after 22 years I finally dug a Morgan Dollar ~ and it is a key date! 1880 CC

oddcoins

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I cut out of work early today to go detecting in downtown Eugene Oregon. I dug a pile of clad and a few wheat cents, but I also dug my silver coin #3 for the year ~ a 1964 Rosie dime . . . . and silver coin #4 for the year a 1880-CC Morgan Dollar!!! This is the first Morgan dollar I have ever dug! And, it is also the first Carson City mint coin I have ever dug! WOOHOO ~ TREASURE!!!
 

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WildWildBill

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In that condition your CC dollar is worth about $100, just so u know!!!
 

coinman123

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Congrats on the find!! I collect Morgan dollars and I can tell you this, a CC Morgan Dollar is very very very very... very (well you get the point) high on my bucket list. I doubt I would ever find one though. I would have to find at least 30 common Morgan dollars to find one CC and I doubt I will find a common Morgan. Where I am they never circulated much though. Anyways, Congrats! You are so lucky.

I'm guessing it would grade
VG Details: Damage (I see some hairlines from the dirt and such but it could be the photos)

Congrats!
Just for fun I posted a four of the 15 Morgan Dollars from my collection, nothing outstanding though.
1887 PCGS MS-64 | 1898o PCGS MS-62PL
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1885o RAW Choice Uncirculated | 1881s RAW Choice Uncirculated
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slowwevo

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I had a good run of morgan finds in one spot,it was only after further researching the spot that it made perfect sense,i have been striking out there as of late,to pull any CC out of the ground would be cool
 

cjon455

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Wow, that's a great coin!, my only question is how the heck does one drop such a huge coin way back when and not realize lol!!

Fantastic score, congrats!!
 

WHADIFIND

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Wow, that's a great coin!, my only question is how the heck does one drop such a huge coin way back when and not realize lol!!

Fantastic score, congrats!!

Did you see the size of the soccer official's flip coin I uncovered last year? It happens!! ;)
 

RobRieman

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Did you see the size of the soccer official's flip coin I uncovered last year? It happens!! ;)

Yeah I found an Eisenhower dollar on the sideline of a soccer field last year, I figured it to be a flip coin also.
 

Slingshot

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Congrats on a great find! How deep was it?
 

Lefty

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that's a nice find. The only CC Morgan that I have I bought at the coin store.
 

orgwayne

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WO need to leave Cornvallis and come down the to dect , where abouts in Eugene north ,south ??
Wayne
 

jewelerguy

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fantastic find. big congrats to you!
 

DJWEHAGE

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Great! Only found one silver dollar in thirty years. On the beach at Rehobeth, DE. Think it may have been left over from a competition hunt. WTG!
 

nsdq

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Worn yet nicer than the ms 65 i have went through a fire .... congrats on the silver
 

DigIron2

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congrats man.I think most have always wanted to find one I know I have!
 

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