Goldberg Coins and Collectibles

Sale 69

The May Pre-Long Beach Auction

Dollars

Lot	Photo	Description	Realized
Lot 1459		1894. NGC AU details, obv improperly cleaned. Obverse toned (PCGS # 7228) . Estimated Value $700 - 750. View details and enlarged photos Check results on similar lots	Unsold
Lot 1460		1894-O. PCGS graded MS-64. A lovely white example. This date qualifies as being all but unobtainable as a Gem, the 1894-O being one of the premier Morgan Dollar rarities in the finer Mint State grades. Granted, 1.7 million coins were produced; yet locating an attractive representative is anything but easy. Most coins are plagued by poor striking mainly in the centers. Also the luster quality tends to be sub-par for the type. This lovely MS64, while not a fully struck coin at the centers, has all other features save for those usually associated with O-mint issues bold. Even the focal points are not all that softly impressed. The luster is vibrant with a frosty, serene finish. Silvery radiance dominates on this smooth, high end example. Pop 279; 33 in 64+, 10 in 65 (PCGS # 7230) . Estimated Value $8,000 - 8,500. View details and enlarged photos Check results on similar lots	Unsold
Lot 1461		1895. PCGS graded Proof 65 Cameo. A lovely white gem cameo. Only 880 minted of which merely 355 examples are estimated to have survived. Rarest of the rare in the Morgan series, considered by all to be the King of the Morgan Dollars and for obvious reasons, only 880 Proofs were minted and it is from these few that tens of thousands of collectors, if not hundreds of thousands of collectors, must vie with one another for ownership of the small floating supply on the market at any one time. The coin is, quite simply, a stand-out. As can be seen in the photographs, it retains its fresh white brilliance of color throughout the years it spent with devoted collectors. Where some are toned from contact with the sulfur mint paper in which these where wrapped, few today sparkle like this gorgeous Proof 65 1895. Faithful to every detail from a full blow by the dies, the hair is crystal clear down to the tiniest strand, and this includes the curls above the ear; included also in this full blow by the dies, a resplendent eagle, proud and assured, with full-featured wings stretched wide and a nice feather-covered chest projecting from the central part of this side of the design. The coin itself, grading Proof 65, is set in a PCGS "Cameo" holder and will forever remind us just how spectacular these early Morgan dollars were in Proof condition the day they were made. Don�t let the current active market price dissuade you from bidding. As seems inevitable whenever a great rarity like a Gem Proof 1895 Morgan dollar changes hands, the interest and value only intensifies, year upon year. Pop 11; 8 finer, 1 in 65+, 2 in 66, 5 in 67 (PCGS # 87330) . Estimated Value $50,000 - 60,000. View details and enlarged photos Check results on similar lots	Realized $63,250
Lot 1462		1895-O. PCGS graded AU-58. A nice white coin. Very close to Mint State (PCGS # 7236) . Estimated Value $950 - 1,000. View details and enlarged photos Check results on similar lots	Realized $5,290
Lot 1463		1895-O NGC graded AU Details Improperly Cleaned. Mostly untoned and decently struck (PCGS # 7236) . Estimated Value $850 - 900. View details and enlarged photos Check results on similar lots	Realized $1,047
Lot 1464		1895-O. PCGS graded AU-50 CAC Approved. Well struck and untoned. In an OGH (PCGS # 7236) . Estimated Value $850 - 900. View details and enlarged photos Check results on similar lots	Realized $1,035
Lot 1465		1895-S. PCI graded AU-50 cleaned. We agree with the grade. Estimated Value $900 - 1,000. View details and enlarged photos	Realized $1,035
Lot 1466		1895-S. NGC AU details, improperly cleaned. A much scarcer S-mint issue from the mid-1890s, a period when America's economic power was experiencing a major growth spurt despite a few stock market setbacks. Household electricity and telephones were being introduced into more and more homes in 1895 (PCGS # 7236) . Estimated Value $550 - 600. View details and enlarged photos Check results on similar lots	Unsold
