Goldberg Coins and Collectibles

Sale 59

Pre-Long Beach Coin and Currency Auction

Morgan Dollars

Lot	Photo	Description	Realized
Lot 1024		1878 8TF Morgan. NGC graded MS-64 Deep Prooflike. Mostly untoned. Soft satin-like devices careening with vivacious silver color. Nicely struck with just outstanding detail at the hair and eagle. There were a number of varieties this first year of issue; and for die variety collectors, an amazing number of dies were prepared, specialists have a field day with 1878 Morgan silver dollars. Pop 46; 2 finer in 65DPL. Estimated Value $2,500 - 3,000. View details and enlarged photos	Unsold
Lot 1025		1878. 8 tail feathers. Top 100. Vam-15. NGC graded MS-62. DDO "Liberty". Untoned with reflective surfaces. Pop 6; 10 finer (PCGS # 7072) . Estimated Value $250 - 300. View details and enlarged photos Check results on similar lots	Realized $504
Lot 1026		1878 Morgan Dollar. 7 tail feathers, reverse of 1878. NGC graded Proof 65 Cameo. Only 250 Proofs struck. Lovely blue and golden toning on both sides. Treasury documents show that only 250 Seven Tail Feather Proofs were made in 1878, making this one of the rarest Proofs in the Morgan Dollar set. The golden-brown surfaces show just a hint of rose with deep cobalt-blue toning around the peripheries. The fields also shimmer with significant reflectivity at various angles, while the devices display the exactness of strike and strong cameo frost that one should expect for a first-year Proof Morgan Dollar. An exciting coin for the specialist!Pop 8; 2 finer, 1 in 66CAM, 1 in 67CAM (PCGS # 7312) . Estimated Value $12,000 - 13,000. View details and enlarged photos Check results on similar lots	Realized $13,513
Lot 1027		1878. 7 tail feathers. Top 100. Vam-141. NGC graded MS-64. TDO Star. Untoned. Pop 13; 3 in 65, 1 in 66. Estimated Value $200 - 250. View details and enlarged photos	Realized $207
Lot 1028		1878-CC Morgan Dollar. PCGS graded MS-61. Untoned (PCGS # 7080) . Estimated Value $160 - 170. View details and enlarged photos Check results on similar lots	Realized $196
Lot 1029		1879-CC Morgan Dollar. NGC graded MS-63 PQ. Well struck and mostly untoned. Beautifully fresh appearing with milky white devices against a mild reflective sheen on the obverse, being just enough less on the reverse to preclude the reflective designation. We do encourage bidders to study the extra sharp detail on Liberty and the eagle to familiarize yourself with how an 1879-CC should look (though often it doesn't). Clearly a very attractive specimen. You can expect many serious buyers to say to themselves "count me in" when the time for submitting bids arrives (PCGS # 7086) . Estimated Value $5,000 - 5,500. View details and enlarged photos Check results on similar lots	Unsold
Lot 1030		1879-O Morgan Dollar. PCGS graded MS-63. The reverse displays light golden toning (PCGS # 7090) . Estimated Value $150 - 165. View details and enlarged photos Check results on similar lots	Realized $184
Lot 1031		1880-CC Morgan Dollar. Reverse of 1879. PCGS graded MS-65 PQ. A nice frosty mostly white coin with a blush of color near the rim. Popular CC-mint date (PCGS # 7100) . Estimated Value $1,000 - 1,100. View details and enlarged photos Check results on similar lots	Realized $1,265
Lot 1032		1880-CC Morgan Dollar. Reverse of 1879. PCGS graded MS-64. Frosty with a dash of toning, nothing hinders the scintillating mint bloom as it flows from the surface of this attractive coin (PCGS # 7100) . Estimated Value $500 - 550. View details and enlarged photos Check results on similar lots	Realized $633
Lot 1033		1880-CC Morgan Dollar. Reverse of 1879. PCGS graded MS-64. Frosty and mostly white, approaching Gem quality (PCGS # 7100) . Estimated Value $500 - 550. View details and enlarged photos Check results on similar lots	Realized $633
Lot 1034		1880-S Morgan Dollar. PCGS graded MS-67 PQ. A superb satiny mint gem that screams with quality. Handpicked from an original $1000 bag of dollars and sent into the grading service once. A Premium Quality coin for the given grade (PCGS # 7118) . Estimated Value $650 - 700. View details and enlarged photos Check results on similar lots	Realized $891
