Q. David Bowers
Ed. Frossard's sale of the W.M. Friesner Collection,June 7-8, 1894 (Frossard's 125th sale). This offering caused quite a stir at the time, for it demonstrated thatcoins with mintmarks could indeed sell for more thantheir Philadelphia Mint counterparts, as Augustus G.Heaton had suggested in his Mint Marks treatise published the year before. As one of many examples,the average onlooker was quite surprised to find an1880-S sell for three times the price of a PhiladelphiaMint Proof of the same year.
1878 8 TF. Br. Proof. $1.20.
1878 7 TF. Br. Proof. $1.45.
1878 Sharp, Br. Unc, $1.10.
1878-CC Sharp, Unc. $2.00.
1879 Br. Proof. $1.05.
1879 Tarnished Proof. $1.00.
1880 Proof, slight discoloration. $1.00.
1880 Br. Proof. $1.05.
1880-O Unc., rare. $2.40.
1880-S Unc. $3.30.
1880-S Duplicate. VF. $1.15.
1881 Proof, slight discoloration. $1.00.
1881 Br. Proof. $1.05.
1881-CC Sharp, Unc., scarce. $5.60.
1881-O Unc., rare. $5.00.
1881-S Unc., rare. $2.40.
1882 Proof, slight discoloration. $1.00.
1882 Br. Proof. $1.05.
1883 Proof, slight discoloration. $1.00.
1883 Br. Proof. $1.10.
1883-CC Sharp, Unc., scarce. $3.00.
1884 Proof, slight discoloration. $1.00.
1884 Br. Proof. $1.05.
1885 Br. Proof. $1.00.
1885 Br. Proof. $1.05.
1885-CC Brilliant, sharp, Unc., very scarce. $2.30.
1885-S Sharp, brilliant, Unc. $1.25.
1886 Br. Proof. $1.05.
1886 Br. Proof. $1.00.
1887 Br. Proof. $1.05.
1887 Proof. $1.10.
1887-O Unc., rare. $2.20.
1887-S Unc., scarce. $2.10.
1888 Br. Proof. $1.05.
1889 Br. Proof. $1.05.
1889-S EF. $2.90.
1890 Br. Proof. $1.10.
1890-CC Sharp, EF. $1.10.
1890-O VF. $1.10.
1890-S Unc. $1.10.
1891 Br. Proof. $1.10.
1891-CC Brilliant, sharp, Unc. $2.60.
1891-O Extra Fine. $1.00.
1891-S VF. $1.15.
1892 Br. Proof. $1.10.
1892-CC Unc. $1.70.
1892-O Unc. $1.00.
1892-S Unc, $1.10.
1893 Br. Proof. $1.10.
1893-CC Brilliant, sharp, Unc. $1.10.
1893-CC Unc, $1.10.
1893-O Unc. $1.05.
1893-S Unc. $1.10.
Ed. Frossard's sale of the John F. Bateman Col-lection, December 16-17, 1897. The sale offered a selection of Morgan dollars, especially Proofs of many of the earlier years in the series. $1.20 seems to have been the popular price of the day.
1878 8 TF. EF. $1.50.
1878-CC 7 TF. VF $1.75.
1879 Br. Proof $1.20.
1880 Br. Proof $1.05.
1881 Br. Proof $1.20.
1882 Fine $1.20.
1883 Br. Proof $1.30.
1884 Br. Proof $1.20.
1885 Br. Proof $1.20.
1886 Br. Proof $1.20.
1887 Br. Proof $1.20.
1888 Br. Proof $1.20.
1889 Br. Proof $1.20.
1890 Br. Proof $1.20.
1891-O VF $L20.
1892 Br. Proof $1.20.
1893 Br. Proof $1.20.
Ed. Frossard's sale of the New Jersey Collection, March 8, 1898. The offering consisted of a run of Proofs from the Philadelphia. Mint plus a hodge podge of mintmarked issues. Note that some coins sold for face value, a not unusual situation at the time. The 1880-CC in just Fine grade brought an astounding $5.00 and was the highest priced issue of the group. This valuation was not indicative of the market as a whole, and other 1880-CC dollars cross-ing the auction block during the next decade were apt to sell for lower prices. The 1885-CC, also in Fine, fetched a strong $1.60; in time, this issue would prove to be the rarest branch mint Morgan dollar in worn grades.
1878 8 TF. Brilliant Proof $1.15.
1878 7 TF. Fine Proof $1.40.
1878-CC VF $1.00.
1878-S EF. $1.60.
1879 Brilliant Proof $1.00.
1879-S VG $2.00.
1880 Brilliant Proof $1.00.
1880-CC Fine $5.00.
1880-S Almost Proof, Mint State. $4.50.
1881 Brilliant Proof $1.00.
1881-O VG $1.00.
1882 Brilliant Proof $1.00.
1882-O Good. $1.20.
1883 Brilliant Proof $1.00.
1884 Brilliant Proof $1.00.
1884-O Mint lustre; VF $1.25.
1884-S VG $1.25.
1885 Brilliant Proof $1.85.
1885-CC Fine $1.60.
1885-S Fine $2.10.
1886 Brilliant Proof $1.00,
1886-O VG $1.20.
1887 Brilliant Proof $1.00.
1887-O Unc. $1.00.
1887-S Unc. $4.10.
1888 Brilliant Proof $1.00.
1888-O Unc. $3.00.
1888-S Unc. $4.00.
1889 Brilliant Proof $1.00.
1889-O Unc. $2.20.
1890 Brilliant Proof $1.00.
1890-CC VG $1.25.
1890-O VG $1.00.
1891 Brilliant Proof $1.00.
1891-O Good. $1.00.
1892 Brilliant Proof $1.00.
1892-O Unc. $1.00.
1892-CC VG $1.10.
1892-S Unc. $1.05.
1893 Brilliant Proof $1.00.
1893-CC Unc. $1.10.
1893-O Unc. $1.30.
1894 Brilliant Proof $1.00.
1894-O Fine $1.25.
1894-S Fine $1.00.
1895 Brilliant Proof $2.15.
1895-S Fine $1.80.
1896 Brilliant Proof $1.00.
1897 Brilliant Proof $1.00.