Goldberg Coins and Collectibles

Sale 74

June Long Beach Coin Auction

Morgan Dollars

Lot	Photo	Description	Realized
Lot 2952		1887-S Morgan Dollar. PCGS graded MS-64. Well struck (PCGS # 7180) . Estimated Value $500 - 525. The Arden Collection. View details and enlarged photos Check results on similar lots	Realized $633
Lot 2953		1889-CC Morgan Dollar. NGC graded MS-61. A lovely frosty mint example of this important Key Date. A few minor obverse spots which are probably removable. Even if it wasn't the key date to the Carson City Morgan Dollar issue, this lustrous coin would be a contested item on the bidding floor. Although the insert does not describe the surface as frosty, the fields are nearly completely and beautifully so, and with modest field marks present consistent with the unassuming grade. Fully struck with good definition even in the usually suspect centers such as the eagle�s breast (which in this case has full plumage). Despite a few trivial hairlines, etc. accounting for the MS61 designation, this coin is seemingly conservatively graded. Pop 77; 214 finer (PCGS # 7190) . Estimated Value $13,000 - 14,000. View details and enlarged photos Check results on similar lots	Realized $31,050
Lot 2954		1889-CC Morgan Dollar. PCGS graded VF-30 CAC Approved. Toned and a pleasing example of the Key Date "CC" mint dollar. Only 350,000 minted. Both sides are a pleasing, natural gray with ample deeper accent-gray around legends and devices plus few appreciable surface marks. A grade of Very Fine is always appreciated by the collector purchasing a first or even an upgrade second �89-CC Morgan silver dollar (PCGS # 7190) . Estimated Value $1,400 - 1,500. View details and enlarged photos Check results on similar lots	Realized $1,840
Lot 2955		1889-CC Morgan Dollar. NGC VF Details. Environmental Damage. Uniform dark toning. Still a nice looking coin (PCGS # 7190) . Estimated Value $800 - 850. View details and enlarged photos Check results on similar lots	Realized $805
Lot 2956		1889-O Morgan Dollar. PCGS graded MS-65. A nice white coin whose superlative fields and devices compete evenly for your attention (and admiration). The '89-O issue is seldom available above MS63 grade, where the population narrows quickly: Pop 145; 9 finer in 66 (PCGS # 7192) . Estimated Value $3,200 - 3,300. View details and enlarged photos Check results on similar lots	Realized $4,600
Lot 2957		1890-CC Morgan Dollar. PCGS graded MS-62. Nice golden toning with frosted luster everywhere (PCGS # 7198) . Estimated Value $500 - 525. View details and enlarged photos Check results on similar lots	Realized $633
Lot 2958		1890-S Morgan Dollar. PCGS graded MS-66. Delicate golden onvertones grace the surfaces of this lovely gem example. As with other S-mint dates in the 1890s (barring a few) this 1890-S was struck with systematic exactness throughout, there is no need to worry about the central part where a somewhat rounded impression is often left by the dies on the eagle and Liberty on Morgans from the other branch mints. This coin is decidedly bold in the centers. Pop: 135; 2 in 66+, 6 in 67 (PCGS # 7202) . Estimated Value $2,500 - 3,000. View details and enlarged photos Check results on similar lots	Unsold
Lot 2959		1891-CC Morgan Dollar. PCGS graded MS-63. Frosty and white (PCGS # 7206) . Estimated Value $525 - 550. The Arden Collection. View details and enlarged photos Check results on similar lots	Realized $633
Lot 2960		1891-CC Morgan Dollar. PCGS graded MS-62. Frosty, well struck, and lightly toned (PCGS # 7206) . Estimated Value $450 - 500. View details and enlarged photos Check results on similar lots	Realized $483
