1885-CC $1 Morgan Silver Dollar PCGS MS63

Here’s an attractive and desirable piece to add to your collection. Carson City Morgan dollars are always in great demand. Wouldn’t this one look just great in your hand? Imagine owning it for many years to come. PCGS has graded 6,921 as MS63 with 16,397 finer. Collector’s Universe prices this issue at $1,050.00 in MS63.

The "Dodge City Peace Commission" on June 10, 1883. Among them is famed lawman Wyatt Earp (seated 2nd from left). It is possible that a few Carson City silver dollars were in his pocket when this photo was taken. Photo: Wikimedia Commons.

At 228,000, 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. 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."