Take a look at this beautiful morgan! Wonder how much it will go for? Probably a bit higher than I can afford, LOL. 1069: 1881-S S$1 MS68 Deep Mirror Prooflike PCGS. Ex: J
ex - the September 19-20, 1999 "Pre-Long Beach" Sale, Lot 1583, NGC MS-68, unsoldRecent appearances: PCGS MS-67 Prooflike. Ex- Heritage Numismatic Auctions, Inc.'s "October 2000 Long Beach Sale" October 5-7, 2000, Lot 8251, not illustrated, sold for $1,063.75 NGC MS-67 Prooflike. Ex - Bowers & Merena Galleries' "The Lake Geneva Sale", June 28-29, 2001, Lot 1072, not illustrated, not sold Accugrade MS-67. Ex - Superior Galleries' "Pre-Long Beach Sale", October 1-3, 2000, Lot 3609, not illustrated, not sold NGC MS-67. Ex- Heritage Numismatic Auctions, Inc.'s "October 2000 Long Beach Sale" October 5-7, 2000, Lot 8250, not illustrated, sold for $575.00 [SIZE=-1]Notes: The 1881-S Morgan Silver Dollar is the most common date in the series. Because of the general high quality of the coins produced at San Francisco, it is easy to find well struck, bright, and attractive examples. The most common Uncirculated grades is MS-64, with MS-63 and MS-65 virtually tied for second place; even MS-67 examples are readily obtainable. The finest examples graded by PCGS are 2 MS-69's, 2 MS-68 Prooflikes, and a single MS-68 Deep Mirror Prooflike. [SIZE=-1]Sources and/or recommended reading: "The PCGS Population Report, October 2003" by The Professional Coin Grading Service[/SIZE] scroll to bottom of this link for prices http://search.pcgs.com/search?q=cache:Mj5gckeQnV4J:forums.collectors.com/messageview.cfm%3Fcatid%3D30%26threadid%3D563767+1881-s+morgan+ms-68&access=p&output=xml_no_dtd&site=pcgs&ie=UTF-8&client=pcgs&proxystylesheet=pcgs&oe=ISO-8859-1 [/SIZE]
I'll bet that coin looked much better when it was first dipped and holdered. Now it looks nothing like a 68 (at least from the photos), and the milkspots are quite distracting. A clear "pass" coin to me...Mike
