1895-S $1, DMPL MS(PCGS#97239)

November 2020 U.S. Coins Auction

拍卖行

Stack's Bowers

批号

6368

等级

MS67DMPL

价格

2,203,195

详细说明

Amazing Deep Mirror Prooflike Superb Gem 1895-S Dollar The Only MS-67 Certified in Any Category 1895-S Morgan Silver Dollar. MS-67 DMPL (PCGS). CAC. A fully struck, intensely lustrous Gem with gorgeous brilliant surfaces. The 1884-CC is the most popular type issue in the Carson City Mint Morgan dollar series. The mintage was 1,136,000 pieces, many of which remained in storage and were released in the 20th century, particularly as part of the GSA offering of CC-Mint Morgan dollars in the 1970s. Offered here is unrivaled technical quality and extraordinary visual appeal for this low mintage, key date Morgan dollar issue. There are just a few wisps and swirls of pale reddish-gold iridescence. The fields are deeply mirrored and the devices are satiny and softly frosted, presenting intense field to device contrast. A touch of softness to the hair curls over Liberty's ear is noted, as are a few light planchet roller marks (as made) in that area. Also as made are several faint die polish lines in the fields, typical of many prooflike examples of this issue. Virtually devoid of handling marks, this is the single finest 1895-S available to Morgan dollar enthusiasts. One of the lowest mintage issues in the circulation strike Morgan dollar series, the 1895-S was produced to the extent of just 400,000 coins. Q. David Bowers (1993) regards this as one of the scarcer Morgan dollar issues in worn condition and concludes, "Probably, only about 5,000 to 10,000 survive." On the other hand, a greater percentage of the 1895-S mintage seems to have survived the mass meltings of the World War One era compared to that of the 1895-O delivery. Bowers states, "Examples of 1895-S filtered out of the San Francisco Mint over a long period of years in the normal course of business." The earlier releases likely entered circulation, in part or in whole, but a "few bags" released from that source in 1942 came as a "delight to Bay Area numismatists," in Bowers' words. Additional releases in bag quantity continued through the early 1950s, but by the middle of that decade the well had largely dried up. This issue is not known to have been represented in the Treasury Department releases of 1962 to 1964. This issue is certainly scarce by Morgan dollar standards in lower Mint State grades, but it is in Gem condition that the 1895-S displays its true rarity. Prooflike and Deep Mirror Prooflike coins are also elusive, while those with superior surface preservation are exceedingly rare. With technical quality and eye appeal that can't be improved upon, the Larry H. Miller specimen of the 1895-S is an amazing coin eagerly awaiting inclusion in another top flight Morgan dollar set. Provenance: From the Larry H. Miller Collection. Earlier ex Jack Lee I Collection; Jack Lee II Collection; Heritage's sale of the Jack Lee III Collection, November 2005 Dallas, TX Signature Auction, lot 2326. PCGS Population: 1; 0 finer. CAC Population: 1; 0. PCGS# 97239. NGC ID: 255Z. Click here for certification details from PCGS.