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1901 S$1 MS62 NGC. New collectors to the Morgan Dolla 1901[S$1] MS62 NGC.

Currency:USD Category:Coins & Paper Money Start Price:1.00 USD Estimated At:1.00 - 1,000,000.00 USD
1901 S$1 MS62 NGC. New collectors to the Morgan Dolla 1901[S$1] MS62 NGC.
<B>1901<S$1> MS62 NGC.</B></I> New collectors to the Morgan Dollar series at first unimpressed by the 1901 Morgan Dollar, which records a plentiful production of nearly 7 million pieces. Not especially rare in VF and lower grades, the issue emerges as a surprising scarcity in AU, and is quite rare in Mint State. In fact, Bowers (1992) writes, "Of all Philadelphia Mint business strike dollars, excepting the spectral 1895, the 1901 is the rarest in Mint State." It is even more difficult in Uncirculated grades than the 1894, which had a scant mintage of 110,000 pieces. Perhaps the issue went directly into circulation, and the majority of any Uncirculated Treasury holdovers became part of the great 1918 Pittman Act melt. Regardless of the reason for its rarity, an Uncirculated 1901 Morgan Dollar is highly desirable, particularly when it exhibits the flash as the present piece. This nearly brilliant piece is sharply struck, and has a nearly unabraded reverse. Several small marks are apparent on Liberty's cheek and neck and in the left (facing) obverse fields.