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1891-CC $1 Spitting Eagle VAM-3 PL

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    Description Grade Auction House Sell Price Sell Date
    1891-CC $1 Spitting Eagle, VAM-3, Top 100, MS61 Prooflike PCGS. PCGS Population: (3/14 and 0/0+). NGC Census: (14/22 and 0/ 61 HA 780 10/13/2021
    1891-CC $1 Spitting Eagle, VAM-3, MS62 Prooflike NGC. A Top 100 Variety. NGC Census: (12/9). PCGS Population: (5/7). MS62. 62 HA 690 09/18/2019
    1891-CC Morgan Silver Dollar. VAM-3. Top 100 Variety. Spitting Eagle. MS-62 PL (NGC). 62 Stacks Bowers 595 03/24/2012
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      Entry Details

      PCGS Number: 43504
      Coin Date: 1891-CC
      Denomination (Short): $1
      Denomination (Long): Dollar
      Variety: Spitting Eagle
      Variety 2: VAM-3
      Desg: MS
      Prefix: Top 100
      Mint Mark: CC
      Composition: 90% silver; 10% copper
      Mintage: 1,618,000
      Strike Type: Business
      Coinage Type: Morgan silver dollar
      Coinage Years: 1878-1921
      Mint Location: Carson City
      Diameter: 38.1
      Fineness: 0.9
      Weight (Grams): 26.73
      Weight (Ounces): 0.943
      Designer: George T. Morgan
      Edge: Reeded
      Obverse Description: Portrait of Liberty centered. On the left are found 7 stars with the words E*PLURIBUS*UNUM followed by 6 stars on the right. The date is positioned at the bottom.
      Reverse Description: The heraldic eagle is centered holding a bunch of arrows and branch surrounded by and olive leaves. The words UNITED STATES OF AMERICA * ONE DOLLAR frame the periphery. Mint mark, if any, appears above the letters DO of DOLLAR.
      General Notes: The 1891-CC Morgan dollar is one of the more widely available Carson City Morgan dollars in terms of overall availability, and it is plentiful in the lower MS grades. The spitting eagle variety is noted by a die chip in front of the eagle's beak which gives the appearance of something coming from the bird's mouth.
      PCGS #: 43504
      NGC ID: 255H
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