Goldberg Coins and Collectibles

Sale 62

The Pre-Long Beach Coin and Currency Auction

Morgan Dollars

Lot	Photo	Description	Realized
Lot 1629		1883-S. PCGS graded AU-58 PQ. Mostly white with pleasing reverse gold toning around the edges. An attractive looking coin (PCGS # 7148) . Estimated Value $150 - 175. The Haveland Estate. View details and enlarged photos Check results on similar lots	Realized $253
Lot 1630		1884. PCGS graded MS-66. CAC Approved. Lovely blue and golden obverse toning, the colors shimmer under reflected light, the luster exhibits strong cartwheel effects (PCGS # 7150) . Estimated Value $700 - 800. View details and enlarged photos Check results on similar lots	Unsold
Lot 1631		1884. PCGS graded MS-65 PQ. Housed in an Old Green Holder. Frosty and white (PCGS # 7150) . Estimated Value $225 - 250. View details and enlarged photos Check results on similar lots	Realized $288
Lot 1632		1884-CC. PCGS graded MS-65. Housed in an Old Green Holder. Lightly toned (PCGS # 7152) . Estimated Value $325 - 350. View details and enlarged photos Check results on similar lots	Realized $368
Lot 1633		1884-CC. MS-64. Frosty white. In the original black holder as issued. Estimated Value $160 - 170. View details and enlarged photos	Realized $207
Lot 1634		1884-CC GSA. MS-60 Plus. In a black GSA holder. Frosty and mostly white. Estimated Value $140 - 150. View details	Realized $161
Lot 1635		1884-O. PCGS graded MS-65. Housed in an Old Green Holder. A nice white coin (PCGS # 7154) . Estimated Value $110 - 120. View details and enlarged photos Check results on similar lots	Realized $127
Lot 1636		1884-O. MS-60 Plus. Lot of 3 coins. Estimated Value $90 - 100. View details	Realized $115
Lot 1637		1884-S. PCGS graded MS-61 PQ. Scarce date in Mint State. Lustrous fields ripple with original mint bloom. Against this are set nicely subdued, matte design elements with only minor bag contact. A unsuccessful strike was left by the rebound of the dies that coined this '84-S, but we point to the fact that this occurs only in the exact center on both sides, where the hair above the ear and breast detail are marginally lacking. Elsewhere, the devices were struck with such force and energy by the dies that their design elements show boldly (PCGS # 7156) . The Year 1884 in history: This is the year Mark Twain, pseudonym for Samuel L. Clemens, published his "The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn." Governments aren't so blatant about it nowadays, but in November 1884, representatives from 14 governments, including Great Britain, France, Germany, Spain, Portugal, Italy, and Belgium, met in Berlin at the behest of Otto von Bismarck to formally carve up Africa (the Berlin Conference). In order to bring some order to the mad scramble for loot on the continent, the countries agreed that for a claim to be recognized internationally, the colonizing government must occupy the territory with ground forces. They also agreed to suppress slavery and to promote the tenets of Western civilization (e.g., slaying the natives). The meeting lasted until February of 1885. (The United States did not participate in the conference but would soon follow in the Imperialists' footsteps. The scramble for resources continues to this day.). Estimated Value $6,000 - 6,500. View details and enlarged photos Check results on similar lots	Realized $9,488
Lot 1638		1884-S. NGC graded MS-61. Old Holder. Mostly white. Scarce date in Mint State (PCGS # 7156) . Estimated Value $4,500 - 4,800. The Wayne Fowler Estate. View details and enlarged photos Check results on similar lots	Realized $7,303
Lot 1639		1884-S. PCGS graded AU-58. Lightly toned around the borders. Very close to full Mint State (PCGS # 7156) . Estimated Value $500 - 550. The William Pannier Estate. View details and enlarged photos Check results on similar lots	Realized $1,265
