1889-CC Morgan Silver Dollar NGC VF30 CAC - 1889-CC Morgan S$1 NGC VF30 CAC. Excellent color and toning are found on this 1889-CC Morgan Dollar. There are hints of rainbow toning around the edges with much darker toning at the right obverse edge. The devices are a mixture of white and gun-metal gray. These colors attest to the coins originality. The piece shows about two-thirds of the hairlines from the top of Libertys forehead to her ear, which is very well defined. Some feathers show on the eagles breast, with more on the wings, and tail. The coin is clean for the grade with no abrasion marks worthy of individual description. The CAC sticker tells us that it is a premium quality piece that is well within the assigned grade range.

Morgan dollars were issued annually from 1878 to 1904 and then in 1921. They show a close-up 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, separated by stars, circumscribe the design. The mintmark is below the knot above the DO in DOLLAR.

George T. Morgan was born on January 4, 1845 in Birmingham, England. Morgan attended the Birmingham Art School and won a scholarship to the South Kensington Art School. He worked as an assistant under the Wyons at the British Royal Mint. In 1876 Morgan immigrated to the United States and was hired as an assistant to William Barber at the United States Mint. Morgan reported directly to Mint Director Henry R. Linderman, whose office was moved to Washington D.C. in 1873, no doubt upsetting Engraver Barber and his son, Assistant Engraver, Charles Barber. Morgan was involved in the production of pattern coins from 1877 until his death in 1925. He designed varieties of the 1877 half dollar, the Schoolgirl dollar of 1879, and the Shield Earring coins of 1882. He became the seventh Chief Engraver in 1917 with the death of Charles E. Barber. Today, Morgan is most known for his design of the Morgan Dollar of 1878 to 1921. A recently found, although never released design was for the $100 Gold Union. 

In its population report, as of March 2013, CAC has confirmed 22 1889-CC dollars in VF30 condition.