1890-CC Morgan Silver Dollar. MS-66 (NGC). This awe-inspiring example combines condition rarity with outstanding eye appeal in a semi-key date Carson City Mint Morgan dollar. Both sides are dressed in exceptionally vivid toning of iridescent steel-blue, reddish-copper and pinkish-silver. Direct lighting calls forth the greatest intensity to the toning, as well as lively mint luster in a frosty to modestly reflective finish. Sharply to fully struck with expertly preserved surfaces that border on pristine.<p>Despite its generous mintage the 1890-CC is one of the scarcer CC-Mint Morgans in todays market, with even the lower mintage 1880-CC, 1881-CC and 1885-CC more plentiful in Mint State (to say nothing of the truly common 1882-CC, 1883-CC and 1884-CC). On the other hand, the 1890-CC is one of the more frequently encountered Carson City Mint Morgan dollars in worn condition, suggesting that many were released into circulation. Additional coins entered commercial channels from the San Francisco Mint during the early 1940s. Mint State survivors are largely from releases to dealers and collectors during the 1930s, 1940s and 1950s, the source of these coins the storage vaults in the San Francisco Mint and Washington, D.C.s Treasury Department Building. The MS-60 to MS-63 grade range encompasses most of these pieces, and even in solidly graded MS-64 the 1890-CC is scarce by the standards of the type. Gems in MS-65 are rare, while in MS-66, as here, the 1890-CC is an important condition rarity that is seldom encountered. Indeed, we have seen few other examples that are as smooth and attractive as this gorgeous premium Gem. PCGS# 7198. NGC ID: 255D. NGC Census: 3; 0 finer in this category.