Lot 2961		1892-CC. Housed in a Paramount Red Holder MS65. Our grade is MS64. Lavere Redfield's cache of over 400,000 mostly BU Morgan and Peace type silver dollars became known as the "Redfield Hoard". It was the largest silver dollar hoard discovered in decades. After his death, in 1976, his silver dollar hoard (collection) was sold at auction. The price paid by the winning dealer was a record breaking 7.3 million dollars. Prior to the auction, companies that were to bid on the collection were unable to look through all of the coins due to the massive number of them. They just didn�t have enough time or people to look at everything. (Some accounts say that after the sale, when the coins were individually evaluated, the real value of the holdings was discovered to be three times what was paid.)Once the estate was settled and the silver dollars were auctioned to the highest bidder, the coins were catalogued and sold throughout the world. A good number of the bags he had saved were "S" mint Morgan style silver dollars produced at the San Francisco United States Mint. He also had some "CC" Carson City United States Mint dollars and even had some bags of the Peace style silver dollars. Most coins graded various degrees of mint uncirculated condition, although about 15% were said to be circulated. To sell them, some coins were packaged in special holders with labels indicating they came from the Redfield hoard. Others were put in tubes or individual holders. Then they were sold by the roll or by the lot to various investors or dealers. Estimated Value $1,900 - 2,000. Ex: Redfield Collection. View details and enlarged photos	Realized $2,300
Lot 2962		1892-CC Morgan Dollar. PCGS graded MS-62. Bright and frosty. We note a light mark across the cheek, otherwise, a point or two higher (PCGS # 7214) . Estimated Value $1,300 - 1,400. View details and enlarged photos Check results on similar lots	Realized $1,610
Lot 2963		1893 Morgan Dollar. PCGS graded MS-63+. Nice light gold toning on this low-mintage P-mint issue, the first Morgan Dollar struck at Philadelphia to fall well below one million mintage, 378,000 to be exact (PCGS # 7220) . Estimated Value $900 - 1,000. The George C. Follis Collection. View details and enlarged photos Check results on similar lots	Realized $1,121
Lot 2964		1893-CC Morgan Dollar. PCGS graded VF-25. Lightly toned (PCGS # 7222) . Estimated Value $450 - 500. View details and enlarged photos Check results on similar lots	Realized $604
Lot 2965		1893-S Morgan Dollar. PCGS graded MS-60. Well struck and lightly toned. Semi-reflective fields that are also exceptionally smooth and blemish-free. An important key date coin. The 1893-S Morgan Dollar is widely recognized as the foremost rarity in the series, notwithstanding the relatively recent emergence of the Proof-only 1895 as a required issue in order to complete the set. After 15 years of seemingly unlimited production of Silver Dollars, the election of President Grover Cleveland and the financial panic caused by the hoarding of gold during this period marked a shift in government policy toward the minting of these large silver issues. In 1893, Cleveland ordered that the Carson Mint in Nevada be closed as a cost measure. The repeal of the Sherman Act became law in the winter of 1893 following upon which mintages were drastically reduced. Just 100,000 pieces of the 1893-S were struck, a tiny figure by Morgan Dollar benchmarks, and the majority were either extensively circulated or later melted in the great silver dollar coin melt of 1918 (Pittman Act). Today, even About Uncirculated examples can be very difficult and costly to locate. Therefore, the occasional appearance of a Mint State piece never fails to capture a numismatic headline.Pop 2; 34 finer (PCGS # 7226) . According to a Bowers reference: "To fully understand the limited mintage of the 1893-S Morgan Dollar we also cannot forget the actual and perceived effects of the Panic of 1893. The worsening economic climate in the United States during that year formed a backdrop against which lawmakers viewed the dwindling of the nation's gold