1883-CC $1 Morgan Silver Dollar PCGS MS63

Here’s an attractive piece to include in your collection. Ron Guth writes in PCGS Coinfacts, "The 1883-CC $1 is one of the most common dates issued by the Carson City Mint…. Large quantities of full bags of $1,000 face value appeared in the 1960s in U.S. Treasury vaults, accounting for most of the known population. These were distributed in the late 1970s and early 1980s by the General Services Administration, which sold individual coins to dealers and collectors.... In general, coins of this date show strong strikes and deep, frosty luster."

The 1883-CC is one of the most widely available of all the Carson City silver dollars and had a mintage of 1,204,000, the largest of any Carson City Morgan dollar. The GSA holdings were 755,518 or 62.75% of the original mintage. PCGS has graded 15,018 as MS63 with 35,307 finer. Collector’s Universe prices this issue at $435.00 in MS63.

Second & Carson Streets, 1860-1870, Carson City, Nevada. Photo: Library of Congress.