2002 July New York, NY Signature Sale - Day 3

1842 S$1--Cleaned--ANACS,<p>XF Details, Net VF30, mottled lavender patina, sharp but with some abrasions in the fields that are faded beneath ...

1842 S$1--Cleaned--ANACS,<p>AU Details, Net XF45, richly detailed but somewhat glossy, a planchet streak (as struck) below the eagle, the uppe...

1842 S$1 MS61 NGC.<p>Light olive-gray in color. The luster is extensive and creamy. The obverse is well struck, while the reverse has slight s...

1843 S$1 XF40 ANACS,<p>the fields are lightly abraded, LIBERTY is complete, the devices are worn but much luster persists; and an 1849 VF35 AN...

1843 S$1 AU55 ANACS.<p>A mildly prooflike example that has rich golden-brown patina at the borders. The fields are moderately abraded, but the...

1843 S$1 MS63 NGC.<p>Despite its status as the most easily obtainable Seated Dollar from the 1840s in circulated grades, the 1843 (165,100 pie...

1844 S$1 XF45 ICG.<p>Doubled Die Obverse. The shield is doubled, which is diagnostic for the business strikes of the year. Only 20,000 pieces ...

1844 S$1 XF45 ANACS.<p>Doubled Die Obverse, plainest at the shield. Medium gray surfaces display a modest rim bruise at 8 o'clock. Just 20...

1844 S$1 AU50 ANACS.<p>Breen-5431, "Quad Stripe" variety. A sharply detailed example that has medium lavender-brown patina. The fiel...

1845 S$1 AU55 ANACS.<p>Even though we have three high grade AU examples of this issue, it actually is quite elusive in the better grades of Al...

1845 S$1 AU58 ANACS.<p>Only 24,500 pieces were struck of this scarcer No Motto issue, and we feel very fortunate to have two AU58 examples in ...

1845 S$1 AU58 PCGS.<p>A third high grade example of this conditionally challenging issue. This piece is not quite as well defined as the coin ...

1846 S$1 XF40 ANACS.<p>Pale violet and coppery-gold toning forms in the recesses. Important notice: We expect to be auctioning lots at the ra...

1846 S$1 AU58 NGC.<p>Silver-gray in color, with some charcoal patina within the obverse shield. Well struck except for portions of the left le...

1846-O S$1--Cleaned--ANACS.<p>AU Details, Net XF40. The cleaning, which can be more accurately be described as "whizzed", has stripp...

1846-O S$1--Corroded, Scratched--ANACS.<p>AU Details, Net XF40. Deep gunmetal color on each side masks the effect of peripheral corrosion and ...

1846-O S$1 AU58 PCGS.<p>Light lemon-gold patina. Generally sharply struck, but several upper and right side stars are flat. The fields have th...

1847 S$1--Cleaned--ANACS.<p>AU Details, Net AU50. Very well struck beneath a suspicious, irregular coating of violet-gray and copper-gold toni...

1847 S$1 AU58 ANACS.<p>A mildly prooflike Seated Dollar that has blushes of gold and gunmetal-gray patina. The strike is above average, with s...

1848 S$1 AU55 ANACS.<p>Attractive lavender-violet and gold patina. A lightly abraded coin that has extensive luster on the devices. Nicely det...

1849 S$1--Cleaned--ANACS.<p>AU Details, Net AU50. Both sides have faint milky spots, but no obvious hairlines. There is a short pinscratch bet...

1849 S$1 MS60 NGC.<p>Although most of the stars are somewhat flatly struck, the centers of the devices have sharp details. The fields are mode...

1850 S$1 AU55 PCGS.<p>Only 7,500 pieces were struck of the 1850-P Seated Dollar, and when located, examples are seldom found above the VF-XF g...

1850 S$1 MS61 NGC.<p>A second and even finer representative of this sought-after, limited mintage date. Both sides are free of toning that wou...

1850-O S$1--Cleaned--ANACS.<p>XF Details, Net VF20. A lightly polished example that has hairlined fields and tiny speckles of charcoal patina....

