| Lot # | Auction | Current Bid or Hammer Price | Description |
| 1066 | The Midwest Summer Sale on 07/26/2013 | $3,500.00 |
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1889 PCGS MS-67.
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Mintage: 29,000. Traditionally, collectors often assemble type sets with preference given "first year of type" coins, but there are many who enjoy procuring the "final year of type", for which this... |
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| 787 | The Midwest Summer Sale 2012 on 07/27/2012 | $875.00 |
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1889 PCGS MS-64.
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Technically, MS-64 fits well, given rather mundane luster and glossy highpoint detail. However, the appearance offers something different with intriguing olive-tan toning overall, encircled by a... |
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| 996 | The Midwest Summer Sale 2011 on 07/29/2011 | $1,850.00 |
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1889 NGC MS-66.
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When an amazing amount of energetic luster is compressed into the surface area of such a little coin, the results are undeniably dynamic. This piece shimmers with the expected vibrancy of a powerful... |
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| 777 | The Collectors' Auction 2010 on 10/15/2010 | $310.00 |
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1889 MS-60.
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A low mintage date, but common due to contemporary hoarding of all the scarcer mint issues. Frosty and lustrous, but somewhat dull, perhaps from being dipped many years ago. |
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| 778 | The Collectors' Auction 2010 on 10/15/2010 | $1,026.00 |
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1889 PCGS MS-64.
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One of the easiest gold dollar issues to find "nice" since a low emission of 29,000 ensured light use of the dies, and the date was hoarded, making many available to posterity. The MS-64 grade makes... |
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| 779 | The Collectors' Auction 2010 on 10/15/2010 | $1,650.00 |
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1889 PCGS MS-66.
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One of the several well-known low mintage hoard dates of the late gold-dollar series, this 1889 displays much less prooflike quality than some examples, and in fact, both sides are fully frosted and... |
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| 727 | The Collectors' Auction 2009 on 10/16/2009 | $2,300.00 |
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1889 PCGS MS-65 (OGH).
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Despite low mintages (or perhaps because of), gold dollars of 1878 through 1889 are legendary for high quality, and this example does not disappoint. Housed in a PCGS rattler holder, the powerful... |
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| 887 | The Collectors' Auction 2008 on 10/17/2008 | $1,350.00 |
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1889 NGC MS-64.
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As shown by the notice accompanying the lot, NGC suggests this coin as a candidate for conservation, although the surfaces reveal no particular residues, and merely a handful of minor copper spots of... |
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| 822 | The Midwest Winter Sale 2008 on 02/08/2008 | $750.00 |
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1889 gold dollar, MS-62
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Pleasing luster despite some discoloration in the lower left obverse fields. Light mint frost on the devices is typical of the issue and provides a bit of eye appeal. Nicely lustrous with a good... |
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| 939 | The Collectors' Auction 2007 on 10/19/2007 | $1,900.00 |
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1889 NGC MS-65.
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Dense patination has settled comfortably across the entire surface of this lovely coin. The result is an unusually attractive, wholly natural, and original quality that connoisseurs of choice pieces... |
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| 940 | The Collectors' Auction 2007 on 10/19/2007 | $3,000.00 |
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1889 NGC MS-67.
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NGC shows a population of 190 from 1,612 submitted for this final year of issue for the gold dollar denomination. Only 15 have achieved a higher attribution, all designated as MS-68. Splendidly... |
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| 931 | The Midwest Summer Sale 2007 on 07/27/2007 | $3,000.00 |
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1889 NGC MS-67.
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Final year of issue example that displays a magnificent satinlike quality. A superb yellow-gold aspect reflects from its surfaces. Also, a couple of faint die breaks appear on its reverse. The... |
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| 913 | The Midwest Winter Sale 2007 on 02/09/2007 | $3,400.00 |
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1889 NGC MS-67.
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This virtually pristine example, from the terminal year of this denomination, has a copious pink blush gracing its opulent yellow-gold surfaces. Velvetlike in appearance, it glows with a wondrous... |
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| 995 | The Midwest Winter Sale on 02/17/2006 | $390.00 |
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1889 NGC MS-62.
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An extremely bold strike is observed on bright lustrous surfaces that display a splendid sunny yellow aspect. If not for some very light hairlines, and a slightly toned orange scuff on the reverse,... |
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