Does "the hobby" consider this one a Carson City dollar, since it was one originally, or just an overdate? Thanks
It was never a Carson City dollar. In 1900, mint marks were still punched into dies by hand. Clearly, someone either grabbed the mint mark wrong punch or punched the "O" mint mark over old dies with the "CC" mint mark. Either way, it is an odd variety considering the last time Morgan dollars were struck in Carson City was in 1893. Multiple dies were created with this variety, and it is quite common in circulated grades. It is also relatively available all the way up to gem and even higher. Provided by NGC Coin Explorer.
Someone correct me if I'm wrong, but I believe that the New Orleans Mint needed additional dies and the CC dies were still available even though Morgan dollars were no longer made in Carson City. The CC mintmark was polished out as much as possible, and the O mintmark was punched over it. It is considered an O mintmark variety. Chris
Minted in New Orleans with dies that happened to have been destined for Carson City years earlier, it is considered a New Orleans coin.
Actually, which ever mint that produced them is the producing Mint. The 1925 Vancouver commem halves don't have a mint mark, but they were struck in San Francisco. No mm, but not a Philly issue.
This. The 1900 O/CC Morgan is pretty much the only variety in the series that I find interesting. It is odd and has an interesting story.
The question is had the CC reverse dies been on hand at Philadelphia since 1893? I suspect they were not. Carson City, although no longer striking coins, was still officially a mint after 1893. In 1899 the mint status was taken away and they were reduced to just being an Assay Office. I suspect it is possible that they had kelp the reverse dies on hand just in case they ever received instructions to start striking coins again. With the loss of Mint status they shipped the reverse dies back to Philadelphia where they were repurposed for New Orleans. If they had been at Philadelphia since 1893 I suspect they would have been reworked and sent out to New Orleans or San Francisco years earlier.