1850-O S$1--Cleaned--ANACS.<p>AU Details, Net XF40. A rather harsh cleaning seems all the more tragic on this conditionally scarce New Orleans...

1850-O S$1 AU55 NGC.<p>The '50-O is a scarce New Orleans issue. Only 40,000 pieces were struck and it is seldom located in high grades. Th...

1853 S$1 MS61 ANACS.<p>A well struck coin that has deep lavender patina. The luster is abundant but is somewhat subdued. The fields are only l...

1854 S$1 AU53 ANACS.<p>The mintage for the 1854 is 33,140 pieces. This is not an especially low production run; however, 10,000 pieces were sh...

1855 S$1 AU55 ANACS.<p>Even though 26,000 pieces were produced of this issue, it is seldom located in high grade, collectible condition. Weakl...

1856 S$1--Cleaned--ANACS.<p>AU Details, Net AU50. A softly struck Borderline Unc with coppery-gold and violet accents about the peripheral dev...

1857 S$1--Cleaned--ANACS.<p>AU Details, Net XF45. The borders have green-gray patina. Harshly cleaned, and the reverse devices are outlined wi...

1859 S$1--Cleaned--ANACS.<p>AU Details, Net XF45. Some light hairlines are evident beneath the variegated golden-gray and ivory-rose toning th...

1859 S$1--Graffiti, Cleaned--ANACS.<p>Unc Details, Net AU50. Light golden-brown patina. The fields are lightly hairlined, and a simpleton has ...

1859 S$1 AU55 PCGS.<p>Deep milky green-gray patina. A pinscratch connects the O in OF to the eagle's neck, and the first A in AMERICA has ...

1859 S$1 MS62 PCGS.<p>With more than a quarter million pieces produced of this issue, one would think that quite a few might have survived tod...

1859-O S$1 XF45 ANACS.<p>Deep gray and blue toning surrounds the devices with silvery-brilliantish highlights over the highpoints of the devic...

1859-O S$1 XF45 ANACS.<p>Light golden-gray toning is evenly distributed across both sides, except for a small untoned area on the reverse abov...

1859-O S$1 MS61 PCGS.<p>A lustrous example that has attractive gold patina at the borders. The surfaces are bagmarked, but not to an unsightly...

1859-O S$1 MS61 PCGS.<p>Most likely from the Treasury hoard releases of the early 1960s, this otherwise frosty example exhibits modest hints o...

1859-O S$1 MS62 PCGS.<p>A well struck and flashy Seated Dollar that has freckles of russet patina within the reverse legends. The fields are m...

1859-S S$1--Corroded, Cleaned--ANACS.<p>XF Details, Net VF20. Heavily hairlined from a rough handling and with traces of minor corrosion, this...

1859-S S$1 AU50 ANACS.<p>The San Francisco Mint produced 20,000 Silver Dollars in this, its first of production for the denomination. An immen...

1860 S$1 MS61 PCGS.<p>Light gold patina at the margins. A lightly abraded Seated Dollar that has extensive luster. Well struck, and scarce in ...

1860-O S$1 VG8 ANACS,<p>scuffy light gray surfaces; and an 1870 VF20 ANACS, traces of luster cling to the devices and some discoloration is no...

1861 S$1 MS63 PCGS.<p>Fully struck, the surfaces are remarkably clean for the grade, but the coin is kept at the MS63 level by the presence of...

1862 S$1 MS62 ANACS.<p>The modestly prooflike fields are deeply toned, with much lighter patina on the devices. When the coin is tilted under ...

1862 S$1 MS64 NGC.<p>Even though 11,540 business strike Seated Dollars were struck in this year, very few survived the meltings that occurred ...

1863 S$1 AU55 ANACS.<p>Deep brown-gray patina. A nicely struck example that has light rub on the thigh of Liberty. The fields have faint slide...

1865 S$1--Cleaned--ANACS.<p>Unc Details, Net AU50. The bright surfaces display a slight trace of wear on the highest points, and each side pos...

