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1896-O $1 MS64 ANACS

Currency:USD Category:Coins & Paper Money Start Price:21,000.00 USD Estimated At:1.00 - 1,000,000.00 USD
1896-O $1 MS64 ANACS
<B>1896-O $1 MS64 ANACS.</B></I> The 1896-O Morgan dollar is not one of the best produced issues in the series. Paul Green, in a September 9, 2006, <I>Numismatic News</B></I> article, quotes Wayne Miller as saying "No other Morgan dollar is as consistently deficient in luster, strike, and degree of surfaces abrasions as the 1896-O." David Bowers adds in his <I>Official Red Book of Morgan Dollars,"</B></I>Striking is usually below average, insipid and unattractive, and luster is typically dull and lifeless."<BR> The near-Gem presented here, while showing the typical central softness, is actually better struck than normally seen. The luster is also far better, being bright and full on both sides. This piece is nearly colorless, save for a wisp of two of reddish-gold at the peripheries. The surfaces are well preserved, revealing just a few minor luster grazes.<BR><BR><B>Coin Engraver:</B> George T. Morgan<BR><BR><b>Shipping:</b> Coins & Currency (<a target="_blank" href="http://www.heritageauctions.com/common/shipping.php">view shipping information</a>)
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