1885o Morgan. Guess the grade, and selling price.

Ok, two things here. Guess the grade,and guess the auction selling price, as of recent. I do not own the coin—I did back in 2015, and it has sold a couple of times. No looking up sales, please! Try to guess, and feel free to comment. Selling price recently, not in 2015–that I will reveal.

 

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Looks like an NGC holder so I'm sure it got a star..... MS-64*

As far as price goes I don't have a guess.
Prices could be drastically different depending on the venue.

 

Few marks and I suspect some luster breaks.
MS 65*

 

I don't see it going lower than 65. So I'll call it Ms65*
I don't know about the sale price. When I've watched auctions for toners like these, I never stick around to see the final bid because they go way far beyond what I'd be willing to pay. I just won't pay as much for toning as others, but to each their own.

 

67* maybe within the 5,000-6,000 range.

 

65* and a (s)wag of 3.5K hammer.

 

64

 

@ddddd

 

Amazing toning, even if she appears to have taken one to the temple..

PS. I usually comment w/o grading b/c I'm generally useless at grading.

 

NS 65* $ 6250?

 

MS64 $2,500! A total guess but I enjoy doing this because I feel like I learn!!!

 

It gets very interesting.

 

I'll not guess as I bid on this coin the last few times it came up for auction. I liked it and won't say much more so I don't give out too many clues.

 

Will reveal tonight. Get your guesses in. This coin has a most interesting history, and illustrates the price growth in toned coins over the years.

 

I overshot the last one badly, I'll go with 64*

Wild guess $2900

 

Very nice coin and more than I could afford. That's my best answer, and I'm sticking to it. LOL

 

Ok, the reveal, then the history.





I owned this coin from 2011-2015. It was originally in a PCGS MS 64+ holder. I crossed it to NGC to get the star, that I knew it would get. When I bought it, I paid $329,which was a lot at that time.

Sold it privately in Jan 2016 for $1459 to a private buyer.

Lost track of the coin for a while. Found out that it sold for $2800 in 2018.

Now found out that it sold twice this year. January 2022, and Feb 22, 2022. Auction results below:



Then, a month later:




In my impression, it was, and is a beautiful coin, as many Aurora pedigrees are. However, $3750 to over $6,000 in a month? While a top level toned coin, I feel that the grade should limit the price somewhat. I see it more as a $3000 coin in today’s market, as an accurately graded MS 64-64+

 

Way off on the grade but was in the right range for the most recent sale,doesn't surprise me.

 

Glad I didn't try to guess the price.

 

Really! . 6 grand???