1866 S$1 AU55 ANACS.<p>Although the surfaces display the usual bagmarks that are often seen on coins of this design, a trace of reflectivity i...

1866 S$1 MS62 PCGS.<p>The aqua-blue and sea-green fields contrast with the brilliant devices. There is a faint staple scratch below Liberty...

1867 S$1--Cleaned--ANACS.<p>AU Details, Net AU50. A bright and glossy example that has lightly abraded fields. The devices have bold detail, w...

1867 S$1 MS64 NGC.<p>1867 Over Smaller Date, Breen-5478. An interesting, if far less scarce than once believed variety that was created by fir...

1868 S$1 XF40 ANACS.<p>Richly colored in tones of gray and charcoal in the protected areas, this piece displays fewer abrasions than one might...

1868 S$1 MS64 PCGS.<p>Even though 162,100 Seated Liberty Dollars were struck in the third year of With Motto production, the 1868 is a challen...

1869 S$1--Damaged--ANACS,<p>AU Details, Net XF40, the obverse has several noticeable abrasions, a few more marks on the reverse shield, unnatu...

1869 S$1 AU50 ANACS.<p>A dusky slate-gray example that has abundant subdued luster across the legends and devices. Sharply detailed, and free ...

1869 S$1 AU55 NGC.<p>Deep lavender-brown patina. A well struck Silver Dollar that has only a few insignificant contact marks on each side. The...

1870 S$1 XF45 PCGS.<p>Modestly worn surfaces are virtually unmarked beneath steel-violet and olive-gray toning, with a darker area above the e...

1870-CC S$1--Cleaned--ANACS,<p>Fine Details, Net VG8, mottled gunmetal-gray color, a few minor abrasions, half of LIBERTY is legible, an impor...

1870-CC S$1 VF20 ANACS.<p>A well balanced light gray example with a shadow of the BE in LIBERTY and speckled reddish-brown overtones in the pe...

1870-CC S$1 AU55 ANACS.<p>The 1870-CC is one of only four Carson City issues in the Seated Dollar series. It is the most affordable of the fou...

1870-CC S$1 AU55 ANACS.<p>With two AU55 examples of this rare Dollar in this sale, the collector has the choice between a coin that is mostly ...

1872 S$1--Cleaned--ANACS.<p>AU Details, Net XF45. The silver-gray surfaces are a trifle drab as a result of the cleaning, with mushiness from ...

1872 S$1 AU58 ANACS.<p>Light lemon-olive patina. The luster is bright and extensive. STATES is lightly strike doubled. The fields are lightly ...

1872-CC S$1 VF20 PCGS.<p>This is a richly toned survivor with solid overall definition for the VF grade level. The otherwise antique-copper pa...

1872-CC S$1 AU55 NGC.<p>Only 3,150 pieces were struck of the 1872-CC. As such it is the second most "common" Carson City Seated Doll...

1872-S S$1--Corroded--ANACS.<p>VF Details, Net Fine 12. Dense lavender and green-gray patina. About half of LIBERTY is present, and the shield...

1872-S S$1 AU55 PCGS.<p>The '72-S is an issue that is scarce to rare in all grades. Its difficulty is based not solely upon the low origin...

1872-S S$1 AU55 PCGS.<p>The only collectible Motto Seated Dollar from the San Francisco Mint, the 1872-S is still a scarce coin that is especi...

1873 S$1 XF45 ANACS.<p>Milky lilac patina, with lighter color on the devices. Nicely detailed, but somewhat subdued. There is a pinscratch in ...

1873 S$1 MS63 PCGS.<p>More than a quarter million Seated Dollars were produced of this issue, but many were later melted to provide bullion fo...

1873-CC S$1 AU50 ANACS.<p>The 1873-CC is the final-year of issue and rarest of the four Carson City Seated Dollars. Only 2,300 pieces were str...

1845 S$1 PR64 NGC.<p>Only 15-25 proof Seated Dollars from this year are estimated to have been originally produced, and of that number a liber...