Lot 1640		1885. NGC graded Proof 69 Cameo. Star. Only 930 struck. Perhaps one of the finest pure white Proofs ever graded. How is it possible for us to impress upon readers the beauty, the serene quality of this most fantastic Cameo Proof Morgan Dollar? Both sides are sharply detailed with even the highest points of the design razor-edged including the hair strands above Liberty's ear. Richly frosted, the devices ascend in stark white prominence above the glassy deep of the fields. A black-on-white Proof is how numismatists would describe this coin's appearance. We can find no spots, nor hairlines, and neither do we see any other post-striking faults or shortcomings whatsoever. No planchet flakes occur; and what appears at first blush to be a sinister dark area on the chin isn't on the coin's surface after all, the coin is pristine. Rest assured: everything is brilliant, from the snow-white appearance of the frost to the way it explodes outward like a solar flare and into your field of vision. Worthy of inclusion in the Top Registry quality Proof Morgan Dollar set or date set. Pop 1; none finer at NGC (PCGS # 7320) . Several noteworthy events occurred in 1885, the year of this remarkable Proof Silver Dollar. On February 21, 1885, President Chester A. Arthur dedicated the Washington Monument; on June 17, the Statue of Liberty arrived in New York Harbor. For soda drinkers, on December 1, 1885, the U.S. Patent Office acknowledged this date as the day Dr Pepper was served for the very first time (the exact date of Dr Pepper's invention remains unknown). And last but not least, in 1885, the first skyscraper (the Home Insurance Building) was built in Chicago, Illinois, USA (10 floors). Estimated Value $60,000 - 70,000. Ex: Divo Collection. View details and enlarged photos Check results on similar lots	Realized $92,000
Lot 1641		1885. PCGS graded Proof 64. Housed in a First Generation Holder. Light hint of gold toning. Only 930 minted. Pop 59; 30 finer (PCGS # 7320) . Estimated Value $2,400 - 2,500. The Wayne Fowler Estate. View details and enlarged photos Check results on similar lots	Realized $2,933
Lot 1642		1885. PCGS graded MS-66 Deep Mirror Prooflike. Mostly white with radiant reflective fields on both sides. Few others can come close to the eye-appeal and splendor this coin exhibits. Pop 66; 1 finer in 67DMPL (PCGS # 97159) . Estimated Value $2,000 - 2,300. View details and enlarged photos Check results on similar lots	Realized $3,450
Lot 1643		1885. PCGS graded MS-66 Deep Mirror Prooflike. Well struck and fully white, with near-pristine surfaces and eye-popping vivid silver color. Pop 66; 1 finer in 67DMPL (PCGS # 97159) . Estimated Value $2,000 - 2,300. Ex: Midwest Mirrors Collection. View details and enlarged photos Check results on similar lots	Realized $2,990
Lot 1644		1885 Morgan Dollar PCGS graded Genuine. Proof. Altered surfaces. Our grade is PR60+ with nice gold obverse toning. Only 930 minted. A sharp example (PCGS # 7320) . Estimated Value $600 - 650. View details and enlarged photos Check results on similar lots	Realized $2,013
Lot 1645		1885. PCGS graded MS-66. Well struck with light mottled toning on the obverse. The surface dancing with luster underneath (PCGS # 7158) . Estimated Value $190 - 200. The William Pannier Estate. View details and enlarged photos Check results on similar lots	Realized $265
Lot 1646		1885. PCGS graded MS-65. Hints of delicate golden toning graces the borders (PCGS # 7158) . Estimated Value $130 - 140. The William Pannier Estate. View details and enlarged photos Check results on similar lots	Realized $161
Lot 1647		1885-CC. PCGS graded MS-65 Deep Mirror Prooflike. CAC Approved. A nice fully white coin whose mirrors are deep, reflective, and watery as they provide a foundation for the frosted lift of the design features. Pop 206; 42 finer (PCGS # 97161) . Estimated Value $1,800 - 2,000. View details and enlarged photos Check results on similar lots	Realized $4,140
Lot 1648		1885-CC. PCGS graded MS-66 Prooflike. A hint of light tone. It is always a treat for collectors to compete for a high quality Prooflike specimen such as this. Pop 27; 1 finer in 67PL (PCGS # 7161) . Estimated Value $1,600 - 1,700. View details and enlarged photos Check results on similar lots	Unsold
Lot 1649		1885-CC. PCGS graded MS-64. A nice white coin with characteristic full frosted luster on both sides (PCGS # 7160) . Estimated Value $525 - 550. View details and enlarged photos Check results on similar lots	Realized $552
Lot 1650		1885-CC. PCGS graded MS-63. Sparkling semi reflective surfaces (PCGS # 7160) . Estimated Value $500 - 525. The Haveland Estate. View details and enlarged photos Check results on similar lots	Realized $529
Lot 1651		1885-CC GSA. MS-63 Prooflike. In the original black holder as issued, the devices stand out well frosted against a reflective background. Estimated Value $500 - 525. View details and enlarged photos	Realized $552
Lot 1652		1885-CC. PCGS graded MS-63. Frosty with hints of light tone around the borders. Another of the low mintage CC dates: 228,000 (PCGS # 7160) . Estimated Value $500 - 525. The William Pannier Estate. View details and enlarged photos Check results on similar lots	Realized $552
