A Golden Eagle, not a Gold Eagle

My second certified GSA Morgan finally arrived today, a 1884-CC graded NGC MS-65, from kryptonitecomics via ebay. I must have looked at a thousand GSA 1884-CC's, graded and raw, on ebay, Heritage, other websites and coin shows. When I started chasing GSA's about a year ago, another CS member, Mr Bo Jingles (who has a spectacular GSA set of his own) advised me to be patient, that there were lots of MS-65's out there.

This one stands out from the MS-65 pack in my opinion. The obverse is clean, very few noticeable bag marks, one on the cheekbone and one in the hair beside the ear. The fields are proof-like with a little toning, mostly around 4:00 on the rim. It's the reverse that grabs my attention. The eagle's wing is toned bright gold, the breast is reddish-gold, and the rest of the reverse varies from white to green to red to blue - I can't get a photo that shows it well, but here is my attempt.

My challenge now is to find the other nine to make a set.

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