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New Purchase: 1880-CC (80/79) Rev '78 PCGS MS-63 Morgan Dollar

StuartStuart Posts: 9,761 ✭✭✭✭✭
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Here's a new purchase that I am pleased to share with you, an 1880-CC (80/79) Rev '78 PCGS MS-63 Morgan Dollar for my PCGS Registry Set.

It's taken me a bit of time to find a nice lustrous well-struck specimen, without too many contact marks, within my budget. How do you like her?? image

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Stuart

Collect 18th & 19th Century US Type Coins, Silver Dollars, $20 Gold Double Eagles and World Crowns & Talers with High Eye Appeal

"Luck is what happens when Preparation meets Opportunity"

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  • NumisOxideNumisOxide Posts: 10,997 ✭✭✭✭✭
    Looks like it has nice luster. Very nice 1880-CC (80/79) Rev '78 PCGS MS-63 Morgan Dollar.
  • HadleydogHadleydog Posts: 1,586 ✭✭✭
    Looks more like a 64 than a 3.
    Love the obverse, well struck and looks thick skinned!
    Cool coin!image
  • mtnmanmtnman Posts: 571 ✭✭✭
    Looks nicer than a 63 to me. Very nice coin.
  • ERER Posts: 7,345 ✭
    Very nice 63, Stuart.image Looks better than 63 to me.
  • MORGANHUNTER2MORGANHUNTER2 Posts: 4,473 ✭
    imageimage
  • NumismanicNumismanic Posts: 2,582 ✭✭✭
    Stuart, very nice '80-CC!!! image
    Don

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  • eyoung429eyoung429 Posts: 6,374 ✭
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    This is a very dumb ass thread. - Laura Sperber - Tuesday January 09, 2007 11:16 AM image

    Hell, I don't need to exercise.....I get enough just pushing my luck.
  • razorface1027razorface1027 Posts: 4,242 ✭✭
    HEY....That's mine! Well, it was mine...I think. Looks like it. Nice score, Stuart.image



    Tom

    I take that back, Stuart. The one I owned was GSA.image
    What is money, in reality, but dirty pieces of paper and metal upon which privilege is stamped?
  • wam98wam98 Posts: 2,685 ✭
    Good looking 80/79 CC, Stuart. image
    Wayne
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  • bozboz Posts: 1,405 ✭
    IMHO it's a 63, but a nice coin none the lessimage

    Just a little too messy on the cheek
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  • DNADaveDNADave Posts: 7,271 ✭✭✭✭✭
    Nice coin, I want one too.
  • StuartStuart Posts: 9,761 ✭✭✭✭✭
    Thanks to everyone for your posts and your kind words on my new 1880-CC (80/79) Rev '78 PCGS MS-63 Morgan Dollar!! image

    The seller felt that the coin was very high-end for the grade, and the coin market value jumps considerably from MS-63 to MS-64, so I figured that a high-end MS-63 was a good combination of affordable price and nice eye appeal, for a tough Morgan Dollar variety which I seldom see offered for a combination of nice eye appeal and also nice wallet appeal!! image

    Stuart

    Collect 18th & 19th Century US Type Coins, Silver Dollars, $20 Gold Double Eagles and World Crowns & Talers with High Eye Appeal

    "Luck is what happens when Preparation meets Opportunity"
  • BuddyboyBuddyboy Posts: 126 ✭✭
    A few months back I was also able to pick up a very nice 1880/79-CC, Rev. '78 PCGS MS-63 off of eBay (of all places!) I paid a little over $500 for it and the same weekend I got it I showed it off at the local coin show. I was offered $700 for it but I didn't sell. I really enjoy all the 1880 overdates from all the mints!
    Proud recipient of the coveted "YOU SUCK!" Award, 6/03/07, 2/03/08, and 10/27/08.
  • PunscoinsPunscoins Posts: 113
    Very nice CC...... I WANT ONE!!!! image

    Marc Vetsch
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  • StuartStuart Posts: 9,761 ✭✭✭✭✭
    BuddyBoy: I agree with you that the 1880 dated Morgans are among the most interesting because of all of the overdate varieties from all 4 mints.

    I have accumulated several of the 1880-CC Morgan Overdate Varieties, and not yet one non-overdated (normal) coin...

    It's taken me quite a while to purchase this (my first) 1880-CC (80/79) Rev '78 Morgan.. which makes it all the sweeter... image

    Stuart

    Collect 18th & 19th Century US Type Coins, Silver Dollars, $20 Gold Double Eagles and World Crowns & Talers with High Eye Appeal

    "Luck is what happens when Preparation meets Opportunity"
  • BuddyboyBuddyboy Posts: 126 ✭✭
    Stuart,
    Ya'know, Van Allen states this about the 1880-CC issue, "Normal dies without varieties do not exist...Most of the varieties are overdates." That's pretty neat to me!
    Proud recipient of the coveted "YOU SUCK!" Award, 6/03/07, 2/03/08, and 10/27/08.
  • JdurgJdurg Posts: 997 ✭
    Wow. Makes the low grade 1880-CC I got a few weeks ago look like garbage. Beautiful coin! You've got this 1880 collector quite jealous. imageimage
    I collect the elements on the periodic table, and some coins. I have a complete Roosevelt set, and am putting together a set of coins from 1880.
  • chasingerrorschasingerrors Posts: 21
    image I also just recently got my 80/79, these are pretty cool issues.
  • StuartStuart Posts: 9,761 ✭✭✭✭✭
    BuddyBoy, JDurg & ChasingErrors: Thanks for your posts to this thread and for your positive comments about my new1880-CC (80/79) Rev '78 PCGS MS-63 Morgan Dollar.

    I am anxious to receive it to see what it looks like in person!!

    Stuart

    Collect 18th & 19th Century US Type Coins, Silver Dollars, $20 Gold Double Eagles and World Crowns & Talers with High Eye Appeal

    "Luck is what happens when Preparation meets Opportunity"

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