Lot 1035		1881-CC Morgan Dollar. PCGS graded MS-63. Frosty and blast white (PCGS # 7126) . Estimated Value $400 - 425. View details and enlarged photos Check results on similar lots	Realized $489
Lot 1036		1881-CC Morgan Dollar. PCGS graded MS-63. Untoned and frosty. Well struck (PCGS # 7126) . Estimated Value $400 - 425. View details and enlarged photos Check results on similar lots	Realized $489
Lot 1037		1882-CC Morgan Dollar. PCGS graded MS-64. Light golden toning. Right off the bat, the luster spreads evenly across the surface without a single lapse in its flow. A real charmer! (PCGS # 7134) . Estimated Value $210 - 235. View details and enlarged photos Check results on similar lots	Unsold
Lot 1038		1882-CC Morgan Dollar. PCGS graded MS-63. Frosty and white (PCGS # 7134) . Estimated Value $160 - 170. View details and enlarged photos Check results on similar lots	Realized $184
Lot 1039		1882-O Morgan Dollar. PCI graded MS-65. Our grade is MS-64. Untoned. Estimated Value $70 - 80. View details and enlarged photos	Realized $81
Lot 1040		1883-CC Morgan Dollar. PCGS graded MS-65. A white gem, solidly struck by the dies, nearly pristine in its originality (PCGS # 7144) . Estimated Value $325 - 350. View details and enlarged photos Check results on similar lots	Realized $368
Lot 1041		1883-CC Morgan Dollar. PCGS graded MS-64. Pleasing original toning (PCGS # 7144) . Estimated Value $170 - 180. View details and enlarged photos Check results on similar lots	Realized $184
Lot 1042		1883-CC GSA Morgan Dollar. NGC graded MS-63. Housed in the original black GSA holder as issued by the government. Estimated Value $150 - 160. View details	Realized $173
Lot 1043		1883-CC Morgan Dollar. PCGS graded MS-63. Well struck and untoned (PCGS # 7144) . Estimated Value $140 - 150. View details and enlarged photos Check results on similar lots	Realized $167
Lot 1044		1884-CC Morgan. NGC graded MS-66 Deep Prooflike. A fully white gem, blazing with two-tone contrast between the reflective field and snow-white frost on the devices. Pop 45; 3 finer in 67DPL. Estimated Value $2,000 - 2,200. View details and enlarged photos	Unsold
Lot 1045		1884-CC Morgan Dollar. PCGS graded MS-65. Well struck and lustrous, a gleaming white Gem. Were it not for the fortuitous GSA Treasury release in the 1970s, the 1884-CC would be much more expensive and less available to collectors than it is today (PCGS # 7152) . Estimated Value $325 - 350. View details and enlarged photos Check results on similar lots	Realized $460
Lot 1046		1884-CC Morgan Dollar. MS-60 Plus. In the black plastic holder. Estimated Value $140 - 150. View details and enlarged photos	Realized $161
Lot 1047		1884-CC Morgan Dollar. PCGS graded MS-62. Frosty and white (PCGS # 7152) . Estimated Value $140 - 150. View details and enlarged photos Check results on similar lots	Realized $161
Lot 1048		1884-S Morgan Dollar. NGC graded MS-64. Well struck and mostly untoned. A very rare date in this grade. Despite a not insignificant mintage -- 3.2 million pieces -- the '84-S is one of several prized condition rarities in the series of Morgan silver dollars. Quite simply, the number of true BU 1884-S dollars is inadequate to supply the needs of the new ranks of Morgan Dollar buyers. Time and again we hear of collectors complaining that they must wait for months before finding a respectable example. Since the surfaces here are satiny and largely mark-free, the present specimen can claim above-average eye appeal. The luster is vibrant and silvery with iridescence, as well, cartwheel effects are present when the viewer rotates the coin beneath a light. An impressive coin for the grade, is the point we are stressing, and one we feel should please most collectors with its well preserved surfaces and choice color. Pop 12; 3 finer, 2 in 65, 1 in 66 (PCGS # 7156) . Historic note: 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! But, no 1884-S. For some inexplicable reason virtually all 1884-S Morgan Dollars went into circulation. Original bags were unknown and are unreported (unlike 1889-CC, for example, of which several bags are waiting in the wings for the right market conditions). What happened to them all? As with the disappearance of the mystery business strike 1895 Philadelphia Mint, perhaps we shall never know. Estimated Value $50,000 - 60,000. View details and enlarged photos Check results on similar lots	Realized $80,500
