1900 Lafayette Silver Dollar. MS-65 (PCGS). CAC.
Charming surfaces are fully lustrous with delicate champagne-pink peripheral highlights framing brilliant centers. The obverse is uncommonly smooth for an example of this easily marked type, and the pristine-looking reverse would easily support an even higher Gem Mint State grade. This type commemorates constriction of a monument to General Lafayette erected at the 1900 Paris Expedition. Although the Philadelphia Mint struck 50,000 pieces for distribution, the maximum allowed by Congress, only 36,000 coins were sold and the remaining 14,000 examples were melted. Many of the Lafayette dollars sold were either cleaned, circulated, or preserved in lower end Mint State grades with handling and heavy contact marks, making Gem examples extremely sought after by the uncompromising collector. This piece stands out for its beauty and is sure to end up in another high quality set.
PCGS# 9222. NGC ID: BYKW.
From the RK Long Beach Collection.

Estimate: $6500