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Even though the 1886 Morgan dollar was produced in large numbers at the New Orleans Mint there are few that have survived too today to add intrigue and value to the coin.
Two examples of extremely well-struck and well-preserved Carson City Mint Morgan dollars realized identical final prices, $228,000 each, during the sale of the David T. Miller Collection by Heritage Auctions.
The finest known example of a coin once dubbed "the most beautiful of all Pioneer gold coins, and one of the rarest" will take center stage in a new collection when it is sold in Heritage's FUN US Coins Auction Jan. 10-14. Fort Worth coins dealer B. Max Mehl is the source of that praise