Goldberg Coins and Collectibles

Sale 78

January Pre-Long Beach Sale 17.5% BP

Morgan Dollars

Lot	Photo	Description	Realized
Lot 1324		1884-O. PCGS graded MS-65. CAC Approved. Lovely obverse rainbow toning, a frosty gem with bold detail (PCGS # 7154) . Estimated Value $700 - 750. View details and enlarged photos Check results on similar lots	Realized $764
Lot 1325		1884-O. NGC graded MS-64. Star. Wonderful obverse rainbow toning (PCGS # 7154) . Estimated Value $300-UP. View details and enlarged photos Check results on similar lots	Realized $247
Lot 1326		1884-O. NGC graded MS-63. Star. Lovely obverse rainbow toning (PCGS # 7154) . Estimated Value $150 - 200. View details and enlarged photos Check results on similar lots	Realized $212
Lot 1327		1884-S. PCGS graded MS-63 PQ. A fully white coin with reflective fields. Great looking Morgan Dollar. 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 possibly chimerical business strike 1895 Philadelphia Mint, the mystery has never been solved. Both sides of this Choice Mint State '84-S are brilliant with silvery-white color. The obverse, as referred to already, is fully Prooflike with noticeable cameo contrast on Liberty. The reverse has almost the identical two-tone display. Facial profile and eagle plumage are devoid of marks. Sharply struck and very will made, for this most problematic of dates; it is an outstanding and extremely important Silver Dollar. Pop 43; 15 finer (PCGS # 7156) . Estimated Value $40,000 - 50,000. View details and enlarged photos Check results on similar lots	Unsold
Lot 1328		1884-S. NGC graded AU-58. Very close to mint state. A lustrous example of this elusive S-mint year (PCGS # 7156) . Estimated Value $700 - 800. View details and enlarged photos Check results on similar lots	Unsold
Lot 1329		1885-CC MS60+. All are housed in the original GSA black holders. Lot of 4 coins. Estimated Value $2,000 - 2,100. View details	Realized $2,703
Lot 1330		1885. PCGS graded MS-65 PQ. CAC Approved. Housed in an Old Green Holder. Wonderful blue obverse toning (PCGS # 7158) . Estimated Value $1,500-UP. View details and enlarged photos Check results on similar lots	Realized $2,174
Lot 1331		1885. NGC graded MS-65. Lovely toning, especially on the reverse (PCGS # 7158) . Estimated Value $250-UP. View details and enlarged photos Check results on similar lots	Realized $188
Lot 1332		1885. PCGS graded MS-65+. Beautifully toned on both sides (PCGS # 7158) . Estimated Value $250 - 300. View details and enlarged photos Check results on similar lots	Realized $223
Lot 1333		1885. PCGS graded MS-64. The obverse exhibits an arc of vivid rainbow toning, while the reverse is covered with blending shades of green and gold (PCGS # 7158) . Estimated Value $150 - 200. View details and enlarged photos Check results on similar lots	Realized $141
Lot 1334		1885. PCGS graded MS-63. An arc of deep rainbow tone appears on the obverse while the reverse is more uniform (PCGS # 7158) . Estimated Value $150 - 200. View details and enlarged photos Check results on similar lots	Realized $100
Lot 1335		1885-O. PCGS graded MS-65 PQ. CAC Approved. Super obverse rainbow toning, the colors radiant, iridescent, swirling (PCGS # 7162) . Estimated Value $1,000 - 1,100. View details and enlarged photos Check results on similar lots	Unsold
Lot 1336		1885-O. NGC graded MS-63 Star. CAC Approved. Lovely green reverse toning is the star attraction of this "Star" (for eye appeal) 1885-O Morgan (PCGS # 7162) . Estimated Value $800 - 900. View details and enlarged photos Check results on similar lots	Realized $911
Lot 1337		1885-O. PCGS graded MS-64. CAC Approved. Lovely obverse rainbow toning that includes some iridescent light blue as well (PCGS # 7162) . Estimated Value $700 - 800. View details and enlarged photos Check results on similar lots	Realized $447
Lot 1338		1885-O. NGC graded MS-66. CAC Approved. The obverse is overlaid with a natural blending of turquoise and the reverse exhibits a bisecting spectrum rainbow hues. Worth of a premium bid for the toned dollar specialist (PCGS # 7162) . Estimated Value $400 - 500. View details and enlarged photos Check results on similar lots	Realized $494