reserves, underscoring the crisis and making swift action a virtual certainty. Had the overall economic situation been stronger, in fact, the Sherman Silver Purchase Act may not have been repealed, or at least may not have been repealed in 1893. "The San Francisco Mint was not the only coinage facility to strike limited numbers of Morgan Dollars in 1893. The Philadelphia Mint contributed only 378,000 business strikes (some sources say 389,000 coins), the New Orleans Mint set a record low for the facility at just 300,000 pieces struck and the Carson City Mint struck its final Silver Dollars that year to the extent of only 677,000 coins. But it is the San Francisco Mint which brought up the rear with a mintage of just 100,000 pieces. Its delivery for that year, in fact, has become the rarest, most expensive and most eagerly sought regular-issue Morgan Dollar in all grades." Estimated Value $90,000 - 100,000. View details and enlarged photos Check results on similar lots	Realized $115,000
Lot 2966		1893-S NGC graded AU Details. Improperly cleaned. Nice light golden toning. A popular key date. The lightly tone will eventually depen on this example of the desirable key date in the Morgan series. Not only is the business strike mintage of 100,000 pieces the lowest in the series, but it is rare in AU and higher grades. There the fields and borders are free from blemishes. The cheek has a minor (now blurred) contact mark, but there are no other abrasions (PCGS # 7226) . Estimated Value $5,000 - 6,000. View details and enlarged photos Check results on similar lots	Realized $6,613
Lot 2967		1893-S Morgan Dollar. PCGS graded VF-35 PQ. Lightly toned and a little undergraded sure looks Extremely Fine grade. A respectable pale silver toned '93-S Morgan with light residual luster in a few areas of the design, nothing ostentatious but genuinely pleasing with downright top-notch eye appeal for this mid-level grade. Don't let the hint of weakness at the top hair wave and eagle's breast dissuade you, as these are typically seen for this rare issue. The grading service has taken it into consideration. Not only is the business strike mintage of 100,000 pieces the lowest in the series, but it is always under intense pressure from collectors in middle to higher grades such as VF35 (PCGS # 7226) . Estimated Value $5,000 - 5,500. View details and enlarged photos Check results on similar lots	Realized $6,325
Lot 2968		1893-S Morgan Dollar. PCGS graded Good-6. Nice even wear with a clear date and mint mark. Popular key date. Attractive light to medium netural silver-gray patina (PCGS # 7226) . Estimated Value $1,200 - 1,300. The Dr. Charles Ruby Estate. View details and enlarged photos Check results on similar lots	Realized $1,955
Lot 2969		1893-S Morgan Dollar. PCGS graded Good-6. Popular key date. Nice even wear, attractive surfaces (PCGS # 7226) . Estimated Value $1,000 - 1,100. View details and enlarged photos Check results on similar lots	Realized $1,725
Lot 2970		1894 NGC graded Unc Details. Improperly cleaned. Untoned. A well struck and detailed example of this elusive P-mint release (PCGS # 7228) . Estimated Value $900 - 950. View details and enlarged photos Check results on similar lots	Realized $1,898
Lot 2971		1894 PCGS graded Genuine AU Details. Polished. Lightly toned. Popular low mintage semi-key date: only 110,000 mintage (PCGS # 7228) . Estimated Value $700 - 800. The George C. Follis Collection. View details and enlarged photos Check results on similar lots	Realized $1,035
Lot 2972		1894 NGC graded XF Details. Scratches. A popular key date. Scarce, only 110,000 business strikes were produced this year (PCGS # 7228) . Estimated Value $500 - 550. View details and enlarged photos Check results on similar lots	Realized $891
