1881 Morgan Silver Dollar. MS-66 (PCGS). CAC.This brilliant and beautiful example combines a semi-prooflike obverse with a universally satin reverse. Both sides are fully struck with exceptional surface preservation. The release of large quantities of 1881 silver dollars from government stock largely came to an end in the 1950s, although small numbers seem to have been included in the Treasury Department releases of the early 1960s. Today this issue is plentiful only through the lowest Mint State grades, with Gems in MS-65 scarce in the context of the Morgan series and anything finer rare.
