Morgan Dollar Collecting Guide

This is a Morgan Dollar Collecting Guide for all of those that love this coin. This is the only coin in history that literally saved lives. It was made of 0.900 silver from the mines in Nevada. This silver purified the water that the American cowboys drank. This was done by the cowboys dropping the Morgan Dollar into their canteen at the later part of the 19^th century. This still works today if you need it to.

The Morgan dollar was minted from 1878 till 1904 and again in 1921. Its composite is 90% American silver and 10% copper. They were minted in 5 different locations, Carson city (CC), Denver (D), New Orleans (O), San Francisco (S) and Philadelphia ( ).  All of the proofs except for the 1921 were minted in Philadelphia.

For the average person who is into coin collecting the most valuable ones are the coins minted at the Carson City Nevada mint due to its real life connection to the old west. Many consider this version the rarest by numbers, but the Denver mint only produced these coins for the last year in 1921 so it’s a judgment call.

There was also a book published by Van Allen and A. George Mallis that went into detail about all the irregularities of this coin. The miss stamps and odd ball coins they point out are now referred to as the VAM Morgan dollars.

Considered by most, the coins with the highest value are the 1878 P because the eagle has 8 tail feathers. Because of minting problems the 1879 CC where the CC is clear is also rare. To many smudged ones came out. There is also the 1882-O over an S, The 1887-O the 7 is over a 6. The 1900-O is over the CC, the 1901-P Shifted Eagles and in 1903-S the S is smaller than normal.

For a complete Morgan Dollar Collecting Guide would take well over 100 pages, but this small article will give you a starting point. Enjoy collecting coins; it is history you can hold in the palm your hand.

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