Goldberg Coins and Collectibles

Sale 62

The Pre-Long Beach Coin and Currency Auction

Morgan Dollars

Lot	Photo	Description	Realized
Lot 1679		1888-S. PCGS graded MS-64. Well struck and mostly white, with typical 1880s era high standards for sharp strike and luster vibrancy. Only 657,000 made (PCGS # 7186) . Estimated Value $650 - 700. The Haveland Estate. View details and enlarged photos Check results on similar lots	Realized $776
Lot 1680		1889. PCGS graded MS-65. House in an Old Green Holder. Frosty and white (PCGS # 7188) . Estimated Value $200 - 220. View details and enlarged photos Check results on similar lots	Realized $265
Lot 1681		1889-CC PCGS graded Genuine. Cleaned. Our grade is MS60 with light hairlines. Popular key date. It seems that when Grover Cleveland was elected president in 1884 (and took office in 1885), one of the first things he did in a budget cutting exercise was to suspend operations at the Carson City Mint. The mint continued on a custodial level only. As soon as he left office in 1889, his successor, Benjamin Harrison, reopened the mint in July 1889 as a favor to his supporters and constituents. Four years of dormancy had left the Mint in a state of disrepair. There was only sufficient time to strike 350,000 silver dollars before year-end when the dates on the coins would be changed to 1890. This is why 1889-CC became the Must Have issue from the Carson City Mint for any serious buyer of Morgan Silver Dollars (PCGS # 7190) . Estimated Value $4,000 - 4,500. The Dr. Charles Richman Collection. View details and enlarged photos Check results on similar lots	Realized $10,638
Lot 1682		1889-CC. PCGS graded VF-30. Evenly toned. Popular key date. The surfaces on this well-preserved example are light silver in hue, with darker toning around the devices which enhances the lift of the relieve portions of the design. Choice fields; just as choice devices, we note only a few tiny hairlines and below-normal surface contact from its days in circulation. Always enjoyable for us to be able to offer a nice, impairment-free VF like this! (PCGS # 7190) . Estimated Value $1,000 - 1,050. The William Pannier Estate. View details and enlarged photos Check results on similar lots	Realized $1,461
Lot 1683		1889-CC. PCGS graded Genuine. Our grade is Sharpness of Extremely Fine cleaned. Popular Key Date. The cleaning is light, the toning it is acquiring is natural and attractive, so one to consider seriously if this 89-CC date is missing from a set (PCGS # 7190) . Estimated Value $900 - 1,000. The William Pannier Estate. View details and enlarged photos Check results on similar lots	Realized $1,380
Lot 1684		1889-CC. NGC graded VG Details, improperly cleaned. (PCGS # 7190) . Estimated Value $300 - 350. View details and enlarged photos Check results on similar lots	Realized $368
Lot 1685		1889-CC. NGC graded AG Details, damaged. Popular key date (PCGS # 7190) . Estimated Value $250 - 300. View details and enlarged photos Check results on similar lots	Realized $219
Lot 1686		1889-O. PCGS graded MS-62. A hint of light tone. Frosty (PCGS # 7192) . Estimated Value $150 - 160. The William Pannier Estate. View details and enlarged photos Check results on similar lots	Realized $230
Lot 1687		1889-S. PCGS graded MS-65. Housed in an Old Green Holder. A choice white example. From the luster which we could talk about until the cows come home (which they rarely do nowadays in Beverly Hills, but we're sure you get the idea), from the luster we'd like next to take stock of the details of the design. Given the proper amount of strike pressure, this lovely Gem BU 1889-S Morgan dollar was fully brought up by the dies. Pop 540; 66 finer, 3 in 65+, 62 in 66, 1 in 67 (PCGS # 7194) . Estimated Value $1,200 - 1,300. View details and enlarged photos Check results on similar lots	Realized $1,495
Lot 1688		1889-S. PCGS graded MS-64. Well struck and choice for the grade and covered in cartwheel frost (PCGS # 7194) . Estimated Value $475 - 500. The William Pannier Estate. View details and enlarged photos Check results on similar lots	Realized $483
Lot 1689		1890. PCGS graded MS-65. Housed in an Old Green Holder. The obverse shows patchy gold toning. The fields and devices fully lustrouos -- an important and rare feature for 1890-P since not all specimens are as well preserved. The surfaces display metallic pearl-white color whose freshness draws collectors from every corner. Pop 393; 5 finer, 4 in 65+, 1 in 66 (PCGS # 7196) . Estimated Value $1,200 - 1,300. View details and enlarged photos Check results on similar lots	Realized $1,380
