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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;WingedLiberty, post: 1219343, member: 26030&quot;]I just pulled my 1885-CC Morgan (from the GSA sale in the 1970&#039;s) out of my&nbsp; safe depost box and photographed it.&nbsp; I havent really looked at it that much in the past 30 years (sad isnt it).&nbsp; No&nbsp; idea on the grade on this but I am guessing that PCGS might assign an&nbsp; MS63?&nbsp; The reverse looks cleaner than the obverse.&nbsp;&nbsp; </p><p><br /></p><p>It&#039;s interesting but the grade really doesn&#039;t affect that value that&nbsp; much on this date/mint combination as a PCGS shows the following prices for the 1885-CC Morgan in their online price guide:</p><p><br /></p><p>G4 = $600</p><p>F12 =&nbsp;&nbsp; $615</p><p>VF40 = $630</p><p>MS62 = $665</p><p>MS63 = $675</p><p>MS64 = $715</p><p><br /></p><p>I think you would&nbsp; be hard pressed to find another coin (series/date/mint combination) over 100 years old where&nbsp; there is such a small spread between a G4 ($600) and an MS64 ($715)!&nbsp; (Although maybe there are other Morgans in a similar boat?)</p><p><br /></p><p>So funny that I cannot remember how much I paid for this back in the&nbsp; 1970&#039;s but cointalk member Conder posted that he recalls these were sold by the GSA for $60 --&nbsp; that&#039;s a bargain.&nbsp; I am guessing this might bring $600+ on the open&nbsp; market today.</p><p><br /></p><p>When compared to all CC Morgans, the 1885-CC actually had the lowest&nbsp; mintage (238,000) -- however because it was included in the GSA sale where hoards of Unc&#039;s were released,&nbsp; it&#039;s a lot more common (and less expensive) than some of the other CC&nbsp; dates (1879-CC, 1889-CC, and 1893-CC).&nbsp;&nbsp; </p><p><br /></p><p>When compared to the entire Morgan series, the 1885-CC has the 3rd&nbsp; lowest mintage of any date/mint combination, only eclipsed by the 1893-S&nbsp; (100,000) and 1894 (110,972) -- I&#039;m not including the 1895 which was Proof&nbsp; only and not a business strike.&nbsp; <p style="text-align: left"><span style="color: #000000"></span></p> <p style="text-align: left"><span style="color: #000000">Read more: <a href="http://www.cointalk.com/t31969-6/#ixzz1RekAhx6P" class="internalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="http://www.cointalk.com/t31969-6/#ixzz1RekAhx6P">http://www.cointalk.com/t31969-6/#ixzz1RekAhx6P</a></span></p> <p style="text-align: left"><span style="color: #000000"><br /></span></p> <p style="text-align: left">[ATTACH]129471.vB[/ATTACH]</p> <p style="text-align: left"><br /></p><p>[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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