| Carson City Morgans (CC Silver Dollars) demand | | | | All Carson City Morgans are considered very |
| an indomitable place in American history. After | | | | collectible, but among the most valuable of these |
| massive quantities of silver were discovered in | | | | is the 1885 Morgan CC. During this year, very few |
| the 1850s in Carson City, Nevada, the town built | | | | of these silver dollars were minted. The Carson |
| and maintained a mintage that produced what | | | | City mint was officially closed in 1893. |
| became known as the CC Morgans. | | | | Meanwhile, the numismatic hobby was growing by |
| The Carson City silver dollars look the same as | | | | leaps and bounds. Then, in the late 1930s a few |
| the Morgan dollars, with the face of Liberty and | | | | coin dealers discovered that there were |
| an eagle on the reverse side, but also display the | | | | uncirculated Carson City silver dollars worth $5.00 |
| double C mint mark on the reverse side. This fact | | | | each in Washington D.C.'s Treasury Department. |
| makes it extremely valuable to collectors. | | | | Naturally, the dealers began to take advantage of |
| Millions of Carson City silver dollars were minted | | | | the opportunity. |
| during certain years, but in other years only a | | | | New interest in Carson City Morgans began in |
| few thousands were minted. As a result, Carson | | | | 1972 when the General Services Administration |
| City silver dollars total less than one per cent of | | | | began to distribute them in mail-bids. This |
| the total number of American silver dollars that | | | | continued until1980, when the entire cache of CC |
| were minted before and after them. | | | | dollars was gone. |