Goldberg Coins and Collectibles

Sale 41

Pre-Long Beach Coin and Currency Auction

Morgan Dollars

Lot	Photo	Description	Realized
Lot 1357		1879-CC Morgan Dollar. NGC graded MS-64 Deep Prooflike. A nice white example. The '79-CC Morgan dollar is a low mintage date with only 756,000 pieces struck. When located, survivors tend to exhibit strong eye appeal, like this flashy piece. The fields have a bright prooflike resiliency while the devices are heavily frosted, giving the coin its two-tone or "cameo" effect noticeable in the photographs. Boldly struck throughout and gleaming white there is not one hint of toning around the rims, nor are there any heavy bagmarks or spots to affect your appreciation of it. A few slight field tics on the snowy white portrait barely intrude on the frosty complexion of the cheek; surely many viewing this coin would place it in the Gem category. Pop 11; 1 finer in 65 (PCGS # 7086) . Estimated Value $16,000 - 18,000. View details and enlarged photos Check results on similar lots	Unsold
Lot 1358		1879-CC Morgan Dollar. Capped die. PCGS graded MS-63. Frosty and untoned. Brilliant with frosty white devices and a no sign of a reflective sheen found on a number of the prooflikes this year. We do note a small area on Liberty's cheek where the luster is lightly touched by bag-contact with others in the bag; the reverse is especially attractive, virtually pristine. Struck from a die in which the mintmark is overpunched, resulting in a slightly blurred appearance (PCGS # 7088) . Estimated Value $4,500 - 5,000. View details and enlarged photos Check results on similar lots	Realized $5,750
Lot 1359		1879-S Morgan Dollar. Reverse of 1879. NGC graded MS-67. A well struck frosty white gem, dazzling in its beauty (PCGS # 7092) . Estimated Value $700 - 750. View details and enlarged photos Check results on similar lots	Realized $748
Lot 1360		1880-CC Morgan Dollar. 80 over 79. Reverse of 1878. PCGS graded MS-65. A frosty white coin. Crisp bloom from the dies; a very appealing characteristic for Gem quality '80-CC whose luster is all original. Especially bold strike. Pop 373; 48 in 66 (PCGS # 7108) . Estimated Value $1,800 - 2,000. View details and enlarged photos Check results on similar lots	Realized $1,840
Lot 1361		1880-CC. GSA Hoard. NGC graded MS-65. A frosty white gem in the black case and box of issue. Estimated Value $1,000 - 1,100. View details and enlarged photos	Realized $1,093
Lot 1362		1880-S Morgan Dollar. PCGS graded MS-65. Spectacular multi-color obverse toning. A premier coin. The vibrant blue and gold example expands into many colorful shades in the blend, as crisp and lustrous as any Gem MS65 you can imagine. Watch the bidders respond to this one! (PCGS # 7118) . Estimated Value $500 - 750. View details and enlarged photos Check results on similar lots	Realized $1,170
Lot 1363		1880-S Morgan Dollar. PCGS graded MS-66. Intense rainbow toning on the obverse while the reverse is mostly white with golden toning mear the edges. This is a noteworthy example whose pulsating patinated surfaces show pinpoint striking definition throughout and are largely free of distracting contact marks. It won't be our fault if the unsuccessful underbidders do not have the stamina to stay in and give a record-breaking bid (PCGS # 7118) . Estimated Value $500 - 700. View details and enlarged photos Check results on similar lots	Realized $834
Lot 1364		1881-CC Morgan Dollar. NGC graded MS-65. An intensely frosty mint gem that is mostly white, with an almost pristing cheek and face on Liberty. Well worth stretching a little to outbid the others (PCGS # 7126) . Estimated Value $550 - 600. View details and enlarged photos Check results on similar lots	Realized $810
Lot 1365		1881-S Morgan Dollar. PCGS graded MS-66. Old green holder. Lovely obverse rainbow toning with beautiful intense green colors. Booming mint luster is what propels the vivid hues from the surfaces on this piece and directly into the pupils of your eyes (PCGS # 7130) . Estimated Value $1,500 - 2,000. View details and enlarged photos Check results on similar lots	Realized $1,265
