1886-S SILVER DOLLAR
PCGS Nos: 7170, 7171, 97171
Mintage:
Circulation strikes: 750,000
Proofs: 0
Designer: George T. Morgan
Diameter: 38.1 millimeters
Metal Content:
Silver - 90%
Copper - 10%
Weight: 26.73 grams
Edge: Reeded
Mintmark: "S" (for San Francisco) beneath the bow on the reverse
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Numismatic Auctions
Recent appearances:
PCGS MS-66. Ex -
Superior Galleries "Pre-Long Beach" Elite Coin Auction,
May 25- 27, Lot
3018, sold
for $11,500.00
PCGS MS-66 Prooflike.
Ex - Heritage Numismatic Auctions, Inc.'s "Long Beach Signature
Sale", May 31-June 2, 2001, Lot 6485, plated, sold for
$6,900.00
PCGS MS-66. Ex -
Heritage Numismatic Auctions, Inc.'s "Long Beach Signature
Sale", May 31-June 2, 2001, Lot 6484, plated, sold for
$5,635.00 From the Gary
Wolkwitz Collection
PCGS MS-65 Prooflike. Ex - Heritage Numismatic Auctions,
Inc.'s "Philadelphia 2000 Signature Sale", August 6-7,
2000, Lot 6310, illustrated, sold for $2,645.00
PCGS MS-65 Prooflike. Ex- Heritage Numismatic Auctions, Inc.'s
"October 2000 Long Beach Sale" October 5-7, 2000, Lot 8337,
illustrated, sold for $2,415.00
PCGS MS-65. Ex - Bowers & Merena Galleries' "The
Rarities Sale", January 3, 2001, Lot 325, illustrated, sold for
$2,070.00
NGC MS-64 Deep Mirror Prooflike (illustrated above). Heritage
Numismatic Auction, Inc.'s "FUN" Sale, January 2000, Lot 7109, NGC MS-64 Deep
Mirror Prooflike, sold for $1,725.00
MS-64. Ex - Superior Galleries' "The ANA 2001 National
Money Show Auction", March 8-9, 2001, Lot 373, unsold
MS-64. Ex - Heritage Numismatic Auctions, Inc.'s "Long
Beach Signature Sale", May 31-June 2, 2001, Lot 5784, not
illustrated, sold for $1,725.00
PCGS MS-64. Ex - Heritage Numismatic Auctions, Inc.'s
"Long Beach Signature Sale", May 31-June 2, 2001, Lot
6483, not illustrated, sold for $391.00
MS-64. Ex - Ira & Larry Goldberg Coins & Collectibles,
Inc.'s "Benson Collection, Part I", February 16, 18-20,
2001, Lot 2089, not illustrated, sold for $920.00
NGC MS-63 DPL. Ex - Bowers & Merena Galleries' "The
Cabinet of Lucien M. LaRiviere, Part III", May 21, 2001, Lot
107, not illustrated, sold for $977.50
NGC MS-63 Prooflike. Ex - Bowers and Merena Galleries' Robert
W. Schwan Collection Sale, October 26-27, 2000, Lot 1556, unsold
ANACS MS-63. Ex- Heritage Numismatic Auctions, Inc.'s
"October 2000 Long Beach Sale" October 5-7, 2000, Lot 8336,
not illustrated, sold for $483.00
Choice Brilliant
Uncirculated, virtually a full Gem specimen. Ex - Stack's
"65th Anniversary Sale", October 17-19, 2000, Lot 1373,
plated, sold for $1,380.00
Choice Brilliant
Uncirculated. Ex - Stack's "65th Anniversary Sale",
October 17-19, 2000, Lot 1374, not plated, sold for $776.25
Choice Brilliant Uncirculated. Ex - Stack's "The
University of Notre Dame Sale", March 20-21, 2001, Lot 542,
plated, sold for $345.00
PCGS MS-62 DMPL. Ex - Heritage Numismatic Auctions, Inc.'s
"Long Beach Signature Sale", May 31-June 2, 2001, Lot
6486, not illustrated, sold for $805.00
MS-60. Ex - Ira & Larry Goldberg Coins & Collectibles,
Inc.'s "Benson Collection, Part I", February 16, 18-20,
2001, Lot 2090, not illustrated, sold for $121.00
Notes:
The 1886-S Morgan Silver Dollar is reasonably common in Uncirculated
grades, but is scarce as a Prooflike and rare as a Deep
Mirror Prooflike. The most common Uncirculated grades is MS-63, followed by
MS-62,
then MS-64. The finest examples
graded by PCGS are 4 MS-67's, 4 MS-66 Prooflikes, and
only a single MS-65 Deep Mirror Prooflike.
Sources and/or recommended reading:
"The PCGS Population Report, October 2003" by The
Professional Coin Grading Service
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