Morgan Dollars
The Morgan Silver Dollar is today one of the most popular coins to include in any collector’s collection. In fact, no coin collection would be complete without at least one of these rare but historical finds. Plus, the Morgan Silver Dollar is a great way to complete or even start a coin collection project, as the prices vary greatly. Whether you’re a tycoon with several thousands to spend or a penny pincher store clerk without a dollar to spare, you’ll have several options in getting hold of your very own piece of history—and that’s the key words! The history of the Morgan Silver Dollar is what makes collecting it so interesting. Not only do you learn something of our (US) nation’s past, but you also have a piece of it (a silver piece of it!). Here’s how and why the Morgan Silver Dollar is so famous in and out of the coin-collecting world.
In the latter part of the 1850s, America’s biggest silver strike ricocheted across the country. Miners from far and wide made their way out to Nevada, now Virginia City, to stake their rights to mining. Many miners came in poor and left very wealthy. It is said that about 400 million dollars in silver and gold ore were mined here in that time. The mining was so vast that the digging affected the entire world with falling silver prices. In the mid 1870s, Congress essentially told the US Treasury Department to start buying up silver with the Bland-Allison Act. Having all this silver and nothing to do with it, the Treasury started striking coins into silver dollars. Here’s where the Morgan Silver Dollar got its name.
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1885-O Morgan Dollar PCGS-MS65 1st. Gen.
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1891-CC Silver Morgan Dollar PCGS Graded MS 62
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1896-O Morgan Dollar ****( VAM 7 )**** PCGS AU-50+
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1891 Morgan S$1
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1886-O Morgan Silver Dollar CHOICE BU - RARE Key Coin!
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1885 O Morgan Silver Dollar Gem Brilliant Uncirculated
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1886-O Morgan Silver Dollar CHOICE BU - RARE Coin!
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1903-S MORGAN SILVER DOLLAR PCGS F12, LOW MINTAGE
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LOT OF 10 MORGAN (1878S to 1902) SILVER DOLLARS
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" TOP 100 " VAM 1A 1880 EDS MORGAN SILVER DOLLAR
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1878-P MORGAN SILVER DOLLAR 7 TAIL FEATHERS GEM BU
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1883-CC $1 MORGAN SILVER DOLLAR NGC MS64
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It was a one George T. Morgan who was commissioned to design both the front and backside of the coin. On the front is the likeness of Lady Liberty, from the Statue of Liberty of course. On the reverse side is the eagle holding olive branches. The dollar coins were minted from 1878 to the year of 1904, with a brief stint in reproduction in 1921. If you look on the front side (obverse), you’ll see Morgan’s monogram—two or more letters making a symbol or logo—near Lady Liberty’s neck. The total silver content taken from the Nevada silver find equaled about 0.77 ounces per coin.
When the coins first came out, they were over-produced, as we now know. The large quantities were due to the huge Nevada find and the deals struck up with the US Mint and Treasury. When there is too much silver, coins (backed by gold and silver) become worth less and less. American didn’t need any more unemployed workers and that is why the Bland-Allison Act (or pact if you will) was signed. Again, there was a lot of silver and a lot of coins being produced. To keep prices up and circulation low(er), the US government stored huge quantities of the coins. As silver was later needed, in 1918 many of the silver dollars were melted. The Pittman Act put 300 million of these on the flame. As there were no records kept as to the date, make or mark, the rarity of certain coins is guaranteed. To have one of these coins today is a rare treat with plenty of history attached. In the 1970s, stores of the Morgan Silver Dollar coins were found in the Carson City Mint. These were sold to buyers and collectors, many of the coins never making it into circulation.
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