Lot 1366		1881-S Morgan Dollar. NGC graded MS-67. Shades of gold obverse toning. The reverse is white. A simply exquisite Gem, the fresh surfaces gyrate to-and-fro with full, sparkling textured luster helping to propel the many colors of the toning outwards in an iridescent display (PCGS # 7130) . Estimated Value $800 - 900. View details and enlarged photos Check results on similar lots	Realized $661
Lot 1367		1882-S Morgan Dollar. PCGS graded MS-67. Well struck and white (PCGS # 7140) . Estimated Value $700 - 750. View details and enlarged photos Check results on similar lots	Realized $920
Lot 1368		1883-CC Morgan Dollar. MS-63. Fabulous multi-colored toning on the obverse featuring hues of magenta, gold, and sea-green. Worthy of a premium bid. In the government issued black box (PCGS # 7144) . Estimated Value $500 - 600. View details and enlarged photos Check results on similar lots	Unsold
Lot 1369		1884-S Morgan Dollar. MS-60 Plus. Well struck and lustrous with virtually full breast feathers. Lightly tarnished due to an old fingerprint. This strictly uncirculated example might benefit if properly dipped. In the 1960s the Treasury Department released millions of Brilliant Uncirculated silver dollars. There were no 1884-S pieces found. In 1976, Revere Redfield's treasure trove of 475,000+ dollars entered the market. Again, no 1884-S. In 1984, Continental Illinois Bank in Chicago had to be rescued by federal bailout. Upwards of 1.5 million silver dollars were found in its vaults, mainly 1881-S common dates! But, no 1884-S. For some inexplicable reason virtually all 1884-S Morgan Dollars went into circulation (PCGS # 7156) . Estimated Value $4,000 - 5,000. View details and enlarged photos Check results on similar lots	Realized $3,450
Lot 1370		1885-CC Morgan Dollar. NGC graded MS-65. A frosty white example. Displaying a uniform satiny brilliance on each side this handsome '85-CC silver dollar sits in the catbird seat in terms of its overall gem quality and visual impact on the viewer (PCGS # 7160) . Estimated Value $800 - 850. View details and enlarged photos Check results on similar lots	Realized $978
Lot 1371		1885-CC Morgan Dollar. PCGS graded MS-64. Frosty and totally white with a slight pinkish cast; a fresh and original specimen of this popular low-mintage CC-mint dollar. Only 228,000 struck (PCGS # 7160) . Estimated Value $500 - 550. View details and enlarged photos Check results on similar lots	Realized $546
Lot 1372		1885-CC Morgan Dollar. PCGS graded MS-63 Deep Mirror Prooflike. A nice white coin. Both the peripheries and the central areas of the field are impressive for their deep mirrors; as to the devices, these are frosty textured, white and glistening (PCGS # 97161) . Estimated Value $500 - 525. View details and enlarged photos Check results on similar lots	Realized $1,035
Lot 1373		1886 Morgan Dollar. NGC graded MS-66 Star. Spectacular eye-appeal with the obverse exhibiting a natural blending of rose, gold and sea-green toning, A beauty worthy of a premium bid (PCGS # 7166) . Estimated Value $600 - 700. View details and enlarged photos Check results on similar lots	Realized $1,150
Lot 1374		1887 Morgan Dollar. PCGS graded MS-65 Deep Mirror Prooflike. A mostly white example with sparkling mirror fields over both sides (PCGS # 97173) . Estimated Value $750 - 800. View details and enlarged photos Check results on similar lots	Unsold
Lot 1375		1888-S Morgan Dollar. PCGS graded MS-65. Mostly untoned. There is little criticism that can be directed at the gleaming surfaces of this Gem-quality coin as they highly attractive. The mint frost is radiant in the way it "cartwheels" over each side. All 1888-S silver dollars were carefully made; that isn't the point. Most which are very sharply struck, like this marvel of precision minting, will delight the eye with their detail. No, the important point is that few have this coin's overall superlative state of preservation and eye-appeal, which sets it apart. Pop 197; 20 finer, 18 in 66, 2 in 67 (PCGS # 7186) . Estimated Value $2,000 - 2,100. View details and enlarged photos Check results on similar lots	Realized $2,013
