Q. David Bowers
In the September 1955 issue of The Numismatist, B.M. Douglas offered the following Uncirculated Carson City dollars. Ben Douglas was one of the several dealers who had friends in the Cash Room of the Treasury Building in Washington-directly across the street from the Rose Garden of the White House- and who on occasion was able to acquire bags or smaller quantities of Carson City pieces.
Mark this advertisement carefully, for it is the advance guard of many advertisements=for single coins, rolls, and bags-of Carson City dollars that would be offered during the next several years. The race was on, and those with the best connections at the Treasury Department made the most money!
As can be seen, the 1885-CC has fallen out of bed (once again)." .
1881-CC BU $11.50.
1882-CC BU $5.95.
1883-CC BU $5.95.
1884-CC BU $3.95.
1885-CC BU $7.95.
The October 1955 issue of The Numismatist carried this advertisement for Uncirculated Morgan dollars by W.E. Johnson of Santa Barbara, California. Most of the inexpensive Morgan dollars represent those that were available in quantity. Johnson had a good stock of Carson City coins, perhaps obtained indirectly from storage at the San Francisco Mint, 'where hundreds of thousands (at least) of CC dollars were shipped after the Carson Gity Mint shut down. Listed below are 58 different varieties of.Morgan dollars, all but a few of which sold for less than $5.00 each in Mint condition.
1878 8 'TF. Unc. $3.50.
1878 7 over 8 TF. Unc. $10.00.
1878-S Unc, $2.00.
1879 Unc. $2.00.
1879-CC Unc. $6.50.
1879-S Unc. $2.25.
1880 Unc. $2.25.
1880-O Unc. $5.00.
1880-S Unc. $2.25.
1881 Unc. $2.25.
1881-CC Unc. $10.00.
1881-O Unc. $5.00.
1881-S Unc. $2.25.
1882 Unc. $2.25.
1882-CC Unc, $6.00.
1882-S Unc. $2.25.
1883 Unc. $2.25.
1883-CC Unc, $6.00.
1884 Unc, $2.50.
1884-CC Unc. $4.50.
1884-O Unc. $4.00.
1885 Unc. $3.00.
1885-GC Unc. $10.00.
1885-O Unc, $4.00.
1885-S Unc, $2.50.
1886 Unc. $2.50.
1886-S Unc, $2.50.
1887 Unc. $3.50.
1887-S Unc. $2.50.
1888 Unc. $3.00.
1888-S Unc. $2.50.
1889 Unc. $2.50.
1889-S Unc. $2.50.
1890 Unc.$2.50.
1890-CC Unc. $2.50.
1890-O Unc. $4.00.
1890-S Unc. $2.00.
1891 Unc. $2.50.
1891-CC Unc. $3.00.
1891-O Unc. $7.50.
1891-S Unc. $2.00.
1892-GC Unc, $5.00.
1894-S Unc. $2.50.
1896-O Unc. $9.00.
1897-O Unc. $6.00.
1897-S Unc. $2.50.
1898 Unc, $3.50.
1898-S Unc. $2.50.
1900 Unc. $2.50.
1900-O Unc, $3.00.
1900-S Unc. $3.00.
1901-O Unc. $5.09.
1901-S Unc, $3.00.
1902-S Unc. $3.00.
1903-S Unc. $22.50:
1921 Unc, $2.00.
1921-D Unc. $2.00.
1921-S Unc. $2.00.
The October 1955 issue of The Numismatist contained an advertisement by E. Ward Russell, Washington, D.C., offering these Uncirculated Carson City coins for sale, undoubtedly from the Cash Room of the Treasury Building in the same city.
The listing of Carson City Morgan dollars is at once impressive and complete. From what I have been able to determine, all CC issues were available from the; Cash Room at one time or another, but it was not recorded that 1889-CC was paid out in bag quantities, but only a few coins at a time. 1893-CC seems to have been paid out in small numbers as well. It is probable that many if not most 1889-CC and 1893-CC dollars were shipped to the San Francisco Mint for storage after the Carson City Mint closed down, while many of-the other dates went to Washington.
1878-CC Br. Unc. $2.45.
1879-CC Br, Unc. $6.45.
1880-CC Br. Unc. $11.95.
1881-CC Br. Unc. $7.95.
1882-CC Br. Unc. $4.95.
1883-CC Br. Unc. $4.95.
1884-CC Br. Unc. $3.95.
1885-CC Br. Unc. $4.95.
1889-CC Br. Unc. $33.50.
1890-CC Br. Unc, $2.95.
1891-CC Br. Unc. $3.95.
1892-CC Br. Unc. $4.95.
1893-CC Br. Unc, $24.95.
In addition, these circulated pieces were offered:
1889-CC F-VF $7.95.
1889-CC VF-EF $11.95.
1893-CC F-VF $7.95.
1893-CC VF-EF $11.95.
1893-S F-VF Unc. $14.95.
1893-S VF-EF $24.95.
1903-O F-VF $11.95.
1903-O VF-EF $17.95.
1904-O F-VF $5.95.
1904-O VF-EF $9.95.