Eliasberg Collection

However, very few gem quality coins entered the market from that vast holding of silver dollars and the 1887-S remains a very rare coin in strict MS 65 and better condition.

This coin is pedigreed to the Eliasberg Collection.

The Eliasberg collection is the finest group of United States coins ever sold at auction. This is considered the most desirable pedigree for any coin to have, as it is a virtual guarantee that a coin is choice, original and appealing.

Louis Eliasberg was a financier from Baltimore who began collecting coins in the 1940’s. In 1942, he was able to purchase the Clapp Collection.

This was a collection formed by a father and son from Pittsburgh between the 1890’s and the 1930’s. It contained superb coins from famous auctions held from 1895 to 1915 as well as pieces that had been purchased directly from the United States mints at their time of issue.

The Clapp Collection was very advanced for its era as it contained not only very high quality coins but also significant die varieties and types as well.

Eliasberg continued to add to the collection and by the last 1950’s it was regarded as the most complete and highest quality collection of United States coins ever formed.

The final Eliasberg sale was held by Bowers and Merena in April 1997. It contained silver coinage from twenty cent pieces through silver dollars and miscellaneous items from the collection. The sale consisted of nearly 2,000 lots and it realized $20.9 million.

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