Q. David Bowers
1866 BU, usual light bagmarks. $1,300.00.
1867 EF $220.00.
1867 Choice Proof $1,400.00.
1867 Br. Proof $900.00.
1867 BU. $800.00.
1868 Proof $1,150.00.
1868 Proof $650.00.
1868 Choice BU. $2,100.00.
1869 Br. Proof $1,000.00.
1869 Choice Proof $1,400.00.
1869 Choice Proof $1,300.00.
1869 Choice BU. $750.00.
1870 Choice Proof $1,000.00.
1870 Br. Proof $1,200.00.
1870 Proof $925.00.
1870 Choice BU. $1,050.00.
1870-CC Choice BU with nearly full prooflike surfaces. $3,400.00.
1871 Gem Proof $2,000.00.
1871 Choice Proof $1,100.00.
1871 Choice Proof $1,150.00.
1871 Unc. $1,000.00.
1871-CC Borderline Unc. $2,600.00.
1872 Choice Proof $1,100.00.
1872 Choice Proof $1,450.00.
1872 Toned Proof $625.00.
1872 Gem BU. $2,400.00.
1872 AU, polished. $190.00.
1872-CC Borderline Unc. $1,350.00.
1872-CC AU, polished, $950.00.
1872-S AU, cleaned. $325.00.
1872-S Unc. $2,100.00.
1873 Choice Proof $1,100.00.
1873 Choice Proof $1,100.00.
1873 Gem BU. $1,400.00.
1873 Gem BU. $1,500.00.
1873-CC Borderline Unc., with prooflike surfaces. $3,700.00.
1873-CC AU $2,300.00.
The Bowers and Ruddy Galleries sale of the Garrett Collection (The Johns Hopkins University), March 26-27, 1980, included a selection of Liberty Seated dollars:
1840 Proof with some very light hairlines. The obverse is toned a light gray with mottled brown and green overlay. The reverse is mainly light lilac with some mottled brown and blue. Sharp and attractive. $24,000.00.
1846-O AU-50. Normal bagmarks, plus some scrapes, especially visible under low magnification, near the fifth star on the obverse and above the eagle's wing on left side of the reverse. The obverse is toned gray with hints of gold around the border. The reverse is gray with nuances of blue. $1,600.00.
1859-O AU-55. With nearly full mint frost. Several light scratches concealed on the body of Miss Liberty visible under low magnification. The obverse and reverse are prooflike. The obverse is toned a light golden brown with flecks of gun-metal-blue around the top border. The reverse has nearly full original mint brilliance save for just the tiniest whisper of golden toning. $2,300.00.
1859-S AU-55. Prooflike surface on obverse and reverse.
The obverse is toned a light gray with subtle flecks of mottled brown. The reverse is similar, but the mottling is more prominent. $4,750.00.
1860 Choice Proof. The obverse is toned a light golden hue with iridescent blue and magenta around the borders. The reverse is light gray with mottled brownish gold overlay, changing to light blue around the corners. $19,000.00.
1861 Choice Proof. The obverse is light magenta, changing to iridescent blue and then gold at the border. The reverse is a stunning light magenta-lilac at the center, changing to gunmetal-blue around the periphery. $22,000.00.
1865 Choice Proof. The obverse is a virtual kaleidoscope of subtle colors including gold, magenta, lilac, blue, silver, and gray, with light golden predominating. The reverse is mottled light gray and golden with hints of blue. $27,500.00.
1866 Choice Proof. The obverse and reverse is toned a very subtle light gold and magenta. $37,500.00.
1870-CC. VF-30. Light gray with iridescent toning, particularly on the reverse. $2,000.00.
1871-CC EF-40. Toned a medium brownish gray with mottled darker areas. The reverse displays some hints of gun-metal-blue. $3,750.00.
1872-CC BU, MS-60. The obverse displays a nearly complete prooflike surface. The strike is sharp in all areas. The obverse is toned a pale lilac color. $14,000.00.
1872-S Unc., MS-63. Very slight rubbing on the highest spots, undoubtedly caused by coin-to-coin contact in a mint bag. Otherwise sharp and fully frosty. The obverse and reverse are toned a light golden gray color with suggestions of gunmetal-blue. $16,000.00.
1873 Choice Br. Proof. The obverse and reverse are nearly fully brilliant with just a suggestion of light golden toning, particularly around the borders. $16,000.00.
1873-CC Choice VF-30 with steel and lilac toning. $3,500.00.