Lot 1690		1890-CC. PCGS graded MS-62 Deep Mirror Prooflike PQ. A nice coin that should be a point or so higher. Pop 184 (PCGS # 97199) . Estimated Value $550 - 600. The William Pannier Estate. View details and enlarged photos Check results on similar lots	Realized $690
Lot 1691		1890-CC. PCGS graded MS-62. Frosty and white, a desirable combination which we feel will attract bidders (PCGS # 7198) . Estimated Value $460 - 480. The Haveland Estate. View details and enlarged photos Check results on similar lots	Realized $472
Lot 1692		1890-CC. PCGS graded MS-62. Mostly untoned (PCGS # 7198) . Estimated Value $460 - 480. The Dr. Charles Richman Collection. View details and enlarged photos Check results on similar lots	Realized $483
Lot 1693		1890-O. PCGS graded MS-65. Housed in an Old Green Holder. Well struck and white with exquisite eye-appeal to attract connoisseurs. Gem for the grade, to say the least! Pop 419; 26 finer, 7 in 65+, 19 in 66 (PCGS # 7200) . Estimated Value $1,250 - 1,350. View details and enlarged photos Check results on similar lots	Realized $2,128
Lot 1694		1891. PCGS graded Proof 68 Cameo. Rich gold and blue toning shading into lovely dusky lavender. Only 650 pieces 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 centered on the reverse. These spotlights of brilliance endow the coin with a contrast against the pleasant 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 Eschenbach magnifying lens, appears nearly perfect with exceptional visual appeal. Pop 1; none finer at PCGS (PCGS # 87326) . Estimated Value $28,000 - 30,000. Ex: JFS Collection. View details and enlarged photos Check results on similar lots	Unsold
Lot 1695		1891. PCGS graded MS-64. Well struck and mostly untoned, the luster has typical cartwheel effects when the coin is tilted back and forth in the light (PCGS # 7204) . Estimated Value $450 - 500. View details and enlarged photos Check results on similar lots	Realized $506
Lot 1696		1891-CC. PCGS graded MS-63. Frosty with delicate golden toning, a choice lustrous example from the storied Carson City Mint (PCGS # 7206) . Estimated Value $500 - 525. The Haveland Estate. View details and enlarged photos Check results on similar lots	Realized $518
Lot 1697		1891-CC. PCGS graded MS-63. Boldly struck for this often problem issue and quite frosty, with choice qualities collectors appreciate (PCGS # 7206) . Estimated Value $500 - 525. The William Pannier Estate. View details and enlarged photos Check results on similar lots	Realized $552
Lot 1698		1891-CC. NGC graded MS-62. VAM-3 Spitting Eagle. Top 100. Mostly white and definitely frosty with normal bagmarks for the grade. A small die defect opposite the eagle's beak accounts for this variety's witty nickname (PCGS # 7206) . Estimated Value $400 - 450. The William Pannier Estate. View details and enlarged photos Check results on similar lots	Realized $391
Lot 1699		1891-CC. NGC graded MS-62 Vam 3, Spitting Eagle. Frosty with natural antique toning (PCGS # 7206) . Estimated Value $400 - 450. View details and enlarged photos Check results on similar lots	Realized $380
Lot 1700		1891-CC. PCGS graded MS-62. Frosty and white (PCGS # 7206) . Estimated Value $390 - 410. The Dr. Charles Richman Collection. View details and enlarged photos Check results on similar lots	Realized $408
Lot 1701		1891-O. PCGS graded MS-65. Housed in an Old Green Holder. Fully white and struck well for this date, the 1891-O is much scarcer in MS65 than the prior year's issue from New Orleans. By far the most visually fascinating feature of this coin is its soft, full frosted mint luster as it covers the cheek as well as inundates the fields. Full swirling cartwheel luster on both sides, in fact. Pop 75; 1 finer in 65+ (PCGS # 7208) . Estimated Value $3,800 - 4,000. View details and enlarged photos Check results on similar lots	Realized $6,613
Lot 1702		1891-O. PCGS graded MS-63. Fully white and softly struck in the centers as often occurs (PCGS # 7208) . Estimated Value $240 - 260. View details and enlarged photos Check results on similar lots	Realized $288
Lot 1703		1891-O. PCGS graded Genuine. Surfaces tooled. Our grade is sharpness of MS64. It looks like someone tried to remove a black obverse streak near the date (PCGS # 7208) . Estimated Value $100 - 110. The William Pannier Estate. View details and enlarged photos Check results on similar lots	Realized $138
Lot 1704		1891-S. NGC graded MS-65 DPL. A stunning white coin. And a solid Gem coin whose lustrous fields are untoned and only mildly abraded; excellent silver color. The strike is strong, with clear definition to the high points. Pop 5; none finer at NGC (PCGS # 97211) . Estimated Value $3,700 - 4,000. View details and enlarged photos Check results on similar lots	Unsold