Lot 1049		1885 Morgan Dollar. PCGS graded Proof 64. Only 930 Proofs struck. Mostly untoned. This is an attractive coin that is nicely mirrored and even shows some desirable frosting on the devices (although no cameo contrast is noted on the holder). Fully and intricately struck with every design on the main features of Liberty and on the eagle finely detailed.Pop 59 (PCGS # 7320) . Estimated Value $2,900 - 3,000. View details and enlarged photos Check results on similar lots	Unsold
Lot 1050		1885-CC Morgan Dollar. PCGS graded MS-63. Untoned, frosty and choice (PCGS # 7160) . Estimated Value $525 - 550. View details and enlarged photos Check results on similar lots	Realized $529
Lot 1051		1885-O Morgan Dollar. NGC graded MS-64. Lovely green obverse toning shading into blue with similar iridescent magenta accents. Mostly white reverse (PCGS # 7162) . Estimated Value $300 - 350. View details and enlarged photos Check results on similar lots	Realized $334
Lot 1052		1885-S Morgan Dollar. PCGS graded MS-62. Both sides display attractive multi-color toning with the reverse exhibiting shimmering prooflike surfaces (PCGS # 7164) . Estimated Value $200 - 250. View details and enlarged photos Check results on similar lots	Realized $311
Lot 1053		1885-S Morgan Dollar. NGC graded AU-58. Golden toning around the edges (PCGS # 7164) . Estimated Value $100 - 120. View details and enlarged photos Check results on similar lots	Realized $150
Lot 1054		1886 Morgan Dollar. NGC graded MS-66. Star. An arc of lovely rainbow toning on the right obverse accompanies the smooth luster-flow which further imparts beauty to the soin (PCGS # 7166) . Estimated Value $250 - 300. View details and enlarged photos Check results on similar lots	Realized $391
Lot 1055		1886-O Morgan. NGC graded MS-64 Deep Prooflike. Well struck and untoned. Why is what should be a plentiful date so rare in high grade? The mintage topped 10 million coins. That makes it hard to fathom that so few 1886-O dollars exist in top-notch condition. The two-tone, cameo frosted Deep Prooflike offered here represents the only certified 1886-O dollar in its grade class! It is the first to ever cross the auction block at our firm. And, as we would expect with such a great condition rarity, this landmark offering may represent your one and only opportunity of a lifetime to acquire this piece! A handful of other Morgan dollar issues, among them the 1884-S and 1895-O, exhibit high availablity in circulated to low-end Mint States but are nearly impossible to find in high-grade Mint States or prooflike. What do these issues have in common? The presence in the EF to AU grades in abundance suggests most all were released into circulation. A curiosity is that most all of the Morgan dollar issues that are condition rarities in Mint State are branch issues, with the exception of the 1901-P. One other thing: the passage of the Pittman Act of 1918 led to the destruction of over 270 million silver dollars! Could there have been bags and bags of the 1886-O lost forever when that happened? We will never know. Pop 1; the finest DPL graded at either service. Estimated Value $35,000 - 45,000. View details and enlarged photos	Realized $42,550
Lot 1056		1886-O Morgan Dollar. NGC graded MS-63. Well struck for the date. Untoned and frosty with a bright, satiny appearance and all the fine detail seen on the devices that are surprisingly untouched by coin-to-coin contact. A few wispy facial blemishes require close scrutiny to see and appear to be the primary grade limiting factor on this otherwise extremely choice '86-O Morgan. Pop 283; 94 finer, 93 in 64, 1 in 66 (PCGS # 7168) . Estimated Value $2,400 - 2,500. View details and enlarged photos Check results on similar lots	Realized $2,473
