Morgan Silver Dollar

Posted on: November 17, 2011

Morgan Silver Dollars are one of the most popular collector coins in the U.S. Silver buyers love their hefty size and 90% silver content. In 1889 the Philadelphia Mint churned out 22 million Morgan Silver Dollars. Morgan Silver Dollars have always been an ideal way to begin collecting rare coins. They’re big, beautiful, minted in solid silver, and very inexpensive.

The Morgan Silver Dollar largest and heaviest silver coin since the Civil War, the Morgan silver dollar contains a stout 0.77344 ounces of pure silver. Minted continuously from 1878 to 1904 when the government exhausted its supply of silver bullion. The U.S. Congress passed the Pittman Act in 1918, recalling over 270 million silver dollars for melting and the Morgan dollar would be minted one last year in 1921 before being replaced by the Peace Silver Dollar.

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Details
Net Silver Content: 0.77344 oz.
Gross Weight: 26.73g
Composition: 90% silver, 10% copper
Coin Diameter: 38.1mm
Mint Dates: 1878-1904; 1921