Silver Dollar, 1878, 7 Tail Feathers, Reverse of 1878 (flat breast), PCGS MS 66 CAC

An exceptionally attractive example. A completely struck specimen with even the breast of the eagle looking crisp (despite the design of the die which often makes the breast look weak). Fully white surfaces with negligible surface imperfections evident even under ten-power magnification, the reverse nearly flawless. Among the finest examples known.

Certificate number: 1576003 (Generation 3.1 holder [first utilized March 1993 but before May 1997]). Of more twenty thousand examples certified PCGS notes seventy-three at this grade, and eight examples higher, but those only marginally, with MS 66+ the highest recorded (NGC records a single MS 67). In all designations CAC cites thirteen at this level and none finer. (02-18)