Deeply frosted surfaces display bold luster and moderate honey-tan toning. Nicely struck with good overall eye appeal. From the terminal year of Carson City Mint coinage activities, a date that saw a mintage of 677,000 pieces. After this coin, the curtain came down on the production of the Carson City Mint. Opened in 1870, this facility operated until 1893, and was exclusively devoted to the production of silver and gold coins. The first Morgan dollars were struck in 1878, continuing to 1885, then an interruption during which no coins of any kind were struck, then with activity recommencing in 1889 and continuing to 1893. In the final year it was not known what the future would be, so all facilities were kept intact. Finally, in 1900, dies and other equipment were removed, with serviceable reverse dies sent to Philadelphia. There the CC mintmark was partially removed and an O mintmark was stamped on each of about a half dozen dies, creating what we now know as the 1900-O/CC overmintmark. A little over a decade later, long-stored Carson City dollars were shipped to the Treasury building in Washington DC, where many of them remained until the great Treasury hoard release of 1962-1964. (PCGS 7222) Choice Uncirculated to Brilliant Uncirculated
Deeply frosted surfaces display bold luster and moderate honey-tan toning. Nicely struck with good overall eye appeal. From the terminal year of Carson City Mint coinage activities, a date that saw a mintage of 677,000 pieces. After this coin, the curtain came down on the production of the Carson City Mint. Opened in 1870, this facility operated until 1893, and was exclusively devoted to the production of silver and gold coins. The first Morgan dollars were struck in 1878, continuing to 1885, then an interruption during which no coins of any kind were struck, then with activity recommencing in 1889 and continuing to 1893. In the final year it was not known what the future would be, so all facilities were kept intact. Finally, in 1900, dies and other equipment were removed, with serviceable reverse dies sent to Philadelphia. There the CC mintmark was partially removed and an O mintmark was stamped on each of about a half dozen dies, creating what we now know as the 1900-O/CC overmintmark. A little over a decade later, long-stored Carson City dollars were shipped to the Treasury building in Washington DC, where many of them remained until the great Treasury hoard release of 1962-1964. (PCGS 7222) Choice Uncirculated to Brilliant Uncirculated
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