1881-S Morgan Silver Dollar. MS-68 DPL (NGC).

Virtually pristine with outstanding visual appeal, this untoned beauty is fully struck and exhibits intense mint frost to the design elements. The fields, on the other hand, offer watery reflectivity that confirms the validity of the coveted DPL designation from NGC. One of the quintessential type candidates in the Morgan silver dollar series, the 1881-S is one of the most available early date issues in Mint State. Millions of the 12,760,000 coins struck remained in federal storage until released by the Treasury Department in 1938, during the 1950s and, especially, in the early to mid 1960s. Given their ready availability and the high standards of quality to which virtually all were produced, 1881-S dollars have been extremely popular with type collectors seeking a single Mint State coin to represent the Morgan dollar series. At the threshold of numismatic perfection, however, the example offered here is rare from a condition standpoint. Indeed it is far better preserved than the vast majority of 1881-S dollars, the surfaces further distinguished by awesome field to device contrast. A find for the most discerning of numismatists.

PCGS# 97131. NGC ID: 2549.

NGC Census: 2; 0 finer in this category. The corresponding PCGS Population is just 1/0.