2002 November Santa Clara Signature Sale - Session 2

1884-CC S$1 MS65 Deep Mirror Prooflike NGC. A frosty and boldly struck Gem that has outrageously mirrored fields and beautiful copper-gold color at th

1884-CC S$1 MS66 Deep Mirror Prooflike NGC. If one is looking for a visually impressive representative of Morgan Dollar production at the Carson City

1884-CC S$1 MS66 Deep Mirror Prooflike ANACS. A lovely Gem that has a razor-sharp strike and imposing mirrored fields. Golden-brown and lilac colors e

1885 S$1 MS64 PCGS, apple-green and faded ruby-red patina, nicely struck; 1885 MS64 PCGS, golden-brown and cobalt-blue color, well struck; 1885 MS65 P

1885 S$1 MS66 NGC. A thin band of bright golden-brown color visits the margins. A boldly struck and flashy Gem with exquisite surfaces. The lower left

1885 S$1 MS65 Deep Mirror Prooflike PCGS. A boldly struck and lightly toned Gem that has both cartwheel and reflective luster. The reverse is especial

1885 S$1 MS65 Deep Mirror Prooflike NGC. A boldly struck Gem that has stunning reflectivity across the mirrored fields. Lightly toned and impressively

1885 S$1 MS67 Deep Mirror Prooflike NGC. Brilliant and deeply mirrored with a moderate amount of mint frost over the devices. The surfaces are excepti

1885-CC S$1 MS62 ANACS. A sharply struck and seemingly prooflike example with medium apricot patina and an immaculate reverse. The cheek has a cluster

1885-CC S$1 MS64 PCGS. Ex: GSA. Blushes of powder-blue, mauve, and gold patina encroach upon the obverse center, while the reverse is snow-white in co

1885-CC S$1 MS64 PCGS. Ex: GSA. A lustrous near-Gem with a brilliant reverse and lovely bands of gold, violet, and sea-green color on the left obverse

1885-CC S$1 MS65 PCGS. A nicely struck Gem that has a hint of silver-gray patina. The fields are both lustrous and semi-prooflike, and only the most t

1885-CC S$1 MS65 PCGS. Both sides are boldly struck and lustrous, but, whereas the obverse is brilliant, the reverse is richly toned in overlapping go

1885-CC S$1 MS65 PCGS. A lustrous and brilliant Gem that has a good strike and carefully preserved surfaces. A slightly better Carson City issue that

1885-CC S$1 MS65 NGC. Dusky gold patina visits the obverse periphery. A boldly struck Gem with semi-prooflike surfaces and a virtually pristine revers

1885-CC S$1 MS65 PCGS. There is a dash below the second 8 in the date. A nicely struck Gem with pearl-gray color and potent luster. The nearly pristin

1885-CC S$1 MS65 Prooflike PCGS. Light gold patina visits the devices, with an additional blush of rose-violet color on the eagle's breast. Whil...

1885-CC S$1 MS61 Deep Mirror Prooflike ANACS. A sharply struck and carefully preserved Morgan Dollar that has irrefutable deep mirror fields. A seemin

1885-CC S$1 MS64 Deep Mirror Prooflike PCGS. A lightly toned near-Gem that has gorgeous white on black cameo contrast. A well struck coin with an imma

1885-CC S$1 MS65 Deep Mirror Prooflike PCGS. A nicely struck and lightly toned Gem that has good contrast between the frosted devices and the mildly r

1885-CC S$1 MS66 Deep Mirror Prooflike ANACS. Ex: Bill Lower. Formerly offered as lot 337 in our 1999 Pre-ANA Bullet Sale, where it was described as,

1885-O S$1 MS66 NGC. A needle-sharp Gem with lustrous and semi-prooflike fields. The obverse is dominated by champagne-rose color, with hints of gold

1885-O S$1 MS65 Deep Mirror Prooflike PCGS. A lightly toned and razor-sharp Gem that has pleasing preservation. The deep reflectivity of the fields is

1885-O S$1 MS65 Deep Mirror Prooflike PCGS. Brilliant throughout and deeply mirrored with a moderate amount of frost on the devices. Well struck with

1885-S S$1 MS62 ANACS, sharply struck and brilliant except for a spot of toning on the obverse rim at 9 o'clock; 1889-O MS62 ANACS, satiny with ...

