Comments on: Who desgined the morgan silver dollar?

By: rykon2001

rykon2001 — Thu, 27 Nov 2008 19:12:29 +0000

Well, it looks like some have beaten me to the punch. It was George T. Morgan. You can get the history of the Morgan dollar at

By: Taiping

Taiping — Thu, 27 Nov 2008 12:09:41 +0000

George T Morgan formerly a pupil of William Wyon of the Royal Mint in London designed the dollar. He would eventually become the chief engraver of the U.S. mint.

By: Brandon

Brandon — Tue, 25 Nov 2008 13:52:31 +0000

The desginer was Gorge T Morgan . It was issued from 1878-1904 and again in 1921.

By: Chris

Chris — Sun, 23 Nov 2008 02:13:32 +0000

George T. Morgan designed the Morgan dollar. They were issued every year between 1878 and 1904. They were then minted for 1 more year in 1921. The design of the silver dollar changed to the Peace Dollar the same year. Five different mints made Morgan Dollars: Philadelphia(no mint mark), Denver(D mint mark,1921 only), Carson City(CC mint mark), New Orleans(O mint mark), and San Francisco(S mint mark). The mint marks are on the back of the coin under the bow of the wreath. Most dates are easy to find if you don’t want top grade.

By: Sunny

Sunny — Sat, 22 Nov 2008 08:38:00 +0000

The government contracted a young designer by the name of George T Morgan to design and engrave a new silver dollar. Morgan then engaged a young school teacher, Anna Williams, to sit for him so he could engrave her image as the “liberty Head” on the obverse of the coin. Anna became quite famous as a result of this sitting and her image being engraved on the nation’s silver dollars. The reverse of the coin depicts an eagle resulting in the coin sometimes being referred to as the “buzzard dollar”. Relatively inexpensive, this was a coin that was introduced in 1878 mainly due to political pressure from silver mine owners to reinstitute silver dollars after production had been halted 5 years earlier.
BTW, do you have one???