Satiny white luster and a sharp strike.

A superb original Gem from the San Francisco Mint, this 1897-S radiates booming cartwheel luster over frosty, satiny devices. The strike is characteristically strong for the mint, with crisp hair detail over Liberty’s ear and fully defined eagle breast feathers. Liberty’s cheek is notably clean and the fields show only the lightest ticks, perfectly in […]

Brilliant and flashy surfaces with a very sharp strike. Surfaces are virtually mark-free. Only a single coin grades numerically finer at PCGS.

CAC. Incredible quality with deep dazzling mirrored fields that contrast beautifully with bold frosted design features. Every minute detail is precisely struck and even under magnification, blemishes are not to be found!

Very sharply struck with a light gray dusting over otherwise satiny white surfaces. Original and very attractive. A better date with 874,000 minted, low for the era, and few mint state survivors.

Frosty white luster and a sharp strike.

CAC. Sharply struck with attractive surfaces that are blast white except for a tiny trace of color at the rim.

Sharply struck with frosty white surfaces and a light ring of gold at the rim.

Sharply struck with bright shimmering yellow-gold luster and minimal marks. Very attractive and tough to find any nicer. PCGS has graded just 3 coins numerically finer and NGC has graded none finer!