U.S. Coins

1880-S Morgan Silver Dollar Very Fine

Having outgrown its original facility, in 1874 the San Francisco Mint opened its new digs, complete with the most advanced minting contraptions, gadgets and gizmos of the day. Its minting prowess was still apparent six years later when it produced the...

1881-S Morgan Silver Dollar Very Fine

Struck from bonanza silver mined at such legendary sites as Tombstone and the Comstock Lode, this issue emerged from the old San Francisco Mint, greatly admired for possessing state-of-the-art equipment. It is often considered the most beautifully minted...

1899-S Morgan Silver Dollar Very Fine

It's estimated that the 1899-S San Francisco Morgan may have only about 1% of its original production remaining in BU quality. Those mint-state specimens, when they can be found, sell for over $500. That puts added pressure on the remaining Very Fine...

1900-S Morgan Silver Dollar Very Fine

Generally speaking, a lot more circulated Morgan silver dollars survive today than mint-state grades. One exception to the rule is the 1900-S Morgan dollar. The turn-of-the-century San Francisco Mint issue, with a mintage of just 3.5 millon, is quite...

1904-S Morgan Silver Dollar Very Fine

Our nice hand-selected Very Fine 1904-S Morgans are just a notch below elusive Extra Fine quality, which costs more than two and a half times as much. This silver dollar was issued in the year the Morgan series was suspended. Because U.S. silver dollars...

1949-S Franklin Silver Half Dollar Very Fine

1891-S Morgan Silver Dollar Very Fine

This vintage silver dollar was released well over 12 decades ago as the Western Frontier was beginning to close. Huge numbers of U.S. Treasury bags of this issue were later lost in government melts, so it's a tough find in mint-state quality. In our...

1900-P Morgan Silver Dollar Very Fine

Echoes of centennial celebrations were still in the air when the first 1900 Morgan silver dollars emerged from the principal Philadelphia Mint. The no-mintmark 1900 Morgan dollar's production was far below the late-1880s Philadelphia outputs. And today...

1948-P Franklin Silver Half Dollar Very Fine

For this initial date for circulation the no-mintmark Philadelphia issue had a mintage of just 3 million. Later individual mintages in the 1948-1963 series reached as high as 67 million. Clearly detailed Very Fine quality.

1951-S Franklin Silver Half Dollar Very Fine

Less well-known than the JFK half dollars that began circulation in 1964, the Franklin half dollar was introduced in 1948. Produced by the Philadelphia, Denver, and San Francisco mints, these half dollars were the final series minted completely with 90%...

1883-P Morgan Silver Dollar Very Fine

Morgan silver dollar mintages steadily rose in the 1880s, when silver was still pouring out of the great Western mines. But unlike other coins of the day, many Morgans were held in reserve at banks and issuing mints. Vast quantities of these Morgans were...

1891-O Morgan Silver Dollar Very Fine

It's a costly issue in elusive mint-state quality, but you pay only a fraction of the price for our clearly detailed Very Fine quality. And these attractive VFs are much scarcer than the average in the Morgan series - other issues have as many as 20...

1925-S Peace Silver Dollar Very Fine

The San Francisco Mint's Peace dollar production drastically fell in the mid-1920s. Its 1925-S mintage of just 1.6 million amounted to merely 8% of the 1923-S production. In fact, it was the lowest single mintage in the series from 1922 to 1926. Today a...

1926-P Peace Silver Dollar Very Fine

Congress placed a quota on Peace dollar mintages when the series began in 1921, limited to the number of Morgan dollars melted in 1918. By 1926 annual productions were just a fraction of early 1922-1923 outputs. This Philadelphia issue boasts the lowest...

1934-S Peace Silver Dollar Very Fine

In 1934, America was in the middle of the Great Depression. Money was hard to come by and prices for most items had gone down from their 1920s levels. Gold coins had been removed from commerce and silver dollars hadn't been struck since 1928. But in 1934...

1953-P Franklin Silver Half Dollar Very Fine

1947-P Walking Liberty Silver Half Dollar Very Fine

90% Silver/10% Copper 12.5g 30.6mm No MM

1950-P Franklin Silver Half Dollar Very Fine

With a mintage of just 7.7 million these Philadelphia Mint silver half dollars can be a tough find. Over twice as many Franklins were output in Philadelphia the very next year. The Franklin series was unexpectedly short lived, as it was replaced when the...

1891-P Morgan Silver Dollar Very Fine

This no-mintmark 1891 Morgan silver dollar of the principal Philadelphia mint had an output only about half that of the 1890 Philadelphia issue. And today as few as 230,000, just 3% of its modest production, may survive in mint-state quality. That puts...

1901-O Morgan Silver Dollar Very Fine

The 1901-O New Orleans Mint Morgan silver dollar emerged in the year when President William McKinley was fatally shot by an anarchist at Buffalo ... his successor Theodore Roosevelt pushed forward a plan to build a canal across the Isthmus of Panama .....

1923-D Peace Silver Dollar Very Fine

The Peace dollar was the inheritor of the Morgan dollar's legacy. Beginning in 1921, the Peace dollar featured a design honoring the end of WW I. This 1923-D second year issue, has a very low survival rate. A silver dollar encyclopedia estimates that...

1949-P Franklin Silver Half Dollar Very Fine

This early date Denver Mint Franklin, from the last half dollar series to be completely struck in traditional 90% silver, had a circulation mintage of just 4.1 million. Later individual mintages in the 1948-1963 series reached as high as 67 million. When...

