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1879-CC $1 Capped Die PCGS MS63 [L#1209

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1879-CC $1 Capped Die PCGS MS63 [L#1209
A lustrous example, this dollar has pleasing heavy frost on both sides. Only through the 1950s were 1879-CC dollars always obtainable from dealers (for a price), but they were difficult to find graded better than bagmarked MS60. The Redfield hoard, first marketed in 1976, is said to have had 400 to 500 pieces of the "Capped" variety, nearly all of which were in inferior grades and seriously bagmarked. The 1879-CC is by far the scarcest Carson City Morgan dollar of the early (1878-1885) date range. All are of the Third Reverse which has a skewed top arrow feather, and a convex or rounded breast on the eagle. The possession of a choice 1879-CC dollar has always been a point of satisfaction and completion for the advanced collector of the series.