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Morgan Silver Dollar Important Guideline

coinspapermoney — Thu, 22 Oct 2009 09:27:42 +0000

Mar 1878 – The first Morgan Silver Dollar was made in March, 1878 from designs by George T. Morgan, In the eagles tail the feathers numbered eight, but the dies were modified to show just seven feathers. During the second week of production of the new silver dollar Director …The first Morgan Silver Dollar was made in March, 1878 from designs by George T. Morgan, In the eagles tail the feathers numbered eight, but the dies were modified to show just seven feathers. During the second week of production of the new silver dollar Director Linderman came to Philadelphia to meet with the officials and engravers Barber and Morgan. He directed that new hubs be made for the obverse and reverse to slightly reduce the relief of the designs, to facilitate coinage

The Morgan coin had 28 years old history of coinage. During this time it’s design was changed for 5 different mints. Named by its designer George T. Morgan it has the side view of Miss Liberty’s head on the obverse and the eagle with outspreaded wings on the reverse. The eagle holds in his talons an olive branch and a bundle of arrows. Designer put his initials and mintmarks on the both sides: under the Miss Liberty’s neck and under the ribbon on reverse. Depending on the place of coinage coins have 5 different mints on reverse: Philadelphia Mint (P), Carson City Mint (CC), Denver (D), New Orleans (O), and San-Francisco Mint (S).

King of Morgan Silver Dollar

Morgan 1895 – Morgan has 3 rare types. They are: 1889-CC; 1893-S and 1895 Proof. Morgan 1895 is the rarest and has the perfect appearance. According to Red Book 2009 it worth 1,000000 $. But it won such a glory with the help of mystery. The U.S. Mint records show that there were minted 12,000 Morgan’s in 1985 and 880 Proofs. Nowadays there are only 80 Proofs and no one of 12,000 coins in the world. A real mystery? Nobody knows where they are. The proofs to be so valuable that it keeps numismatic world dreaming about discovering another one hoard with Morgan’s if one still exists.

Morgan Dollars were mostly ignored by coin collectors for decades after the coin’s termination. It wasn’t until the early 1960’s that collecting Morgan Dollars started to take off. At this point in time silver was worth around $1.29 per ounce. At this price, the silver metal value of a silver dollar was worth a dollar. Many banks still had bags and rolls of silver dollars and all you needed to do was go down to the bank and ask for them.

In 1960 the silver had an upsurge of price and there was the profit drawing out of it by redeeming silver certificates for Morgan dollar. Some did that until Government went against it but it had steady effect – the interest of public to Morgan dollar had risen.

1865 Three Cent Nickel NEAR GEM BU++ ** ATTRACTIVE COIN!!!
US $132.50 (16 Bids)
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1883 0 MORGAN SILVER DOLLAR UNC BU NO RES. FREE SHIPPING
US $36.51 (15 Bids)
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1879 MORGAN SILVER DOLLAR BRILLIANT DETAIL AND LUSTER .900 SILVER.
US $33.00 (8 Bids)
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2 oz 90% SILVER JUNK COINS 1884 Morgan Walking Liberty Half Mercury Dimes & More
US $61.00 (18 Bids)
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1865 Three Cent Nickel NEAR GEM BU++ ** ATTRACTIVE COIN!!!
US $132.50 (16 Bids)
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1883 0 MORGAN SILVER DOLLAR UNC BU NO RES. FREE SHIPPING
US $36.51 (15 Bids)
End Date: Monday Feb-06-2012 20:15:24 PST

1879 MORGAN SILVER DOLLAR BRILLIANT DETAIL AND LUSTER .900 SILVER.
US $33.00 (8 Bids)
End Date: Monday Feb-06-2012 20:16:01 PST

2 oz 90% SILVER JUNK COINS 1884 Morgan Walking Liberty Half Mercury Dimes & More
US $61.00 (18 Bids)
End Date: Monday Feb-06-2012 20:16:07 PST

1889-P Morgan Dollar
US $42.00 (0 Bid)
End Date: Monday Feb-06-2012 20:16:20 PST

1893-CC Morgan Silver Dollar Rare Key Date Genuine US Mint Coin
US $299.00
End Date: Monday Feb-06-2012 20:16:21 PST

