1879-CC Morgan Silver Dollar. VAM-3. Top 100 Variety. Capped Die. MS-62 (PCGS).；Offered is a brilliant and satiny example of this key date issue. Striking detail is sharp in most areas, the central high points have emerging to bold definition. The 1879-CC is the scarcest pre-1889 Carson City Mint Morgan dollar. Comparatively few Mint State examples entered the numismatic market during the mid-to-late 20th century. For example, the General Services Administration sales of 1972 to 1980, which included large numbers of issues such as the 1882-CC and 1884-CC, featured only 4,123 examples of the 1879-CC. The Capped Die variety presented here is regarded as being rarer than its Clear CC counterpart, a fact that enhances the desirability of this attractive coin.<p>There are two major varieties of 1879-CC dollars. The first is the Large CC over Small CC variety, which suffers from "bad press" as it has been called the "Broken CC" (<em>Guide Book,</em> etc.) and the "Capped CC" (<em>The Coin Dealer Newsletter,</em> etc." Actually, the die had a very small mintmark (as used the previous year for all 1878-CC dollars) which was partially effaced, apparently by moving the metal to cover the most of the traces of the small CC. A much larger CC was punched over the small CC area. This was clearly delineated years ago by Van Allen and Mallis, but, somehow, the true status of the coin has slipped through the cracks in the meantime. Dig out a copy of Van Allen-Mallis, 3rd edition, p. 181, and read the commentary. The metal, moved to conceal the small CC, spalled or chipped off the die, thus producing a rough area around the mintmark.；