Lot 1376		1889 Morgan Dollar. NGC graded Proof 64 Cameo. Brilliant white cameo Proof. Highly lustrous and entirely brilliant with flashy silver highlights on both sides; only a scant few hairlines visible. Squarely struck including the hair and cap features, with outstanding detail on the eagle. Today's bidders ought to be pretty grateful to the U.S. Mint for having produced such a splendid Morgan silver dollar. Only 811 struck. Pop 8; 24 finer, 8 in 65, 6 in 66, 9 in 67, 1 in 68 (PCGS # 7324) . Estimated Value $3,500 - 4,000. View details and enlarged photos Check results on similar lots	Realized $4,140
Lot 1377		1889-CC Morgan Dollar. NGC graded MS-62. Well struck and totally white with semi reflective surfaces on both sides. A frosty two-tone specimen with strong underlying luster from the dies that reinforce the beauty of the silvery luster on both sides. Absolutely no spots; only a few light marks and hairlines consistent with the choice grade; and strikingly attractive for so scarce a Morgan silver dollar. Only 350,000 minted. Pop 88; 90 finer (PCGS # 7190) . Estimated Value $22,000 - 25,000. View details and enlarged photos Check results on similar lots	Realized $25,300
Lot 1378		1889-CC Morgan Dollar. VF-20. The coin was cleaned long ago and now is retoning. A presentable coin that will become a feature in any set of circulated Morgan dollars as the most difficult issue to obtain among the various Carson City Mint dates. Estimated Value $600 - 700. View details and enlarged photos	Realized $978
Lot 1379		1890-CC Morgan Dollar. PCGS graded MS-65 Prooflike. A nice white coin. Boldly struck. A lustrous example whose vivid wintry blast of white color on the devices undulates and billows atop the mirrored surface like a Mount Everest snowcap. Where an ineffectual imprint is sometimes left by the rebound of the dies that struck 1890-CC's coinage, the opposite is in fact the case here: devices show crystal clarity and abnormal detail in the centers. The only mark worth reporting is a small one on Liberty's chin. Bidders be on the alert, you may face stiff competition. Pop 10; none finer (PCGS # 7199) . Estimated Value $6,000 - 6,500. View details and enlarged photos Check results on similar lots	Realized $6,900
Lot 1380		1890-CC Morgan Dollar. MS-64 Deep Mirror Prooflike. Resembles a branch mint Proof! The mirror fields are deep and watery against which the raised devices are clean and frosty. A touch of delicate cream color toning further adds to its appeal. This coin could well exceed our estimate (PCGS # 7198) . Estimated Value $2,500 - 3,000. View details and enlarged photos Check results on similar lots	Unsold
Lot 1381		1890-O Morgan Dollar. PCGS graded MS-64 Deep Mirror Prooflike. Bright and untoned a beautiful two-tone example from the cameo frosted devices. Housed in an old green holder.Pop 128; 17 finer, 16 in 65, 1 in 66 (PCGS # 97201) . Estimated Value $1,000 - 1,250. View details and enlarged photos Check results on similar lots	Unsold
Lot 1382		1891-CC Morgan Dollar. PCGS graded MS-64. A frosty coin with only moderate scuffs in the white frost of Liberty's cheek. Always scarce in this grade (PCGS # 7206) . Estimated Value $850 - 900. View details and enlarged photos Check results on similar lots	Realized $1,006
Lot 1383		1891-CC Morgan Dollar. PCGS graded MS-63. Frosty and white example. A choice '91-CC Morgan dollar (PCGS # 7206) . Estimated Value $650 - 700. View details and enlarged photos Check results on similar lots	Realized $529
Lot 1384		1892 Morgan Dollar. PCGS graded Proof 63. Well struck with nice green, blue and gold toning. 1245 proofs struck. Originally preserved, the surfaces are choice mirrors with swirling toned accents on both sides. According to our observations, including the key highpoints of hair and eagle's breast detail, the strike is above-average, in fact sharp, in most areas. One of the scarce Proofs this year (PCGS # 7327) . Estimated Value $1,400 - 1,500. View details and enlarged photos Check results on similar lots	Realized $2,415
