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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1878 MORGAN S$1, 8TF MS66+ PCGS

8 TAILFEATHER. GEM SATIN WHITE SURFACES WITH A TINGE BLUISH GREEN TONING ON PERIPHERAL. ONLY 3 COINS GRADED HIGHER. CAC.
$28,600.00

1878-CC MORGAN S$1 MS67 PCGS

GEM SURFACES. THE GEM IRIDESCENT PATINA ON THE OBVERSE ALONG WITH THE SATIN WHITE LUSTROUS REVERSE LEADS ONE TO ASSUME IT IS AN ORIGINAL "ROLL END" SPECIMEN. TIED FOR THE HIGHEST GRADED AT PCGS.
$71,500.00

1878-S MORGAN S$1 MS67 PCGS

GEM LUSTROUS SURFACES BLANKETED BY A KALEIDOSCOPE OF FABULOUS PATINA. JUST SIX COINS GRADED HIGHER AT PCGS.
$9,625.00

1879-CC MORGAN S$1, CAPPED DIE MS64 PCGS

CAPPED DIES. GEM SATIN LUSTROUS SURFACES. CAC.
$19,250.00

1879-CC MORGAN S$1, CAPPED DIE MS64 NGC

CAPPED CC. GEM WHITE, SATIN LUSTROUS SURFACES. VAM-3.
$15,950.00

1879-CC MORGAN S$1, CAPPED DIE MS64+ PCGS

CAPPED DIE. GEM, VIRTUALLY MARK FREE SURFACES WITH SATIN LUSTER.
$20,350.00

1881 MORGAN S$1 MS65 DMPL PCGS

GEM WHITE DEEP CAMEO. ONLY 3 MS65+DCAM COINS GRADED HIGHER
$14,250.00

1881-CC MORGAN S$1 MS67+ PCGS

GEM WHITE SATIN SURFACES.
$19,800.00

1882 MORGAN S$1 MS67 PCGS

GEM, VERY COLORFUL SURFACES. VIRTUALLY NOT A MARK ON THE COIN. ONLY ONE MS67+ GRADED HIGHER AT PCGS. CAC.
$23,000.00

1882 MORGAN S$1 PR67 Deep Cameo PCGS

GEM WHITE DEEP MIRRORED FIELDS WITH FROSTY DEVICES. JUST THREE COINS GRADED HIGHER AT PCGS. CAC.
$39,600.00

1882 MORGAN S$1 PR67+ Deep Cameo PCGS

GEM BLACK AND WHITE DEEP CAMEO PROOF. JUST A COUPLE OF PR68DCAM COINS GRADED HIGHER AT PCGS. CAC.
$52,250.00

1882-O/S MORGAN S$1, O/S STRONG MS65 PCGS

STRONG OVER O/S. GEM WHITE SATIN LUSTROUS SURFACES. VERY WELL STRUCK. ONE OF THE FINEST SPECIMENS KNOWN.
$52,250.00

1882-O/S MORGAN S$1, O/S STRONG MS65 PCGS

STRONG O/S. GEM WHITE WITH BLAZING LUSTER. VERY WELL STRUCK. JUST A COUPLE OF MS65+ COINS GRADED HIGHER.
$52,250.00

1883 MORGAN S$1 MS66 DMPL PCGS

GEM WHITE DEEP MIRRORED PROOFLIKE. JUST 2 MS66+DMPL COINS GRADED HIGHER.
$11,950.00

1883-CC MORGAN S$1 MS66 DMPL PCGS

GEM WHITE DEEP MIRRORED CAMEO PRROFLIKE.
$3,575.00

1884-S MORGAN S$1 MS63 NGC

VERY CHOICE LUSTROUS SURFACES. WELL STRUCK. LIGHT AMBER BLUEISH TONING.
$39,600.00

1884-S MORGAN S$1 MS63 PCGS

WELL STRUCK SATIN WHITE LUSTROUS SURFACES. VIRTUALLY MARKFREE. WAYNE MILLER PEDIGREE.
$57,500.00

1885-CC MORGAN S$1 MS67 PCGS

GEM SATIN WHITE LUSTROUS SURFACES.
$9,625.00

1885-CC MORGAN S$1 MS67+ CACG

GEM LUSTROUS SURFACES ENHANCED WITH A LIGHT AMBER/BLUISH PATINA. CAC.
$44,000.00

1886 MORGAN S$1 MS68 PCGS

GEM CREAMY LUSTER WITH SLIGHT CRESENT TONING ON OBVERSE. ONLY A SINGLE MS68+ COIN GRADED HIGHER AT PCGS.
$17,500.00

1886-O MORGAN S$1 MS65 PCGS

GEM WHITE LUSTROUS SURFACES. VERY WELL STRUCK. JUST A SINGLE MS65+ COIN GRADE HIGHER. A TRUE MORGAN DOLLAR RARITY IN THIS GRADE.
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