1885-CC $1 Morgan Silver Dollar PCGS MS67 - Registry Set material-!!

     We at AUCM are pleased to offer this 1885-CC silver dollar, a fascinating relic of the romantic past of our nation: the history of the Wild West; the history of the silver mines and silver barons; and the history of the men who worked the mines. Close your eyes for a minute and let yourself drift back in time. Saloon doors swing open and the smell of whiskey hangs in the air--and the distinctive clang of silver dollars is heard as they are dropped on a wooden bar to pay for a round of drinks. One of the finest known of this issue, it is both a great conditional rarity and registry set material.

     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. After being produced, nearly all of the 1885-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. David Bowers writes of this coin: "Most examples are brilliant, lustrous, and attractive to the eye. ... Most are well struck with brilliant, frosty lustre." Another element of the fascinating story of the 1885-CC dollars is that it is actually a rare coin in circulated grades.