1883-CC $1 Morgan Silver Dollar, PCGS MS65DMPL

Ron Guth writes, "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."

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 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.