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1893-CC Morgan Dollar PCGS MS64

Currency:USD Category:Coins & Paper Money Start Price:5,000.00 USD Estimated At:10,000.00 - 15,000.00 USD
1893-CC Morgan Dollar PCGS MS64
Well above average in terms of striking definition, the surfaces are bright with bountiful cartwheel luster. With few abrasions, none of which are substantial, and an appealing, Arctic white sheen, this is a lovely representative of this lower mintage (677,000 pieces) CC-mint delivery.

For nearly a quarter of a century a single coining press, Press No. 1, was used at Carson City to strike most of the silver dollar and other larger denomination coins during the years the mint actually operated: from 1870 to 1885, and again from 1889 to 1893.

When the press suffered a cracked arch in 1878, it was repaired at the local shop of the Virginia & Truckee Railroad. Proud of their handiwork, V&T machinists replaced the original brass Morgan & Orr plate with one bearing the name of their railroad.

The Carson City Mint ceased coining operations in 1893 due to budgetary reasons and a change in the political administration in Washington, D.C. Once the mint fell silent, the presses were removed in 1899, along with all other equipment in the coiner's department. Press No. 1, which struck this 1893-CC silver dollar, was housed at the Philadelphia Mint, where it was modified in 1930 to operate with electric power. It still operates today, more than a century and a quarter after its manufacture!
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