Goldberg Coins and Collectibles

Sale 39

Pre-Long Beach Coin and Currency Auction

Morgan Dollars 1885-groups

Lot	Photo	Description	Realized
Lot 1751		1885 Morgan Dollar. PCGS graded MS-67. Old green holder. Frosty white gem. A boldly struck coin, superb in all its aspects, whether that be strike, blooming luster, or eye-appeal. Pop 69; 1 finer in 68. (PCGS # 7158) . Estimated Value $1,000 - 1,200. Ex Dr. Hesselgesser. View details and enlarged photos Check results on similar lots	Realized $1,380
Lot 1752		1885 and 1887 Morgan Dollar. NGC graded each MS-65. Star. Each exhibits turquoise, rose and golden toning on the obverse. Lot of 2 coins. Estimated Value $500 - 600. Ex Dr. Hesselgesser. View details and enlarged photos	Realized $805
Lot 1753		1885 Morgan Dollar. PCGS graded MS-65 Deep Mirror Prooflike. The obverse displays nice light golden toning. Virtually mirror-deep fields spread light in a direct reflection, with the underlying surface free from all but one or two insignificant bagmarks (PCGS # 97159) . Estimated Value $450 - 550. Ex Dr. Hesselgesser. View details and enlarged photos Check results on similar lots	Realized $558
Lot 1754		1885 Morgan Dollar. PCGS graded MS-65. Lovely blue and lilac toning on both sides. Bright surfaces underneath with a change to more subtle toning, the luster seems to project the beautiful pastels into your optic nerves to tickle them strongly (PCGS # 7158) . Estimated Value $400 - 500. View details and enlarged photos Check results on similar lots	Unsold
Lot 1755		1885 Morgan Dollar. NGC graded MS-64 Star. The obverse displays a colorful panorama of green, rose, and lilac colors. Frosty patina dominates both sides. Judging by the photographs, no one can deny that this piece was fully struck in all the key essentials with pinpoint detailing on Liberty's hair and cap, and including convincing crisp detail on the eagle, not just here and there, but everywhere (PCGS # 7158) . Estimated Value $200 - 250. Ex: Battle Creek Collection, Dr. Hesselgesser. View details and enlarged photos Check results on similar lots	Realized $546
Lot 1756		1885 and 1921 Morgan Dollars. NGC graded each MS-63. Both are white coins. Lot of 2 coins. Estimated Value $70 - 80. Ex Dr. Hesselgesser. View details and enlarged photos	Realized $86
Lot 1757		1885-CC Morgan Dollar. PCGS graded MS-65. A nice white coin. The '85-CC is a low-mintage issue (228,000). Bright and flashy silver color with frosted highlights in places especially on Liberty's satin cheek. A lovely gem, equal to the task of the assigned grade, and bettered by few other MS65s. To find a highly lustrous satiny gem like this without heavy bagmarks is always a "find" for the auction bidder (PCGS # 7160) . Estimated Value $800 - 850. View details and enlarged photos Check results on similar lots	Unsold
Lot 1758		1885-CC Morgan Dollar. MS-64. Prooflike surfaces. A nice white coin. Lustrous with dominant two-tone color from the interplay between the frosted white devices against the deeper reflective field. A handsome combination. Also, this has sharp-edged devices throughout, including centers and the hair above the ear, rare to find with a knife-edge strike, but here it is and what a beauty! Estimated Value $550 - 600. View details and enlarged photos	Realized $660
Lot 1759		1885-O Morgan Dollar. NGC graded MS-65. Deep violet and sea-green tones are spread across the obverse surfaces. Untoned pieces abound, even those with blazing cartwheel luster, but to combine beautiful colorful iridescent patina with the swirling frostiness, now that takes some doing. A gem (PCGS # 7162) . Estimated Value $300 - 400. Ex Dr. Hesselgesser. View details and enlarged photos Check results on similar lots	Realized $575
