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1878-1879

  • 1879-O Morgan Silver Dollar Very Fine Image 1

    1879-O Morgan Silver Dollar Very Fine

    The New Orleans branch mint of the Old South was converted to an armaments factory by the Confederacy. It didn't re-open as a minting facility until after the Reconstruction Era, when these first O-mintmark Morgans emerged a year later than the inaugural...

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    1879-P Morgan Silver Dollar Very Fine

    1879-P Morgan Silver Dollar Very Fine

    Many were lost in government melts - hugely disproportionate to other mint's issues of the day. Today as little as 5% of its original production is estimated to survive in our nicely detailed Very Fine quality or higher grades. It costs no more than...

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  • 1878-CC Morgan Silver Dollar Very Fine Image 1

    1878-CC Morgan Silver Dollar Very Fine

    Merely 2% of Morgan silver dollars were struck at the isolated Carson City Mint in Nevada, situated near the Comstock Lode. Of the first-date 1878 Morgan dollar issues, the CC is the most elusive today in our nicely detailed Very Fine quality or higher...

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    1878 7-Tail Feather Morgan Silver Dollar Very Fine

    1878 7-Tail Feather Morgan Silver Dollar Very Fine

    This first-year 1878 seven tail feather Philadelphia Mint issue replaced the original eight tail feather eagle reverse. The change resulted from an ornithologist's complaint to the Mint that eagles invariably have odd-numbered tails. All later Morgan...

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  • 1879-S Morgan Silver Dollar Very Fine Image 1

    1879-S Morgan Silver Dollar Very Fine

    In 1879, the San Francisco Mint struck only Morgan silver dollars, with an even smaller mintage than 1878. So the artisans there could concentrate even more on producing America's finest Morgan dollars, whose S mintmark was a hallmark of superior quality...

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    1878 8-Tail Feather Morgan Silver Dollar Very Fine Image 1

    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...

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  • 1878-S Morgan Silver Dollar Very Fine Image 1

    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...

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  • 1879-CC Morgan Silver Dollar Very Fine

    1879-CC Morgan Silver Dollar Very Fine

    In only the second year of the series, just 756,000 Morgans were output for commerce by Carson City in 1879; for that same date Philadelphia, New Orleans and San Francisco produced silver dollars into the millions. Mint-state issues can easily sell for...

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