS # 7076) . Estimated Value $1,100 - 1,200. The Greenhill Collection. View details and enlarged photos Check results on similar lots	Realized $1,898
Lot 2860		1878. 7/8 Weakly doubled tail feathers. PCGS graded MS-65. Old green holder. Untoned (PCGS # 7070) . Estimated Value $800 - 900. The Greenhill Collection. View details and enlarged photos Check results on similar lots	Realized $920
Lot 2861		1878-CC Morgan Dollar. PCGS graded MS-65 Prooflike. White. Glittery to satin-like fields and devices almost stagger under the weight of its highly lustrous silver color. Pop 88; 12 finer in 66. (PCGS # 7081) . Estimated Value $1,500 - 1,700. The Greenhill Collection. View details and enlarged photos Check results on similar lots	Realized $1,955
Lot 2862		1878-CC Morgan Dollar. PCGS graded MS-65. Magnificent blending of violet and electric blue toning spread equally on both sides. Worth a premium (PCGS # 7080) . Estimated Value $1,100 - 1,200. View details and enlarged photos Check results on similar lots	Realized $1,620
Lot 2863		1878-CC Morgan Dollar. NGC graded MS-65. A frosty untoned example (PCGS # 7081) . Estimated Value $1,100 - 1,200. The Greenhill Collection. View details and enlarged photos Check results on similar lots	Realized $1,380
Lot 2864		1878-CC. NGC graded MS-65. Untoned (PCGS # 7081) . Estimated Value $1,100 - 1,200. The Greenhill Collection. View details and enlarged photos Check results on similar lots	Realized $1,438
Lot 2865		1878-CC Morgan Dollar. PCGS graded MS-65. Frosty and snow white (PCGS # 7080) . Estimated Value $1,100 - 1,200. The Greenhill Collection. View details and enlarged photos Check results on similar lots	Realized $1,495
Lot 2866		1878-CC Morgan Dollar. PCGS graded MS-65. A white frosty gem specimen (PCGS # 7080) . Estimated Value $1,100 - 1,200. The Greenhill Collection. View details and enlarged photos Check results on similar lots	Unsold
Lot 2867		1878-CC Morgan Dollar. PCGS graded MS-65. Frosty and untoned. A lovely gem example (PCGS # 7080) . Estimated Value $1,100 - 1,200. The Greenhill Collection. View details and enlarged photos Check results on similar lots	Realized $1,495
Lot 2868		1878-CC Morgan Dollar. NGC graded MS-65. A frosty untoned gem (PCGS # 7081) . Estimated Value $1,100 - 1,200. The Greenhill Collection. View details and enlarged photos Check results on similar lots	Realized $1,380
Lot 2869		1878-CC Morgan Dollar. NGC graded MS-65. Sparkling frosty white luster (PCGS # 7081) . Estimated Value $1,100 - 1,200. The Greenhill Collection. View details and enlarged photos Check results on similar lots	Realized $1,380
Lot 2870		1878-S Morgan Dollar. NGC graded MS-67. Lovely multi-color toning on both sides. Well detailed with extraordinary mint luster that is capped off by the aforementioned patina whose iridescence is riveting in its beauty. A coin that will haunt you with unfailing persistence during every day that passes between the day this catalog is first read and the day of the sale. Pop 24; 3 finer in 67 Star. (PCGS # 7082) . Estimated Value $3,800 - 4,000. The Greenhill Collection. View details and enlarged photos Check results on similar lots	Realized $4,370
Lot 2871		1878-S Morgan Dollar. ICG graded MS-67. Blast white. The silvery luster on both sides is full with a somewhat satin texture and utterly superb on this carefully preserved specimen. A coin to put into a Registry Set of Morgan silver dollars. Even for the collector who knows knows little about this series will realize at once this magnificent specimen holds the key to the mystery of why silver dollar collecting has reached far and wide! Estimated Value $2,200 - 2,400. The Greenhill Collection. View details and enlarged photos	Realized $2,760
Lot 2872		1878-S. NGC graded MS-66. Well struck and white (PCGS # 7082) . Estimated Value $500 - 525. The Greenhill Collection. View details and enlarged photos Check results on similar lots	Realized $633
