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1900 Lafayette dollar obverse with the conjoined heads of Washington and Lafayette — another example of the same commemorative issue; the tracked PCGS MS65 specimen is a different coin
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1900 Lafayette Dollar

Maker
U.S. Mint (Philadelphia)
Year
1900
Rank
48 of 100

1900 Lafayette Dollar

1900 Lafayette Dollar by U.S. Mint (Philadelphia) (1900) is ranked 48 in the FLOAT 100 for Coins. It carried a price-guide value of $7,000, which is not a sale. The first U.S. silver dollar commemorative and the only classic-era commemorative dollar; a foundational commemorative.

What is it, and why is it in the FLOAT 100?

The first U.S. silver dollar commemorative and the only classic-era commemorative dollar; a foundational commemorative.

$1 silver commemorative, Lafayette Monument, PCGS MS65

What is the best-sourced number for it?

Figure
$7,000
Kind
Price-guide value, not a sale

1900 Lafayette Dollar, MS65, mid-four-figure market/guide level; example offered at Heritage (lot 2509, PCGS MS65). First US commemorative silver dollar.

This is not a sale. It is what the market was asking, and no transaction is recorded behind it. Source.

How this is made

The figure
One reference price, taken from a named public source and shown with its own kind. FLOAT does not average it with anything or adjust it for time.
Realized or not
A realized price is a completed sale. A market asking price and a price-guide value are not sales, and are labeled as such wherever they appear.
Why no grade ladder
Most FLOAT 100 entries are individual objects. There is one of this, so there is no population and no spread across grades to show.
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