Lot 4086
1889-CC Morgan Dollar. Sharpness of AU-50. Cleaned long ago. One of several affordable high circulated grade specimens offered in the sale. Carson City Mint employees were eager to get back to work in July of 1889. Four years of dormancy had left the facility in a state of disrepair, but clean-up crews removed the cobwebs, aired out the rooms, and dusted off the machinery in preparation for resumption of coinage operations. It wasn't until October that the first 100,000 Morgan dollars were struck out of a total 350,000 pieces that year. For unknown reasons, approximately 250,000 to 325,000 1889-CC dollars wre eventually melted, securing this date as one of the keys to a set of Morgan dollars (PCGS # 7190) .
Estimated Value $2,000 - 2,100.
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| Realized $3,450 |
