1904 Morgan Silver Dollar. MS-66 (PCGS).This pretty Gem exhibits iridescent champagne-apricot and powder blue toning that appears to drift toward the borders. The central reverse is actually close to brilliant, and both sides are sharply struck with smooth, frosty mint luster. One of the scarcer Philadelphia Mint Morgan dollars in Mint State, the 1904 was not widely represented in any silver dollar releases from government holdings during the middle decades of the 20th century. Q. David Bowers (1993) talks of releases in the 1941-1942 years, in the 1950s and again in the early 1960s, but, apparently, there was no major release at any specific time. With the typical survivor grading no finer than MS-64 by todays strict standards, the premium quality Gem offered here offers both absolute scarcity and condition rarity that will appeal to the advanced Morgan dollar enthusiast.From the Hawks Hill Collection.
