1884-S Morgan Silver Dollar. MS-61 (ANACS).A sharply struck example with medium intensity silver-gray iridescence adorning both sides. The surfaces are lustrous with a softly frosted texture that is uncommonly smooth in hand for the assigned grade. The 1884-S is one of the important condition rarities in the Morgan dollar series in Mint State, even at the BU level of preservation, as here. The vast majority examples saw heavy circulation and, indeed, worn survivors are fairly plentiful in the marketplace in grades up to and including About Uncirculated. Beginning at the MS-60 level, as noted above, the rarity of the 1884-S increases dramatically, and continues to do so the farther up the grading scale one goes. Remarkably attractive for the grade, the present example should be considered carefully by date and mintmark collectors.From the Claudia St John Collection.
