Vibrant and engaging Choice Mint State quality for this well known Morgan dollar condition rarity. Both sides are fully impressed, the dies also imparting a lovely satin finish that is a bit more lively in the fields as compared to over the devices. Remarkably smooth overall, a tiny reeding mark at the junction of Libertys cheek and neck seems to be the only impediment to an even higher grade.Enjoying legendary status among collectors of high grade Morgan dollars, the 1884-S is one of the leading rarities of the type in all Mint State grades. Considering only the mintage, which is respectable at 3,200,000 coins struck, this would certainly seem like a curious issue to be such a formidable condition rarity, especially in a series with an overall high rate of survival for Uncirculated coins. Following a different path than most of its counterparts, however, the 1884-S seems to have been released into circulation in significant numbers. Hence the ease with which collectors can usually locate a worn example. Few bags were retained in government storage, at very least after the mass silver dollar meltings associated with the 1918 Pittman Act, and releases into numismatic hands were few and far between in the decades leading up to the 1960s. By that time, in fact, what little reserves the government had for the 1884-S had long since been exhausted; certainly none were represented in the Treasury Department releases of 1962 to 1964, at least as far as we are aware. The present example, fully Mint State and Choice at that, looms large among the extensive Morgan dollar offerings in this sale and is sure to fetch a strong price commensurate with its significance.,,PCGS# 7156. NGC ID: 254P.,NGC Census: 46; 15 finer (MS-66 finest).,
