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White luster; normal light bagmarks for the grade. A choice quality specimen.

1881-CC $1 MS60 GSA holder only no box

Deep and colorful obverse toning on this well struck, frosty specimen.

Fully frosted portrait against cascading mirror finish prooflike field, with a little warm golden "album toning" along the rims.

Untoned and refreshingly clean for this issue, with shimmering luster in the fields and chalk-white devices. The fields are silver, untoned, and satin

White.

Likely an early strike from fresh dies, judging from the details. The surfaces are satin silver with a hint of color.

The surfaces are bright with moon-glow white luster underneath dusky golden to pinkish gold toning, and show none of the muting often seen on 1881-S d

Original dusky gold toning with hints of pinkish red in the cartwheel sheen. A gem.

Choicer than average for this numerical grade.

Light gold toning.

Mellow golden color tops the lustrous surface.

Dusky gold toning.

Clean as a whistle, as one would expect from the grade; however, what really sets this coin apart from others is its intense cartwheel semi-prooflike

Brilliant with the usual light bagmarks.

A slam-dunk gem! Which means: Originally preserved, the surfaces are intensely lustrous with swirling cartwheel frost.

Lustrous fields ripple with original prooflike mint bloom. Against this are set nicely subdued, matte design elements. But for some scattered bagmarks

Frosty. A gem!

1882-CC $1 GSA MS63

Both sides display the typical "look" for this O-mint delivery: thickly frosted devices, rolling cartwheel effects in the mirror fields on...

White and lustrous, a pleasing coin in this modest condition.

The reference to eye appeal is quickly revealed by the photographs, for the coin displays lovely multicolor toning atop serious frosty mint luster. A

1882-S $1 PCGS MS64

White.

Nicely toned. A popular date for collectors.

Full white-on-mirror cameo contrast with the fields gem quality, the devices free from all but the most minute abrasions. A pleasing example.

Medium toning. (PCI MS65 holder.)

White.

White. A well struck example of this popular CC-mint issue, though with a few light field and device abrasions as usual.

1883-CC $1 MS63 GSA

White.

An even display of warm golden toning.

Lightly toned.

Well toned surface.

Flashy white luster.

The surfaces have a bright, metallic, satin-like sheen from the cartwheel reflective quality in the fields. Golden toned at the rim. The devices were

Always check your 1884 silver dollars for the "belly button" variety. Unfortunately, this isn't it.

This is a lovely, radiant Gem, both sides being essentially untoned with frosty, silver-white luster.

Frosty fields blessed with cartwheel luster. The more matte designs of the Carson City issues stand out nicely against this brilliance. No toning, jus

Refreshing snow white frost on the devices almost comparable to a “deep mirror” specimen, is nicely offset by the sleek, glittering mirrors revealed o

Blast of cartwheel frost characterizes this splendid coin. The strike is normal for the issue with the usual minor softness at centers.

Bright white frost intermixed with well-developed russet red and blue-as-steel toning iridescence. Well struck and lustrous with near-pristine surface

A touch of gold toning.

This well struck example exhibits deep warm golden toning and is quite attractive.

Silver-white satin luster is boldly displayed on this fresh-appearing Morgan with a golden toned periphery.

Attractively toned. Lot of 3 coins.

Somewhat uneven reddish brown toning obscures part of the design on this otherwise deeply mirrored specimen. As the photograph shows, this isn’t a coi

Bright white luster; housed in one of the first generation slabs.

A few scattered bagmarks; also housed in an early PCGS holder, pre-1989.

Typically frosty for the issue, the ice-frosted surfaces are nearly pristine with few singularly distracting bagmarks plus original toning.

Early PCGS holder.

Here, too, we are pleased to see a coin whose gem quality luster supports eye-catching multicolor toning in several bands across the obverse. Gold, or

1885-O $1 PCGS MS64

1885-O $1 PCGS MS64

1885-O $1 PCGS MS63

Early style PCGS holder. About as close to flawless as can be expected, this robust silver-white specimen that has the beginnings of champagne gold co

1886 $1 PCGS MS64

1886 $1 PCGS MS64

White.

