1879-CC Morgan Silver Dollar. Clear CC. MS-63 (PCGS). This lustrous and satiny piece is lightly toned in pretty champagne-pink iridescence that appears to drift toward the borders. Smartly impressed with crisp striking detail throughout the design. After a promising start with 2,212,000 coins struck in 1878, Morgan dollar production at the Carson City Mint fell off markedly the next year. Only 756,000 pieces were produced in 1879, and mintages would continue to fall through 1881. Despite its proximity to Nevadas rich silver mines, much of the bullion mined was sent to the San Francisco Mint for coinage. With a far smaller percentage of the mintage finding its way into numismatic hands through the GSA sales of the 1970s, the 1879-CC is rarer than the lower mintage 1880-CC, 1881-CC and 1885-CC in Mint State. This issue, in fact, is the scarcest Carson City Mint Morgan dollar of the 1878 to 1885 era. With strong candidacy for inclusion in an advanced Morgan dollar set, we certainly anticipate strong interest in this offering.
