Goldberg Coins and Collectibles

Sale 47

Pre-Long Beach Coin and Currency Auction

Morgan Dollars

Lot	Photo	Description	Realized
Lot 4077		1887/6 Morgan Dollar. AU-55. Estimated Value $100 - 120. View details and enlarged photos	Realized $207
Lot 4078		1887-S Morgan Dollar. Paramount Red holder graded MS65. Our grade is MS64. An frosty choice coin, the surfaces bursting with vivid silver to semi-prooflike originality over both sides. Liberty and the eagle are noticeably lustrous providing contrast (PCGS # 7180) . Estimated Value $450 - 500. Ex: Redfield Collection. View details and enlarged photos Check results on similar lots	Realized $483
Lot 4079		1888-S Morgan Dollar. Paramount Red holder graded MS65. Our grade is MS64. Semi reflective surfaces with nice russet color toning along the rims. Frosty throughout and very choice (PCGS # 7186) . Estimated Value $550 - 600. Ex: Redfield Collection. View details and enlarged photos Check results on similar lots	Realized $656
Lot 4080		1888-S Morgan Dollar. NGC graded MS-62. A hint of light gold tone. There are some light chattermarks below the chin. The reverse seems to be a point or two nicer than the obverse (PCGS # 7186) . Estimated Value $240 - 250. View details and enlarged photos Check results on similar lots	Realized $276
Lot 4081		1888-S Morgan Dollar. NGC graded MS-61. Nice golden toning on both sides, with smooth satin luster beneath (PCGS # 7186) . Estimated Value $220 - 230. View details and enlarged photos Check results on similar lots	Realized $288
Lot 4082		1889 Morgan Dollar. NGC graded All MS-63. Group of 8. Lot of 8 coins (PCGS # 7188) . Estimated Value $250 - 275. View details Check results on similar lots	Realized $299
Lot 4083		1889-CC Morgan Dollar. PCGS graded MS-63 Deep Mirror Prooflike. Well struck and white. Nice prooflike surfaces. Within the reach of serious Morgan dollar collectors, this is the rarest Carson City Mint issue. The 1889-CC was produced to the extent of just 350,000 pieces. When the mint (which had closed in 1885) did not reopen until mid-year 1889, there was only six months of production possible. Odd as it may seem, approximately half of the Mint States in collectors' hands are either prooflikes or deep mirror in finish. A very choice coin, the devices are boldly contrasting between the frost on the relief surrounded by mirrored fields. Silvery brilliance throughout; a basically as it came from a bank bag, and one that presents itself as strikingly brilliant. The scattered bagmarks are minor enough that happily, there isn't one we can single out as noteworthy. Pop 46; 15 finer in 64 (PCGS # 97191) . Estimated Value $24,000 - 25,000. View details and enlarged photos Check results on similar lots	Realized $36,800
Lot 4084		1889-CC Morgan Dollar. NGC graded EF-40. Mostly untoned. A popular key date with only 350,000 made. Carson City Mint regained its funding in 1889 with the replacement of Grover Cleveland (Democrat) by Benjamin Harrison (Republican). Cleveland had sought the Mint's abolishment when he entered office in 1885. The more friendly Harrison administration put it back in business for another five years. Carson City would be abolished in 1893 under the second Cleveland administration during a time of governmental frugality (PCGS # 7190) . Estimated Value $2,100 - 2,300. View details and enlarged photos Check results on similar lots	Realized $2,070
Lot 4085		1889-CC Morgan Dollar. Sharpness of AU-50. Polished years ago. Looks like a prooflike dollar and still retains its sharpness. Collectors often assemble a date run of the Carson City Mint issues, 1879 to 1893. The main stopping block to completing such a set is the elusive 1889-CC, lowest mintage in the group (PCGS # 7190) . Estimated Value $2,000 - 2,100. View details and enlarged photos Check results on similar lots	Realized $2,588
Lot 4086		1889-CC Morgan Dollar. Sharpness of AU-50. Cleaned long ago. One of several affordable high circulated grade specimens offered in the sale. Carson City Mint employees were eager to get back to work in July of 1889. Four years of dormancy had left the facility in a state of disrepair, but clean-up crews removed the cobwebs, aired out the rooms, and dusted off the machinery in preparation for resumption of coinage operations. It wasn't until October that the first 100,000 Morgan dollars were struck out of a total 350,000 pieces that year. For unknown reasons, approximately 250,000 to 325,000 1889-CC dollars wre eventually melted, securing this date as one of the keys to a set of Morgan dollars (PCGS # 7190) . Estimated Value $2,000 - 2,100. View details and enlarged photos Check results on similar lots	Realized $3,450