Lot 2873		1878-S Morgan Dollar. PCGS graded MS-66. Blast white (PCGS # 7082) . Estimated Value $500 - 525. The Greenhill Collection. View details and enlarged photos Check results on similar lots	Realized $575
Lot 2874		1878-S Morgan Dollar. PCGS graded MS-66. Intensely frosty, untoned (PCGS # 7082) . Estimated Value $500 - 525. The Greenhill Collection. View details and enlarged photos Check results on similar lots	Realized $719
Lot 2875		1878-S Morgan Dollar. NGC graded MS-66. Well struck and mostly white (PCGS # 7082) . Estimated Value $500 - 525. The Greenhill Collection. View details and enlarged photos Check results on similar lots	Realized $575
Lot 2876		1879 Morgan Dollar. PCGS graded Proof 66 Cameo. A beauty. This conditionally rare offering is fully brilliant with richly frosted devices offsetting the mirror slickness in the fields. What a joyous thing it is to examine and catalog for you! The strike is generally free of criticism, how could it be otherwise? Being sharp in all areas, the cameo devices stand out in sharp relief. Just studying it for a minute or two allows a person to soak up its beauty, historic underpinnings, and significance as to the Proof 66 Cameo grade.1,100 coins minted. Pop 8; 2 finer; 1 in 67; 1 in 68. (PCGS # 87314) . Estimated Value $6,000 - 7,000. View details and enlarged photos Check results on similar lots	Realized $8,625
Lot 2877		1879 Morgan Dollar. PCGS graded MS-65. Lovely multi-color toning on both sides (PCGS # 7084) . Estimated Value $600 - 650. The Greenhill Collection. View details and enlarged photos Check results on similar lots	Realized $920
Lot 2878		1879 Morgan Dollar. PCGS graded MS-65. A frosty untoned gem (PCGS # 7084) . Estimated Value $600 - 650. The Greenhill Collection. View details and enlarged photos Check results on similar lots	Realized $690
Lot 2879		1879 Morgan Dollar. PCGS graded MS-65. Frosty and blast white (PCGS # 7084) . Estimated Value $600 - 650. The Greenhill Collection. View details and enlarged photos Check results on similar lots	Realized $690
Lot 2880		1879 Morgan Dollar. PCGS graded MS-65. Frosty and untoned (PCGS # 7084) . Estimated Value $600 - 650. The Greenhill Collection. View details and enlarged photos Check results on similar lots	Realized $690
Lot 2881		1879. NGC graded MS-65. Frosty and white (PCGS # 7084) . Estimated Value $525 - 575. The Greenhill Collection. View details and enlarged photos Check results on similar lots	Realized $633
Lot 2882		1879 Morgan Dollar. NGC graded MS-65. A frosty white gem (PCGS # 7084) . Estimated Value $525 - 575. The Greenhill Collection. View details and enlarged photos Check results on similar lots	Realized $690
Lot 2883		1879-CC Morgan Dollar. PCGS graded MS-64. Mostly untoned. A lustrous example of this scarce 1879 Carson City Mint dollar that has rich frosty white luster with somewhat contrasting characteristics between the heavy frost on the portrait and eagle against slightly mirror-like fields. Generous detail to the highpoints on this fine example, with a thorough and effectual imprint from the dies; there are no soft areas left by the recoil of the dies as sometimes occurs, none whatsoever. Pop 602; 68 finer. (PCGS # 7086) . Estimated Value $8,500 - 9,000. View details and enlarged photos Check results on similar lots	Realized $7,475
Lot 2884		1879-CC Morgan Dollar. PCGS graded MS-64. Popular key date. A lovely coin. An ever-popular CC-mint issue, the present example is certainly well cared for and meets the exacting standards for the assigned grade. Richly frosted, as are many high quality Morgan dollars from the Carson City Mint, this is a forthright example of a semi-key date. The lightest blush of toning is seen on both sides, and the luster is bright, bold, careening throughout and with a desirable clear mintmark. Minimally abraded, and an important survivor from an original mintage of just 756,000 coins. Pop 623; 66 finer. (PCGS # 7086) . Estimated Value $8,500 - 9,000. View details and enlarged photos Check results on similar lots	Unsold
