1879-CC Morgan Silver Dollar. VAM-3. Top 100 Variety. Capped Die. MS-64 (PCGS).
Wonderfully original surfaces are toned in dominant sandy-silver and steel-olive patina, the deeper color at the peripheries. Under direct lighting, however, the color distribution reverses itself with light peripheral undertones of gold and powder blue giving way to rich mauve shades in the centers. Satiny luster is full and billowy throughout, and the strike is boldly executed overall. Largely known as the Capped Die, the 1879-CC Large CC Over Small CC variety is actually an overmintmark. The reverse die was first affixed with the small CC as used in the production of the 1878-CC Morgan dollar. This small CC was later partially effaced and a larger CC was entered in its place. Still later, the die acquired a considerable amount of rust in the mintmark area, and all known 1879-CC Capped Die Morgans display the effects around the CC. Since this variety has also been described as the Broken CC, the 1879-CC Capped Die has garnered quite a bit of negative press over the years. This is unfortunate, since the Capped Die is actually scarcer than its Perfect CC counterpart in all grades. Nowhere is this discrepancy more marked than at the finer Mint State levels of preservation, as here. This handsome near-Gem is a superior example perfect for an advanced Morgan dollar set.
PCGS# 7088. NGC ID: 253T.

Estimate: $11000