Morgan Dollars

Political pressure, not public demand, brought the Morgan dollar into being. There was no real need for a new silver dollar in the late 1870s; the last previous “cartwheel,” the Liberty Seated dollar, had been legislated out of existence in 1873, and hardly anyone missed it.

Silver-mining interests did miss the dollar, though, and lobbied Congress forcefully for its return. The Comstock Lode in Nevada was yielding huge quantities of silver, with ore worth $36 million being extracted annually. After several futile attempts, the silver forces in Congress—led by Representative Richard (“Silver Dick”) Bland of Missouri—finally succeeded in winning authorization for a new silver dollar when Congress passed the Bland-Allison Act on February 28, 1878. This Act required the Treasury to purchase at market levels between two million and four million troy ounces of silver bullion every month to be coined into dollars. This amounted to a massive s.... (Expand Text)

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1890-O MORGAN S$1 MS65 DMPL PCGS

GEM WHITE DEEP MIRRORED PROOFLIKE. ONLY 3 GRADE HIGHER.
$8,250.00

1891-O MORGAN S$1 MS64 NGC

GEM WHITE LUSTROUS SURFACES. WELL STRUCK. CAC.
$1,200.00

1892-S MORGAN S$1 MS63+ CAC

WELL STRUCK WITH LIGHT AMBER BLUE TONING. ONE OF THE KEY DATES TO THE MORGAN DOLLAR COLLECTION IN MINT STATE CONDITION. CAC.
$175,000.00

1894-O MORGAN S$1 MS65 PCGS

GEM LUSTROUS SURFACES. LOVELY, LIGHT AMBER TONING WITH ELECTRIC BLUE PERIPHERAL TONING. ONLY TWO COINS GRADE HIGHER.
$57,500.00

1895 MORGAN S$1 PR67 NGC

GEM SURFACES WITH SEA GREEN AND ROSE BLUE TONING. AN ARTISTIC MASTERPIECE. ONLY 880 STRUCK IN THIS PROOF ONLY ISSUE.
$165,000.00

1895-O MORGAN S$1 MS65 PCGS

GEM SURFACES WITH RADIANT ROSE/SEAGREEN PATINA. VIRTUALLY MARKFREE. ONE OF THE MAJOR KEY DATES TO THE MORGAN SILVER DOLLAR SERIES. CONDITION CENSUS. CAC.
$357,500.00

1896-O MORGAN S$1 MS64 PCGS

GEM SATIN WHITE LUSTROUS SURFACES. JUST THREE COINS GRADED HIGHER AT PCGS
$39,600.00

1897 MORGAN S$1 MS66 DMPL PCGS

GEM WHITE DEEP MIRRORED PROOFLIKE. TIED WITH TWO OTHER COINS FOR HIGHEST GRADED AT PCGS.
$27,500.00

1901 MORGAN S$1 PR68 PCGS

FABULOUS GEM PROOF WITH LIGHT GOLDISH GREEN COLOR. A TRUE MASTERPIECE. ONLY 813 STRUCK. TIED WITH A PR68CAM FOR HIGHEST GRADED AT PCGS. CAC.
$60,000.00

1904 MORGAN S$1 PR67+ PCGS

GEM WATERCOLOR TONING LAID NICELY ON BRILLIANT LUSTROUS SURFACES. ONLY 650 STRUCK. TIED FOR HIGHEST GRADED AT PCGS. CAC.
$60,000.00

1904-S MORGAN S$1 MS66 PCGS

GEM LUSTROUS SURFACES WITH ELEGANT RUSTIC TONING. ONLY FOUR COINS GRADED HIGHER AT PCGS. CAC.
$35,750.00

1921 MORGAN S$1, CHAPMAN PR64+ PCGS

CHAPMAN PROOF. GEM BRIGHT WHITE LUSTROUS SURFACES. ONLY 40 STRUCK.
$96,250.00