Lot 2885		1879-CC Morgan Dollar. NGC graded MS-64 Deep Prooflike. The satin surfaces ripple with original luster. The coin is untoned and silvery. The only contact marks appear on the eyebrow of Liberty. Far from the normal example of this scarce CC-mint issue is the respectable amount of detail throughout with no signs of weakness to the chest feathers on the eagle. Read this description over, study the coin or the coin's photograph, place your catalog aside, and then take in a deep breath of air before arriving at a fair market bid, one that won't be checked by the other bidders in the sale, one with enough force behind it to vanquish all challengers for its ownership. Pop 11; 1 finer in 65. (PCGS # 97087) . Estimated Value $8,500 - 9,000. View details and enlarged photos Check results on similar lots	Unsold
Lot 2886		1879-CC Morgan Dollar. PCGS graded MS-63. Popular key date. Toned. Perfect dies with clear mintmark. Fully lustrous with nice definition and a light natural color on both sides. One of the key Carson City issues and a date that always commands attention in choice Mint State condition. Just 756,000 coins were delivered, and the sales by the General Services Administration in the early 'seventies resulted in the appearance of only 4,123 examples. These coins, like most other '79-CC dollars at the Mint State level, graded predominantly MS60-62. On the other hand, the coin that we are offering here is more than smooth enough to justify the Choice BU designation (PCGS # 7086) . Estimated Value $5,500 - 6,000. View details and enlarged photos Check results on similar lots	Realized $6,038
Lot 2887		1879-CC Morgan Dollar. Capped die. PCGS graded MS-62. Frosty and lightly toned (PCGS # 7088) . Estimated Value $2,500 - 3,000. The Greenhill Collection. View details and enlarged photos Check results on similar lots	Realized $3,795
Lot 2888		1879-CC Morgan Dollar. Capped die. PCGS graded MS-60. A nice white frosty coin. A lustrous example that has dazzling snowy brilliance and the usual bagmarks. Clear-cut devices point also to it having been giving a full, clear blow by the dies. Weakness often occurs at a few central locations on most of this scarcer CC-mint issue, but not on this handsome coin. Looks a little undergraded if anything (PCGS # 7088) . Estimated Value $2,000 - 2,200. View details and enlarged photos Check results on similar lots	Unsold
Lot 2889		1879-S Morgan Dollar. Reverse of 1879. NGC graded MS-65 Star. The reverse displays wonderful rainbow color including popular green shades. Deep-deep color that collectors like. A gem! (PCGS # 7092) . Estimated Value $1,800 - 2,000. View details and enlarged photos Check results on similar lots	Unsold
Lot 2890		1879-S Morgan Dollar. Reverse of 1879. NGC graded MS-67 Star. The obverse is prooflike. A nice white coin. And a vivid reminder just how gorgeous these so-called "common date" Morgan silver dollars can be. Give it a good bid. Pop 41; 84 in MS68; 1 in MS68 Star. (PCGS # 7092) . Estimated Value $1,000 - 1,100. View details and enlarged photos Check results on similar lots	Unsold
Lot 2891		1879-S. PCGS graded MS-67. A superb totally white gem (PCGS # 7092) . Estimated Value $900 - 1,000. View details and enlarged photos Check results on similar lots	Realized $978
Lot 2892		1879-S. NGC graded MS-66 Deep Prooflike. Stunning white example. Pop 27; 2 finer in 67. (PCGS # 97093) . Estimated Value $800 - 900. The Greenhill Collection. View details and enlarged photos Check results on similar lots	Realized $1,093
Lot 2893		1879-S Morgan Dollar. NGC graded MS-67. A blast white pristine gem specimen. A virtually unimprovable example (PCGS # 7092) . Estimated Value $750 - 800. The Greenhill Collection. View details and enlarged photos Check results on similar lots	Realized $805
