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1887 GOLD DOLLAR
PCGS Nos: 7588, 7637, 87637,
97637
Mintage:
Circulation strikes: 7,500
Proofs: 1,403
Designer: James Barton Longacre
Diameter: ±14.3 millimeters
Metal content:
Gold - 90%
Silver and Copper - 10%
Weight: ±25.8 grains (±1.7
grams)
Edge: Reeded
Mintmark: None (for
Philadelphia, PA) below the wreath on the reverse
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Images courtesy of Superior
Galleries
Recent appearances:
PCGS Proof-66. Ex- Heritage Numismatic
Auctions, Inc.'s "October 2000 Long Beach Sale" October 5-7,
2000, Lot 7488, illustrated, sold for $9,200.00 From the Violet Bancroft Collection
PCGS Proof-66 (illustrated above). Ex - Superior Galleries' "The ANA 2001
National Money Show Auction", March 8-9, 2001, Lot 751, plated,
unsold
PCGS Proof-65. Ex
– American Numismatic Rarities, LLC’s “The Classics Sale,”
July 25, 2003
, Lot
633, illustrated, sold for $7,130.00 From the Luther A. Breck
Collection
Gem Brilliant Uncirculated. Ex- Stack's "The September
Sale", September 12-13, 2000, Lot 1453, sold for $2,070.00
Gem Brilliant Uncirculated. Ex - Stack's "The Marvin Taichert
Collection of U.S. Type Coins", May 9, 2001, Lot 102, plated, sold
for $1,150.00 Ex Abner Kreisberg's sale of November 25, 1963, lot
1631
PCGS MS-64. Ex - Heritage Numismatic
Auctions, Inc.'s "Philadelphia 2000 Signature Sale", August 6-7,
2000, Lot 7149, not illustrated, sold for $690.00
MS-64. Ex - Bowers and Merena Galleries, "The Harry W. Bass,
Jr. Collection, Part IV Sale", November 20-21, 2000, Lot 110,
illustrated, sold for $1,092.50 Purchased
from Mal Varner, April 21, 1972
MS-64. Ex - Bowers & Merena Galleries' "The Lake Geneva
Sale", June 28-29, 2001, Lot 1194, not illustrated, sold for
$805.00 Acquired from the sales department of our predecessor
firm, Bowers and Ruddy Galleries
PCGS MS-63. Ex - Heritage Numismatic Auctions, Inc.'s
"Philadelphia 2000 Signature Sale", August 6-7, 2000, Lot 7148,
not illustrated, sold for $506.00
About Uncirculated. Ex- Stack's "The September Sale",
September 12-13, 2000, Lot 1454, sold for $161.00
Notes:
The finest Uncirculated examples graded by PCGS are 18 MS-67's.
The finest Proof examples graded by PCGS are 2 PR-67's.
The finest Proof Cameo
example graded by PCGS is a single PR-67. The finest
Proof Deep Cameo example graded by PCGS is a single PR-66.
Sources and/or
recommended reading:
"The PCGS Population Report, April 2004" by The Professional
Coin Grading Service
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