Lot 4087		1889-CC Morgan Dollar. PCGS graded Fine-12. Pleasing even wear, no serious marks with nice clean rims. Lightly toned and always in demand as a key low-mintage date Carson City dollar. Estimated Value $700 - 750. View details and enlarged photos	Realized $834
Lot 4088		1889-O Morgan Dollar. PCGS graded MS-62. A tiny mark at the nose and ofther on the face and nearby field account for the MS62 (still select) grade. Lustrous over both sides. A desirable O-mint date (PCGS # 7192) . Estimated Value $120 - 140. View details and enlarged photos Check results on similar lots	Realized $150
Lot 4089		1889-S Morgan Dollar. Paramount Red holder graded MS65. We agree with the grade, which is strikingly fresh and lustrous for this lower-mintage S-mint release. Famous Redfield date (as are most of the ones on offer in these classic holders). So who was Lavere Redfield? Some say he was an eccentric investor. Others say he was a shrewd stock and real estate gambler. Still others said he was an average guy living out his years in Reno, Nevada, who had a distrust of big government and bought a load of silver dollars, an awful big load of silver dollars (400,000+)! Perhaps all of them are right. Lavere Redfield was born at the turn of the 20th century. He died in 1974 leaving behind an estate worth over 100 million dollars and one of the largest silver dollar hoards ever assembled of mainly San Francisco Mint dates in mint bags, now called the "Redfield Hoard". He was said to be very thrifty and appeared so, wearing jeans and wool shirts even after he became rich. Surely influencing him was his early life as a potato farmer. In his senior years he drove around in an old dilapidated pickup truck. If you had seen him then, you might have thought he was still digging potatoes. A big legal battle ensued over his estate when he died. His silver dollars first went to market in 1976. Paramount Coin Company, one of the distributors, encased their contingent in plastic holders with red cardboard inserts. The first "third-party" graded dollars years before PCGS or NGC came on the scene (PCGS # 7194) . Estimated Value $900 - 950. Ex: Redfield Collection. View details and enlarged photos Check results on similar lots	Realized $1,035
Lot 4090		1890 Morgan Dollar. PCGS graded MS-65 PQ. A nice white coin with semi reflective surfaces. The surfaces are bright with silvery luster and show none of the muting often seen this year. Indeed, the luster cartwheels around the coin unimpeded. A bold Gem! Pop 388; 1 finer in 66 (PCGS # 7196) . Estimated Value $2,000 - 2,100. View details and enlarged photos Check results on similar lots	Realized $2,300
Lot 4091		1890-CC Morgan Dollar. NGC graded MS-63. A frosty white coin whose choice surface is enjoyable to gaze upon. Well struck, too. The cheek is almost free of any bagmarks (PCGS # 7198) . Estimated Value $650 - 700. View details and enlarged photos Check results on similar lots	Realized $949
Lot 4092		1890-CC Morgan Dollar. NGC graded MS-62 Deep Prooflike. Untoned. With the deep mirror fields, the devices (which are frosted) provide excellent contrast. This two-tone or cameo look is what gives deep mirror Morgan dollars their popularity edge over the frosted versions. It is believed only the first few hundred strikes from new dies retain the die polish before it is abraded away to the more typical frost or satin luster seen on most specimens (PCGS # 97199) . Estimated Value $500 - 550. View details and enlarged photos Check results on similar lots	Realized $660
Lot 4093		1890-CC Morgan Dollar. PCGS graded MS-62. Mostly white with cartwheel "spin" in the luster on both sides. Some very light abrasions from contact in the bag suggesting the grade is exactly on target (PCGS # 7198) . Estimated Value $350 - 380. View details and enlarged photos Check results on similar lots	Realized $528
Lot 4094		1890-CC Morgan Dollar. NGC graded AU-58. Lovely light golden toning. Lustrous (PCGS # 7198) . Estimated Value $200 - 220. View details and enlarged photos Check results on similar lots	Realized $300
Lot 4095		1890-CC Morgan Dollar. AU-53 PL (PCGS # 7198) . Estimated Value $160 - 170. View details and enlarged photos Check results on similar lots	Realized $228
Lot 4096		1890-CC and 1893-0. Both are in Fine condition and have been cleaned. Lot of 2 coins. Estimated Value $100 - 125. View details	Realized $156
