Q. David Bowers
The January 1958 issue of The Numismatist printed an advertisement by Overton Coin Company, Pueblo, Colorado, for Liberty Seated dollars. The listing was particularly extensive.
1841 Unc, slight friction $32.50, EF $22.50, Fine $15.00.
1842 Unc, $30.00, VF $14.00.
1843 Unc, $30.00, AU Nice lustre $24.00, VF but polished $12.00.
1844 Unc, Couple of small nicks $35.00, AU prooflike surface $30.00.
1845 Unc, $37.50.
1846 over 44 Unc. Prooflike surface; purchased by former owner as a Proof; two tiny marks in lower field. Ex. Rare $195.00.
1846 Unc. $35.00; AU $22.50.
1846-O Unc. Proof surface $55.00, Fine $15.00.
1847 Unc. $30.00, AU $22.50.
1849 Unc. $35.00; AU Considerable Proof surface. $27.50; EF $20.00.
1850 Choice Brilliant Proof. Extremely Rare $250.00; Proof, but some small marks in field. Very scarce $125.00.
1853 Unc. $60.00.
1857 Br. Proof $125.00.
1859 Br. Proof $90.00; Br. Proof, but a few hairlines $60.00.
1859 EF $25.00.
1859-O Unc, Lightly toned $27.50.
1859-S VF $27.50.
1860 Unc. Ex. choice $50.00.
1861 Unc. Ex. choice $55.00; Br. Proof $95.00.
1862 Br. Gem Proof $75.00.
1863 Br. Gem Proof $75.00.
1865 Br. Gem Proof $75.00.
1866 Motto. Br. Gem Proof $70.00.
1867 Br. Gem Proof $65.00.
1869 Br. Gem Proof $65.00.
1870 Unc. $20.00.
1870-CC AU $65.00; F $25.00.
1871 Unc. $18.50.
1872 Unc. $18.50; Br. Gem Proof $55.00.
1872-S VF, Scarce $40.00; VG $15.00.
1873-CC VG, rare $75.00.
Stack's sale of the Samuel W. Wolfson Collection, May 3-4, 1963, included a nearly complete set of Liberty Seated dollars, and stands as one of the few auctions in numismatic history to include the 1866 No Motto dollar. Note also the array of high-grade business strikes, including 1845, 1846-O, 1850-O, 1852, 1859-S, and 1872-CC.
1840 Br. Unc., prooflike surface. Lightly toned. $91.00.
1842 Br. Unc., prooflike surface. $60.00.
1845 Br. Unc., lightly toned. A nice strike. $62.00.
1846 Br. Unc., lovely satinlike surface. Faintly toned. $44.00.
1846-O Br. Unc., lightly toned. $80.00.
1847 Br. Unc., prooflike surface. $51.00.
1848 Br. Unc., has been lightly burnished. $75.00.
1849 Br. Unc., light iridescent prooflike surface. $55.00.
1850 Partially impaired Proof. High wire edge on obverse. $94.00.
1850-O Br. Unc .. $70.00.
1851 Restrike. Center Date. A lovely Br. Proof, delicately toned with golden iridescence. $1,300.00.
1852 Original. Br. Unc .. Gem. Some prooflike surface. Fairbanks specimen. $1,425.00.
1854 Proof, deep iridescent toning. Due to poor workmanship at the Mint the center of this coin on both obverse and reverse was weakly struck. $550.00.
1855 Br. Proof. Just a few slide marks in the right obverse field take this coin out of the gem class. Fairbanks coin. $825.00.
1857 Br. Proof, superb iridescent toning. A choice coin.
$500.00.
1858 Brilliant irides cent Proof. Very.choice, $1,250.00.
1859 Br. Proof, just about flawless. $130.00.
1859-O Br. Unc., partial iridescent toning. $60.00.
1859-S Br. Unc., light toning, full mint lustre. A gem but for a tiny nick on the reverse where another coin knocked against it. The Fairbanks Collection coin. $160.00.
1860 Brilliant iridescent Proof. Rainbow toning. $90.00.
1860-O Br. Unc., lightly toned. $50.00.
1861 Br. Proof $95.00.
1862 Br. Proof $100.00.
1863 Br. Proof, light blue iridescence. $120.00.
1864 Br. Proof, evidence of fingerprint in obverse field. $85.00.
1865 Br. Proof. Superb iridescent toning. $110.00.
1866 No Motto. Br. Proof. This is the Fairbanks specimen and is the only extant 1866 No Motto silver dollar. $18,000.00.
1866 Motto. Br. Proof. A few light hairlines. $70.00.
1867 Br. Proof, attractive iridescent toning, $95.00.
1868 Br. Proof, attractive iridescent toning. $80.00.
1869 Br. Proof, a few hairlines. $75.00.,
1870 Br. Proof, hairlined. $60.00.
1870-CC EF, choice. A nice example of this scarce coin. Usually seen in low grades. $75.00.
1870-S VF, with remarkably clear surfaces. $12,000.00.
1871 Br. Proof, lightly toned. $87.50.
1871-CC EF, choice. $1,500.00.
1872 Br. Proof, light toning. $82.50.
1872-CC Br. Unc., prooflike surface. $1,050.00.
1872-S EF $57.50.
1873 Br. Proof, just the faintest suggestion of toning. $105.00.
1873-CC EF. Choice. Not a nick or a mark of any kind. Some mint lustre still adhering. The Fairbanks Collection coin. $1,500.00.