Lot 2973		1894-S Morgan Dollar. PCGS graded MS-63. Well struck with touches of mottled golden toning about the borders. Once you get to the 1894 and 1895 issues, scarcity reigns, with 1894-S being elusive in Mint condition (although readily available in lower grades). A nice frosty example with minimal bagmarks (PCGS # 7232) . Estimated Value $700 - 750. The George C. Follis Collection. View details and enlarged photos Check results on similar lots	Realized $1,064
Lot 2974		1894-S Morgan Dollar. PCGS graded MS-62. Mostly white on the obverse, with smooth frosty luster on either side. The grade suggests and observation confirms there to be a few widely scattered bagmarks on this otherwise select to choice example of the scarcer '94-S Morgan Silver Dollar issue (PCGS # 7232) . Estimated Value $675 - 725. View details and enlarged photos Check results on similar lots	Realized $920
Lot 2975		1895-O Morgan Dollar. PCGS graded AU-58. A nice untoned coin. Endless eye appeal. We�d like to point out how truly outstanding the surfaces are: smooth, satiny, with an absence of the expected bagmarks or circulation abrasions. The rims, too, are just outstanding! (PCGS # 7236) . Estimated Value $900 - 1,000. View details and enlarged photos Check results on similar lots	Realized $3,565
Lot 2976		1895-O Morgan Dollar. NGC graded EF-45. Nicely toned (PCGS # 7236) . Estimated Value $500 - 525. View details and enlarged photos Check results on similar lots	Realized $575
Lot 2977		1895-O Morgan Dollar. PCGS graded EF-40. A nice lightly toned coin (PCGS # 7236) . Estimated Value $450 - 500. The Dr. Charles Ruby Estate. View details and enlarged photos Check results on similar lots	Realized $506
Lot 2978		1895-S Morgan Dollar. PCGS graded EF-45. Light golden toning around the edges, the 1895-S is one of those elusive dates that when found this elegant and original gains added value. Only 400,000 made (PCGS # 7238) . Estimated Value $900 - 950. The George C. Follis Collection. View details and enlarged photos Check results on similar lots	Realized $1,294
Lot 2979		1896-O Morgan Dollar. PCGS graded AU-58. A hint of light tone and lustrous. Scarce in all higher grades (PCGS # 7242) . Estimated Value $800 - 850. View details and enlarged photos Check results on similar lots	Unsold
Lot 2980		1896-S Morgan Dollar. PCGS graded MS-64. A nice frosty coin. It seems possible that most of the 5 million 1896-S dollars that were struck were placed into circulation, since circulated examples are plentiful yet high grade Mint State coins are infrequently offered. This is a snow-white coin that displays sparkling mint color. Well, and indeed fully struck as is the rule for most S-mint issues from 1895 to 1899 in this last decade of the 19th century; there are only the slightest abrasions present on either side. A lovely MS64 example of this conditionally elusive issue (PCGS # 7244) . Estimated Value $3,800 - 4,000. View details and enlarged photos Check results on similar lots	Realized $4,830
Lot 2981		1898-S Morgan Dollar. PCGS graded MS-66. Well struck and a white coin with semi-reflective surfaces.The frosty white patina twinkles over both sides. Such, then, for luster. Turning to the other key factor, a coin that is desirable with this meticulous strike on all the highest hair elements and Liberty cap, along with resolute detail in the eagle�s breast feathers, tail, and wings. A nearly pristine coin! Pop 65; 5 finer, 2 in 66+, 2 in 67, 1 in 68 (PCGS # 7256) . Estimated Value $3,000 - 3,200. View details and enlarged photos Check results on similar lots	Realized $4,025
Lot 2982		1899 Morgan Dollar. PCGS graded MS-65. A brilliant white gem with slightly reflective surfaces. Desirable with this exacting strike, even though we need to point out some examples show signs of weakness in the central regions, this coin is a brilliant exception to that rule. It has sharpness everywhere. Only 330,846 minted. Popular for this low mintage issue (PCGS # 7258) . Estimated Value $700 - 750. View details and enlarged photos Check results on similar lots	Realized $1,323
