1889 $1 Morgan Silver Dollar PCGS MS66+ (CAC) - A Condition Rarity

1889 $1 Morgan Silver Dollar PCGS MS66+ (CAC)--$3,775.00--

      It is with pleasure that we at AUCM offer for purchase a quite rare example of a common coin: an 1889 Morgan dollar in PCGS MS66+ (CAC). That's right. In its grade it is quite a rare coin. It would be perfect as a type coin in a set of conditionally rare Morgan dollars, ones that in lower grades would not be as cherished by collectors. This piece would also fit right in with a full set of superior mint state Morgan dollars, from 1878 to 1904 and 1921.

      There is much romance about the Wild West, the shootout at the O.K. Corral, and other western lore associated with 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 very possible. Did "Pawnee" Bill, "Buffalo Bill" Cody, Chief Sitting Bull, Billy the Kid, Annie Oakley, or Frank Butler pay for a drink, or provisions, or an article of clothing in the Rockies during the late 1800s? If so, the distinctive clang of a Morgan dollar was heard as it was dropped onto a wooden bar or store counter. Piles of silver dollars sat at the gaming tables in Rhyolite, Tincup, Silver Reef and other gambling towns that dotted the Wild West. In banks, bordellos, and bistros in Helena, Cheyenne, San Francisco, and Denver, cashiers nonchalantly handled silver dollars each and every day.