Carson City Morgan Silver Dollars
The Carson City Mint was created for the purpose using the silver from the astounding amount of silver found in a local mine to produce the Morgan Silver Dollar.11 Carson City Morgan Silver Dollars are highly sought after coins for a number of reasons.1 One of the features that make a Carson City Morgan Silver Dollar unique is the distinctive mint mark that consisted of two 'C's' standing for Carson City.1 Having two letters on a mint mark is so unusual the Carson City Morgan Silver Dollar is thought to be the only one in U.S. history to have this distinction.
The Carson City Mint was close to the source of silver, but it was small compared to the size of other mints around the country.1 It didn't produce the kinds of large numbers of Morgan Silver Dollars that other mines produced.1 The number of Carson City Morgan Silver Dollars was further reduced by government issued melting.11 The uncirculated Carson City Morgan Silver Dollars that survived sell for top dollar, not one dollar. |
