1885-CC Morgan Silver Dollar

The 1885-CC Morgan Silver Dollar was minted at the Carson City Mint with only 228,000 total mintage. In 1885, the Carson City Mint closed to coinage for a time where only 200,000 were minted, and then operations began again in August of that year to produce the final 28,000. This break in mintage left some confused about whether this second set was an 1886-CC Morgan Dollar, but, in reality, it wasn’t.

History of the 1885-CC Morgan Dollar

It is believed that very few of the 1885-CC Morgan Silver Dollar moved into circulation for a time after they were struck. It can be difficult to find any circulated 1885-CC Morgan Dollars and they are often considered rare, and potentially more rare than all of the circulated Morgan Dollars in the entire city. Uncirculated 1885-CC Morgan Dollars were considered rare until some came on the market in the 1930s. Following that date, more bags were released in 1941 and 1942. In 1955, more bags came on the market and were more common for a time.