Lot 1385		1892-CC Morgan Dollar. PCGS graded MS-63. A nice white coin. A satiny example of the finest order for its choice grade: dancing cartwheel luster enhances the rich white frost envelops the surface of this beautiful coin (PCGS # 7214) . Estimated Value $1,300 - 1,400. View details and enlarged photos Check results on similar lots	Realized $1,495
Lot 1386		1893 Morgan Dollar. Numistrust graded MS-65. A bright and frosty untoned specimen that is quite choice. Our grade is MS 64 (PCGS # 7220) . Estimated Value $1,500 - 2,000. View details and enlarged photos Check results on similar lots	Realized $978
Lot 1387		1893-CC Morgan Dollar. PCGS graded MS-63. Mostly untoned with a hint of gold toning around the edges. Well struck and choice. This is a attractive Choice Mint State example possesses admirable eye appeal. Most examples of the 1893-CC Dollar are seriously bagmarked, however, this is a splendid exception. Both sides have swirling silver luster and are preserved. The collecting community long ago recognized the scarcity of '93-CC in full Mint State condition (PCGS # 7222) . Estimated Value $4,200 - 4,500. View details and enlarged photos Check results on similar lots	Realized $6,613
Lot 1388		1893-S Morgan Dollar. NGC graded AU-53. Nicely toned. Not only is the mintage of 100,000 pieces the lowest in the series for a business-strike only date, but 1893-S is unchallenged in its rarity in About Uncirculated and finer grades. There is a small mark on the jaw below the ear and three others (equally minor) on the reverse above the eagle's head, above the top arrowhead, and below the left wing (from the point of view of the numismatist). The borders and legends have firm, mark-free expression of boldness. The eagle shows excellent wing detail. Popular key date. Pop 39; 59 finer (PCGS # 7226) . Estimated Value $30,000 - 33,000. View details and enlarged photos Check results on similar lots	Unsold
Lot 1389		1893-S Morgan Dollar. NGC graded EF-45. Light wear evenly spread and free from knocks and noticable marks. A very pleasing example for this popular key date (PCGS # 7226) . Estimated Value $9,000 - 10,000. View details and enlarged photos Check results on similar lots	Unsold
Lot 1390		1893-S Morgan Dollar. PCGS graded EF-45. Well struck and problem-free, all lightly toned. A popular grade for this key date Morgan dollar. Our consignor, to whom a number of these fine 1893-S and 1894-P silver dollars trace, had a standing love affair with the key issues. Over many years, he was able to acquire a fair number of high grade, attractive (and attractively toned) specimens that today's bidders will have a field day pouring over. A strong bid will claim this bold 1893-S example (PCGS # 7226) . Estimated Value $9,000 - 10,000. View details and enlarged photos Check results on similar lots	Realized $10,638
Lot 1391		1894 Morgan Dollar. NGC graded MS-62. Nicely toned. A solid '62 in all regards: the satiny surfaces are dancing with frosty luster underneath the toning, the strike is clear-cut for a scarce P-mint 1894, with more eye appeal than ever making it nothing short of exceptional (PCGS # 7228) . Estimated Value $2,700 - 2,800. View details and enlarged photos Check results on similar lots	Unsold
Lot 1392		1894 Morgan Dollar. NGC graded AU-58. Well struck with plenty of mint luster to qualify as strictly uncirculated. Some light marks on the face and in the fields is what keeps this from grading higher. Close to 95% mint frostiness remains (PCGS # 7228) . Estimated Value $2,200 - 2,400. View details and enlarged photos Check results on similar lots	Realized $2,415
Lot 1393		1894 Morgan Dollar. PCGS graded AU-58. Untoned and very close to full mint state. So close to Uncirculated that it has almost certainly been sold as such in the past. The luster is more than 90% complete while the few marks are limited in size and extent on the profile of Liberty (PCGS # 7228) . Estimated Value $2,200 - 2,400. View details and enlarged photos Check results on similar lots	Realized $2,415
