This brilliant and flashy near-Gem sports exceptionally smooth surfaces for an 1895-S dollar. Sharply struck on the reverse, the obverse is also well struck apart from a touch of softness to the central high point. Luster is full, vibrant, and includes modest semi-reflectivity in the fields. With a mintage of 400,000 pieces, the 1895-S is one of the more widely recognized key date issues among circulation strike Morgan dollars. Survivors are scarce in worn condition, while Uncirculated pieces are very scarce to rare throughout the Mint State grading scale. Given that the 1895-S rivals the 1893-CC as the most consistently abraded issue of the type, examples at or near the Gem level, as here, are particularly elusive and eagerly sought.,PCGS# 7238. NGC ID: 255Z.,,