Lot 1057		1886-O Morgan Dollar. NGC graded MS-62. Scarce date in Mint State. Frosty and mostly untoned (PCGS # 7168) . Estimated Value $1,000 - 1,050. View details and enlarged photos Check results on similar lots	Realized $1,265
Lot 1058		1887 Morgan Dollar. NGC graded MS-68. Perfectly preserved "hard white" surfaces display just everything the silver dollar connoisseur could ask for. An exacting strike imparts complete clarity to the device elements, including fine detail in the hair, the breast feathers, and the leafy ribbing. Impeccable luster complements these attributes, free-wheeling "cartwheel" display in fact, all of which result in elegant eye appeal. Pop 1; none finer at NGC (PCGS # 7172) . Estimated Value $15,000 - 17,000. View details and enlarged photos Check results on similar lots	Unsold
Lot 1059		1887 Morgan Dollar. PCGS graded Proof 65. Only 710 Proofs struck. Mostly untoned. An affordable year for Proof Morgans, and often used for Type purposes. The devices are keenly sharp and struck with care, this year did not suffer the striking problems that some other Proof issues seen before and after 1887. Delicate toning in areas on each side of this splendid, reflective proof striking. Pop 26; 15 finer, 11 in 66, 3 in 67, 1 in 68 (PCGS # 7322) . Estimated Value $4,000 - 4,400. View details and enlarged photos Check results on similar lots	Realized $4,830
Lot 1060		1888-S Morgan Dollar. NGC graded MS-66. Scarcer issue with a limited mintage of 657,000 pieces, the 1888-S holds much greater appeal for collectors when it becomes known how few made it into the upper echelons of the grading scale. This is indeed among the scarcer S-mint Morgans from the 1880s. Both sides are fully frosty in finish, the devices exhibiting overall sharp definition. There is one small toned spot in evidence by the U of UNUM, and only the lightest blush of golden iridescence here and there. Uncommonly mark-free for a coin of this date. Pop 13; 1 in 67. (PCGS # 7186) . Estimated Value $7,000 - 8,000. View details and enlarged photos Check results on similar lots	Realized $7,763
Lot 1061		1889-CC Morgan Dollar. Improperly Cleaned. Untoned and a nice strike (PCGS # 7190) . Estimated Value $950 - 1,000. View details and enlarged photos Check results on similar lots	Realized $2,128
Lot 1062		1889-CC Morgan Dollar. PCGS graded Good-6. Evenly toned and worn. Some old marks on the eagle. A popular key date (PCGS # 7190) . Estimated Value $450 - 475. View details and enlarged photos Check results on similar lots	Realized $575
Lot 1063		1889-O Morgan Dollar. NGC graded MS-66. Well struck, frosty, and fully white. Truly remarkable quality for this often poorly produced O-mint release. The frosty surfaces have been spared from all but the slightest evidence of contact and, on the obverse, are Liberty's profile is awash in fantastic silvery iridescence. If you are a silver dollar specialist who is assembling a top-notch Registry Set, don't miss this opportunity! Pop 5; none finer at either service (PCGS # 7192) . Estimated Value $11,000 - 12,000. View details and enlarged photos Check results on similar lots	Realized $12,650
Lot 1064		1889-S Morgan Dollar. NGC graded MS-64. Lovely rose and golden toning on both sides. Examples of this date were paid out from the San Francisco Mint through the early 1950s and 1960s and others surfaced when the famous LaVere Redfield hoard was sold in the mid-70s. The majority of Mint State 1889-S dollars in today's hobby are bagmarked with surfaces that rarely top MS63 quality. This is an exceptionally attractive MS64. Both sides display frosty luster; no deficiency in the strike, either (PCGS # 7194) . Estimated Value $500 - 550. View details and enlarged photos Check results on similar lots	Realized $719
