1904 $1 PR(PCGS#7339)

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Legend Rare Coin Auctions

批号

171

等级

PR67

价格

179,563

详细说明

FROM THE YOUNG-DAKOTA COLLECTION Ex Simpson Collection, as noted on the insert. A SPECTACULAR SUPERB 1904 Proof Morgan dollar! Among the 10 FINEST graded by PCGS, regardless of designation (CAMEOs are RARE and none are graded better than PR65 CAM at PCGS, DCAMs are nonexistent!). This virtually flawless, mostly untoned beauty has some claims to a CAM designation, and if Liberty's cheek was a touch more frosty instead of glossy brilliant, this monster might garner the designation. Blazing, incredibly reflective, brilliant silver surfaces gleam boldly and blindingly all over. The sleek, flashy fields are the epitome of perfection with only a few faint traces of peripheral color. The devices are overall very well struck, with just the most insignificant central weakness on the hair curl over Liberty's ear, which is normal for the date. The devices are glossy and brilliant but they stand out in bold relief against the flowing, rolling watery mirrors. A touch of coppery peripheral tone is all that keeps this from being a mint fresh blazing, white silver. After 1900, the mint changed the process of producing Proof coinage; the entire surface of the dies were heavily polished, not just the fields, resulting in uniformly brilliant reflective surfaces on the fields and the devices, with little to no contrast, a stark departure from the 1890s, when some of the greatest Cameo Proofs were produced. Only 650 Proofs were struck. PCGS 6, NGC 22, CAC 8. This coin realized $25,200 in November 2020, as part of the Bob R. Simpson Collection; and it was the first appearance of a PCGS PR67 in over eight years. The current PCGS Price Guide value is $30,000. Just four are graded finer, all PR67+ at PCGS as finest known by that service. This SUPERB GEM, with its fantastic visual allure and Simpson pedigree, is worthy of the FINEST of collections. Good luck! Cert. Number 40273689 PCGS # 7339