Lot 1394		1894 Morgan Dollar. NGC graded AU-55. Popular low mintage date. Untoned and lustrous; an ideal coin for the date collector in this series (PCGS # 7228) . Estimated Value $2,000 - 2,200. View details and enlarged photos Check results on similar lots	Unsold
Lot 1395		1894 Morgan Dollar. NGC graded AU-55. Well struck and untoned with plenty of frosty mint luster still intact. A nice bold strike with nearly complete breast feathers visible. The rims and surfaces are quite clean and an overall very pleasing example for the grade (PCGS # 7228) . Estimated Value $2,000 - 2,200. View details and enlarged photos Check results on similar lots	Unsold
Lot 1396		1894 Morgan Dollar. PCGS graded AU-55. A well struck example with plenty of frosty mint luster still intact. Bascially untoned with pleasing silvery-grey surfaces. A very pleasing example of this popular low mintage semi-key date. Mintage topped out at 110,000 pieces, a mere 10,000 fewer than the acclaimed 1893-S key date (PCGS # 7228) . Estimated Value $2,000 - 2,200. View details and enlarged photos Check results on similar lots	Realized $2,128
Lot 1397		1894 Morgan Dollar. PCGS graded AU-53. Lightly toned. Lustrous frosty gray surfaces with only minor evidence of circulation friction on the highlights. A truly representative specimen of a fashinable Philadelphia branch mint rarity from the Morgan dollar series. 1894's very low mintage insures its continued favor in the eyes of silver dollar collectors (PCGS # 7228) . Estimated Value $1,900 - 2,000. View details and enlarged photos Check results on similar lots	Unsold
Lot 1398		1894 Morgan Dollar. NGC graded AU-53. Untoned with plenty of luster still present. Nearly full strike at the eagle's breast, and clear head details on the obverse. There are a few light abrasions on the face and in the nearby field. Choice rims on both sides (PCGS # 7228) . Estimated Value $1,900 - 2,000. View details and enlarged photos Check results on similar lots	Unsold
Lot 1399		1894 Morgan Dollar. NGC graded EF-45. Low mintage date. Untoned with choice surfaces and an ideal full strike (PCGS # 7228) . Estimated Value $1,800 - 1,900. View details and enlarged photos Check results on similar lots	Unsold
Lot 1400		1894 Morgan Dollar. NGC graded EF-45. Medium antique toning on both sides. A pleasing problem free example free from offending nicks or abrasions. Other than the 1893-S and 1895 issues, the 1894 has the lowest mintage in the series (PCGS # 7228) . Estimated Value $1,800 - 1,900. View details and enlarged photos Check results on similar lots	Unsold
Lot 1401		1894-S Morgan Dollar. PCGS graded MS-64 Prooflike. Well struck and mostly white with prooflike fields. The reverse, like the obverse, on most 1894-S dollars has outstanding detail; that is what is observed here, razor-sharpness throughout. Moreover, the coin is fully brilliant with nice two-tone almost cameo characteristics. A sharply struck near-Gem is always difficult to find, and one that has near-immaculate fields doubly so. This prominent coin among S-mint Morgan silver dollars of the 1890s should attract many active bidders. Pop 28; 2 finer in 65 (PCGS # 7233) . Estimated Value $3,200 - 3,400. View details and enlarged photos Check results on similar lots	Unsold
Lot 1402		1895 Morgan Dollar. PCGS graded Proof 63. Only 880 Proofs struck. This date only comes in Proof. Popular key date Morgan dollar. Well struck with even grey toning. An exceptionally choice Morgan whose color is all original. There are a few wispy hairlines in the fields which require magnification to see. In short, a lovely, carefully preserved example of this historic rarity in American numismatics, and a very pleasing Proof that competes gallantly against even some higher grade specimens offered recently. Of the silver dollars that were sold in Proof sets this year, many were undoubtedly mishandled, others later spent or lost. Pop 65 (PCGS # 7330) . Estimated Value $36,000 - 38,000. View details and enlarged photos Check results on similar lots	Unsold