Lot 1339		1885-S. ANACS graded MS-62. Mostly white. Estimated Value $200 - 220. View details and enlarged photos	Realized $223
Lot 1340		1886. NGC graded MS-67. PQ. A superb white gem UNC dollar. Housed in an Old Style Holder (PCGS # 7166) . Estimated Value $750 - 800. View details and enlarged photos Check results on similar lots	Realized $764
Lot 1341		1886. NGC graded MS-67. Fully white dollar and as superlative as the accompanying lot in this sterling MS67 quality. Housed in an Old Style Holder. Pop 872; 83 finer at NGC. (PCGS # 7166) . Estimated Value $600 - 650. View details and enlarged photos Check results on similar lots	Realized $734
Lot 1342		1886. NGC graded MS-67. A brilliant satiny surfaced gem. A superb coin. Pop 872; 83 finer (PCGS # 7166) . Estimated Value $600 - 650. View details and enlarged photos Check results on similar lots	Realized $734
Lot 1343		1886. NGC graded MS-66. Nice gold toning on both sides. Well struck and clearly earning its MS66 grade (PCGS # 7166) . Estimated Value $225 - 250. View details and enlarged photos Check results on similar lots	Realized $270
Lot 1344		1886-O PCGS graded Genuine Unc Details. Questionable color. Plenty of luster to justify a Mint State grade. A trifle soft on the hair and breast feathers. The multi-dimensional toning favors hues of green and gold. Very appealing (PCGS # 7168) . Estimated Value $700 - 800. View details and enlarged photos Check results on similar lots	Realized $734
Lot 1345		1886-S. PCGS graded MS-66. CAC Approved. Wonderful obverse toning while the reverse is white. Excellent smooth frosty surfaces offer a perfect accompaniment to a deliberate and complementary meticulous strike. This lower-mintage San Francisco coin has an undeserved reputation as an available date, but grading service records (see below) point to the opposite, and very few of these are Gems. Here is a coin of remarkably high visual class and evident rarity, indisputably worth careful inspection. Pop 34; 5 finer, 1 in 66+, 4 in 67. (PCGS # 7170) . Estimated Value $4,500 - 5,000. View details and enlarged photos Check results on similar lots	Realized $7,875
Lot 1346		1887. PCGS graded MS-64. Housed in an Old Green Holder. Lovely blue and gold obverse toning (PCGS # 7172) . Estimated Value $400 - 500. View details and enlarged photos Check results on similar lots	Unsold
Lot 1347		1887. NGC graded MS-64. Star. Lovely partial rainbow toning on the reverse (PCGS # 7172) . Estimated Value $250-UP. View details and enlarged photos Check results on similar lots	Realized $176
Lot 1348		1887. PCGS graded MS-62. CAC Approved. Lovely reverse rainbow toning (PCGS # 7172) . Estimated Value $200 - 250. View details and enlarged photos Check results on similar lots	Unsold
Lot 1349		1887. PCGS graded MS-64. Lovely blue and rose reverse toning (PCGS # 7172) . Estimated Value $150 - 170. View details and enlarged photos Check results on similar lots	Unsold
Lot 1350		1888-O Oval "O" Mint Mark. VG-8. Cleaned. Estimated Value $60 - 70. View details and enlarged photos	Unsold
Lot 1351		1888-O. Doubled Die Obverse. PCGS graded AU-50. Doubled Liberty head variety with two complete sets of lips, chin and nose clearly visible. Hair is filled and also lower parts of ERT in LIBERTY. The wheat and cotton leaves above LIBERTY are doubled strongly to the right. The so-called 1888-O VAM-4 "Hot lips" variety is and exciting double die variety. Very hard to find in high grade AU and ultra rare in MS (PCGS # 7308) . Estimated Value $70 - 90. View details and enlarged photos Check results on similar lots	Realized $764
Lot 1352		1888-S. NGC graded MS-65 Star. The obverse is prooflike while the reverse is semi reflective. Liberty's profile frosted and so providing nice contrast against the field. A fully white Gem. Pop 3; 14 finer, 1 in 65+, 11 in 66, 1 in 66 Star, 1 in 67. (PCGS # 7186) . Estimated Value $2,000 - 2,100. View details and enlarged photos Check results on similar lots	Realized $2,174