1885-S S$1 MS64 PCGS. Light lemon-gold patina. A boldly struck near-Gem that has flashy and mildly prooflike fields. A pleasing Morgan Dollar that has

1885-S S$1 MS64 NGC. Dusky apricot patina visits the peripheries of this sharply struck near-Gem. A carefully preserved coin with pleasing semi-proofl

1886 S$1 MS67 * NGC. Binion Collection. Like many of the coins from Ted Binion holdings, this coin has exceptional eye appeal. But what really sets th

1886-O S$1 MS60 NGC. The 1886-O is one of the premier rarities in the Morgan series with a prooflike finish in the fields. This piece is not labeled o

1886-O S$1 MS62 PCGS. A well struck and lustrous Morgan Dollar that is lightly toned and relatively clean for the grade. A scarce issue in Uncirculate

1886-O S$1 MS62 ANACS. Even though early New Orleans Dollars are plentiful and well produced, the 1886-O breaks that tradition. This piece has full, s

1886-O S$1 MS64 PCGS. The 1886-O is the first of the true condition rarities in the O-mint Morgan Dollar series. Whereas earlier issues such as the 18

1886-S S$1 MS62 ANACS. VAM-1, the borders have occasional golden-brown patina, lustrous and sharply struck with faint slide marks on the cheek, a low

1886-S S$1 MS64 PCGS. VAM-2. Top 100 Variety. The mintmark is repunched, with traces of the former mintmark visible on each side. A lustrous and light

1886-S S$1 MS65 PCGS. With only 750,000 pieces produced of this issue, it was bound to be a favorite among Dollar collectors. However, it wasn't...

1886-S S$1 MS60 Prooflike ANACS, mostly brilliant with a thin ring of golden color around the rims; 1890-O MS61 Deep Mirror Prooflike ANACS, brilliant

1887 S$1 MS63 NGC. The left reverse has bright bands of apple-green, violet, and gold patina, while the obverse must settle for a thin peripheral blus

1887 S$1 MS64 NGC. Competing swaths of slate-gray and olive toning yield to even more irregular rainbow colored undertones as the coin turns into the

1887-O S$1 MS63 NGC. VAM-5. DDO Stars. A Top 100 Variety. Brilliant and well defined with sparkling mint luster. Important notice: We expect to be auc

1887-O S$1 MS64 PCGS. VAM-5. A Top 100 variety. The obverse stars are die doubled toward the rim. Sharply struck and lustrous with wisps of tan patina

1887-O S$1 MS64 PCGS. Boldly struck aside from slight softness in the hair curl above the ear of Liberty. A lightly toned near-Gem with good luster th

1887-O S$1 MS64 NGC. VAM-5. Top 100 Variety. The stars after the date are lightly die doubled south. A lustrous near-Gem with a good strike and wisps

1887-O S$1 MS64 PCGS. The satiny surfaces are remarkably free from abrasions considering the grade. The obverse shows light golden patina that deepens

1887-O S$1 MS64 PCGS, lustrous with gorgeous surfaces, typically struck in the centers; and an 1888-O MS64 PCGS, nicely struck and lustrous with an im

1887-S S$1 MS62 ANACS. Pleasingly bright in the fields, both sides of this untoned survivor exhibit sharp striking detail. Scattered obverse abrasions

1887-S/S S$1 MS64 PCGS. VAM-2. Top 100 Variety. Both sides are sharply struck with otherwise frosty luster that thins to modest brightness in the fiel

1887-S S$1 MS64 PCGS. Dusky golden-brown patina at the margins. Nicely struck and carefully preserved with mildly reflective fields. The top of the 1

1887-S S$1 MS63 Deep Mirror Prooflike PCGS. A well struck and brilliant representative that has a few luster grazes on each side. The deeply mirrored

1888 S$1 MS66 * NGC. Ex: Binion. The left obverse has gorgeous arcs of gold, ruby-red, and sea-green patina. A well struck and lustrous Gem with a mag

1888-S S$1 MS64 PCGS. A nicely struck and lightly toned near-Gem with pleasing luster and exquisitely preserved fields. Liberty's chin has a few...