White.

Silvery white luster with a crescent of deep original toning. Struck with exactitude rarely found on a less than MS65 quality 1887 Philadelphia Mint.

A few noticeable bagmarks on the face an in the nearby field where the luster is somewhat scuffed from contact with other coins in the bag. Reasonably

Metal flow enhances the glittering mint luster that covers the surfaces, giving the coin a shimmering, glowing appearance. The original mint brillianc

This example has shimmering bright surfaces and no toning.

Attractive pastels with gold toning on a base of frosty luster. Choice throughout, including an above-average strike.

A fantastic coin, with riveting appeal from crystal-white fields whose glittering mirror finish cascades with cartwheel spin. Struck with exactitude b

Early PCGS holder.

Lightly toned and sparkling.

Pleasing surfaces overally with normal amount of wear for the grade. Choice rims, clean surfaces, plus medium old-silver patina. Scarce.

Choice rims and well preserved, with a few light circulation marks on the face but otherwise very acceptable condition for this low-mintage issue. Hig

A glittering choice example of this desirable issue.

White. A minor luster graze on the face.

Dazzling bright surfaces and uncommon beauty in a near-gem MS64 1890-CC. The luster on these typically has a density to it that is refreshing in its b

Though housed in MS64 Deep Mirror SEGS holder, there is just enough lack of vibrancy and cloudiness to take it down a point, although all in all 1890-

Graded by PCI MS65, the coin, although somewhat bagmarked on the face and in the left obverse field does exhibit a good deal of fresh, frosty luster.

Ice-cold white color covers the fields of this handsome coin with intrusions of purple brown to russet color creeping in around the rims. Precision st

A lustrous example that has shimmering wintry blast of white surfaces. Enhanced popularity for the Carson City mint dates has led to a lessening in th

Deep warm reds and golds in the toning, a splendid combination given the underlying gem quality of the fields and devices. Better than average detail,

A few minor scuffs in the luster of the cheek in behind the head, otherwise well frosted and sharply struck. (Graded MS65 by PCI.)

Silver-white luster throughout and a nice strike, with only very minor weakness found on the hair waves above the ear. Normal scattered bagmarks on th

This well struck beauty has a few widely scattered abrasions on the cheek from coin-to-coin contact, but little in the way of noticeable marks. The br

Carson City silver dollars are noted for their extreme “frostiness.” This lovely choice MS63 example is a case in point: full mint frost, only scatter

Very clean surfaces for a change (circulated specimen of this scarcer Philadelphia issue tend to be heavily abraded as a rule). Quite something specia

Lightly toned, well cared-for, and attractive.

Mostly white save for album toning at the rim. A gem.

A small nick on the cheek. Silvery luster.

Well advanced in this grade level and close to PCI’s estimation of MS65. When it is recalled that of the 5,825,000 1897-S dollars minted, the majority

Frosty white patina dominates both sides and includes a blush of golden color in areas, leaving most of the surface shimmering and mint-fresh. No devi

1898 $1 PCGS MS64

Heavy dull gray toned. (In PCI MS65 holder, though downgraded by the uneven dark color.)

Low mintage. Silver cartwheel luster radiates from the surfaces of this attractive coin. Scattered bagmarks consistent with the MS64 grade level.

This example also has shimmering milky surfaces and no toning.

Full glowing mint luster, the color of ice with minimal bagmarks plus a maximum of eye-appeal. Devices were struck with energy and full force by the d

Desirable Philadelphia Mint issue, this has original russet brown toning. A few small marks on the cheek, neck and jaw from coin-to-coin contact in ci

Satiny with light toning and sharp detail, somewhat less dynamic than the PCI MS66 grade would entail but nevertheless a pleasing specimen of this mod

A lightly toned, satin-surfaced gem housed in ICG grading holder.

Muted white frost.

Silvery with a wisp of toning; old-style PCGS holder.

Light golden brown toning on obverse.

A sharply impressed New Orleans specimen with well-developed, attractive toning. Shows only minor softness over the ear, almost a trademark of late-is