Lot 1467		1896-O. PCGS graded MS-63. A beautiful, basically white frosty mint example with far fewer marks than usually associated with this numerical grade. Only a small mark is noted by the eagle's beak. Baking bright luster on satiny surfaces. A touch of weakness is seen at the hair above the ear, but here it is probably that the dies were spaced just far enough apart to prevent stronger metal flow in that area, noticeable on numerous O-mint issues in the Morgan series; the other obverse details, along with the reverse, are consistent with this choice grade. It seems very few Mint State 1896-O dollars were saved at the time of issue, either by individuals or by the government in its various Treasury and sub-treasuries as backing for the Silver Certificates. Most people East of the Rocky Mountains preferred paper money in lieu of the heavy silver coins. Westerners for the most part were "hard money" types well into the 20th century. Pop 264; 31 finer (PCGS # 7242) . Estimated Value $4,200 - 4,400. View details and enlarged photos Check results on similar lots	Realized $5,520
Lot 1468		1896-O. NGC graded MS-63. Mostly untoned. A very scarce date in Mint State grades. Known for poor striking qualities and unimprissive luster, this attractive MS63 1896-O handily overcomes both of these normal deficiencies. Both sides are very well endowed with a pleasing satiny-white appearance. Surface marks are consistently light and well scattered. Pop 156; 10 in 64, 3 in 65 (PCGS # 7242) . Estimated Value $4,200 - 4,400. View details and enlarged photos Check results on similar lots	Realized $4,830
Lot 1469		1896-O. PCGS graded MS-62. Lovely blue and natural gold toning. The borders have touches of iridescent color. The luster is extensive and the surfaces are relatively unabraded with a veil of natural old-silver gray. An elusive issue in Uncirculated grades. Stored in an envelope for over 50 years (PCGS # 7242) . Estimated Value $1,600 - 1,700. View details and enlarged photos Check results on similar lots	Realized $1,668
Lot 1470		1896-S. NGC graded MS-64. Mostly white obverse while the reverse is lightly toned. While sometimes in the shadow of its rarer cousins the 1892-S and 1893-S, the 1896-S is nevertheless one of the more challenging S-mint Morgan Dollars despite a sizeable mintage of 5 million coins. Bowers notes that coins at the MS64 level of preservation are "rare" with an estimated population of just 750-1,000 pieces. This is an impressive choice coin in that the surfaces are free of numerous abrasions, and those that are present are generally small in size, the most noticeable one being a light graze in the frost on Liberty�s cheek. Silvery with radiance and carefully graded. A little lightly struck in the centers, although this is not an overly distracting feature Pop 191; 26 finer, 21 in 65, 4 in 66, 1 in 67 (PCGS # 7244) . Estimated Value $3,600 - 3,700. View details and enlarged photos Check results on similar lots	Realized $4,025
Lot 1471		1897-S. SEGS graded MS-66 Deep Mirror Prooflike VAM-9A. Toned. Our grade is a few points lower with desirable prooflike fields. 1897-S is unusual with highly reflective fields; usually these are found covered in satin luster in this grade. Estimated Value $600 - 650. View details and enlarged photos	Unsold
Lot 1472		1899. NGC graded MS-64 Prooflike. A nice white coin. With only 330,846 pieces minted, the 1899-P is scarcer than most Philadelphia dates in this period; also, quite desirable as a prooflike. Pop 77; 21 finer (PCGS # 7259) . Estimated Value $700 - 750. View details and enlarged photos Check results on similar lots	Unsold
