1927-S $1 MS(PCGS#7372)

Summer 2025 Global Showcase Auction U.S. Coins

Auctioneer

Stack's Bowers

Lot Number

3145

Grade

MS65+

Price

38,400

Lot Description

An impressive strike and condition rarity in a survivor of this challenging San Francisco Mint silver dollar issue. Central detail is particularly noteworthy, with Liberty's hair curls and the eagle's feathers displaying bold to sharp definition. Luster is full and bright, the surfaces brilliant in the centers with charming reddish-apricot iridescence drifting toward the rims.<p>Examples of this low mintage, 866,000-piece issue were considered plentiful in the coin market of old, thanks to the release of thousands of examples from storage in the San Francisco Mint during the 1940s and 1950s. By the early 1970s, however, the coins had been widely dispersed with Mint State survivors recognized as scarce by contemporary numismatists. The distribution of the LaVere Redfield hoard beginning in 1976 changed the situation, but only for lower quality Mint State pieces, and only temporarily. Today, the 1927-S remains a key date Peace dollar, especially in sharply struck premium Gem Uncirculated, as here.