Lot 1403		1895 Morgan Dollar. NGC graded Proof 63. Nice even golden toning on the obverse. Mostly untoned on the reverse. Rarest of the key date Proofs in the Morgan series, considered by all to be the King of the Morgan Dollars, this for obvious reasons. Only 880 Proofs were minted. It is from these few that tens of thousands of collectors, if not more, must compete for ownership of the small floating supply of choice coins on the market at any one time. The coin is, simply put, choice, original, and very attractive. As can be seen in the photographs, it acquired pale original iridescent shades of color in its years spent in the possession of earlier generations of collectors. Faithful to every detail from a full blow by the dies, the hair is crystal clear down to the tiniest hair strands above the ear, and this also includes a resplendent eagle. A small mark on the jaw accounts for the Proof 63 grade and not something finer. Only 880 proofs struck. A proof only year (PCGS # 7330) . Estimated Value $36,000 - 38,000. View details and enlarged photos Check results on similar lots	Realized $41,400
Lot 1404		1895 Morgan Dollar. PCGS graded Proof 62. Only 880 proofs struck. Mostly untoned. A key date that is known only in Proof condition. A couple of tiny toned spots on the reverse (at U of UNITED and in the left wing). This brilliant example displays uniform reflectivity as the fields gyrate under the light. Not the usual so-so toning that is heavy with conflicting shades that oftentimes obscures the beauty of the underlying surface. Further, the strike is typically full for the date with crisp hair on Liberty and a full eagle. The freedom from toning allows the mirror surface to play upon your field of vision, held back only by a few grade-limiting hairlines which are not all that visible at most angles. Records show the Philadelphia Mint delivered 12,000 business strike Morgan dollars in 1895. None have ever been certifiably identified. Either they went to the melting pots, or the Mint records are for some leftover 1894-dated coins that were not delivered until the summer of 1895. Be that as it may, we can say without fear of contradiction that Morgan dollar collectors will have to acquire a Proof 1895 such as the present choice example if they ever hope to complete a set of these impressive large silver coins. Pop 74 (PCGS # 7330) . Estimated Value $34,000 - 36,000. View details and enlarged photos Check results on similar lots	Realized $37,375
Lot 1405		1895 Morgan Dollar. PCGS graded Proof 61. A nice white coin. Only 880 Proofs struck for the year. King of the Morgan dollars. This lovely brilliant example displays uniform reflectivity in the fields and in so doing, gives a firm base, as it were, for the high-rising frosted devices. Both sides reveal a splendid two-tone effect as they rotate under the light. The strike is needle-sharp for the issue, as well, with all areas distinct. There are only scattered grade-limiting hairlines evident at most angles. Self-assuredness is one of this coin's leading characteristics. And why not? With so few Proofs made, and an ever-widening marketplace for Morgan silver dollars from new generations of coin devotees, this year's fame is certain well into the future. Pop 35. (PCGS # 7330) . Estimated Value $30,000 - 32,000. View details and enlarged photos Check results on similar lots	Unsold
Lot 1406		1895-O Morgan Dollar. NGC graded AU-50. Untoned with close to half the original frost still residing around the devices and extending out into the field on both sides. Very few abrasions on this handsome piece; much choicer than average for the date (PCGS # 7236) . Estimated Value $1,000 - 1,100. View details and enlarged photos Check results on similar lots	Realized $1,093

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