Lot 1473		1899. ANACS graded MS-65. Light russet toning appears about the borders with the remaining surface glinting fresh, silvery bright. The luster skips across the surface in typical cartwheel fashion here. Most enjoyable to examine. Estimated Value $500 - 600. View details and enlarged photos	Realized $575
Lot 1474		1899-S. PCGS graded MS-65. A brilliant untoned gem example and a Premium Quality coin for the given grade. Creamy white surfaces eddy and churn with almost "frothy" luster. On the heels of such active luster, and a rock-solid grade determination by PCGS, we are pleased to describe a coin faithful to every detail from a full blow by the dies as well. Soft-edged devices and lack of detail throughout the centers are typical on many Morgan dollars from 1878 to 1921, as commonly seen; however, a small percentage of any year's production is found with enough convincing detail to be called "bold" and this is one such �99-S dollar! Pop 400; 116 finer (PCGS # 7262) . Estimated Value $1,600 - 1,700. View details and enlarged photos Check results on similar lots	Realized $1,783
Lot 1475		1900-S. PCGS graded MS-64. A frosty blast white coin amplifies the brilliance and beauty of this S-mint release (PCGS # 7270) . Estimated Value $500 - 525. View details and enlarged photos Check results on similar lots	Unsold
Lot 1476		1901. NGC graded AU-58. Just a hairs-breath away from full mint state. Lightly toned. The paucity of high grade and Mint State business strikes has always put significant pressure on the tiny supply of AU 1901 Morgan silver dollars. No one is quite sure why so few exit in Mint condition. Possibly many were melted in 1918 (Pittman Act, in which more than two hundred million silver dollars were melted and sold to Great Britain at a time of silver panic in its colony in India) (PCGS # 7272) . Estimated Value $1,000 - 1,250. View details and enlarged photos Check results on similar lots	Realized $1,093
Lot 1477		1901-S. PCGS graded MS-64. Nice even toning on both sides. Much choicer than average for this seldom offered date. The coin sports excellent luster under the attractive toning (PCGS # 7276) . Estimated Value $800 - 850. View details and enlarged photos Check results on similar lots	Realized $776
Lot 1478		1901-S. PCGS graded MS-64. Lovely light golden toning on both sides. We are pleased to present several mid-grade, attractively priced examples of the 1901-S Morgan dollar in this section of the sale (PCGS # 7276) . Estimated Value $800 - 850. View details and enlarged photos Check results on similar lots	Realized $749
Lot 1479		1901-S. NGC graded MS-63 PQ CAC Approved. Frosty and mostly white, a choice lustrous example of this S-mint date from the turn of the 20th Century (PCGS # 7276) . Estimated Value $800 - 850. View details and enlarged photos Check results on similar lots	Realized $633
Lot 1480		1901-S. PCGS graded MS-63. Nice even old time toning on both sides and another choice example of the carefully made '01-S date (PCGS # 7276) . Estimated Value $575 - 600. View details and enlarged photos Check results on similar lots	Realized $575
Lot 1481		1901-S. PCGS graded MS-63. Even toning on both sides. Stored in a brown envelope for over 50 years (PCGS # 7276) . Estimated Value $575 - 600. View details and enlarged photos Check results on similar lots	Realized $575
Lot 1482		1901-S. PCGS graded MS-63. Nice even toning on both sides (PCGS # 7276) . Estimated Value $575 - 600. View details and enlarged photos Check results on similar lots	Realized $604
Lot 1483		1901-S. NGC graded MS-62 PQ CAC Approved. Very frosty (PCGS # 7276) . Estimated Value $500 - 550. View details and enlarged photos Check results on similar lots	Realized $506
Lot 1484		1901-S. NGC graded MS-62. Well struck and frosty (PCGS # 7276) . Estimated Value $475 - 500. View details and enlarged photos Check results on similar lots	Realized $483
Lot 1485		1901-S. PCGS graded MS-62. Evenly toned on both sides and a lustrous, well made example (PCGS # 7276) . Estimated Value $475 - 500. View details and enlarged photos Check results on similar lots	Realized $483