1859 S$1 PR62 PCGS.<p>A well struck example that reveals lovely electric-blue, apricot, and violet patina when the coin is rotated under a lig...

1862 S$1 PR64 NGC.<p>A popular Civil War era proof due to the low delivery and poor rate of survival of its corresponding business strike. The...

1864 S$1 PR63 PCGS.<p>This is a pleasing, Select quality representative of a date that is quite challenging to locate in high grades. The fini...

1865 S$1 PR63 PCGS.<p>The 1865 essentially represents the final-year of issue in the No Motto series (other than the ultra-rare 1866 issue). O...

1867 S$1 PR60 PCGS.<p>The deeply toned surfaces flash golden-brown colors when they are rotated under a light. A well struck proof that has a ...

1867 S$1 PR61 PCGS.<p>Breen-5478. On the obverse, the bright green-gold peripheral color frames the deep lavender center. The reverse has a go...

1867 S$1 PR63 PCGS.<p>Second-year issue for the With Motto type with only 625 proofs issued. This low mintage combined with the general unavai...

1867 S$1 PR63 Cameo ICG.<p>Fully and intricately detailed, as one should expect from a doubly struck proof. The fields are deeply reflective w...

1868 S$1 PR63 NGC.<p>Although not an especially rare coin for a proof issue from this era, the 1868 is always in demand due to the scarcity of...

1868 S$1 PR64 PCGS.<p>This is a gorgeous coin from the standpoint of originality. Warm lavender-copper toning overlays both sides in a more or...

1870 S$1 PR62 PCGS.<p>A razor sharp example that has vivid golden-brown patina. The fields have a few wispy handling marks. While 1,000 proofs...

1870 S$1 PR63 PCGS.<p>An important Select quality representative of the date, the devices rise powerfully above the shimmering fields with sha...

1873 T$1 AU58 ANACS,<p>deep lavender and golden-brown patina, only lightly abraded, well struck except for the eagle's right (facing) leg,...

1873 T$1 MS61 ANACS.<p>A lustrous coin that has light gold patina. The obverse has a few wispy and parallel handling marks. Not well struck, b...

1873-CC T$1 AU50 ANACS.<p>The deep gray patina subdues the luster, but the devices still have sharp details. The fields are only lightly abrad...

1873-CC T$1 AU50 ANACS.<p>A modestly worn first year Carson City issue that is toned on either side in irregular violet and antique-golden sha...

1874 T$1 XF45 ANACS,<p>a moderately abraded example that has rich peripheral cobalt-blue patina, LIBERTY is sharp; and an 1876 AU55 ANACS, Typ...

1874-CC T$1 MS62 ANACS.<p>Conditionally rare, the '74-CC is a difficult coin in Uncirculated condition and it is often found with poor str...

1875-CC T$1 MS62 NGC.<p>Type I Reverse. A rather prooflike example that has a good strike and lightly abraded fields. AMERICA has a somewhat r...

1875-CC T$1 MS62 NGC.<p>Type I Obverse / Type I Reverse. Light olive-gray patina. Well struck except for Liberty's head. The obverse field...

1875-CC T$1 MS64 NGC.<p>Type I Obverse / Type I Reverse. Although the 1875-CC (1.5 million pieces produced) is the most easily obtainable Trad...

1875-S T$1--Scratched, Cleaned--ANACS.<p>AU Details, Net XF40. Brilliant with numerous small abrasions peppered over each side. Important not...

1875-S T$1 MS62 NGC.<p>Type I Reverse. Beautiful peripheral golden-brown and aqua-blue patina. Nicely struck with moderate luster and a few wi...

1875-S T$1 MS64 PCGS.<p>The surfaces are lustrous and quite clean overall with rich, multicolored toning covering both sides. A lovely toned t...

1876 T$1 MS62 PCGS.<p>This nicely struck piece illustrates great luster in the fields. A few abrasions, in the north obverse and west reverse ...