August 2024 Global Showcase Auction – 12 - 23 August 2024
Ancient and World Coins and Currency
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Description
Stunning 1888-S Morgan Dollar
Popular Low Mintage Issue
1888-S Morgan Silver Dollar. MS-66+ (PCGS). CAC.
Flashy satin to semi-reflective surfaces exhibit a sharply executed strike throughout the design. The surfaces are extremely well preserved and border on pristine, there being just a few miniscule marks precluding a Superb Gem grade. Lightly toned in champagne-gold, the centers are framed in partial halos of warmer reddish-rose and cobalt blue peripheral iridescence that further enhance already strong eye appeal. The 1888-S is one of the scarcer Morgan dollars of its era, due primarily to a limited mintage of 657,000 pieces. For reasons that have been lost to history, silver dollar production at the San Francisco Mint remained low during to mid to late 1880s as the Philadelphia and New Orleans mints accounted for the vast majority of examples struck. While the less discerning numismatist should have little difficulty locating a BU or Choice survivor of this issue, Gems in MS-65 are elusive while coins grading finer are nothing short of rare.
PCGS# 7186. NGC ID: 2557.
PCGS Population: 6; 3 finer in this category (all MS-67). CAC Stickered Population: 11; 1. The former total includes coins certified both MS-66 and MS-66+.
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| Price realized | 24'000 USD |
| Starting price | 1 USD |
| Estimate | 25'000 USD |