Lot 2894		1879-S Morgan Dollar. NGC graded MS-67. A superb snow white example with immaculate surfaces throughout. A touch of light golden toning appears around the reverse borders (PCGS # 7092) . Estimated Value $750 - 800. The Greenhill Collection. View details and enlarged photos Check results on similar lots	Realized $805
Lot 2895		1879-S and 1880-S Morgan Dollar. NGC graded Both MS-66. Two gemmy examples. Lot of 2 coins (PCGS # 7092) . Estimated Value $600 - 630. View details Check results on similar lots	Unsold
Lot 2896		1880 Morgan Dollar. PCGS graded Proof 64 Cameo. Lovely golden toning on both sides with shades of deep purple and steel blue in areas. Only 1,355 proofs struck. Outstanding crisp luster across the radiant mirror surfaces, plus characteristic two-tone effect thrown off by the raised, nicely frosted head of Liberty and eagle. An excellent pick for a collector's Type Set. The marvelous, intricate design of the Morgan dollar is by the Mint's long-time second-in-command, George T. Morgan, who came to the United States from England in 1876 and was hired as an assistant engraver at the Mint in October of that year. Morgan retained his status as second fiddle until the death of the Chief Engraver (Barber) in 1917. Morgan lived on until 1925, one of the longest career employees yet seen at the Mint. Pop 21; 29 finer; 7 in 65; 13 in 66; 7 in 67; 2 in 68. (PCGS # 87315) . Estimated Value $3,000 - 3,500. View details and enlarged photos Check results on similar lots	Realized $4,140
Lot 2897		1880 Morgan Dollar. PCGS graded Proof 64. Bluish toning. A high degree of mirror freshness distinguishes the choice toned surfaces from others of the date which are less pulsating even though in technically similar grade. Collectors familiar with the series will recognize this difference at once and prefer this sort of toning over less robust colors (often dullish gray or brown). 1,355 proofs minted. Pop 89; 99 finer. (PCGS # 7315) . Estimated Value $2,500 - 3,000. View details and enlarged photos Check results on similar lots	Realized $2,875
Lot 2898		1880 Morgan Dollar. NGC graded MS-66. Blast white. Bright mint luster characterizes the surfaces on this lovely piece. Nothing cramped about its style, everything with this lovely 1880 P-mint coin is open, fresh, above-board, as though the coin had just been minted today. Pop 31; 1 finer in 67. (PCGS # 7096) . Estimated Value $2,500 - 3,000. The Greenhill Collection. View details and enlarged photos Check results on similar lots	Unsold
Lot 2899		1880 Morgan Dollar. PCGS graded MS-65. Blast white and intensely frosty (PCGS # 7096) . Estimated Value $500 - 550. The Greenhill Collection. View details and enlarged photos Check results on similar lots	Realized $575
Lot 2900		1880 Morgan Dollar. PCGS graded MS-65. Frosty and untoned (PCGS # 7096) . Estimated Value $500 - 550. The Greenhill Collection. View details and enlarged photos Check results on similar lots	Realized $575
Lot 2901		1880-CC, 1881-CC and 1885-CC GSA Dollars. Coins grade Mint State 60 to 60+. All in the GSA black holders as issued. Lot of 3 coins. Estimated Value $1,300 - 1,400. View details	Realized $1,553
Lot 2902		1880-CC. PCGS graded MS-66. Frosty white gem. A beautiful silver-bright coin with no objectionable marks or blemishes; the "reverse of 1879" is the second one introduced during the early years when the design was still evolving slowly. The eagle's breast is more rounded than before, and the arrow feathers have an entirely different shape than on the "reverse of 1878" coins found on some of the 1880-CC strikes. Pop 466; 22 finer in 67. (PCGS # 7100) . Estimated Value $2,000 - 2,200. The Greenhill Collection. View details and enlarged photos Check results on similar lots	Realized $2,415
Lot 2903		1880-CC. NGC graded MS-65. Frosty and blast white. Estimated Value $1,000 - 1,100. The Greenhill Collection. View details and enlarged photos	Realized $1,150

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