Lot 1653		1885-O. PCGS graded MS-65. Housed in an Old Green Holder. A white coin (PCGS # 7162) . Estimated Value $110 - 120. View details and enlarged photos Check results on similar lots	Realized $138
Lot 1654		1885-S. PCGS graded MS-64+. Natural toning around the edges. A spot-free dazzler whose mint vibrancy shames just about any lesser Mint State silver coin of this year. Stored in an old Raymond folder for over 60 years (PCGS # 7164) . Estimated Value $900 - 1,000. The Haveland Estate. View details and enlarged photos Check results on similar lots	Realized $805
Lot 1655		1885-S. PCGS graded MS-64. Mostly untoned and one whose gleaming freshness should attract appreciative bidders (PCGS # 7164) . Estimated Value $500 - 525. View details and enlarged photos Check results on similar lots	Realized $575
Lot 1656		1885-S. PCGS graded MS-63. Nice and frosty and basically, untoned (PCGS # 7164) . Estimated Value $250 - 260. The William Pannier Estate. View details and enlarged photos Check results on similar lots	Realized $265
Lot 1657		1885-S. PCGS graded MS-63. A nice white coin, gleaming with dancing luster (PCGS # 7164) . Estimated Value $250 - 260. View details and enlarged photos Check results on similar lots	Realized $288
Lot 1658		1886. NGC graded MS-64. Star. CAC Approved. Lovely green and rainbow toning in a semi-circular arc on the obverse (PCGS # 7166) . Estimated Value $1,200 - 1,500. View details and enlarged photos Check results on similar lots	Realized $719
Lot 1659		1886. NGC graded MS-63. Star. CAC Approved. Lovely obverse green and lilac toning. This is a sparkling specimen radiating mint bloom, carefully struck and exquisitely toned (PCGS # 7166) . Estimated Value $500 - 550. Ex: Batttle Creek Collection. View details and enlarged photos Check results on similar lots	Realized $529
Lot 1660		1886-O. MS-60. It appears that this coin was once lightly cleaned. Still an attractive example. Light toning around the edges. Estimated Value $400 - 450. The William Pannier Estate. View details and enlarged photos	Realized $345
Lot 1661		1886. PCGS graded MS-65 PQ. CAC Approved. Housed in an Old Green Holder. Well struck and mostly white (PCGS # 7166) . Estimated Value $120 - 130. View details and enlarged photos Check results on similar lots	Realized $207
Lot 1662		1886-O. PCGS graded MS-64. Housed in an Old Green Holder. A nice white coin with a better than average strike. The bright and frosty coin offered here represents one of the most desirable MS64 certified 1886-O dollars. And it is to be expected with such an imposing condition rarity, the population figures are consistent with its avowed exclusivity in choice grade. The landmark offering of the present example may be one of the few appearances of this rare issue in 2011. This date should be common but it is not. The mintage was over 10 million coins, which makes it hard to believe more don't exist in Mint State grades. After all, the 1881-S issue had comparable mintage, yet well over a million examples of that date are known in Mint State grades (due to the immense hoard found in the Continental Bank vaults in 1984). David Bowers speculates in his Silver Dollars and Trade Dollars of the United States (1993): "At or near the time of striking in the nineteenth century, probably a few million coins, say two to four million, were placed into circulation and saw commercial use. Probably, millions of other coins, perhaps as many as six to eight million pieces, went to the melting pot under the terms of the 1918 Pittman Act." Recent grading statistics prove that in MS64 grade it is difficult to locate. In MS65 preservation the 1886-O happens to be the rarest New Orleans Mint Morgan dollar! The dramatic difference in the number of survivors between MS64 and MS65 is reflected in various auction results and price guides. We expect this fine example will bring near-record bidding from astute purchasers. Pop 213; 6 finer, 3 in 64+, 2 in 65, 1 in 65+ (PCGS # 7168) . Estimated Value $5,500 - 6,000. View details and enlarged photos Check results on similar lots	Realized $7,015
Lot 1663		1886-O. PCGS graded MS-62. Well struck and frosty throughout. A quite nice white exaample of the scarcer O-mint date in Mint State (PCGS # 7168) . Estimated Value $1,000 - 1,050. The William Pannier Estate. View details and enlarged photos Check results on similar lots	Realized $1,121
