Q. David Bowers
NGC and PCGS MS-65: Analysis
Below are the combined totals of Morgan silver dollars in MS-65 grade, in order from the common-est to the rarest, as reflected by the number of certi-fied by NGC and PCGSas of September 1992. At this popular grade level there are three varieties of which none has been certified: 1882-O/S, 1886-O, and 1887/6-O.
1881-S: 28,694 (Most common certified Morgan dollar at this grade level)
1880-S: 18,198
1879-S Third Rev. (Rev. of '79): 12,555
1882-S: 9,730
1885-O: 8,491
1886: 7,816
1887: 7,397
1884-O: 5,392
1898-O: 4,603
1885: 4,313
1904-O: 3,923
1899-O: 3,177
1883-O: 3,145
1883-CC: 2,716
1883: 2,611
1884-CC: 2,501
1900-O: 2,333
1888: 1,672
1878-S : 1,601
1882-CC: 1,577
1881-CC: 1,517
1902-O: 1,511
1896: 1,487
1900: 1,486
1921: 1,414
1903: 1,324
1885-CC: 1,232
1884: 1,163
1901-O: 946
1903-O: 930
1898:902
1921-D: 639
1880-CC: 618
1897:592
1897-S: 516
1888-O: 512
1902: 511
1878-CC: 478
1882:478
1889:463
1899:308
1879:300
1890-S: 282
1900-O/CC: 281
1882-O: 275
1881:261
1880:222
1889-S: 201
1900-S: 168
1891-S: 158
1878 S TF: 152
1885-S: 149
1881-O: 148
1878 7 TF. Rev. of '78: 141
1899-S: 138
1898-S: 137
1890-O: 132
1891-CC: 112
1887-S: 106
1886-S: 102
1880-CC Rev. of '78: 101
1902-S: 88
1921-S: 87
1892-CC: 85
1878 7/0ther TF: 80
1890-CC: 74
1892: 73
1879-O: 71
1901-S: 70
1888-S: 67
1890:67
18787 TF. Rev. of 79: 61
1904:58
1894-S: 49
1903-S: 45
1889-O: 39
1893: 39
1887-O: 33
1892-O: 33
1904-S: 33
1891: 30
1891-O: 29
1879-CC: 25
1896-S: 23
1879-S Second Rev. (Rev. of '78): 21
1887/6: 19
1894: 16
1880-O: 10
1895-S: 10
1883-S: 9
1897-O: 7
1893-CC: 4
1893-S: 4
1894-O: 3
1879-CC Large CC over Small CC: 2
1884-S: 2
1889-CC: 2
1892-S: 2
1895-O: 2
1893-O: 2
1896-O: 2
1901:2
1882-O/S: 0
1886-O: 0
1887/6-O: 0