Lot 4097		1890-S Morgan Dollar. Paramount Red holder graded MS65. Our grade is MS64. A frosty, lustrous coin with amber-brown toning at the rim from the Paramount holder (PCGS # 7202) . Estimated Value $190 - 210. Ex: Redfield Collection. View details and enlarged photos Check results on similar lots	Realized $219
Lot 4098		1891-CC Morgan Dollar. Paramount Red holder graded MS65. We agree with the grade. A silvery bright specimen glowing with original mint bloom. That being the case, this date is also difficult to find fully struck and in Gem condition. The present coin retains nice detail to the centers from a strictly above-average strike. A dazzler! (PCGS # 7206) . Estimated Value $2,700 - 2,900. Ex: Redfield Collection. View details and enlarged photos Check results on similar lots	Realized $3,720
Lot 4099		1891-CC Morgan $1 VAM 3 Spitting Eagle. NGC graded MS-63. CAC Approved. Top 100. A frosty white coin. Fully brilliant, the surfaces display only few noticeable abrasions Pop 508; 300 finer (PCGS # 7206) . Estimated Value $600 - 700. View details and enlarged photos Check results on similar lots	Realized $834
Lot 4100		1891-CC Morgan Dollar. NGC graded MS-63. Top 100 VAM 3 Spitting Eagle. Frosty and untoned. A small mark on the chin, otherwise choicer. Pop 4; none finer for the variety at NGC (PCGS # 7206) . Estimated Value $600 - 700. View details and enlarged photos Check results on similar lots	Realized $780
Lot 4101		1891-CC Spitting Eagle. All Sharpness of EF-40. A trio of Spitting Eagle varieties. VAM-3. All have been cleaned. Lot of 3 coins (PCGS # 7206) . Estimated Value $350 - 400. View details Check results on similar lots	Realized $299
Lot 4102		1891-CC Morgan Dollar. NGC graded MS-60. Lightly toned with a few obverse marks (PCGS # 7206) . Estimated Value $280 - 290. View details and enlarged photos Check results on similar lots	Realized $288
Lot 4103		1891-CC Morgan Dollar. NGC graded MS-60. Lightly toned. Softly struck in the center of both sides. Desirable CC-mint issue (PCGS # 7206) . Estimated Value $280 - 290. View details and enlarged photos Check results on similar lots	Realized $276
Lot 4104		1891-CC Morgan Dollar. . VAM-3. AU-50 (PCGS # 7206) . Estimated Value $250 - 300. View details and enlarged photos Check results on similar lots	Realized $242
Lot 4105		1891-CC Morgan Dollar. NGC graded AU-55. Mostly untoned. Several small marks on the face. Some luster (PCGS # 7206) . Estimated Value $150 - 175. View details and enlarged photos Check results on similar lots	Realized $175
Lot 4106		1891-CC Morgan Dollar. AU-50 (PCGS # 7206) . Estimated Value $125 - 150. View details and enlarged photos Check results on similar lots	Realized $216
Lot 4107		1891-S Morgan Dollar. Paramount Red holder graded MS65. Our grade is MS64 PQ. A high degree of luster spins smoothly on the satin, deep brilliant cartwheel surfaces of this handsome gem. There is a touch of golden brown color at the rim. The strike is crisp in most areas, though some lack of detail may be noted at the hair above the ear (PCGS # 7210) . Estimated Value $425 - 450. Ex: Redfield Collection. View details and enlarged photos Check results on similar lots	Unsold
Lot 4108		1891-S Morgan Dollar. PCGS graded MS-64 PQ. Lovely light golden toning resides on top of full, frosty luster on this well made, carefully preserved S-mint dollar (PCGS # 7210) . Estimated Value $400 - 450. View details and enlarged photos Check results on similar lots	Realized $368
Lot 4109		1892-CC Morgan Dollar. Paramount Red holder graded MS65. Our grade is MS64. A frosty beauty. Smooth, rolling luster and splashes of rich gold at the edge mingle on the frosty white surfaces. Within an eyelash of Gem quality (PCGS # 7214) . Estimated Value $2,000 - 2,200. Ex: Redfield Collection. View details and enlarged photos Check results on similar lots	Realized $2,070
Lot 4110		1892-CC Morgan Dollar. NGC graded MS-60. Mostly untoned and well struck; a few light abrasions from contact with other coins in the bag (PCGS # 7214) . Estimated Value $1,050 - 1,100. View details and enlarged photos Check results on similar lots	Realized $1,121