Lot 1664		1886-S. PCGS graded MS-65 PQ. Housed in an Old Green Holder. Well struck and white. Intense but still satiny frost, the coin not even slightly toned which allows for the silver radiance to persist almost undiminished. In former days, such luster was enough to determine a coin's status. But today, just as important is the strike. And here, too, there is no deviation in the sharp relief seen, not even in the centers of the coin. Pop 253; 33 finer, 1 in 65+, 28 in 66, 4 in 67 (PCGS # 7170) . Estimated Value $2,100 - 2,200. View details and enlarged photos Check results on similar lots	Realized $2,415
Lot 1665		1886-S. PCGS graded MS-64. Well struck and delicately toned, a real pleaser in any high-quality collection of Morgan dollars (PCGS # 7170) . Estimated Value $625 - 650. The William Pannier Estate. View details and enlarged photos Check results on similar lots	Realized $633
Lot 1666		1886-S. PCGS graded MS-63. Well struck and sparkling with luster. Only 750,000 minted (PCGS # 7170) . Estimated Value $350 - 400. The Haveland Estate. View details and enlarged photos Check results on similar lots	Realized $374
Lot 1667		1886-S. NGC graded MS-62. Nicely toned, this well struck coin is lustrous (PCGS # 7170) . Estimated Value $290 - 300. The William Pannier Estate. View details and enlarged photos Check results on similar lots	Realized $322
Lot 1668		1887. NGC graded MS-64. Star. CAC Approved. The reverse displays lovely rainbow toning. A simply exquisite specimen, the snow white obverse glistening with full, frosty textured luster while the reverse stands out like a shining beacon (PCGS # 7172) . Estimated Value $550 - 650. Ex: Battle Creek Collection. View details and enlarged photos Check results on similar lots	Unsold
Lot 1669		1887. NGC graded MS-64. Star. CAC Approved. The reverse displays intense rainbow toning (PCGS # 7172) . Estimated Value $550 - 600. Ex: Battle Creek Collection. View details and enlarged photos Check results on similar lots	Unsold
Lot 1670		1887. NGC graded MS-63. Star. CAC Approved. Lovely rainbow toning on the obverse (PCGS # 7172) . Estimated Value $300 - 330. View details and enlarged photos Check results on similar lots	Unsold
Lot 1671		1887. PCGS graded MS-65. CAC Approved. Housed in an Old Green Holder. Mostly white (PCGS # 7172) . Estimated Value $120 - 130. View details and enlarged photos Check results on similar lots	Realized $173
Lot 1672		1887. PCGS graded MS-63+ Deep Mirror Prooflike. An intensely brilliant example and very choice for the grade. Pop 2 in this grade (PCGS # 97173) . Estimated Value $100 - 110. The William Pannier Estate. View details and enlarged photos Check results on similar lots	Realized $184
Lot 1673		1887-O. PCGS graded MS-64. Well struck with hints of light gold tone here and there (PCGS # 7176) . Estimated Value $260 - 280. The William Pannier Estate. View details and enlarged photos Check results on similar lots	Realized $276
Lot 1674		1887-S. PCGS graded MS-65. Housed in an Old Green Holder. Well struck and white. Strictly ice-fresh fields stream light out in all directions. And as far as the strike goes, putting the results in a few words we can say it was struck with systematic exactness throughout. Pop 315; 26 finer, 5 in 65+, 21 in 66 (PCGS # 7180) . Estimated Value $1,800 - 1,900. View details and enlarged photos Check results on similar lots	Realized $2,300
Lot 1675		1887-S. PCGS graded MS-63. Lovely light russet toning on the reverse. Moderate scruffiness on the cheek from bag contact (PCGS # 7180) . Estimated Value $190 - 200. The Haveland Estate. View details and enlarged photos Check results on similar lots	Realized $184
Lot 1676		1887-S. PCGS graded MS-62. Frosty with light golden toning on both sides. Stored in Willie's Whitman folder for many years (PCGS # 7180) . Estimated Value $130 - 140. The William Pannier Estate. View details and enlarged photos Check results on similar lots	Realized $138
Lot 1677		1888. PCGS graded MS-66. Housed in an Old Green Holder. A nice white coin. Pop 554; 22 finer (PCGS # 7182) . Estimated Value $425 - 450. The Wayne Fowler Estate. View details and enlarged photos Check results on similar lots	Realized $552
Lot 1678		1888. PCGS graded MS-65 PQ. CAC Approved. Housed in an Old Green Holder. Well struck and white (PCGS # 7182) . Estimated Value $140 - 150. View details and enlarged photos Check results on similar lots	Realized $207

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