Lot 1760		1885-O Morgan Dollar. PCGS graded MS-64. First generation holder. Lovely obverse toning. Virtually satin frosted fields stream light out in every direction, but it is the showy obverse toning that gets all the attention here! Those who have looked upon the richness of color on these untouched Morgan dollars will understand their attraction (PCGS # 7162) . Estimated Value $300 - 400. View details and enlarged photos Check results on similar lots	Realized $805
Lot 1761		1885-O Morgan Dollar (4). PCGS graded each MS-64. Each is a blast white example. Lot of 4 coins (PCGS # 7162) . Estimated Value $200 - 225. View details and enlarged photos Check results on similar lots	Realized $184
Lot 1762		1885-O Morgan Dollar. NGC graded MS-64. Deep multi-color toning toning across the entire obverse. The brilliant luster is satiny and consistent, and so provides a firm foundation to support the weight of rainbow colors. As well, the clear-cut devices point to it having been giving a full blow by the dies. Weakness often occurs at the rims and stars on most of this O-mint issue, but scarcely present on this attractively toned coin (PCGS # 7162) . Estimated Value $200 - 250. Ex Dr. Hesselgesser. View details and enlarged photos Check results on similar lots	Realized $810
Lot 1763		1885-O Morgan Dollar (3). PCGS graded each MS-64. Each is a totally white specimen. Lot of 3 coins (PCGS # 7162) . Estimated Value $150 - 175. View details and enlarged photos Check results on similar lots	Realized $138
Lot 1764		1885-O Morgan Dollar. NGC graded MS-64 Prooflike. Nicely toned on the darker side. A lustrous example whose rich toning whirls dizzily around the surface. There is nothing half-hearted about this geautiful gem, none whatsoever! (PCGS # 7163) . Estimated Value $100 - 150. Ex Dr. Hesselgesser. View details and enlarged photos Check results on similar lots	Realized $449
Lot 1765		1885-O Morgan Dollar. PCGS graded MS-65. Lovely golden obverse toning. The surfaces are semi reflective. By far the most visually fascinating feature of this coin is its dappled toning atop smooth mint semi-prooflike luster. Full swirling originality on both sides, in fact (PCGS # 7162) . Estimated Value $100 - 125. Ex Dr. Hesselgesser. View details and enlarged photos Check results on similar lots	Realized $161
Lot 1766		1886 Morgan Dollar. NGC graded Proof 66. Nice blue, lilac and golden toning. The surfaces are fresh and original, rocking with iridescent colors, and quite beautiful. Need we remind bidders that a weak impression was occasionally left by the rebound of the Proof dies that struck this date; however, in the present case, the opposite is true, the coin shows razor-sharpness with a clear, bold strike. Only 886 Proofs minted. Pop 27; 9 finer in 67. (PCGS # 7321) . On June 2, 1886, Grover Cleveland, the second bachelor to be elected President (the other was James Buchanan), yielded to matrimony and became the first Chief Executive to be married in the White House. In the Blue Room, he was wedded to his ward, the daughter of his deceased onetime law partner, 21-year-old Frances Folsom. Cleveland was 27 years older than his bride. The marriage lasted 22 years, until his death at the age of 71. Mrs. Cleveland lived to the age of 83, dying in 1947. Estimated Value $4,500 - 5,000. Ex Dr. Hesselgesser. View details and enlarged photos Check results on similar lots	Realized $5,463
Lot 1767		1886 Morgan Dollar. NGC graded MS-66 Star. Spectacular eye-appeal with the obverse exhibiting a natural blending of rose, gold and sea-green toning, A beauty worthy of a premium bid (PCGS # 7166) . Estimated Value $600 - 700. Ex Dr. Hesselgesser. View details and enlarged photos Check results on similar lots	Realized $863
Lot 1768		1886 Morgan Dollar. PCGS graded MS-65. Lovely blue and lilac toning on both sides. This lovely Gem is blazing with full, pleasing pastels, what's more, we are hard pressed to find even a single carbon fleck or noticeable abrasion (PCGS # 7166) . Estimated Value $400 - 500. View details and enlarged photos Check results on similar lots	Realized $719
