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FINENESS .900ASW 0.77344 OZT38.1 MM
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Issue RecordSEMI-KEYCarson City90% Silver1 of 97 issues

1885-CC Morgan Dollar

Second-lowest mintage — yet the GSA disbursed 148,285 of them, and an estimated 155,000–168,000 survive, nearly all uncirculated. Only ~2,000–4,000 worn examples exist: in circulated grades this is the king of Morgans, outranking even the 1893-S.

1885-CC · Morgan DollarPCGS TRUEVIEW · EXTERNAL_HOTLINK_PROTOTYPE — © COLLECTORS UNIVERSE, INC.
1885-CC morgan dollar — obverse and reverse, graded MS68
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The numbers, and what kind of numbers they are

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DELIVERED IN 1885
228,000
What the mint delivered to the Treasurer during that calendar year. The Mint counted deliveries, not dates — a coin delivered in January could have been struck the previous December.
DATED ATTRIBUTION
228,000
What the trade assigns to coins bearing this date. A modern allocation by an outside authority, not a federal record.
ESTIMATED SURVIVORS
174,250
An estimate of how many still exist in any grade, not a count of coins anyone has seen. The mint-state and gem figures beneath it are where a date's price actually lives.
AUCTION RECORD
$135,125
The highest public sale on record for this issue. One coin, one night — a ceiling, not a market.
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Specifications

SpecificationValue
DENOMINATIONDollar
DESIGNERGeorge T. Morgan
COMPOSITION90% silver, 10% copper
WEIGHT26.73 g
SILVER CONTENT0.77344 ozt
DIAMETER38.1 mm
EDGEReeded
MINTCarson City
MINT MARKReverse, below the wreath bow, above the DO of DOLLAR
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The primary record

Every document behind the figures above. Where OunceDesk holds a copy, the row opens it.

MR1901 table XXXIV
Held in the Archive · behind delivered in 1885
PCGS CoinFacts no. 7160
External authority — not held by OunceDesk · behind dated attribution
PCGS CoinFacts
External authority — not held by OunceDesk · behind estimated survivors
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