The 1878-CC Morgan Dollar was the first silver dollar struck at Carson City, and this one carries the Nevada Casino Hoard pedigree on its NGC label. Carson City produced 2,212,000 dollars that year, yet large numbers were later melted or worn down at the gaming tables. Silver dollars circulated as everyday money in Nevada casinos into the 1960s, which is how bag-stored survivors like this one reached collectors. A first-year CC Morgan with a named hoard pedigree gives collectors two reasons to pursue it.

George T. Morgan's Liberty head faces left in a Phrygian cap, crowned with cotton and wheat, and LIBERTY runs across her headband. E PLURIBUS UNUM arches above, while thirteen stars and the 1878 date frame the lower portrait. The reverse shows an eagle with wings spread, holding an olive branch and arrows above a laurel wreath. Below the wreath sits the bold CC mintmark that defines the issue.

NGC graded this dollar MS-62, and the surfaces keep the frosty white luster of a coin stored in a mint bag rather than spent. Scattered contact marks appear on the cheek and in the open fields, as expected at the grade, with a touch of russet color at the rim. Detail stays strong on the hair above the ear and across the eagle's breast feathers and wreath. The combination of honest Mint State surfaces and a documented pedigree gives this piece more presence than the number alone suggests. For those seeking a first-year Carson City Morgan with good eye appeal, this coin delivers.

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