Lot 175
1887 Morgan Silver Dollars
Sold December 11, 2025
- Price realized
- $130
Price realized is the winning bid (hammer price) and excludes buyer’s premium.
About this lot
Estimated Value: $400-1,000
Origin: United States
Denomination: One Dollar
Year: 1888
Mint: Philadelphia, New Orleans, and San Francisco
Grade/Condition: Various Conditions
Metal: Silver
Weight (+/- 0.2g): Total: 80.2 Grams
Additional Description: The Morgan Silver Dollar of 1887 reflects a mature phase in the series, when both artistry and production had reached a confident equilibrium. George T. Morgan’s Liberty, framed by soft curls and a classical coronet, retains her familiar poise, while the eagle on the reverse, its wings spread in dignified balance, continues to serve as a potent emblem of national strength. By this year, the coin’s design had become an established icon of American coinage, admired for its technical precision and aesthetic restraint. Struck at the Philadelphia, New Orleans, and San Francisco mints, the 1887 issues exhibit generally high quality of strike, with the Philadelphia pieces often noted for their bright luster and crisp relief. Although produced in great numbers, they circulated little, stored instead in Treasury vaults for decades before entering the collector market in the twentieth century. Today, the 1887 Morgan Silver Dollar stands as a symbol of the Gilded Age, an object born of industrial prowess, artistic refinement, and the complex interplay of politics and silver that defined its era.
Lot details
- Lot
- 175
- Auction
- Gold and Silver Showcase
- Closed
- December 11, 2025
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