1887 $1, PL MS(PCGS#7173)

1887 $1, PL MS (PCGS#7173)

November 2025 Showcase Auction U.S. Coins

Description du lot: A condition rarity par excellence that is sure to see spirited bidding among advanced Morgan dollar Set Registry enthusiasts. Frosty devices are sharply defined and set against a backdrop of mirrored reflectivity in the fields. Brilliant apart from the lightest gold and silver iridescence, this is a beautiful coin worthy of the strongest bids. <p>The Philadelphia Mint delivered 20,290,000 circulation strike silver dollars in 1887, one of the more generous totals in the Morgan series. Thousands of these coins remained in federal storage until released by the Treasury Department from the 1930s through the early 1960s. Q. David Bowers (1993) notes that the year 1954 saw a particularly large dispersal of this issue. With many of these coins finding their way into numismatic hands, the 1887 is the most plentiful pre-1921 Philadelphia Mint Morgan dollar in Mint State after only the 1886 and 1885. Quality conscious type collectors are also drawn to this issue due to the beauty of most PL and DMPL examples in today's market. This is just such a coin, although at the Superb Gem grade level it is a decided condition rarity whose offering in this sale represents a fleeting bidding opportunity.<p>