1878 8-Tail Feather Morgan Silver Dollar Very Fine

Struck only by the principal Philadelphia Mint, this historic first Morgan dollar had an abbreviated mintage of just 750,000. Minting was stopped after an ornithologist protested that eagles always have an odd number of feathers. Later Morgan dollars...

1892-S Morgan Silver Dollar Very Fine

A scant 1.2 million San Francisco Morgans were struck in 1892 and it seems that most were released into circulation. In today's world, that translates to a very small number of specimens that survive in mint-state quality — their scarcity commands a...

1922-S Peace Silver Dollar Very Fine

Only a very limited number of Peace dollars emerged in 1921, the initial year of production. This 1922 first San Francisco Mint issue introduced modified-relief engravings, which became the standard for the series. It had a mintage only about one-third...

1945-S Walking Liberty Silver Half Dollar Very Fine

90% Silver/10% Copper 12.5g 30.6mm MM - Reverse left of perch near rim above HALF

1940-P Walking Liberty Silver Half Dollar Very Fine

A magnificent Liberty, clad in the American flag, confidently strides towards a new dawn. On the reverse is a magnificent American Eagle with outstretched wings. This superlative silver half dollar was up for retirement in 1941, but Congress decided to...

1945-D Walking Liberty Silver Half Dollar Very Fine

90% Silver/10% Copper 12.5g 30.6mm MM - Reverse left of perch near rim above HALF

1954-S Franklin Silver Half Dollar Very Fine

1882-S Morgan Silver Dollar Very Fine

The 1878-1882 first five San Francisco Mint Morgans are considered the best-struck in the 95-issue series. At the time, the recently opened S-Mint had the nation's finest coin-producing equipment and specialized in Morgan silver dollars. The 1882-S issue...

1890-P Morgan Silver Dollar Very Fine

In our nicely detailed Very Fine quality, this issue is the most affordable of early 1890s Morgans - from the rare decade of the series. It hails from the year of the Sherman Silver Purchase Act, when silver was reinforced as a mainstay of the U.S...

1899-O Morgan Silver Dollar Very Fine

This New Orleans Mint issue costs the least of 1899 Morgans today, yet it's still relatively scarce. A much larger supply of some early O-Mint Morgan dates survives. A 90% silver Morgan dollar had big purchasing power around the turn of the century: just...

1938-D Walking Liberty Silver Half Dollar Good

Most Walking Liberty half dollars had outputs well into the millions, with the highest mintage over 50 million. This issue's 491,600 production proved to be the third lowest in the entire series. The 1921 and 1921-D half dollars are the only issues with...

1949-D Franklin Silver Half Dollar Very Fine

1885-O Morgan Silver Dollar Very Fine

Generally speaking, a lot more circulated Morgan dollars survive today than mint-state grades. One exception to the rule is the 1885-O, which can be even harder to find in nice circulated condition than in mint-state quality. A silver dollar encyclopedia...

1896-S Morgan Silver Dollar Very Fine

The San Francisco Mint issue is far and away the scarcest Morgan dollar for the 1896 date. In mint-state quality, this S-mintmark issue is genuinely rare, selling for four figures when one turns up. Most of the mintage was kept in Treasury bags and the...

1927-D Peace Silver Dollar Very Fine

Congress limited total mintages of Peace silver dollars to the number of Morgans melted in 1918. By 1927, that quota was getting near and mintages had dwindled greatly from the peak 1922-1923 period. The 1927-D mintage of just 1.3 million proved to be...

1940-S Walking Liberty Silver Half Dollar Very Fine

1878 7/8-Tail Feather Morgan Silver Dollar Very Fine

When the original eight-tail feather eagle Morgan dollar type ceased to be minted, a limited number of dies were filed down in that area and overprinted with seven tail feathers. But in some cases the eight-tail feather design could still be partially...

1878-S Morgan Silver Dollar Very Fine

Of the 1878-1882 five first San Francisco Mint Morgans considered the best struck in the 95-issue series, this original 1878-S issue is the scarcest overall. It introduced the Morgan silver dollar to the Wild West at a time when the recently opened San...

1890-S Morgan Silver Dollar Very Fine

Today this issue is at the most affordable price level for San Francisco Mint Morgan silver dollars in Very Fine quality. Most S-mintmark issues of its era cost a lot more, many from the middle of the rare decade of the 1890s sell for much more. It's a...

1896-P Morgan Silver Dollar Very Fine

The greatest scarcities in the Morgan silver dollar series occur in the Rare Decade of the 1890s. After the Sherman Silver Purchase Act was repealed in 1893, Morgan dollar mintages temporarily plummeted. By 1896, mintages were again on the rise, but...

1901-S Morgan Silver Dollar Very Fine

This vintage coin was minted at a time when Morgan silver dollars were at the center of political debate. That year William McKinley was inaugurated president and his victory signaled the adoption of a gold standard and eventually led to the temporary...

1934-D Walking Liberty Silver Half Dollar Very Fine

1936-S Walking Liberty Silver Half Dollar Very Fine

1937-D Walking Liberty Silver Half Dollar Very Fine

1941-P Walking Liberty Silver Half Dollar Very Fine

A magnificent Liberty, clad in the American flag, confidently strides towards a new dawn. On the reverse is a magnificent American Eagle with outstretched wings. Regarded as America's finest silver coin design, this superlative silver half dollar was up...

1944-D Walking Liberty Silver Half Dollar Very Fine

90% Silver/10% Copper 12.5g 30.6mm MM - Reverse left of perch near rim above HALF

1951-P Franklin Silver Half Dollar Very Fine

1952-S Franklin Silver Half Dollar Very Fine