The unprecedented crossover underscores his personal efforts to combat “grade inflation.”
The 1880-CC Morgan dollar saw a relatively large sum of pieces offered in the GSA sale -- almost 25% of the original mintage, or 131,529 out of 591,000 struck. These are found in either hard packs or soft packs, though because such a large number were originally distributed in the GSA sales are not as rare to find in original government packaging as, for example, the 1879-CC or 1890-CC GSA Morgan dollars. Difficult as with all GSA Morgan dollars are PLs and DMPLs, which are rare.
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.
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The designs will be featured on a $5 gold coin, a $1 silver coin, and a half dollar clad coin.




