The 1885-S Morgan Dollar can be a scarce coin to get a hold of at times. It is not considered a rare coin with a mintage of 1,497,000. Coins are harder to find in the higher grades like MS-65+ and spike dramatically in price. A lot of the 1885-S Morgan Silver Dollars have weak strikes, especially in the center of both the obverse and the reverse.Two VAMs of interest were minted in this year, being VAM-6 and VAM-9. VAM-6 is a coin where the S is very noticeably punched over slightly to the right by a bigger mintmark and VAM-9 is S/S like VAM-6, but it has the tops of 885 shown in the denticles and it is very rare. The 1885-S Morgan is near $200 as MS-60 and then around $32,000 at MS-67.
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1885-O Morgan Dollars are just another common year of the Morgan Dollar series. The mintage of this year is about average at 9,185,000 coins. Some coins are weak in the center while others have very good strikes. There are a lot of choices out there, so look around and get a high quality one. The 1885-O Morgan Silver Dollar in MS-60 is in the $30 to $40 range and the higher grades like MS-67 and MS-68 are around $2,000.
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The 1885-CC Morgan Dollar is known as the rarest of the Morgan Dollar series in lower than Mint State grade. This Key Date Morgan was minted as only 228,000 coins, with over half of them released in the later years of the 20th century, but almost none of them were actually distributed around 1885, being stored instead. While most 1885-CC Morgan Silver Dollars have nice strikes, some strikes are on the weaker side, so you have to watch out for them. In addition to a low mintage, the 1885-CC Morgan had only 4 VAM die variations, none of which are wanted badly by collectors. The 1885 Morgan is valued at around $700 as MS-60 jumping to around $45,000 as an MS-68.
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The 1885 Morgan Silver Dollar is a very common and easily found Morgan Dollar. The 1885 Morgan was minted 17,787,000 times for circulation and common use and then 930 proofs were made, all at the Philadelphia Mint. The 1885 Morgan Silver Dollar were struck decently and have mostly nice luster to them. Proof coins are also very nicely struck and can be found in higher grades. In MS-60, the 1885 Morgan Silver Dollar worth close to only $30 or so and then goes up to $12,000 at MS-68. The 1885 Morgan Dollar Proof coin is valued at about $1,000+ in PF-60 grade and $10,000 - $25,000 in higher grades like PF-67 and PF-68.
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The 1885 Morgan Silver Dollar was the eighth year the Morgan Dollar was made. It was minted in Philadelphia, San Francisco, New Orleans, and Carson City. The mintages for this year are:
Philadelphia-17,787,767
Carson City-228,000
New Orleans-9,185,000
San Francisco-1,497,000
There were no special production or error coins for this year. The 1885-S in MS-67 condition can be worth up to $32,500.
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