Feb
25
1891 morgan silver dollar?
dave111184 asked:
im just curious if anyone knows how i can tell what call or letter or whatever it is cause i have no idea where to look like if you look on ebay theres -s class or p and G
what class?
im just curious if anyone knows how i can tell what call or letter or whatever it is cause i have no idea where to look like if you look on ebay theres -s class or p and G
what class?
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The mint mark is under the tail feathers on the back. Look very carefully.
The Morgan Dollar is a silver United States dollar coin. The dollars were minted from 1878 to 1904 and again for one more year in 1921. The Morgan Dollar is named after its designer, George T. Morgan, who designed the obverse and reverse of the coin. Morgan’s monogram appears near Lady Liberty’s neck on the obverse. The dollar was authorized by the Bland-Allison Act of 1878. It has a fineness of .900, giving a total silver content of 0.77344 troy ounces (24.057 grams) per coin.
Mintmarks appear underneath the tail feathers of the bald eagle on the reverse between the letters D and O in Dollar. Mintmarks include:
Blank (Philadelphia Mint in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania)
CC (Carson City Mint in Carson City, Nevada)
D (Denver Mint in Denver, Colorado)
O (New Orleans Mint in New Orleans, Louisiana)
S (San Francisco Mint in San Francisco, California)
Of all of these mints, the dollars from Carson City hold more value because of their usually low mintages, as well as a western connection. All proofs for the Morgan series were minted at Philadelphia but proof 1921-S coins are known to exist.
As with any coin series, when it comes to Morgans, original mintage does not always determine value. Some coins with a higher mintage have more value due to fewer coins having survived to the present day. Below is a list of rarities:
Any Carson City Coin
1883-S: Uncirculated Grades are Scarce
1884-S: Uncirculated Grades are Scarce
1892-S: Uncirculated Grades are Scarce
1893-S
1894-P
1895-P
1895-O
1895-S
1896-S
1899-P
1901-P: Uncirculated Grades are Scarce
1903-O
1903-S
1904-S
These three dates/mints are the most difficult to find and the most valuable of the entire Morgan series. This is mainly due to their low mintage figures.
1889-CC: 350,000
1893-S: 100,000
1895 Proof: 12,880 (880 Proofs + 12,000 Business Strikes)
Of these, the 1895 Proof is one of the most valuable with a PF-65 coin worth $66,000 according to the 2007 Red Book. If the recognized theory that all circulation strike 1895 Dollars were melted shortly after their minting or never struck, a maximum number of 880 proof coins can be known to exist. The true number is probably lower as some coins for certain have not survived the test of time. This rarity has caused attempts to forge an 1895-P by removing a mintmark from an also rare 1895-O or 1895-S.