1870 $1 MS(PCGS#6963)

1870 $1 MS (PCGS#6963)

February 2025 Showcase Auction - U.S. Coins

详细说明: A frosty to modestly semi-reflective example that will appeal to Mint State type collectors and Liberty Seated dollar specialists. Otherwise brilliant surfaces exhibit subtle golden-apricot peripheral highlights that are a bit more prevalent on the obverse. The strike is uncommonly sharp for this challenging type. Continuing a trend begun in 1868, circulation strike silver dollar coinage remained strong in 1870 with a mintage of 415,000 pieces. Production at the Comstock and other domestic mines was increasing, and bullion brokers were depositing more and more of their excess metal with the Mint for coinage into dollars. These coins did not circulate domestically, but were largely used in the export trade with the Orient, which claimed much of the mintage through eventual melting. One of the most underrated issues of the type - which is saying a lot for a Liberty Seated dollar - the 1870 is often erroneously grouped with the 1871 and 1872 when, in reality, it is far scarcer in all grades. Our offering of this flashy MS-62 coin represents a fleeting opportunity for the astute collector.