Lot 1065		1890-CC Morgan Dollar. PCGS graded MS-64 Prooflike. Fully white. Well struck. An exciting example of a relatively plentiful date when frosty, this much scarcer untoned prooflike coin displays sparkly luster. Pop 81; 14 finer in 65PL (PCGS # 7199) . Estimated Value $1,400 - 1,500. View details and enlarged photos Check results on similar lots	Realized $2,013
Lot 1066		1890-CC Morgan Dollar. NGC graded MS-63. Lovely light gold toning on the obverse. Mostly frosty, with cascading luster on both sides streaming through the color (PCGS # 7198) . Estimated Value $575 - 600. View details and enlarged photos Check results on similar lots	Realized $604
Lot 1067		1890-O Morgan Dollar. PCGS graded MS-65. A frosty totally white gem example. This is a gorgeous representative of this challenging O-mint year. The obverse and reverse are silvery from the center to the border with full Gem-quality cartwheel luster. A few bagmarks are seen in the obverse field. This is a generally well-struck example with good details. It has no bothersome flat areas on Liberty or the eagle but as is often the case, the dies left their partly rigid impression behind with some modest weakness or imprecision only at the centers. Pop 410; 19 in 66 (PCGS # 7200) . Estimated Value $1,000 - 1,050. View details and enlarged photos Check results on similar lots	Realized $1,553
Lot 1068		1891 Morgan Dollar. PCGS graded Proof 68 Cameo. Lovely blue and lilac toning. Only 650 Proofs struck. Strong eye appeal characterizes this Superb Proof Morgan Dollar. Its visual allure is based on a combination of the technical perfection of the coin's surfaces and the multiple gradations of deep toning that cover much of each side. An additional element of beauty is seen in the spotlight-like, untoned white circles, offset on the obverse, and a more central on the reverse. These spotlights of brilliance endow the coin with a contrast against the pleasant smoky-crimson to blue-green toning. The central devices are sharp and well defined, this being uncommon on some Proof dollars from the '80s and '90s. As a point of interest, perhaps as many as half of the surviving 1891 Proofs show central softness. This coin, regarded from the point of the specialist's critical eye and revealing magnifying lens, appears nearly perfect with exceptional visual appeal. It is the only Cameo Proof 68 certified by PCGS of this date, and is tied for finest certified honors with two coins graded the same by NGC. Pop 1; none finer at PCGS (PCGS # 87326) . Estimated Value $35,000 - 40,000. Ex: JFS Collection (Heritage 1/2006 Platinum). View details and enlarged photos Check results on similar lots	Unsold
Lot 1069		1891-CC Morgan Dollar. Altered Surfaces. Our grade is MS60. Untoned (PCGS # 7206) . Estimated Value $250 - 260. View details and enlarged photos Check results on similar lots	Realized $311
Lot 1070		1891-CC Morgan Dollar. Altered Surfaces. Our grade is MS60 (PCGS # 7206) . Estimated Value $250 - 260. View details and enlarged photos Check results on similar lots	Realized $311
Lot 1071		1891-CC Morgan Dollar. Reverse scratch. Our grade is MS62 with a reverse scratch (PCGS # 7206) . Estimated Value $220 - 230. View details and enlarged photos Check results on similar lots	Realized $288
Lot 1072		1892 Morgan Dollar. NGC graded MS-65. A lovely frosty white gem example. Were it not for a small mark at Liberty's brow, we could see this in an even higher numerical grade. Silver-white satin frost is boldly hypnotic on this fresh-appearing 1892-P Morgan. Pop 86; 1 in 66 (PCGS # 7212) . Estimated Value $1,900 - 2,000. View details and enlarged photos Check results on similar lots	Realized $2,990
Lot 1073		1892 Morgan Dollar. NGC graded MS-64. A nice white coin. Highly lustrous with the shimmering mint frost P-mint coinage is so well known for. The dies left their rigid impression behind without the least weakness or imprecision on this handsome 1892 silver dollar (PCGS # 7212) . Estimated Value $700 - 750. View details and enlarged photos Check results on similar lots	Realized $835

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