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Article: Spectacular 1886-O Morgan Brings $126,500 In Collectors Universe Kingswood Coin Auction.
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- August 24, 1999
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NEWPORT BEACH, Calif., Aug. 24 /PRNewswire/ -- An extremely rare 1886-O Morgan PCGS MS65 realized $126,500, topping last week's record-breaking Collectors Universe Kingswood Coin Internet Auction (CU-Kingswood Coin), which garnered a total of $1,779,238, a record for the Collectors Universe company. The Morgan coin was one of two numismatic rarities surpassing the $100K mark.
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Only one other 1886-O Morgan has ever been graded higher than this extraordinary coin, a MS67 DMPL from the Miller/Stanek/Lee collection. After several nail-biting hours of bidder call-backs, a process which allows ...