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Denomination:

1 Dollar (about Dollar)

Metal:

Silver

State:

USA (1776 - )

Issue year(s):

1878

Catalog reference:

KM-110 (41) Fr-b1 (11) Mont-h (4) KM-150 (1) KM-488 (1) KM-C95.3 (1)

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United States. Large Silver Morgan Dollar Coin.

Mint Year: 1879
Mint Place: New Orleans
Designer: George T. Morgan
Denomination: Morgan Dollar
Material: Silver (.900)
Weight: 26.67gm
Diameter: 38mm

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.

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1879-O. PCGS graded MS-64. Light hint of tone. A nice strike, save for the extreme centers, accompanies the cartwheel "spin" of luster on both sides (PCGS # 7090) . Estimated Value $450 - 500. Categories: Morgan Dollars

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1879. PCGS graded MS-65 Deep Mirror Prooflike. Modest deep red peripheral color is seen particularly on the reverse. Both sides present a moderate degree of field to device contrast, the result of being an early strike from a new or freshly serviced die pair. Very scarce as a Prooflike example ...

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1878-S. PCGS graded MS-66. Fully brilliant and highly lustrous with a faint cameo contrast on the obverse. Pop 645; 79 finer, 50 in 66+, 27 in 67, 1 in 67+, 1 in 68. (PCGS # 7082) . Estimated Value $450 - 500. Categories: Morgan Dollars

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1878-CC. PCGS graded MS-63 PQ. CAC Approved. Nice multicolored iridescence blankets the obverse; the reverse is brilliant. A highly collectible, premier year issue from Carson City. A few marks are seen that limit the grade (PCGS # 7080) . Estimated Value $450 - 500. The Agora Collection. Cate ...

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1878-CC. PCGS graded MS-65 Deep Mirror Prooflike. Fully white with deeply mirrored fields and heavily frosted devices. Pop 35; 3 finer in 66. (PCGS # 7081) . Estimated Value $1,200 - 1,300. Categories: Morgan Dollars

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1878. 7 Tail Feathers, Reverse of 1879. PCGS graded MS-66. CAC Approved. Having exhausted its supply of 8 Tail Feathers and 7/8 Tail Feathers dies, the Mint at last switched permanently to the anatomically correct 7 Tail Feathers version. For at least the first few months of 1878, the reverse ...

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