1888-S S$1 MS64 NGC. The reverse has a diagonal pair of golden-brown toning streaks. A nicely struck and lustrous near-Gem that has relatively clean s

1889 S$1 MS64 ANACS, rich gold, ruby-red, and aqua patina, a couple of obverse fingerprints; 1889 MS64 ANACS, dusky golden-brown and crimson patina, w

1889 S$1 MS65 Deep Mirror Prooflike PCGS. With more than 21 million pieces struck of this issue, one would think that DMPL coins would be somewhat ava

1889-CC S$1 Fine 15 PCGS. Generally slate-gray in color, but trace amounts of charcoal patina outlines the devices. Richly detailed for the grade, and

1889-CC S$1--Cheek Repaired, Whizzed--ANACS. AU Details, Net VF20. The cheek is sunken and smoothed, while the fields have the unnatural luster and ap

1889-CC S$1 VF20 ANACS. Lightly toned with even wear over the highpoints. A pleasing example of this key issue that shows all the major design element

1889-CC S$1--Altered Surfaces--ANACS. AU Details, Net XF40. Slate-gray in color with a hint of tobacco-brown patina. Abundant luster outlines the devi

1889-CC S$1--Cleaned--ANACS. AU Details, Net XF40. A not unattractive representative, the surfaces have retoned nicely in rich steel-gray and antique-

1889-CC S$1--Cleaned--ANACS. AU Details, Net XF40. A lightly cleaned but richly detailed example of this desirable Carson City issue. Lightly toned wi

1889-CC S$1--Damaged--ANACS. AU Details, Net XF40. The cheek has numerous minor contact marks. Bright luster shimmers in the peripheries, and the fiel

1889-CC S$1 AU50 ANACS. A pearl-gray example of this important key date. The centers have light rub, and both sides have a few wispy slide marks. Subt

1889-CC S$1--Cleaned, Retoned--ANACS. Unc Details, Net AU50. An important Mint State survivor of this conditionally challenging, key date Morgan, the

1889-CC S$1 AU50 ANACS. Direct light angles reveal considerable mint luster still in evidence on both sides of this originally preserved, golden-gray

1889-CC S$1 AU53 PCGS. This is the finest of several '89-CC Morgans in this sale. The surfaces are problem-free for the assigned grade with a ty...

1889-O S$1 MS63 Deep Mirror Prooflike PCGS. A lightly toned and sharply struck piece with impressive mirrored fields. The upper reverse rim has tiny c

1889-S S$1 MS64 PCGS. This crisply detailed near-Gem combines an untoned reverse with a peripherally patinated obverse. Both sides are bright with fro

1889-S S$1 MS65 PCGS. A well struck and lustrous Gem with faint tan patina. The surfaces are exquisitely preserved. A small planchet flaw (as struck)

1889-S S$1 MS65 PCGS. Brilliant throughout with flashy mint frost and sharply struck throughout. One of the scarcer Redfield issues, and worthwhile in

1889-S S$1 MS65 PCGS. The hair curls below the coronet have a hint of gold color. A sharply struck Gem that has flashy luster and impressive preservat

1889-S S$1 MS65 NGC. A well struck, brilliant, and flashy Gem that has beautifully preserved fields. The lower cheek has a few faint roller marks, as

1889-S S$1 MS65 ANACS. A sharply struck Gem that has flashy semi-prooflike fields and attractive tobacco-brown peripheral patina. The upper left obver

1889-S S$1 MS63 Deep Mirror Prooflike ANACS. Wisps of gold-gray patina brighten the surfaces. A bold example with deeply reflective fields that could

1890 S$1 MS65 NGC. Not far from fully brilliant, but the lower reverse has a wisp of gold color. A well struck and lustrous Gem with relentlessly clea

1890-CC S$1 MS63 ANACS. The 1 in the date is lightly repunched at the peak, and a spindly die crack (as made) crawls across the lower obverse. The dus

