1893 S$1
1893 $1 MS66 PCGS. The one thing that truly separates the majority of Morgan dollar collections from those few top-end sets that live on for generations as the finest sets ever assembled, is a no-compromises mindset in the collectors building those sets. In many cases throughout the 1878-1921 run of this beloved series, collectors will encounter individual issues that almost prohibitively rare in their top known grade, while one step down the grade scale the same issue is still rare but at least manageable as an acquisition. Legacy Morgan dollar collections -- the all-time highest-ranked Registry Sets -- exist because of collectors who did not compromise on these dates but waited the months or even years necessary to acquire that ultra-rare finest-known example of the date. One of the dates in the series that falls into this category is the 1893 Philadelphia coin. A limited mintage of 378,000 coins contributes to its conditional scarcity, while general attrition and the silver dollar melts after 1918 round out its decline in overall survival. Only a handful of examples are known with Prooflike or Deep Mirror Prooflike fields, and those are almost all low-grade coins. Non-Prooflike pieces are the only ones known in Gem or better condition. In MS65, the 1893 Morgan is universally scarce, while only a handful of coins are known in MS66. None are finer. This top-grade example is within the elite Condition Census. It equals the pieces in the current top-ranked Registry Sets, and surpasses the 1893 dollars in most of the other sets. Even the former Jack Lee collection included only an MS65 example of this issue. The current coin displays brilliant, frosty mint luster washed over boldly struck central devices. Liberty's cheek is well preserved, and only a few light grazes in the left obverse field prevent an even finer grade from PCGS. Eye appeal and luster are outstanding. This is the top-tier Registry coin you have been waiting for. Population: 9 in 66, 0 finer (3/24). HID10510052018 © 2024 Heritage Auctions | All Rights Reserved
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1893 $1 MS66 PCGS. The one thing that truly separates the majority of Morgan dollar collections from those few top-end sets that live on for generations as the finest sets ever assembled, is a no-compromises mindset in the collectors building those sets. In many cases throughout the 1878-1921 run of this beloved series, collectors will encounter individual issues that almost prohibitively rare in their top known grade, while one step down the grade scale the same issue is still rare but at least manageable as an acquisition. Legacy Morgan dollar collections -- the all-time highest-ranked Registry Sets -- exist because of collectors who did not compromise on these dates but waited the months or even years necessary to acquire that ultra-rare finest-known example of the date. One of the dates in the series that falls into this category is the 1893 Philadelphia coin. A limited mintage of 378,000 coins contributes to its conditional scarcity, while general attrition and the silver dollar melts after 1918 round out its decline in overall survival. Only a handful of examples are known with Prooflike or Deep Mirror Prooflike fields, and those are almost all low-grade coins. Non-Prooflike pieces are the only ones known in Gem or better condition. In MS65, the 1893 Morgan is universally scarce, while only a handful of coins are known in MS66. None are finer. This top-grade example is within the elite Condition Census. It equals the pieces in the current top-ranked Registry Sets, and surpasses the 1893 dollars in most of the other sets. Even the former Jack Lee collection included only an MS65 example of this issue. The current coin displays brilliant, frosty mint luster washed over boldly struck central devices. Liberty's cheek is well preserved, and only a few light grazes in the left obverse field prevent an even finer grade from PCGS. Eye appeal and luster are outstanding. This is the top-tier Registry coin you have been waiting for. Population: 9 in 66, 0 finer (3/24). HID10510052018 © 2024 Heritage Auctions | All Rights Reserved
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