Lot 1769		1886 Morgan Dollar. NGC graded MS-64 Star. Vivid obverse rainbow toning while the reverse is white. The present specimen displays smooth, ice-white reverse that would settle for nothing less than a full Gem grade. The obverse, as seen in the photograph, is astoundingly beautiful! Quite scarce this way. Award it a strong bid (PCGS # 7166) . Estimated Value $400 - 500. Ex: Battle Creek Collection, Dr. Hesselgesser. View details and enlarged photos Check results on similar lots	Realized $771
Lot 1770		1886 Morgan Dollar. PCGS graded MS-66. Vivid rose, lilac and golden obverse toning. This sparkling Gem boasts swirling cartwheel effects in addition to its fine color, and uncommonly sharp striking detail for the issue (PCGS # 7166) . Estimated Value $400 - 600. Ex Dr. Hesselgesser. View details and enlarged photos Check results on similar lots	Realized $3,335
Lot 1771		1886 Morgan Dollar. NGC graded MS-66. An arc of deep rainbow hues covers 85% of the obverse surfaces. Clearly the most visually arresting aspect of this coin is its color, but the mint luster gives added appeal. Full spinning luster on both sides, in fact (PCGS # 7166) . Estimated Value $350 - 400. Ex Dr. Hesselgesser. View details and enlarged photos Check results on similar lots	Realized $776
Lot 1772		1886 and 1887 Morgan Dollars. NGC graded each MS-63. Star. Battle Creek Collection. Vivid violet and sea-green colors on the obverse of the 1886. The 1887 is similarly toned on the reverse. Lot of 2 coins. Estimated Value $300 - 400. Ex Dr. Hesselgesser. View details and enlarged photos	Realized $805
Lot 1773		1886 Morgan Dollar. NGC graded MS-65 Star. Intense multi-color toning covers the obverse with mottled blues, violets and golds. One small mark on Liberty's cheek, otherwise far in advance of a more typical untoned "gem" MS65 Morgan dollar of this year (PCGS # 7166) . Estimated Value $300 - 400. Ex: Battle Creek Collection, Dr. Hesselgesser. View details and enlarged photos Check results on similar lots	Realized $1,380
Lot 1774		1886 Morgan Dollar. PCGS graded MS-66. Partial rainbow toning from 4:00 to 7:00 Obverse edge. An incredibly lustrous gem with frosty white "cartwheel" luster on both sides. The obverse explodes with colorful iridescence (PCGS # 7166) . Estimated Value $300 - 330. View details and enlarged photos Check results on similar lots	Realized $357
Lot 1775		1886 Morgan Dollar. NGC graded MS-64 Star. Wonderful rainbow toning on the reverse. Obverse is white. A radiant example that has dazzling originality for all to admire (PCGS # 7166) . Estimated Value $250 - 350. Ex: Battle Creek Collection, Dr. Hesselgesser. View details and enlarged photos Check results on similar lots	Realized $472
Lot 1776		1886 Morgan Dollar. NGC graded MS-64 Star. Vivid rainbow toning splashes across the reverse. Worth a premium for its eye appeal. The obverse is pearly white and glowing (PCGS # 7166) . Estimated Value $250 - 300. Ex: Battle Creek Collection, Dr. Hesselgesser. View details and enlarged photos Check results on similar lots	Realized $207
Lot 1777		1886 Morgan Dollar. NGC graded MS-65 Star. Gorgeous multi-color toning on the obverse featuring turquiose rose and sea-green along with iridescent sky blue. Swimming in mint brilliance over each side of this sharply made Gem (PCGS # 7166) . Estimated Value $250 - 300. Ex: Battle Creek Collection, Dr. Hesselgesser. View details and enlarged photos Check results on similar lots	Realized $575
Lot 1778		1886 Morgan Dollar (2). PCGS graded each MS-65. A pair of blast white gems. Lot of 2 coins (PCGS # 7166) . Estimated Value $225 - 250. View details and enlarged photos Check results on similar lots	Realized $230
