1881-CC Morgan Silver Dollar - 1881-CC Morgan $1 GSA MS63 CAC. This fully struck, white, Uncirculated Carson City 1881-CC Silver Dollar gleams with frosty mint luster. There are full details on the hair above Libertys ear and on the eagles breast. The surfaces are original and clean except for a crescent of abrasion marks on the left obverse field. The CAC sticker indicates that the coin is premium quality and fully merits the grade assigned. Of added interest are die cracks on the reverse. One joins the tops of the letters in STATES, and the other starts at to the left of O in OF and ends at the eagles wing tip. A smaller obverse die crack joins the M of UNUM to the rim.

George T. Morgan designed the silver dollar. It shows a close head of Liberty in profile facing left. She wears a headband inscribed LIBERTY. In her hair are cotton, corn, wheat, and tobacco. She wears a modified Phrygian cap and is surrounded with the motto E PLURIBUS UNUM, thirteen stars (seven left and six right), and the date. The reverse shows an eagle with wings raised looking left. In its talons are arrows and olive branch, symbols of preparedness and peace. A wreath is below and the motto IN GOD WE TRUST is above. Except for the eagles wing tips, UNITED STATES OF AMERICA and ONE DOLLAR circumscribe the design. The mintmark is below the wreath and above the denomination.

The only complaint with George T. Morgans design for the new dollar was that Liberty was too heavy. For his model, Morgan used Anna Williams, a school teacher from Philadelphia. Charles Barber also submitted a design. His design showed Liberty as also being too heavy, but she was also dumpy looking and had a fat neck. Morgans reverse showed an eagle that looked unnatural. Barbers seemed more real. In any case, it was Morgans designs that were selected for the dollar. It is an irony that the first Morgan dollar was presented to Rutherford B. Hayes, the president who had vetoed the authorizing act.

The 1881-CC Morgan Silver Dollar had a relatively low mintage of 296,000; however, most of them were saved in bank vaults and survive today in Mint State. Circulated grades are scarcer than uncirculated. Because of its availability, the 1881-CC with its GSA pedigree is an excellent type.