1879-CC Morgan Silver Dollar, NGC MS 63 DPL Capped Die Deep Proof Like, Lovely

  

MS 63 DPL Capped Die - Deep Proof Like Lovely. This is a NGC Graded Coin. You will receive the pictured coin. A prized rarity in Mint State among Morgan Dollar specialists, especially as a rare deeply mirrored example. This issue owes its low mintage to depressed railroad rates that made it cheaper to send silver bullion from the Comstock Lode to the San Francisco Mint as opposed to the much closer facility in Carson City.

With little bullion on hand, the Nevada branch mint suspended coinage operations from March 1 to June 30, 1879 and again from November 1, 1879 through May 1, 1880. Of the 756,000 Silver Dollars that the facility did produce in 1879, many undoubtedly saw extensive circulation on the frontier. A comfortable Choice example, the present piece displays a moderate abrasion count on Liberty's cheek and neck that rule out an even higher designation. While the strike is slightly incomplete on the hair above the ear and the eagle's breast, we note that the balance of the features display the razor sharp definition that typifies Carson City Morgan Silver Dollars. But in 1878, the Mint began to again strike silver dollars under the orders of the Bland-Allison Act.

Created by Charles Morgan, the new dollar design was produced until 1904 and then again for one year in 1921. The Morgan dollar features a portrait of Lady Liberty on the obverse with a crown adorned with wheat, and cotton. The reverse offers an eagle with wings spread clutching a crop of arrows and an olive branch clutched in its talons. The coins were struck in 90% silver and are 0.7734 of a troy ounce.

They are popular today with silver buff and collectors alike. In fact, they are perhaps the most collected series in all of U.

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1. Grade: MS 63
2. Year: 1879-CC
3. Certification: NGC
4. Circulated/Uncirculated: Uncirculated
5. Denomination: $1