Lot 1779		1886 Morgan Dollar. NGC graded MS-64 Star. This example has shimmering glowing surfaces and simply gorgeous toning. The level of saturation in the amber gold and iridescent sky blue almost takes a person's breath away it is so unmistakable! (PCGS # 7166) . Estimated Value $200 - 300. Ex: Battle Creek Collection, Dr. Hesselgesser. View details and enlarged photos Check results on similar lots	Realized $518
Lot 1780		1886 Morgan Dollar. NGC graded MS-65 Star. Nice gold and blue toning on the reverse. The obverse is white. This is a lovely, radiant toned Gem, both sides being essentially superb with frosty, "cartwheel" luster whose mesmerizing spin almost draws a person into it. Everyone will be attracted to this piece (PCGS # 7166) . July 23, 1886 is memorable. The expression "to pull a Brodie" or "to do a Brodie" -- meaning to attempt a dangerous stunt -- was born that day when a 23-year-old New York saloonkeeper, Steve Brodie, jumped off the Brooklyn Bridge 135 feet into the East River below to win a $200 wager. Many believed that Brodie did not actually leap but pushed a dummy off the bridge instead. The New York Times supported Brodie's claim, however, reporting that a friend in a rowboat fished him out of the water. And the police arrested him for perpetrating this suicidal stunt. Later, heavyweight champion Jim Corbett's father met Brodie and said, "So you're the fellow who jumped over the Brooklyn Bridge." "No," said Brodie," "I jumped off it." "Oh," exclaimed the elder Corbett with disgust, "I thought you jumped over it. Any damn fool could jump off it." Estimated Value $150 - 200. Ex: Battle Creek Collection, Dr. Hesselgesser. View details and enlarged photos Check results on similar lots	Realized $414
Lot 1781		1886 Morgan Dollar (2). PCGS graded each MS-64. A pair of blast white examples. Lot of 2 coins (PCGS # 7166) . Estimated Value $100 - 110. View details and enlarged photos Check results on similar lots	Realized $98
Lot 1782		1886-S Morgan Dollar. PCGS graded MS-65. Nice white coin. Pop 219; 32 finer; 28 in 66; 4 in 67. (PCGS # 7170) . Estimated Value $2,200 - 2,400. View details and enlarged photos Check results on similar lots	Realized $2,530
Lot 1783		1886-S Morgan Dollar. PCGS graded AU-55. Bright and lustrous. Low mintage year: 750,000. A popular date with collectors (PCGS # 7170) . Estimated Value $125 - 150. View details and enlarged photos Check results on similar lots	Realized $150
Lot 1784		1887 Morgan Dollar. NGC graded Proof 64. Wonderful blue and gold toning on the obverse while the reverse displays beautiful golden colors. A highly presentable Proof that has choice, colorful patina and a razor sharp strike. Magnification, in fact, shows it to be struck with technical exactness throughout, including all the key central areas. 710 Proofs struck. Pop 45; 72 finer. (PCGS # 7322) . Estimated Value $3,500 - 4,000. View details and enlarged photos Check results on similar lots	Unsold
Lot 1785		1887 Morgan Dollar. NGC graded MS-64 Star. Intense rainbow toning on the obverse. The dazzling color is especially revealing on this 1887 Morgan silver dollar and accounts for the "Star" for eye-appeal. The reverse is mostly white (PCGS # 7172) . Estimated Value $400 - 500. Ex: Battle Creek Collection, Dr. Hesselgesser. View details and enlarged photos Check results on similar lots	Realized $834
Lot 1786		1887 Morgan Dollar (2). NGC graded each MS-65. Star. Battle Creek Collection. A band of rainbow toning across the obverse on one, the other exhibits uniform turquoise and a hint of rose on the reverse. Lot of 2 coins. Estimated Value $400 - 500. Ex Dr. Hesselgesser. View details and enlarged photos	Realized $372
Lot 1787		1887 Morgan Dollar. PCGS graded MS-64. Nice obverse toning. The powerfully struck, lustrous surfaces are readily appreciable at all angles. This is an important issue among higher-quality MS64 specimens (PCGS # 7172) . Estimated Value $100 - 125. Ex Dr. Hesselgesser. View details and enlarged photos Check results on similar lots	Realized $86