Lot 1353		1889-CC. PCGS graded EF-45. Nicely toned on both sides. Popular key date. The highest design features are light to medium silver gray -- fashionably "antique silver" toned -- while the region around the legends and devices is a darker shade. This serves to highlight the design, a pleasing adjunct to the coin's attractive appearance and untouched originality. Carson City Mint had been closed since 1885 for several reasons. One was a Congressional investigation into some of questionable practices by Mint Staff. Another was the money-pinching administration of President Grover Cleveland who felt that a small mint so close to the more substantial edifice in San Francisco was superfluous and refused to fund Carson. After he was voted out of office in the 1888 election, the incoming administration, in a sop to its Western political cronies in the silver mining State of Nevada and as a choice jobs program to them, reopened the mint. Which continued as a coining facility until 1893 (PCGS # 7190) . Estimated Value $3,000 - 3,300. View details and enlarged photos Check results on similar lots	Realized $4,113
Lot 1354		1889-CC. PCGS graded VF-35. Light even grey toning. Popular key date. Both sides are a pleasing and original smooth surface wear (though no luster) and few appreciable surface marks. An attractive Very Fine examples of this CC-Mint key (PCGS # 7190) . Estimated Value $1,500 - 1,550. View details and enlarged photos Check results on similar lots	Realized $1,761
Lot 1355		1889-CC NGC graded XF Details. Improperly cleaned. Light toning on both sides. Still a nice coin (PCGS # 7190) . Estimated Value $1,000 - 1,100. View details and enlarged photos Check results on similar lots	Realized $1,351
Lot 1356		1889-S. PCGS graded MS-63. Untoned and well struck (PCGS # 7194) . Estimated Value $290 - 300. View details and enlarged photos Check results on similar lots	Realized $353
Lot 1357		1890-CC. PCGS graded AU-58. Nicely toned on both sides (PCGS # 7198) . Estimated Value $200 - 225. View details and enlarged photos Check results on similar lots	Realized $317
Lot 1358		1890-O. PCGS graded MS-65. A totally white untoned gem. This is an appealing example of this conditionally difficult to locate O-mint delivery. Pop 493; 32 finer (PCGS # 7200) . Estimated Value $1,500 - 1,700. View details and enlarged photos Check results on similar lots	Realized $2,115
Lot 1359		1891-CC. ANACS graded MS-62. A hint of light tone. Estimated Value $400 - 425. View details and enlarged photos	Realized $470
Lot 1360		1891-CC. VAM-3 Top 100 "Spitting Eagle". ANACS graded MS-60. Semi reflective fields. Estimated Value $350 - 400. View details and enlarged photos	Realized $423
Lot 1361		1891-CC. ANACS graded MS-60. Some obverse marks. Estimated Value $200 - 220. View details and enlarged photos	Realized $329
Lot 1362		1891-O. PCGS graded MS-64+ PQ. Lovely golden toning. A coin that should be graded MS-65. About as close to watertight Gem as can be expected, this vibrant coin offers Himalayan mountains of fresh mint frostiness. Pop 83; 97 finer, 95 in 65, 2 in 65+ (PCGS # 7208) . Estimated Value $1,800 - 1,900. View details and enlarged photos Check results on similar lots	Realized $2,468
Lot 1363		1892-CC. PCGS graded MS-65. Frosty and delicately toned on both sides. Very few marks are present. While most commoner CC-mint Morgan Dollars (such as the 1882-1884 issues) are readily obtainable at the MS65 grade level, the 1892-CC tends to be very elusive. This is not to say that Mint State examples are unobtainable, but, rather, that most are noticeably bagmarked. With sleeker surfaces than average that are free of distracting abrasions, the present example is among the finer '92-CC Dollars that we have offered this year. The eye appeal of the fully frosted surfaces is enhanced all the more by the delicate toning. The much better than average strike is also praiseworthy. Pop 322; 45 finer at PCGS (PCGS # 7214) . Estimated Value $6,500 - 7,000. View details and enlarged photos Check results on similar lots	Realized $7,931
