1878 7/8TF $1 Strong MS(PCGS#7078)

Spring 2025 Showcase Auction U.S. Coins

Auctioneer

Stack's Bowers

Lot Number

4254

Grade

MS65

Price

1,680

Lot Description

Elegant periphery toning in steel-blue and reddish-apricot yields to lighter golden-olive in the center of the obverse. The bolder reverse is richly patinated throughout in a blend of steel-olive, reddish-gold, powder blue and salmon-pink. Crisply impressed, fully lustrous and exceptionally vivid Gem Mint State preservation in an example of this desirable transitional hub variety from the first year of Morgan dollar coinage.