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The Collectors' Auction 2009
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Please Note: A 15% Buyers' Premium is added to the hammer price of all lots in this sale.

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1870 PF-63. 1870 PF-63.
Lot Title: 1870 PF-63.
Description: Wonderfully reflective fields are completely immersed in royal-burgundy tone, except near the bottom of the date, where aqua-blue concentrates near the rim. A compellingly attractive proof, the presentation has a confident cameo appearance that results from the way those marvelous watery fields buoy the frosted devices. Meager shifty hairlines may be seen here and there, but their effect is almost trivialized by the patina. Of more interest is a prodigious supply of subtle surface striations that were caused when the planchet was being manufactured, and the strike, though quite powerful and capable of rendering very sharp details, did not quite efface the striae. Major proof coins for type set collectors not already certified have almost disappeared from the market, so one might expect considerable interest in this beauty. A delectable coin, indeed!

This lot may contain an item not certified by ANACS, PCGS, or NGC. While Scotsman Auction Co. is typically conservative in our descriptions of items not certified by one of these companies, we cannot guarantee our grading estimation will match their grade. We highly recommend that collectors seeking items certified by a third-party grading service only bid on items that have already been certified. No lot can be returned because of a variance in judgment with regards to grade.

Low Estimate: $2,200.00
High Estimate: $2,600.00
Lot Status: Bidding has been closed for this lot.
Hammered Price: $1,950.00
Price Realized: $2,242.50
1870 PF-63.
1870 PF-63.

Price history for items of the same classification:
Lot #AuctionCurrent Bid or Hammer PriceDescription
628The Collectors' Auction 2012 on 10/05/2012$800.00
1870 PCGS PF-45.
Martin's Little Consignment. The consignor had no idea this was a proof when he bought it, but PCGS has designated it as such, and this may help explain why the coin has worn so beautifully. The...
643The Midwest Summer Sale 2012 on 07/27/2012$550.00
1870 AU details/cleaned/hairlines.
What seems at first to be an impressive prooflike appearance disappoints just a little upon further inspection. Short, furry hairlines in the fields indicate a light cleaning that probably...
577The Collectors' Auction 2010 on 10/15/2010$340.00
1870 VF.
Wonderfully vintage in appearance, the charcoal-tan surfaces offer consistent patina and could not be improved upon. LIBERTY is a little soft at "BE", which is fully in keeping with a VF-35 grade, and...
578The Collectors' Auction 2010 on 10/15/2010$1,050.00
1870 PCGS PF-55.
That mid- to late-nineteenth century proof coins occasionally circulated may not be much of a surprise, especially in the case of a Seated dollar, since a dollar had considerable purchasing power in...
721The Midwest Winter Sale 2009 on 02/13/2009$400.00
1870 XF.
Details and luster quality would probably be sufficient to warrant a little higher grade, but Liberty's portrait is a little noisy from bagmarks, and a few unsightly stains are visible, particularly...
704The Midwest Winter Sale 2007 on 02/09/2007$1,400.00
1870 PF-62.
Milky white patina covers 100% of this neat Seated Dollar. There are some ticks in the fields, but they are commensurate for the grade of MS-62. The devices are struck as you would expect they would...

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