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1878 Philadelphia 8-Tail Feather Morgan Silver Dollar. Struck only by the principal Philadelphia Mint, the historic first eight-tail feather Morgan dollar had an abbreviated output of just 750,000. Soon after, a kerfuffle ensued over the number of tail feathers an eagle possessed, which halted production and introduced a new variation of the design. That makes this original issue a tough find today.
1904 Philadelphia Morgan Silver Dollar. A paltry 2.8 million were struck for circulation in 1904 by the principal Philadelphia facility. The minting of Morgan dollars was suspended after this date due to the depletion of the silver that had been acquired under the Sherman Silver Purchase Act. Today, a silver dollar encyclopedia estimates that as few as 80,000 may exist in mint-state quality, putting pressure on circulated grades.
1921 P, D or S Morgan Silver Dollar. Under the Pittman Act of 1918, nearly 300 million Morgans had been melted and sold to Britain in bullion form during World War I. After the war, a provision of the Act authorized the minting of silver dollars equal to what was melted... but the Morgan hubs had been destroyed when the series was suspended after 1904. Therefore, the resulting 1921 silver dollars are unique to the series.