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1889-CC $1 MS61 PCGS

Currency:USD Category:Coins & Paper Money Start Price:17,000.00 USD Estimated At:1.00 - 1,000,000.00 USD
1889-CC $1 MS61 PCGS
<B>1889-CC $1 MS61 PCGS.</B></I> While the U.S. Treasury holdings of the 1960s--offered through a series of General Services Administration sales in the 1970s--revealed significant percentages of the original mintages surviving for several CC issues such as 1881 through 1885, not a single example of the 1889-CC was counted among them. Other later CC issues were either minuscule or nonexistent. Although the mintage of 1889-CC was recorded as 350,000 pieces, today the 1889-CC is by far the key to the CC-mint Morgan issues, and a Mint State coin of any stripe is a prize indeed.<BR> This piece offers lustrous silver surfaces with a slightly hazy overlay of golden-gray patina, and a hint of lilac on the obverse. The strike is bold and pleasing; for a coin graded MS61, there are few abrasions of any size noted, although a long, straight, thin scrape from above star 6, paralleling Liberty's nose in the left field and running up to the L in PLURIBUS, requires singular mention. A true find for the Morgan dollar aficionado.<BR><BR><B>Coin Engraver:</B> George T. Morgan<BR><BR><b>Shipping:</b> Coins & Currency (<a target="_blank" href="http://www.heritageauctions.com/common/shipping.php">view shipping information</a>)
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