Lot 4111		1892-S Morgan Dollar. Sharpness of MS-63 Prooflike. Light golden toning on both sides. Small pin scratch across Liberty's neck, which must be weighed in the bidding because this is such an important issue, but more than compensated by the choice surfaces elsewhere. Well struck and nice, flashes of mirror surface throughout. Some light hairlines visable. The 1892-S is one of the dates in the Morgan dollar series that separates the men from the boys, making bidding on one an sobering experience. Despite a fair number made (original mintage of 1.2 million pieces), this year is missing in Uncirculated condition in most of America's silver dollar collections. And there does not appear to have been a time when Mint States weren't rare. No 1892-S dollars surfaced in the 1960s when the Treasury Department released millions of silver dollars at face value. It may be that most were destroyed at the end of World War I under the terms of the Pittman Act. This attractive Mint State awaits your bid. With considerable fervor, bidding should take it right on up to a strong price realized, with the end bidder congratulating himself n his astuteness. Estimated Value $18,000 - 20,000. View details and enlarged photos	Unsold
Lot 4112		1892-S Morgan Dollar. NGC graded AU-55. Brilliant with plenty of frosty untamed mint luster still intact. A gleaming example of the highest quality, to bring this one into focus, for the lofty About Uncirculated 55 grade makes this popularly collected S-mint rarity a worthy candidate. The lovely original cartwheel luster blends smoothly with pale silvery highlights on the frosted surface (PCGS # 7218) . Estimated Value $3,000 - 3,300. View details and enlarged photos Check results on similar lots	Unsold
Lot 4113		1892-S Morgan Dollar. ANACS graded AU-50. Mostly untoned. A high level of luster distinguishes the satiny silver gray surfaces of this scarce San Francisco mint issue from others of the date and grade. Often, even About Uncirculated specimens will lack sufficient mint frost to provide the viewer with the desirable pulsating look that attracts collectors to this series. Technically superior to most AU50 examples, in other words. Collectors familiar with Morgan dollars will recognize this difference at once (PCGS # 7218) . Estimated Value $1,300 - 1,400. View details and enlarged photos Check results on similar lots	Realized $1,006
Lot 4114		1893 Morgan Dollar. PCGS graded MS-64. CAC Approved. A nice white coin. This piece displays attractive frosted silver color over the nearly abrasion-free surfaces. There is a solitary "tic" by the eye; otherwise the face and neck are satiny fresh. A virtual gem (PCGS # 7220) . Estimated Value $2,400 - 2,500. View details and enlarged photos Check results on similar lots	Realized $2,645
Lot 4115		1893 Morgan Dollar. NGC graded AU-58 PQ. Very close to mint state (PCGS # 7220) . Estimated Value $350 - 400. View details and enlarged photos Check results on similar lots	Realized $489
Lot 4116		1893 Morgan Dollar. NGC graded EF-45. Natural silver-gray to golden toning on both sides. Low mintage date (PCGS # 7220) . Estimated Value $225 - 250. View details and enlarged photos Check results on similar lots	Realized $242
Lot 4117		1893-CC Morgan Dollar. Paramount Red holder graded MS65. Our grade is MS63. A resolute coin in this choice condition, one of the higher quality '93-CC dollars likes to see for this actively collected design. Swirling cartwheel luster blends naturally with pale golden brown traces at the rim to create a the satin surfaced appearance. Sharp central details are noteworthy here, and far from typical for the Carson Mint (PCGS # 7222) . Estimated Value $3,700 - 4,000. Ex: Redfield Collection. View details and enlarged photos Check results on similar lots	Realized $4,888
Lot 4118		1893-CC Morgan Dollar. NGC graded MS-62. Mostly untoned with semi reflective fields. Choice for the grade. Centers about typical with modest fusing of the hair strands over the ear and rounded detail on the eagle's breast (PCGS # 7222) . Estimated Value $3,400 - 3,600. View details and enlarged photos Check results on similar lots	Realized $4,025
Lot 4119		1893-O Morgan Dollar. NGC graded About Good-3. Popular key date. Nice even wear with a clear date and mint mark (PCGS # 7224) . Estimated Value $70 - 80. View details and enlarged photos Check results on similar lots	Realized $2,070
Lot 4120		1893-S Morgan Dollar. NGC graded AU-55. Popular key date. Mostly untoned. 100,000 minted. More than moderately bright and lively as an About Uncirculated with strong luster evident around the major devices and a confident, secure strike. Everything you would want from the grade on this key 1893-S Morgan, and probably then some. The reverse displays russet and blue banded toning, though is otherwise silvery gray in color. Pop 23; 44 finer. (PCGS # 7226) . Estimated Value $20,000 - 24,000. View details and enlarged photos Check results on similar lots	Unsold