Lot 1705		1892. PCGS graded MS-65. Housed in a First Generation Holder. The obverse displays lovely golden toning. Gleaming, satiny luster and excellent detail, included with the main golden color are appreciably quantities of lovely crimson red. The surfaces are untoned on the reverse save for a light wisp of golden color. This date is easier said than done to find fully struck and in Gem 65 condition. The center lacks detail on the hair above the ear from a somewhat less than adequate strike (or design defect?) in this area, but all else is keen-edged and boldly defined including the breast feathers. Pop 224; 6 finer, 4 in 65+, 2 in 66 (PCGS # 7212) . Estimated Value $3,000 - 3,500. View details and enlarged photos Check results on similar lots	Realized $4,485
Lot 1706		1892-CC. PCGS graded MS-64. Mostly white with light gold tone on the reverse. Far in advance of most CC dollars, this was struck with systematic exactness including (not excepting) the usual weak areas in the centers (PCGS # 7214) . Estimated Value $1,650 - 1,700. The Haveland Estate. View details and enlarged photos Check results on similar lots	Realized $1,783
Lot 1707		1892-CC. NGC graded MS-64. A touch of light violet toning around the borders (PCGS # 7214) . Estimated Value $1,650 - 1,700. The William Pannier Estate. View details and enlarged photos Check results on similar lots	Realized $1,668
Lot 1708		1892-CC. PCGS graded MS-62. Well struck and lightly toned. The toning comes from the blue Whitman folder that Willie stored his collection in (PCGS # 7214) . Estimated Value $1,250 - 1,300. The William Pannier Estate. View details and enlarged photos Check results on similar lots	Realized $1,294
Lot 1709		1892-CC. PCGS graded Genuine. Our grade is MS60 with a few light hairlines (PCGS # 7214) . Estimated Value $700 - 750. The Dr. Charles Richman Collection. View details and enlarged photos Check results on similar lots	Realized $978
Lot 1710		1892-O. NGC graded MS-65. Well struck and quite frosty with a touch of natural tone around the borders. Aesthetically tempting, as fine a looking Gem MS65 with better-than-average strike as you are apt to see, and all the while bristling with frosty cartwheel mint bloom, little in the way of bagmarks. Pop 71; 5 in 66 (PCGS # 7216) . Estimated Value $2,600 - 2,700. View details and enlarged photos Check results on similar lots	Realized $3,795
Lot 1711		1892-O. PCGS graded MS-62. Frosty and a better than average strike (PCGS # 7216) . Estimated Value $180 - 200. The William Pannier Estate. View details and enlarged photos Check results on similar lots	Realized $196
Lot 1712		1892-S. PCGS graded AU-50+. Scarce date in high grade, the surface is mainly untoned with a dash of natural old-silver gray slipping in from the rim in a few areas. Welll struck on a problem-free planchet. There is ample luster left on both sides. Pop 1 in plus grades (PCGS # 7218) . Estimated Value $1,100 - 1,200. The William Pannier Estate. View details and enlarged photos Check results on similar lots	Realized $1,323
Lot 1713		1893. PCGS graded MS-63. Mostly white with a hint of lilac tone on the obverse edges. Stored in a Raymond folder for years. Mintage 378,792 (PCGS # 7220) . Estimated Value $825 - 850. The Haveland Estate. View details and enlarged photos Check results on similar lots	Realized $949
Lot 1714		1893. PCGS graded MS-63. Frosty and untoned. Strong metal flow augments the already showy mint luster that covers the surfaces of this low-mintage P-mint issue, giving the coin a fresh, glowing appearance. The mint luster is only unhindered by toning. On the heels of such active luster, we are pleased to describe a coin faithful to every detail from a full blow by the dies. The only slight weakness, it seems, affects the hair above the ear (PCGS # 7220) . Estimated Value $825 - 850. The William Pannier Estate. View details and enlarged photos Check results on similar lots	Realized $920
Lot 1715		1893-CC. PCGS graded MS-62. A choice white coin. whose luster radiates from all areas of the coin; minor bagmarks as expected for MS62 level. A popular semi-key date. Only 677,000 pieces minted (PCGS # 7222) . Estimated Value $3,100 - 3,300. The Dr. Charles Richman Collection. View details and enlarged photos Check results on similar lots	Realized $3,565
Lot 1716		1893-CC PCGS graded Genuine. Our grade is AU-55. Lightly cleaned though still offering extensive frosty luster attesting to its high grade. A nice bold strike (PCGS # 7222) . Estimated Value $1,000 - 1,100. The William Pannier Estate. View details and enlarged photos Check results on similar lots	Realized $2,070