1890-S S$1 MS64 PCGS, lightly toned and highly lustrous with pleasing preservation; and an 1891-S MS64 PCGS, attractive peach patina, well struck and

1890-S S$1 MS65 NGC. The 90 in the date is lightly repunched north. Well struck, lightly toned, and lustrous with beautifully preserved surfaces. A sc

1890-S S$1 MS65 NGC. Both sides have the barest hint of tan patina. A well struck and frosty Gem that has intense luster and an especially immaculate

1890-S S$1 MS66 PCGS. The first of two MS66 examples of this conditionally challenging issue, this piece has the same sparkling mint frost as the next

1890-S S$1 MS66 NGC. Quite a few MS63-65 examples of the 1890-S became available when LaVere Redfield's holdings were released onto the market 2...

1891 S$1 MS64 PCGS. A band of aqua color frames the lavender centers on the obverse, while the reverse has an electric-blue border with a golden-brown

1891 S$1 MS64 NGC. Wisps of dusky apricot patina enrich each side. A sharply struck and mildly prooflike near-Gem. The reverse is essentially pristine

1891 S$1 MS64 NGC. Pale wisps of copper-gold color visit the lower reverse. A lustrous near-Gem with a good strike and clean fields. Important notice:

1891 S$1 MS65 NGC. Even though 8.6 million pieces were struck of this issue, very few were present in the Treasury Department releases from the early

1891-CC S$1 MS62 ANACS. Not fully struck in the centers, but with good luster and attractive apricot-rose peripheral patina. The cheek has a pair of m

1891-CC S$1 MS63 PCGS. VAM-3. Top 100 Variety. The popular "spitting eagle" variety. The obverse devices are outlined by powder-blue patin...

1891-CC S$1 MS63 ANACS. VAM-3. Top 100 Variety. Silver-gray in appearance, the suitably lustrous, frosty textured surfaces are sharply impressed in al

1891-CC S$1 MS63 PCGS. Highly lustrous with somewhat of a weak strike in the centers and showing just a dab of pale tan patina over Liberty's ha...

1891-CC S$1 MS64 PCGS. Excellent mint luster and untoned throughout, each side is sharply defined and shows a few grade-limiting abrasions. Important

1891-CC S$1 MS65 NGC. Whereas most earlier CC-mint Morgans with lower mintages are easily obtainable at the Gem grade level, the 1891-CC (1.6 million

1891-O S$1 MS64 PCGS. The center of the reverse has faint milky tan patina. A nicely struck and lustrous near-Gem with relatively clean surfaces. The

1891-S S$1 MS65 PCGS. A well struck, brilliant, and moderately prooflike Gem that has magnificently preserved surfaces. An exceptionally attractive Mo

1891-S S$1 MS66 PCGS. Although the '91-S was not represented in the Treasury Department releases of the 1960s to any great extent, this date is ...

1891-S S$1 MS63 Deep Mirror Prooflike ANACS. Unfathomably deep mirrors with sufficient frost on the devices to give the coin a moderate cameo appearan

1891-S S$1 MS64 Deep Mirror Prooflike NGC. Rich golden-brown and aqua peripheral patina, with a short area of milky-gray color in the upper reverse. A

1892 S$1 MS64 PCGS. Hues of golden-brown color endow each side, while the upper left reverse has a blush of powder-blue color. Lustrous with a good st

1892 S$1 MS64 NGC. A lustrous near-Gem that has wisps of tan patina. Well struck with immaculate fields. The obverse rim has a small planchet flaw (as

1892 S$1 MS64 ICG. One of several high grade survivors of this conditionally challenging P-mint issue in this sale, this ICG-certified near-Gem is unt

1892 S$1 MS65 PCGS. The 1892 began a four-year slide in Silver Dollar production that didn't resume again until 1896. Just over a million coins ...

1892-CC S$1 MS61 ANACS. Sharply struck with otherwise untoned surfaces, the obverse reveals some dappled olive-russet peripheral shadings. There are r

1892-CC S$1 MS62 ANACS. A boldly struck and flashy Carson City Dollar. The intermittent copper-gold patina improves the eye appeal. While the reverse