Lot 4121		1893-S Morgan Dollar. NGC graded AU-53. Nice light blue toning near the edges. Popular key date. Only 100,000 struck.Another AU representative of this S-mint rarity, both sides are silver-gray with nicely saturated patina from ages' old storage. Lighter accents on the high points. Only the central highpoints possess noticeable rub, while the surfaces retain some mint bloom despite the presence of the cloak of toning. Problem-free for a silver dollar that saw actual circulation. Pop 42; 67 finer. (PCGS # 7226) . Estimated Value $18,000 - 20,000. View details and enlarged photos Check results on similar lots	Unsold
Lot 4122		1893-S Morgan Dollar. PCGS graded AU-50. A popular key date. Mostly untoned. A sleeping collector community in the 1940s and 1950s soon awakened to the potential of this elusive silver dollar. What separates it from others is that it is an attractive AU representative of this low-mintage S-mint delivery; both sides possess silver-gray color in all areas with simply outstanding surface preservation that is free from marks, spotting or other detriments. To say this is a beautiful specimen barely does it justice. All the central highpoints are sharp and well defined. All the hair waves display naturally. Problem-free rims, as well, and a problem-free opportunity for a silver dollar collector looking for just the right coin. Pop 97; 125 finer (PCGS # 7226) . Estimated Value $17,000 - 18,000. View details and enlarged photos Check results on similar lots	Realized $20,125
Lot 4123		1893-S Morgan Dollar. PCGS graded EF-45. Untoned. A light silver colored example of this sought-after key date. Not only is the mintage of 100,000 pieces the least in the series, but it is recognized as very scarce in Extremely Fine and higher grades. There is a small mark like a chattermark on Liberty's jaw but the most pleasing thing to us (and, we hope, to bidders) is the unbroken state of the rims, both sides being free of marks. The surface is much smoother and less abraded than usual for the issue, as well (PCGS # 7226) . Estimated Value $9,000 - 10,000. View details and enlarged photos Check results on similar lots	Realized $10,350
Lot 4124		1893-S Morgan Dollar. Sharpness of EF-40. Polished and retoned, yet it retains its clear details in the hair and on the eagle, with the all important mintmark in sharp relief. One of two key date Morgan dollars usually absent in a collector's set (PCGS # 7226) . Estimated Value $3,000 - 3,300. View details and enlarged photos Check results on similar lots	Realized $5,750
Lot 4125		1894 Morgan Dollar. PCGS graded MS-65. CAC Approved. Frosty and white. Well struck. The 1894 Morgan, one of a mere 110,000 pieces made, is the most difficult Philadelphia Morgan to find in Gem condition. There is no reason to chop words, we'll strike right to the heart of things: even the storied 1895 Proof silver dollar in Gem condition appears to be more common than this piece! Collectors of high value grades will find it particularly desirable, since the surface is exquisite, fully frosty and white. In Mint State 65, one expects a few of the usual bagmarks and light rim nicks. Gems, of course, cannot be perfect unless they rise to the Olympian level of MS70. Yet this particular MS65 is decidedly above the norm. Those who seek the utmost in special coins will observe this amazing Gem example with the awe and reverence its deserves. Again, the coin displays white creamy-smooth luster, centers are full and well defined, without even a hint of toning, not even insubstantial peripheral color. All in all, one of the most gorgeous Gem 1894 Morgans that we have ever offered in this grade. We are sure it will end up as a focal point in a Registry Set of silver dollars. Pop 19; 4 finer in 66 (PCGS # 7228) . Estimated Value $12,000 - 13,000. View details and enlarged photos Check results on similar lots	Realized $40,825
Lot 4126		1894 Morgan Dollar. PCGS graded MS-62. Frosty and white with light gold toning around the edges. Highly frosty with the thick shimmering mint frost P-mint 1894 coinage is so well known for. Scarce, low-mintage year (PCGS # 7228) . Estimated Value $2,700 - 2,900. View details and enlarged photos Check results on similar lots	Realized $3,840

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