The June 4, 2000, Dr. Jon Kardatzke Collection Parts II & III, Sale 5
Lot 710
1886-O. AU-50. Lightly circulated and untoned. Scarce in mint state, this one is a nice compromise with most of the quality of a mint state coin while costing a fraction of the price.
Lot 711
1886-S. MS-60. Hard white luster and a strong cartwheel effect. Microscopic contact marks take away from the overall look just a bit, but this is an attractive example of this scare date.
Lot 712
1886-S, 1888-S and 1889-S. The first and last are cleaned, and the middle one toned. These grade EF-40 to 45. Lot of 3 coins.
Lot 713 
1887-O. MS-64. VAM-2: Repunched Date showing a shadow 7 to left of the 7 digit. Bright luster and very choice indeed.
Lot 714
1887-O. MS-63. Hard white luster, with the look of an original roll coin.
Lot 715
1887-O. VAM-2, obviously doubled date, Breen-5596. MS-60. Untoned and frosty, the doubled date is obvious with a glass as the top point of the 1 is sharply doubled to the left, and the 7 is doubled to the left also. An excellent photograph of this can be seen in the Breen Encyclopedia for this coin, Breen variety #5596. Seldom offered.
Lot 716
1887-O. A group of 14. A group of 1887-O Morgan dollars which grade from Mint State 60 to 63. From a small hoard assembled by a date collector over many years. None are toned and all are well preserved. Lot of 14 coins.
Lot 717
1887-S. MS-64. Two faint slide lines on the face, as well as a roller line (from how the silver was rolled out into thin bars at the Mint, while preparing the blanks). Yet this is a delightful coin showing strong luster and the light golden iridescent toning on the edge which the best of these Morgans in this group possess.
Lot 718
1887-S. MS-63. A frosty choice brilliant uncirculated coin that is well struck. Minor handling marks from bag handling, and a couple of toning spots on the extreme rim.
Lot 719
1887-S. MS-62. Blazing white luster on both sides, untoned and well struck.
Lot 720
1888, 1890-S, 1891 and 1892. Grades range from Extremely Fine to About Uncirculated. Lot of 4 coins.
Lot 721
1888-O. MS-63. Light golden edge toning enhances an attractive example of this scarcer Morgan dollar. Some bag-action in the left obverse field, a little on the face, but still a lovely and choice coin.
Lot 722
1888-O. MS-63. A lovely Choice dollar with silvery luster.
Lot 723
1888-S. MS-60. A hint of color on brilliant surfaces. Every MS-61 should look like this!
Lot 724
1889. NGC graded MS-65. Gleaming satiny white surfaces with a hint of a golden halo on the rims. One in a million 1889 dollars.
Lot 725 
1889-CC. AU-50 Light hairlines. A chattermark in the middle of Liberty's cheek. Lightly cleaned but boldly struck and with a minimum of marks aside from that one on the face.
Lot 726
1889-CC. VF-35. One of the key dates to the Morgan dollar series, this coin will be appreciated by collectors who have searched long and hard to find a decent specimen for their date sets. Silvery-gray in color with some darker tones around the periphery.
Lot 727 
1889-O. MS-64. Frosty and white--a beauty! Just the way you like 'em.
Lot 728
1889-O. MS-63. Well struck with a mixture of semi-reflective and frosty mint luster and a hint of gold iridescence. Very choice!
Lot 729
1889-S. MS-63. Semi-Prooflike with strong, hard-white luster and a hint of gold toning on the edge. Some scuffs and die-abrasions on the cheek.
Lot 730
1889-S. MS-60 Prooflike. Toned with tawny gray colors with hints of rose. Mirror fields on the obverse and reverse. Smoky gray toning on the reverse.
Lot 731
1890-CC. PCGS graded MS-64. Attractively toned.
Lot 732
1890-CC. MS-63. A solid 63: frosty white luster, nice cartwheel indicating that the dippers haven't gotten their mitts on it, a hint of gold toning on the edge from old album storage, and only small abrasions on the face with a Gem reverse. A desirable example of this semi-key Carson City dollar.
Lot 733
1890-CC. MS-61. Frosty luster in the fields and well struck on the eagle's breast. Lightly toned.
Lot 734
1890-CC. MS-60 Prooflike. Great contrast between the fields and devices, but minor hairlines are noted on the delicate mirrors, accounting for the grade.
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