The June 4, 2000, Dr. Jon Kardatzke Collection Parts II & III, Sale 5
Lot 685
1884-CC. MS-61. A satiny white beauty with only tiny abrasions on the cheek.
Lot 686
1884-CC. MS-61. A nice mint state example of this popular mint. Nice fields and devices, but the rims have some ticks.
Lot 687
1884-CC. MS-61. A frosty mint state example of this date, blazing luster and fresh from a mint bag.
Lot 688
1884-CC. MS-61. Untoned and blazing white luster. One minor scratch in the left obverse field.
Lot 689
1884-CC. MS-60 or better. A pair of nice BU's in the black boxes. Check 'em out! Total of 2 coins.
Lot 690
1884-O. PCGS graded MS-64. A group of 3 coins, 2 are totally white, 1 with light golden toning. 3 coins in lot.
Lot 691
1884-S. AU-53. Nice coin with most of its luster and only small abrasions.
Lot 692
1884-S. EF-40. Retoned to a natural looking sulphur blue and gold. The surfaces are pleasing for the grade.
Lot 693
1885. NGC graded MS-65. Pinkish sun-gold iridescent toning mixes with flashy silvery luster to produce a beautiful example of this common dollar.
Lot 694
1885. MS-65. Virtually superb! An exquisite frosty Gem BU with a hint of golden blue toning on the edge.
Lot 695
1885, 1896, 1897, 1898, 1921 Morgan and 1921-S. All grade About Uncirculated. Lot of 6 coins.
Lot 696
1885, 1886, 1887 and 1889. Mint State 60 to 63. Lot of 4 coins.
Lot 697
1885-CC. MS-64. Wonderful originality here. Nearly a Gem, with "rice paper" type of toning (many Japanese coins were stored by fastidious collectors, for years, in paper made of rice, which produced a delicate, pale silvery gold iridescence; that's the effect here).
Lot 698
1885-CC. MS-60. A nice frosty brilliant uncirculated coin that boasts a hint of gold toning around the periphery. Scarce.
Lot 699
1885-CC. MS-60. From the Nixon days, this is a pair of better CC dates from the government release. Total of 2 coins.
Lot 700
1885-CC. F-12. One of the scarcer CC Morgans, with a mintage of just 228,000 pieces, most of which are "gone." This one is a light gray with no marks or cuts of any kind to report.
Lot 701
1885-O. PCGS graded MS-65 Prooflike. Beautiful frosty white and mirrored.
Lot 702 
1885-O. PCGS graded MS-64. A exquisite example of this common Morgan dollar. Its surfaces are a delight, and its color mesmerizes the adoring eye. Gleaming champagne-gold iridescence, golden green on the obverse mixing with splendid magenta-gold toning, pinkish silky-silver reverse. Wow. A coiner's masterpiece!
Lot 703
1885-S. MS-64. A frosty white beauty with a hint of gold on the edge.
Lot 704
1885-S. MS-60. Frosty and white in color, with minimal handling marks.
Lot 705
1886. PCGS graded MS-65 Prooflike. Frosted with glittering fields.
Lot 706
1886-O. MS-61. A bit scuffy on the white frosty surfaces; probably came straight from an original roll when it was put away back in the 1940s.
Lot 707
1886-O. MS-60. Lightly toned over lustrous fields. Well struck for this scarce date, which apparently had more than the average number melted during the Pittman roundup of 1918. Scarce even this nice, and much more expensive slightly better.
Lot 708
1886-O. AU-58 Prooflike. With just a hint of wear on the upper curls of Liberty, nice fields and fewer tick marks than one would expect on the delicate mirrors.
Lot 709
1886-O. AU-58. Toned on the left side only, both obverse and reverse, with smoky gray iridescence. Well struck and lustrous.
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