August 2024 Global Showcase Auction – 12 - 23 August 2024
Ancient and World Coins and Currency
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Description
Exceptionally Vivid 1878-CC Morgan Dollar
1878-CC Morgan Silver Dollar. MS-66+ (PCGS). CAC.
Certainly one of the most vividly toned and visually appealing examples of this first year CC-Mint Morgan dollar that we can ever recall offering. The obverse exhibits a bold overlay of iridescent colors in powder blue, salmon-pink, champagne-apricot, sunset-gold and silver-olive. The reverse is minimally patinated in pale silver that yields to brilliance at more direct viewing angles. Both sides are fully struck and intensely lustrous with smooth surfaces that approach perfection. The Carson City Mint's initial Morgan dollar mintage was 2,212,000 coins in 1878. Unlike many later CC-Mint Morgans (the 1883-CC and 1884-CC, for example), the 1878-CC saw considerable commercial use at the time of striking. In circulated grades it is among the more obtainable CC-Mint Morgans, with most such examples well worn in grades from Good to Fine. Even so, enough of the mintage was retained in government vaults that releases during the 1950s resulted in a temporary glut of coins in dealers' inventories. As significant as they were, those releases were dwarfed by others featuring the 1882-CC, 1883-CC and 1884-CC beginning in the 1960s. The conditionally challenging nature of the 1878-CC comes to the fore in grades above MS-65. In MS-65+ and MS-66 this issue is scarce by Morgan dollar standards, while in MS-66+ and higher grades it is rare. A find for the discerning Carson City Mint or Morgan dollar specialist, we also anticipate keen bidder interest in this lovely premium Gem from toning enthusiasts.
PCGS# 7080. NGC ID: 253M.
PCGS Population: 49; 8 finer in this category (all MS-67).
From the PentaMint Collection. Earlier from Heritage's CSNS Signature Auction of April 2008, lot 2571; Heritage's Anaheim ANA Signature Auction of August 2016, lot 42105; Legend Rare Coin Auctions' Regency Auction 40, August 2020, lot 244.
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| Price realized | 7'500 USD |
| Starting price | 1 USD |
| Estimate | 9'000 USD |
