1902-S Morgan Silver Dollar. MS-66 (PCGS). This lustrous and frosty Gem is brilliant apart from the lightest pinkish-silver iridescence that is not readily evident at all viewing angles. Boldly struck overall with a smooth and inviting appearance. The 1902-S is one of the scarcer San Francisco Mint entries in the Morgan dollar series, many of the 1,530,000 coins produced likely melted pursuant to the terms of the 1918 Pittman Act. Even so, thousands of Mint State examples came to light through government distributions from the 1920s through the early 1950s. Obtainable with relative ease in lower Uncirculated grades, if still scarce by the standards of the type, the 1902-S remains a formidable condition rarity as an upper end Gem.