Lot 1364		1892-O. PCGS graded MS-65. A blast white coin. Creamy, mostly unmarked surfaces are most notable for the uncommon snowy luster whose vibrancy gives this the nod for the MS65 designation. The '92-O is notorious as possibly the poorest struck New Orleans Dollar, a well-earned title when one considers the normal striking problems that plague Uncirculated examples from the Southern Mint. Full brilliance everywhere and Liberty's face appears to shimmer with iridescent silvery radiance.Pop 166; 9 finer, 4 in 65+, 4 in 66, 1 in 67 (PCGS # 7216) . Estimated Value $5,000 - 5,500. View details and enlarged photos Check results on similar lots	Realized $6,169
Lot 1365		1893-CC. ANACS graded VF-25. Estimated Value $400 - 425. View details and enlarged photos	Realized $423
Lot 1366		1893-S NGC graded AU Details. Harshly cleaned. Light even toning on both sides. Popular key date that, while the surface is rough, still shows most all of the original detail from its very short passage through circulation before it was put aside for safe-keeping. Mintage: 100,000 pieces (PCGS # 7224) . Estimated Value $6,000 - 7,000. View details and enlarged photos Check results on similar lots	Realized $7,050
Lot 1367		1893-S. PCGS graded VF-30. Popular key date. Lightly toned, the main color is light silver-gray with deeper accents around the legends and devices. Only 100,000 struck (PCGS # 7226) . Estimated Value $4,000 - 4,400. View details and enlarged photos Check results on similar lots	Realized $5,170
Lot 1368		1894. NGC graded AU-50. Frosty and untoned with luster in the fields and devices. Mintage was at a low point in 1894, a decline from 1893 in fact. Several events occurred in this period that affected coinage. A major one was the onset of a business recession in 1893. Then, too, the government suspended production of Treasury or Coin paper currency backed by either gold or silver (and the withdrawer's discretion). It wasn't until things got sorted out by 1896 that Philadelphia Mint production returned to normal levels. 1894 is widely seen as a semi-key date (PCGS # 7228) . Estimated Value $1,400 - 1,450. View details and enlarged photos Check results on similar lots	Realized $1,410
Lot 1369		1894. PCGS graded Genuine. Our grade is Sharpness of AU with hairlines. Popular key date (PCGS # 7228) . Estimated Value $850 - 900. View details and enlarged photos Check results on similar lots	Realized $999
Lot 1370		1894-S. PCGS graded MS-62. A few obverse bag marks. Frosty and untoned. Housed in a First Generation Holder (PCGS # 7232) . Estimated Value $750 - 800. View details and enlarged photos Check results on similar lots	Realized $940
Lot 1371		1894-S. PCGS graded AU-58. Untoned. A glistening beauty and very frosty every so slightly circulated example by any standards, hence the sought-after AU58 designation. An engaging display of lively luster leaps across the choice silvery surface of this elusive Philadelphia Mint Dollar. The strike is physically powerful for the date (which often has a problem at the centers showing weakness). All in all a worthwhile choice for the quality conscious buyer. Only 110,000 minted (PCGS # 7232) . Estimated Value $350 - 400. View details and enlarged photos Check results on similar lots	Realized $529
Lot 1372		1895-S. PCGS graded MS-62. Mostly untoned with some minor discoloration here and there. The lustrous surface on this scarce Morgan displays a few abrasions on the face of Liberty on the obverse and in the field. Both sides silver with luster, deeply impressed by the dies, and offering considerable appeal for the collector who has been looking patiently for one of these semi-key dates (PCGS # 7238) . Estimated Value $3,600 - 3,700. View details and enlarged photos Check results on similar lots	Realized $5,405
Lot 1373		1895-S PCGS graded Genuine Unc Details. Cleaning. Untoned and a nice looking coin. The 1895 issues are the most elusive in the series, due to reduced mintage after changes made by Congress in 1893 and also due to the slow economy in 1893-96. Always a popular date. Only 400,000 struck. Most reached circulation, leaving behind only a small residual of high-end circulated pieces and fewer still Mint State examples (PCGS # 7238) . Estimated Value $1,000 - 1,100. View details and enlarged photos Check results on similar lots	Realized $2,233

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