An issue that has haunted me for over 17 years.

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In the 1995 A.N.A. Anaheim Signature sale by Heritage, an 1878 7TF Reverse of 1879 Proof 64 PCGS Morgan dollar was offered with little fanfare. The catalog gave a vertical half page listing, with black and white photos and no information about the possible provenance of such a classic rarity. The HA archives indicate a hammer price. In the interim of nearly 18 years, I have only witnessed two other examples offered publicly, a fixed price offer by Jay Parrino of a PCGS PR-61, and the NGC PF-64 sold by DLRC from the Richmond Collection. Neither of those latter examples are possible matches for the 1995 Anaheim coin. I even asked the late Jack Lee about it, and he could not confirm knowledge of a possible owner at the time. I know where the Richmond Pedigree coin resides now, but no one in the elite circles of Morgan dollar collecting seems to know what happened to the Anaheim PCGS PR-64. I've put this coin on my bucket list, even if just to view it in hand. Any body here want to volunteer some insight? A pair of PCGS PR-64 (pop. 2, none finer at PCGS) coins are listed in the Registry, neither of which are imaged. Maybe one of these is a match?

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