Lot 1486		1901-S. PCGS graded MS-62. Nice even toning on both sides. For someone wanting a frosty example, this select MS62 will be more than suitable (PCGS # 7276) . Estimated Value $475 - 500. View details and enlarged photos Check results on similar lots	Realized $489
Lot 1487		1901-S. NGC graded MS-62. Untoned. A select example of this scarcer S-mint release (PCGS # 7276) . Estimated Value $475 - 500. View details and enlarged photos Check results on similar lots	Unsold
Lot 1488		1902-S. PCGS graded MS-64 CAC Approved PQ. Light blue and gold toning on both sides and always elusive in choice condition (PCGS # 7282) . Estimated Value $700 - 750. View details and enlarged photos Check results on similar lots	Realized $834
Lot 1489		1902-S. PCGS graded MS-64 CAC Approved PQ. Light blue toning on both sides with booming luster underneath. Great eye-appeal (PCGS # 7282) . Estimated Value $700 - 750. View details and enlarged photos Check results on similar lots	Realized $863
Lot 1490		1902-S. PCGS graded MS-64. Lovely natural toning (PCGS # 7282) . Estimated Value $650 - 700. View details and enlarged photos Check results on similar lots	Realized $719
Lot 1491		1902-S. PCGS graded MS-64 PQ. From an old time collection with lovely natural toning (PCGS # 7282) . Estimated Value $650 - 700. View details and enlarged photos Check results on similar lots	Realized $920
Lot 1492		1902-S. PCGS graded MS-63 CAC Approved. Nice even old time toning. One of the better made, lustrous coins of this date, the toning is every bit as origiinal and attractive as the photos show (PCGS # 7282) . Estimated Value $475 - 500. View details and enlarged photos Check results on similar lots	Realized $529
Lot 1493		1903 NGC graded Proof Details. Artificial toning. Only 755 proofs struck. We like the toning. Lovely blue and golden colors. Our grade is Proof 63+ (PCGS # 7338) . Estimated Value $1,300 - 1,400. View details and enlarged photos Check results on similar lots	Realized $1,668
Lot 1494		1903-O. Fine-15. Together with another 1903-O grading MS-60+ with scratches and nice antique blue toning. Lot of 2 coins. Estimated Value $500 - 550. View details	Realized $483
Lot 1495		1904-S. MS-60+. Obverse untoned while the reverse is lightly toned. A scarce S-mint date. Consigned too late for 3rd party grading. President Grover Cleveland called Congress into special session during the Panic of 1893 to repeal the Sherman Act affecting silver dollar mintage, which it did on Nov. 2, 1893 only after months of vituperous opposition certain Western congressmen. Thereafter, dollar coinages were smaller; no more bullion was bought for the purpose of minting them. The Act of June 13, 1898 required that all remaining bullion purchased under the now-discontinued Sherman Act be coined into dollars. Existing stocks thus earmarked for dollars (108,800,188 in all) were exhausted by 1904, ending Morgan dollar coinage for 17 years. Most of these dollars, like their older siblings, remained in Treasury vaults until the 1960s. Estimated Value $1,700 - 1,800. View details and enlarged photos	Realized $2,128
Lot 1496		1904. PCGS graded MS-65. Well struck with some rainbow toning. Despite its more than sufficient mintage in comparison to other P-mint dates in the early 1900s, the 1904 is well-known as a very scarce one in top-end condition like this lovely, satiny Gem MS65. Of course, the toning adds several measures more to the mix or rarity and desirability. Pop 191; 16 finer, 1 in 65+, 15 in 66 (PCGS # 7290) . Estimated Value $1,500 - 1,600. View details and enlarged photos Check results on similar lots	Realized $1,553
Lot 1497		1904. PCGS graded MS-65. Light shades of blue and gold toning. A lovely coin. Pop 191; 16 finer, 1 in 65+, 15 in 66 (PCGS # 7290) . Estimated Value $1,500 - 1,600. View details and enlarged photos Check results on similar lots	Realized $1,553