Lot 1717		1893-O PCGS graded Genuine. Our grade is AU-50. Cleaned years ago (PCGS # 7224) . Estimated Value $400 - 425. The William Pannier Estate. View details and enlarged photos Check results on similar lots	Realized $604
Lot 1718		1893-S PCGS graded Genuine. Our grade is Good-5. Maybe cleaned years ago, now having acquired varying toning from light to medium gray. Popular key date (PCGS # 7226) . Estimated Value $1,300 - 1,400. The William Pannier Estate. View details and enlarged photos Check results on similar lots	Realized $2,415
Lot 1719		1894. PCGS graded AU-58. Popular low mintage date, only 110,000 made, which is 10,000 more than the key 1893-S. Some might think this is unfair. However, survival of the 1894 seems to be higher than the '93-S. Attractively toned, extensive luster. A few marks at the lips and below the eye (PCGS # 7228) . Estimated Value $1,400 - 1,450. The William Pannier Estate. View details and enlarged photos Check results on similar lots	Realized $1,955
Lot 1720		1894-O. PCGS graded MS-64 PQ. Lightly toned around the edges while stored for years in Willie's album. Mostly untoned and very choice. The 1894-O was struck during the low-mintage period from 1893 to 1895, a time of economic troubles when often there is reduced mintage. A fairly large percentage of '94-O Dollars saw hard work in circulation, more so than other New Orleans issues. Two characteristics often encountered on Uncirculated pieces are poor striking characteristics (as seen in the centers here) and drab luster. However, when gauging this coin's mint bloom, we find that it puts to shame most others from this Mint during 1890 through 1897. The luster is full. Its gleam is satiny. The luster more closely resembles the sheen usually seen on, say, an 1885-O than a typical 1894-O. Very lightly abraded, the most noticeable faint scuffs are in the luster on the breast of the eagle. We feel it earns the Premium Quality definition for this and many other reasons. Perhaps of greater importance to some is the fact that this exceptional piece is housed in a desirable PCGS holder. Pop 284; 32 finer, 23 in 64+, 9 in 65 (PCGS # 7230) . Estimated Value $5,000 - 5,500. The William Pannier Estate. View details and enlarged photos Check results on similar lots	Realized $8,194
Lot 1721		1894-S. PCGS graded MS-63. Boldly struck with nice even toning while stored in Willie's collection. Mint State survivors of this issue today come from a few bags that surfaced at the San Francisco Mint in the early 1950s. The famed Redfield Hoard reportedly had none. This sharply detailed Choice specimen has elite surfaces with satiny luster glowing in its silvery finery. The appearance and hand-picked appearance (absence of marks as seen on casual purchases) suggests that it was carefully selected by the consignor (PCGS # 7232) . Estimated Value $825 - 850. The William Pannier Estate. View details and enlarged photos Check results on similar lots	Realized $949
Lot 1722		1895. NGC graded Proof 65. Popular "King of the Morgan Dollars" date. Well struck with pleasing russet and electric blue toning areas around the borders. Only 880 made. With the circulation strikes, if any were actually made, seemingly lost forever to the mass meltings of 1918-20, the Proof 1895 Silver Dollar has been one of the keys to completing the extremely popular Morgan Dollar set. By all accounts, most of the surviving pieces are make worse through careless handling over the years or through crude attempts at cleaning. Gems of the caliber offered here are therefore rare and highly sought after. To call this lovely specimen simply a Gem is to do it a disservice. So choice is this beauty that it may reasonably be akin to flawless. A light-cameo Proof, its keen-edge devices are set within attractively mirrored fields. Varying shades and depths of toning enhance the periphery on both sides as described earlier. The American Numismatic Association was in its infancy when this Proof was first sold by the Philadelphia Mint. Back then, Proof set buying had become an annual custom for a few hundred American coin collectors. In all, 880 Proof sets with the Silver Dollar were sold in 1895, a number whose meaning did not become clear until later generations of numismatists attempted to complete their sets of Morgan Dollars. By the later 1950s and 1960s collectors sought to own an example of each mint's products for each respective year. It became clear that none of the 12,000 1895 Philadelphia Mint Dollars reportedly struck for circulation existed. Not a single verifiable example could be pointed to; with this, the demand rose for this issue and has never fallen since due to the limited supply. As seems inevitable whenever a great rarity like a Gem Proof 1895 Morgan dollar changes hands, the appeal only builds, year after year. Pop 34; 23 in 66; 10 in 67; 3 in 68. (PCGS # 7330) . Estimated Value $60,000 - 65,000. View details and enlarged photos Check results on similar lots	Unsold
