1882-CC $1 Morgan Silver Dollar NGC MS63PL Ex. GSA Hoard, box & COA included

Here’s a great collectible from the storied Carson City Mint: an 1882-CC Morgan dollar in MS63PL. Please take a look at the images provided of this prooflike beauty from the famous GSA hoard. NGC has graded 921 as MS63PL with 1,597 finer. Collectors Universe gives this issue a price of $525.00 in MS63PL.

There is much western lore associated with Carson City Morgan dollars. Did Wyatt Earp have silver dollars in his pocket when he stopped by the O.K. Corral in Tombstone, Arizona Territory, in 1881? It is quite possible. Did "Buffalo Bill" Cody, Billy "the Kid," Chief Sitting Bull, or Annie Oakley pay for drinks, provisions, or clothing in the Rockies during the late 1800s? If so, the distinctive clang of a silver dollar was heard as it was dropped onto a wooden bar or store counter.

"The Bob Saloon" in Miles City, Montana, 1880. It is more than likely that Carson City silver dollars were used to buy drinks there in the 1880s-1890s. Photo: Wikimedia Commons.

The smell of whiskey hung in the air as stacks of Morgan dollars sat upon the gaming tables in smoke-filled rooms of Rhyolite, Tincup, Silver Reef and other gambling towns that dotted the Wild West. In banks, bordellos, and bistros in Helena, Cheyenne, and Denver, clerks handled silver dollars every day.  Many dollars that changed hands in those days carried the "CC" mintmark of Carson City.