1884-CC Morgan Silver Dollar - 1884-CC Morgan S$1 PCGS MS65 DMPL CAC. Here is a Gem, Deep Mirror Prooflike coin from the Carson City Mint. This 1884-CC Morgan Dollar is far above average with deep, prooflike surfaces that are original and clean for the grade. The CAC sticker indicates that the piece is of premium quality and fully merits the grade assigned. This beautiful Morgan dollar from the Wild West is tied for third finest at CAC.

 

Today, modern coins are often prooflike because the dies are specially polished to give the mirrored finish. However, in 1884, for a coin to have a deep mirrored surface, it had to be an early strike. Clearly that was the case with this lovely piece.

 

George T. Morgan designed the Morgan silver dollar, which was issued every year from 1878 to 1904 and then again in 1921. Hundreds of millions of Morgan silver dollars were saved in bags of 1,000 each in bank vaults because the federal government created artificial demand for them to satisfy the Western silver interests. Some were melted in the 1918, but large quantities remained in bank vaults and were later bought by investors and collectors. Because many millions of Morgan silver dollars exist today in the hands of the public, the Morgan silver dollar has become the most widely collected coin of its era.

 

Morgans design shows a close head of Liberty in profile facing left. She wears a headband inscribed LIBERTY. In her hair are cotton, corn, wheat, and tobacco. She wears a modified Phrygian cap and is surrounded with the motto E PLURIBUS UNUM, thirteen stars (seven left and six right), and the date. The reverse shows an eagle with wings raised looking left. In its talons are arrows and olive branch, symbols of preparedness and peace. A wreath is below and the motto IN GOD WE TRUST is above. Except for the eagles wing tips, UNITED STATES OF AMERICA and ONE DOLLAR circumscribe the design. The mintmark is below the wreath and above the denomination.

 

In its population report as of August 2013, CAC has confirmed 47 1884-CC dollars in MS65 DMPL condition with 18 better.