Lot 2983		1901-S Morgan Dollar. PCGS graded MS-64. Well struck and sparkling with satiny mint luster. A touch of gold tone graces the borders (PCGS # 7276) . Estimated Value $700 - 750. The George C. Follis Collection. View details and enlarged photos Check results on similar lots	Realized $1,553
Lot 2984		1902 Morgan Dollar. PCGS graded MS-66 PQ. A hint of even light tone and a satiny gem that will cause heads to turn. A showpiece! (PCGS # 7278) . Estimated Value $600 - 650. The George C. Follis Collection. View details and enlarged photos Check results on similar lots	Realized $920
Lot 2985		1902-S Morgan Dollar. PCGS graded MS-64. Nice and frosty with some light natural toning. Desirable S-mint date from the turn of the 20th century (PCGS # 7282) . Estimated Value $600 - 650. The George C. Follis Collection. View details and enlarged photos Check results on similar lots	Realized $719
Lot 2986		1903-O Morgan Dollar. PCGS graded MS-65. A full white gem. The surfaces are judged by us to be bright silver in color, and quite lustrous, with the grade acting on behalf of its outstanding quality (PCGS # 7286) . Estimated Value $475 - 525. View details and enlarged photos Check results on similar lots	Realized $529
Lot 2987		1903-S Morgan Dollar. PCGS graded AU-50. Untoned with friction on the highest points. Plenty of luster remains on this semi-key date (PCGS # 7288) . Estimated Value $1,100 - 1,200. View details and enlarged photos Check results on similar lots	Realized $1,668
Lot 2988		1904-S Morgan Dollar. PCGS graded MS-64. A nice white coin. A beautiful, frosty-white coin on the borderline of full Gem quality, a special offering that is augmented by snowy luster which serves to magnify the coin�s brilliance. Further, there are no unsettling bagmarks on either side. 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. Pop 432; 156 finer at PCGS (PCGS # 7294) . Estimated Value $3,700 - 4,000. View details and enlarged photos Check results on similar lots	Realized $4,600
Lot 2989		1904-S Morgan Dollar. PCGS graded AU-58. A nice white coin almost Mint State (PCGS # 7294) . Estimated Value $600 - 650. View details and enlarged photos Check results on similar lots	Realized $1,898
Lot 2990		1921. Zerbe. NGC graded Proof 67. Full white gem. Pop 1; none finer at NGC. The Finest graded. The origin of the Zerbe Proof Morgan Dollars can be found in the Mint's failure to place the new Peace Dollar into circulation before the end of calendar-year 1921. The American Numismatic Association, and its influential booster Farran Zerbe, was a proponent of the new Peace Dollar. Despite Zerbe's urging, however, he was unable to expedite production and release of the first examples of the new design. To appease Zerbe, the Mint made a limited number of special-purpose "Proof" 1921 Morgan Dollars at the Philadelphia and San Francisco Mints for Zerbe. Bowers (1993) seems to suggest that the 24 Zerbe Proofs struck at the San Francisco Mint preceded those of the Philadelphia Mint, the exact mintage from the latter facility being unknown. In fact, Wayne Miller, in the book The Morgan and Peace Dollar Textbook, actually provides the rather wide range estimate of 20-200 pieces for the mintage of 1921-P Zerbe Proof. What numismatists do agree upon is that the Zerbe Proofs are almost always--and we stress the word "almost"--of lesser quality to Proof Morgan Dollars struck from 1878 through 1904. Then there's the coin in this lot. Far and away the most impressive 1921 Zerbe Proof Morgan Dollar that this cataloger has ever seen, this coin is unquestionably bright in terms of mirrored reflectivity in the fields. The scattered die polish lines (as made) that are always evident on this issue are visible under magnification (but they are by no means distracting), while the diagnostic die scratch (also as produced) from the second U in UNUM to the denticles is discernible too. A razor-sharp strike provides perhaps the fullest definition that one is likely to encounter on a Proof 67 1921-dated Morgan. The fields are the most vibrant we can remember, with the normal die polishing lines visible, and surfaces are brilliant the whole time, showing lightly frosted devices. The bold strike is like that of a Proof of 1878-1904. Contrasting most Zerbe Proofs, there are no obvious marks, but we note the diagnostic light die scratch is also faintly visible above the second U in UNUM. Irrefutably one of the most extraordinary survivors of this mysterious presentation issue, this 1921 Zerbe Proof would serve as a pride and joy in even the most specialized collection of Morgan Dollars (PCGS # 7341) . Estimated Value $50,000 - 55,000. View details and enlarged photos Check results on similar lots	Realized $52,900
Lot 2991		1921-S Morgan Dollar. PCGS graded MS-65 PQ. A frosty white gem. This conditionally desirable contribution to the sale is brilliant with rich frosty gem surfaces. The strike is free of censure, being sharp in all areas with special attention to the bold hair waves, and the eagle�s plumage (PCGS # 7300) . Estimated Value $700 - 750. View details and enlarged photos Check results on similar lots	Realized $1,495
Lot 2992		25-Piece lot of PCGS and NGC MS-65 Morgan Dollars. A fine mix of dates and mints. Most are blast white and all are gems. Lot of 26 coins. Estimated Value $3,000 - 3,200. The Arden Collection. View details	Realized $3,163
Lot 2993		Lot of Better Date Morgan Dollars. Includes: 1882-O/S (3); 1883-S (5); 1884-S (3); 1886-O (3); 1886-S (1); 1888-S (2); 1889-O (3); 1889-S (4); 1892-S (7); 1894-O (5); 1896-O (6); 1896-S (1); 1897-O (10); 1898-S (1); 1899-O Mirco "O" (1); 1900-S (2); 1901-P (3); 1901-S (2); 1903-S (9) and 1904-S (3). A nice lot of Morgan Silver Dollars which we recommend careful study. Lot of 74 coins. Estimated Value $2,800-UP. View details	Realized $2,760
Lot 2994		A partial collection of Morgan Dollars 1878 to 1921-D. Housed in three Whitman albums, consisting of 49 silver dollars, includes some "CC" mint issues and a few better dates. Mostly Brilliant Uncirculated. Estimated Value $2,000-UP. View details	Realized $3,795
Lot 2995		1880-CC thru 1885-CC GSA Dollars. One of each date, all in the original black holder and box. Coins grade MS-60+ and better. Lot of 6 coins. Estimated Value $1,700 - 1,800. The Arden Collection. View details	Realized $2,300
Lot 2996		A Lot of Better Date Morgan Dollars. Includes: 1893 (2); 1893-O (2); 1894-S (1); 1895-O (1); 1895-S (1); 1899-P (3) and 1902-S (3). Coins grade AG to XF. Lot of 13 coins. Estimated Value $1,200-UP. View details	Realized $1,035
Lot 2997		A 20-piece lot of PCGS MS-64 graded Morgan Dollars. A good mix of dates and mints. All choice blast white specimens. Housed in a PCGS blue box. Lot of 20 coins. Estimated Value $1,200 - 1,250. The Arden Collection. View details	Realized $1,495
Lot 2998		A Date Set of Silver Dollars 1878 to 1981. A total of 44 coins, all polished. 7 Ikes and 3 SBA. Estimated Value $1,000 - 1,100. View details	Realized $978
Lot 2999		A Set of Silver Dollars 1878 to 1981. 43 Polished Dollars, all dated and cleaned. Missing the 1892. A date set including Ikes and SBA. Estimated Value $1,000 - 1,100. View details	Realized $834
Lot 3000		A Half Dozen GSA "CC" Mint Dollars. Consists of: 1882-CC NGC MS-64; 1883-CC NGC MS-64; 1884-CC NGC MS-64 (3); 1884-CC MS-60. All are in the black cases as issued. Lot of 6 coins. Estimated Value $1,000 - 1,100. The Arden Collection. View details	Realized $1,380
Lot 3001		A BU roll of "O" Mint Dollars. A nice mix of dates grading MS-60+ and better. Lot of 20 coins. Estimated Value $600 - 650. The Arden Collection. View details	Realized $863

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