1885-CC $1 Morgan Silver Dollar PCGS MS66+

1885-CC $1 Morgan Silver Dollar PCGS MS66+

      We are proud to offer a great relic of the Wild West, an 1885-CC $1 Morgan dollar from the famous Carson City mint. All coins emanating from that legendary mint are beloved by collectors, especially Morgan dollars with the little "CC" mintmark under the wreath. This would be a great piece in a type set of Morgan dollars, or even the complete sub-set of Carson City silver dollars that were produced from 1878-1885 and 1889-1893.

      The 1885-CC has the lowest mintage of all the Carson City Morgan dollars. Because of that, collectors have always been drawn to this date and mintmark. However, after the GSA mail bid sales, 1885-CC's have never been difficult to purchase in uncirculated grades. After being produced, nearly all of the 1855-CC dollars were bagged and stored, thereby creating a great numismatic rarity. Later years saw bags distributed from the Treasury building in Washington, D.C. Many bags were paid out during the 1950s. There were 148,285 of them--65.03% of the original mintage--in the Treasury hoard that was sold via the GSA in the 1970s and 1980. Numismatic author Q. David Bowers writes of this coin: "Most examples are brilliant, lustrous, and attractive to the eye. ... Most are well struck with brilliant, frosty lustre."