1896-S $1 MS(PCGS#7244)

Summer 2025 Global Showcase Auction U.S. Coins

Auctioneer

Stack's Bowers

Lot Number

6117

Grade

MS64+

Price

6,600

Lot Description

An overall boldly defined example, this premium near-Gem also sports billowy mint frost and generally smooth surfaces. Lightly toned in iridescent sandy-silver, most viewing angles reveal a nearly brilliant coin. A generous mintage of 5,000,000 coins conceals the rarity of the 1896-S in Mint State. While circulated examples are plentiful, at least in grades up to and including Choice VF, Mint State coins are scarce by the standards of this series. We suspect that much of the mintage remained undistributed and was eventually included among the 270,232,722 silver dollars melted pursuant to the terms of the 1918 Pittman Act. This endearing example is sure to find many willing buyers among advanced Morgan dollar collectors.