Lot 1498		1904. PCGS graded MS-64. Very attractive blue and golden toning. Another oustanding example of this late Philadelphia Mint date. After 1904, the government would cease striking Silver Dollars until 1921, a lapse similar to (though shorter) than the three-decade one from 1803 to 1836 (PCGS # 7290) . Estimated Value $450 - 500. View details and enlarged photos Check results on similar lots	Realized $661
Lot 1499		1904. PCGS graded MS-64 PQ CAC Approved. Lovely natural violet toning from an old envelope. Another attractive example from this old-time consignment (PCGS # 7290) . Estimated Value $450 - 500. View details and enlarged photos Check results on similar lots	Realized $633
Lot 1500		1904-S. PCGS graded MS-64+ PQ CAC Approved. Nice golden toning on both sides. A coin new to the population report. A key date in full mint state grades, always popular with collectors. This is a satin surface example shimmering with original silver luster beneath the toning. There are no objectionable marks or other impairment. The strike is reasonable, although there are only light feathers appearing on the breast. Pop 13; 129 finer at PCGS (PCGS # 7294) . Estimated Value $4,000 - 4,500. View details and enlarged photos Check results on similar lots	Realized $4,370
Lot 1501		1904-S. PCGS graded MS-64 PQ CAC Approved. Lovely light golden toning on both sides. An impressive strike. It is understood that quantities of 1904-S Morgan dollars dribbled out of government holdings through the 1950s. The distributing institutions were as varied as the Treasury Department in Washington, D.C. and banks in the Los Angeles area. These coins served to make dealers and collectors think at the time that the '04-S was a common date in Mint condition. With the later Treasury Department holdings in the early 1960s and the Redfield estate in the 1970s (neither of which contained any Uncirculated '04-S Dollars), specialists began to understand that this date is more elusive than first believed. Today, 1904-S, the penultimate Morgan Dollar from the San Francisco Mint, is rightly regarded as one of the condition rarities in this actively collected series. Pop 385; 142 finer at PCGS (PCGS # 7294) . Estimated Value $3,700 - 3,800. View details and enlarged photos Check results on similar lots	Realized $4,140
Lot 1502		1904-S. ANACS graded AU-58. Fully lustrous. Estimated Value $600 - 700. View details and enlarged photos	Realized $891
Lot 1503		1878 to 1935-S. The Dan Holmes Collection of U.S. Silver Dollars. Consists of complete sets of Morgan and Peace Dollars lacking only the 1895. Coins will grade Good to Mint State. A lovely collection that should be carefully examined prior to bidding. Housed in deluxe Whitman albums. Estimated Value $7,000-UP. The Dan Holmes Collection. View details	Realized $11,213
Lot 1504		The Southern California "S" Estate of Morgan and Peace Dollars. Consists of: Pre 1921 Morgans grading Good to EF (56); 1921 Morgans in VF-EF (7); Peace Dollars grading VG to AU (28); Cull quality Dollars (3); in addition: 1882-CC Fine, 1889-S Very Fine. Lot of 96 silver dollars. Estimated Value $1,900 - 2,000. View details	Realized $2,300
Lot 1505		A 60-piece lot of Morgan Dollars. All are dated prior to 1921. Coins grade Mint State 60 to Mint State 65. A very nice lot of Morgans. Lot of 60 coins. Estimated Value $1,800 - 1,900. View details	Realized $2,588
Lot 1506		A 79-piece lot of Morgan Dollars. Consists of: Pre 1921's grading AG to VF (39); 1921 P-D-S, some in choice Mint State (40). Lot of 79 coins. Estimated Value $1,600 - 1,700. View details	Realized $1,955
Lot 1507		A 80-piece lot of Morgan Silver Dollars. All are dated prior to 1921. Coins range in grade from AU to Mint State. Estimated Value $1,600 - 1,700. View details	Realized $2,128
Lot 1508		A lot of 52 circ Morgan Dollars. All Pre 1921 with a good mix of dates and mints. Coins will grade from About Good to Almost Unc. Lot of 52 coins. Estimated Value $1,250 - 1,350. View details	Realized $1,438

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