Lot 1788		1887 Morgan Dollar. NGC graded MS-63 Star. The reverse displays nice blue, gold and rose colors with all the necessary elements to create the grand "eye-appeal" that NGC emphasizes with its "Star" ranking (PCGS # 7172) . Estimated Value $50 - 75. Ex: Battle Creek Collection, Dr. Hesselgesser. View details and enlarged photos Check results on similar lots	Realized $173
Lot 1789		1887/6 Morgan Dollar. PCGS graded MS-65. Totally white. A boldly original white-surface example, with shimmering luster providing nice mint bloom. Excellent detail with sharpness in the centers and on other areas of the design. The lower portion of the 6 is evident at the base of the 7, with traces of the 6 elsewhere, though fainter. Pop 8; 3 finer in 66. (PCGS # 7174) . Estimated Value $3,500 - 4,000. View details and enlarged photos Check results on similar lots	Unsold
Lot 1790		1887-O Morgan Dollar. PCGS graded MS-65. Frosty white gem. The mint luster rolls around both sides with a precision cartwheel sheen, and none of the features reveal any bothersome distractions. Desirable too with this meticulous strike on the hair as well as the eagle, since 1887-O (as well as other O-mint dates in the same decade) often are poorly struck. A handsome Gem by all measures! Pop 224; 7 finer in 66. (PCGS # 7176) . Estimated Value $2,300 - 2,600. View details and enlarged photos Check results on similar lots	Unsold
Lot 1791		1887-O Morgan Dollar. NGC graded MS-64 Deep Prooflike. Mostly white with mirror surfaces. Fresh-as-fallen-snow crispness leaps to the viewer's eye of nearly pristine quality for this hard-to-acquire issue in prooflike condition. What's more, the strike is excellent, with sharp detail in the hair and on the eagle. We look forward with interest to see where the price realized lands. It could set a record. Pop 47; 3 finer; 2 in 65; 1 in 65 Star. (PCGS # 97177) . Estimated Value $1,000 - 1,200. Ex Dr. Hesselgesser. View details and enlarged photos Check results on similar lots	Realized $1,495
Lot 1792		1887/6-O Morgan Dollar. PCGS graded MS-64. A nice white coin. Because the strike is much sharper in the centers than usual for this scarce overdate, it compares favorably with the choicest known specimen in terms of surface originality and even the intensity of the satiny luster. The outline of the partially obliterated underdigit is clearly visible to the right of the 7 in the date. Untoned and particularly impressive for the grade. Pop 75: none higher at PCGS. (PCGS # 7178) . Estimated Value $5,500 - 6,500. View details and enlarged photos Check results on similar lots	Unsold
Lot 1793		1887-S Morgan Dollar. ANACS graded MS-64. White and frosty. In the new style holder. Estimated Value $450 - 500. View details and enlarged photos	Realized $495
Lot 1794		1888 Morgan Dollar. PCGS graded MS-66 Deep Mirror Prooflike. A blast white gem. This is a virtually blemish-free example, white in color, with nice mint bloom. What gladdens everyone most is to see a crisp rather than a dullish, smooth impression was left by the pressure of the dies that struck this sharp specimen. Liberty's hair as well as the eagle's breast show excellent detail. The smooth-flowing mirror surface of the fields is uninterrupted by frost or heavy bagmarking. By way of contrast, the alpine-zone of snow white frost on the relief portions is what gives this its bold contrast, its "deep mirror" appearance and beauty. Here is one for a top Registry Set. Pop 8, 1 better by a point. (PCGS # 97183) . The 1888 is a scarce issue with a Prooflike finish, and it it quite rare as a DMPL. When offered with one of these finishes, the '88-P is also apt to be noticeably abraded and confined to the MS-60 through MS-64 grade range. The Morgan Dollar was the first standard Silver Dollar struck in the United States Mint since early 1873. This series derives its name from its designer, George T. Morgan, who was formerly a pupil of the famed William Wyon in the Royal Mint in London. Authorized