Superior Galleries Santa Clara Elite Auction

Cleaned at one time and described as such on the NCS holder as "improperly" -- the question being, how can a coin of this vintage be "...

Toned original surfaces, and a coin with a distinct edge over its much commoner brethren such as 1841-43 and 1846-47. The 1848 is scarce in all condit

Richmond Collection. A naturally toned and exceptionally frosty MS62 that has agreeable fields and devices. Struck with systematic exactness throughou

Only 62,600 minted of this slightly better issue.

Somewhat scratched. Still acceptable and well placed for a collector of these well-designed and often hard to find early seated Liberty silver dollars

Only 7,500 minted, the first time this happens in the seated dollar series; all other dates before it were struck in numbers greater than ten thousand

With only 40,000 minted, it stands to reason the 1850-O would be a very scarce coin. The most vigorous retort to this is that years ago a fine numisma

A clear winner when it comes to rarity and desirability, yet in spite of the obvious light cleaning at one time, a coin that should prove popular with

In 1851, the American public had no interest in using silver dollars as a circulating medium, preferring instead the much more prevalent (if risky) pr

Only 1,100 silver dollars were produced at the Philadelphia Mint in 1852 and as with the 1851, every 1852 business strike dollar is rare! While the kn

Collectors looking to buy an 1851 silver dollar soon discovered that as a date, the 1852 seated dollar was also all but impossible to obtain. Bullion

A choice, frosty specimen. Despite the fact that the 1853 is the most commonly seen 1850s silver dollar issue in Mint condition after the 1859-O and 1

Here, too, we are pleased to describe a Mint State 60 1854 whose original surface and strike quality is adorned with light champagne. Relatively choic

Although 1854 shows a mintage of 33,140 pieces, not extremely low by comparison with others of its day, it has long been thought of as a rarity. One e

The Proof 1855 seated Liberty dollar is one of a handful of rarities in a series of noteworthy dates. It is doubtful that the Mint sold more than 30-4

Toned. A very scarce issue in all grades: only 26,000 made. Continuing a trend begun in 1853 when the price of silver on the world markets broached th

Attractive silvery brilliance with deep mirrors and contrasting frosted devices; at the rim, some warm golden brown iridescence adorns both sides with

Untoned save for a light overlay of milky golden-gray iridescence, both sides display reflective fields above which the devices rise with light satiny

The present piece has a regular (flat) rim, the usual depressed mark in the field by the eagle's beak, and is from unrusted dies. Mintage unknow...

Well detailed for this more difficult P-mint Proof, a low mintage year, with deep steel and golden-brown highlights that add considerably to the appea