Lot 1723		1895-S. PCGS graded MS-64. Well struck and mostly untoned. The 1895-S is a Morgan dollar that needs little introduction to the seasoned dollar collector. In strict mint condition, it is among the most desirable of all S-mint dates in the series. Everything seems to be to the advantage of this particular specimen: virtually all pieces display muted luster, this one is clearly superior; numerous bagmarks and iffy strikes are also seen on many '95-S Morgans, while this specimen shows detail throughout and has only a slight few bagmarks consistent with the MS64 grade. Gems jump in price markedly, so for most serious collectors a choice one of this caliber is exactly what one wants, with the primary goal for most being to locate a coin that is truly choice with no trace of rub and has great eye-appeal. A memorable offering for the specialized Morgan dollar collector. Pop 403; 58 finer. (PCGS # 7238) . Estimated Value $5,000 - 5,500. The William Pannier Estate. View details and enlarged photos Check results on similar lots	Realized $6,325
Lot 1724		1895-S. PCGS graded MS-64. Well struck and mostly white. Scarcer date and always in demand. Odd as it may seem, many of the few choice-quality 1895-S Morgans extant display a semi reflective to Prooflike finish. Of course, Gem Silver Dollars of this issue are exceedingly expensive, and rare in an absolute sense. The present MS64 example easily qualifying as among the more attractive from this year and mint. From an original production of just 400,000 pieces comes this gleaming, captivating piece whose surfaces include satiny devices. Boldly, if not quite razor-sharp over all elements of the design, the coin seems to have attracted fewer than normal blemishes and bagmarks, which improves its report card. A coin that would be difficult to improve upon in terms of eye appeal and technical choiceness in a survivor of this avowedly difficult S-mint date. Pop 403; 58 finer (PCGS # 7238) . Estimated Value $5,000 - 5,500. View details and enlarged photos Check results on similar lots	Realized $5,750
Lot 1725		1896. PCGS graded Proof 66 Cameo. A luscious creamy-white gem specimen. Only 762 Proofs struck. This coin has what it takes to put it over the top in terms of beauty, significance, and future potential: expertly produced features via a bold strike; virtually superb surface condition; and time-defying originality. First, the strike. All devices are fully impressed by the carefully made Proof dies, the finish uniform in reflectivity. With deep mirrored reflectivity in the field, the devices rise in strong cameo relief. Second, the surface quality. All areas are virtually free of hairlines and definitely devoid of contact marks leaving behind an appearance that is as we said, superb for all intents and purposes. Finally, the significance. The number of similar 1896 Philadelphia Mint dollars in this quality can be counted on the fingers of two hands (per the following population facts). A truly breathtaking Gem for the connoisseur who will settle for only the most attractive rather than second best for his collection. Pop 4; 1 in 66 CAM Star, 2 in 67 CAM (PCGS # 87331) . Estimated Value $6,500 - 7,000. View details and enlarged photos Check results on similar lots	Unsold
Lot 1726		1896. PCGS graded MS-65. Housed in an Old Green Holder. A hint of light tone. A desirable lustrous gem (PCGS # 7240) . Estimated Value $110 - 120. View details and enlarged photos Check results on similar lots	Realized $150
Lot 1727		1896. PCGS graded MS-64 Prooflike. Reflective surfaces on both sides. A short line in the field by Liberty's nose precludes a MS65 designation (PCGS # 7241) . Estimated Value $60 - 70. The William Pannier Estate. View details and enlarged photos Check results on similar lots	Realized $104
Lot 1728		1896-O. PCGS graded MS-62 PQ. Scarce date in Mint State. Frosty with light golden toning around the edges. A few grazes in the frost at the left of Liberty and a small mark in the field right of the eagle. Wholly frosty, with the toning gripping the areas around the legends and stars for the most part, excluding Liberty, and on the reverse, slipping inwards a little closer in with its friendly warm golden glow. A well made example (PCGS # 7242) . Estimated Value $2,400 - 2,500. View details and enlarged photos Check results on similar lots	Realized $2,875

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