by the Bland-Allison Act of February 28, 1878, the Morgan Dollar was produced every year from 1878 through 1904. The coin was essentially an outlet for western mine owners who were having difficulty selling silver bullion on the world market. The use of the Morgan Dollar for this purpose received a further boost with the Sherman Silver Purchase Act of July 14, 1890, but it was finally halted in 1904 when the bullion supply became exhausted. Since the 1918 Pittman Act called for the replacement of all the Silver Dollars that the government melted at the end of World War I, and the new Peace design was not yet ready for production, the Morgan design was revived for one final mass coinage. The original hubs had been destroyed, however, as the Mint did not expect to strike any more coins of this denomination after 1904. As a result, it had to create new hubs for the Morgan Dollar in 1921, and examples of this date are slightly (yet perceptibly) different in design from earlier coins of this type. Estimated Value $4,500 - 5,000. View details and enlarged photos Check results on similar lots	Realized $8,913
Lot 1795		1888 Morgan Dollar. PCGS graded MS-65. Light even gold toning on both sides. Fresh, original throughout with fine-grain, matte-like luster typical of the P-mint dates, there are no heavy bagmarks on either side that are worthy of mention. A gem (PCGS # 7182) . Estimated Value $125 - 150. Ex Dr. Hesselgesser. View details and enlarged photos Check results on similar lots	Realized $184
Lot 1796		1888-O Morgan Dollar. PCGS graded MS-66. Magnificent toning! Magenta, gold and electric blue. A pleasant gem example swooning with warm toned luster. Barring a few merged hair curls over the ear, a keen-edged impression was left by the recoil of the dies that struck this O-mint beauty! A first-class Gem. A premium silver dollar for the toning colors (PCGS # 7184) . Estimated Value $2,000 - 2,500. View details and enlarged photos Check results on similar lots	Unsold
Lot 1797		1888-O Morgan Dollar. PCGS graded MS-65. Lovely rainbow toning on both sides. A radiant example, fully struck with silver color barely keeping the pace with the vivid hues of toning, color that rises and falls in an almost hypnotic display. A real charmer; what's more, this is a somewhat better 1888-O issue, scarce to find even as a brilliant Gem MS65 (PCGS # 7184) . Estimated Value $400 - 500. View details and enlarged photos Check results on similar lots	Realized $719
Lot 1798		1888-O Morgan Dollar. PCGS graded MS-65. A nice white example (PCGS # 7184) . Estimated Value $290 - 310. View details and enlarged photos Check results on similar lots	Realized $345
Lot 1799		1889 Morgan Dollar. PCGS graded MS-66. Well struck and white. This fully struck Gem has glowing satin surfaces and no problems on either side such as spotting or deep marks. Very elusive in Gem '66 condition and with intact mint color. A vivid impression was also left by the rebound of the dies that made this 1889, so here too we unhesitatingly suggest a firm bid. Pop 137; 3 in 67; 1 in 68; 1 in 69. (PCGS # 7188) . Estimated Value $1,300 - 1,400. View details and enlarged photos Check results on similar lots	Unsold
Lot 1800		1889-CC Morgan Dollar. NGC graded AU-55. Untoned and well struck with plenty of luster still present. A lightly circulated Carson City key that has gleaming silver-gray surfaces plus full high point detail. A real break for collectors who wish they could afford a full Mint State but know their bank account lacks the reach for one. The 1889-CC Morgan Dollar, with 350,000 mintage, is the unquestioned key to the series from the trendy Nevada mint and is more than ever prized in grades with luster approaching Mint State (PCGS # 7190) . Estimated Value $5,000 - 6,000. View details and enlarged photos Check results on similar lots	Realized $6,038

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