1921-S MORGAN SILVER DOLLAR--SUPER NICE COIN--
US $29.12 (6 Bids)
End Date: Monday Feb-06-2012 20:16:23 PST

1921-P MORGAN SILVER DOLLAR (LAST YEAR MADE)
US $25.00 (1 Bid)
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1892-O MORGAN SILVER DOLLAR 90% SILVER
US $31.00 (6 Bids)
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1896 Morgan Silver Dollar Coin
US $50.00 (0 Bid)
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1890 CC Morgan Silver Dollar Coin
US $100.00 (0 Bid)
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1878 CC Morgan Silver Dollar Coin
US $125.00 (0 Bid)
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1904 Morgan Silver Dollar scarcer date ~ selling a collection coin by coin #76
US $33.00 (8 Bids)
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1896-P Morgan Silver Dollar - 90% Silver U.S. Coin with Toning
US $33.00 (8 Bids)
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Mixed Coin Lot - Silver & Other Coins
US $25.51 (4 Bids)
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1972/72 PCGS Lincoln Cent Penny "DOUBLED DIE OBVERSE" MS-64 RED ** RARE KEY DATE
US $510.00 (19 Bids)
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1880 O - 1888 O MORGAN DOLLARS PCGS/NGC VAMS MS63-MS65 4 COINS
US $1,675.00
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GORGEOUS 1921-D silver MORGAN dollar ANACS MS 64 #7-6b
US $199.00
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1903-P MORGAN SILVER DOLLAR MINT STATE US COIN RARE UNC BU MS PQ STUNNER
US $59.00 (0 Bid)
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1890-S Morgan Silver Dollar AU Below Spot Silver
US $29.95 (0 Bid)
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Morgan $1 KEY DATE 4 Coin LOT 82,86-S,87,80 High Grade MS 64-66 PCGS/NGC
US $1,862.00 (0 Bid)
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1936 Boone Commemorative Half Dollar SOLID GEM BU++ ** GORGEOUS!!!
US $118.00 (4 Bids)
End Date: Monday Feb-06-2012 20:19:23 PST

1921 MORGAN DOLLAR
US $29.50 (8 Bids)
End Date: Monday Feb-06-2012 20:19:43 PST

$1 1881-s Morgan silver dollar (ICG MS65) SEE PROMO)
US $149.50
End Date: Monday Feb-06-2012 20:19:48 PST

1889-O Morgan Dollar
US $73.00 (0 Bid)
End Date: Monday Feb-06-2012 20:19:49 PST

1883-O MORGAN SILVER DOLLAR UNCIRCULATED (RS
US $36.00 (11 Bids)
End Date: Monday Feb-06-2012 20:19:51 PST

1921 MORGAN SILVER DOLLAR 90% SILVER NO RESERVE
US $29.00 (8 Bids)
End Date: Monday Feb-06-2012 20:20:41 PST

1888-O $1 ANACS AU-58 VAM-4 HOT LIPS ~ TOP-100 MORGAN
US $2,495.00
End Date: Monday Feb-06-2012 20:20:42 PST

1898 $10 GOLD Liberty Eagle CHOICE UNCIRCULATED++
US $925.00 (5 Bids)
End Date: Monday Feb-06-2012 20:21:24 PST

Rare 1879-cc Morgan (SEE PROMOTION)
US $149.50
End Date: Monday Feb-06-2012 20:21:27 PST

1898-P MORGAN SILVER DOLLAR UNCIRCULATED (RS
US $36.00 (6 Bids)
End Date: Monday Feb-06-2012 20:21:38 PST

1881 S MORGAN SILVER DOLLAR BRILLIANT DETAIL AND LUSTER .900 SILVER.
US $32.00 (5 Bids)
End Date: Monday Feb-06-2012 20:21:38 PST

1921 MORGAN SILVER DOLLAR 90% SILVER
US $26.25 (1 Bid)
End Date: Monday Feb-06-2012 20:21:47 PST

★ 1887 Morgan Silver Dollar PCGS MS64 - RAINBOW Coin! ★
US $285.00
End Date: Monday Feb-06-2012 20:22:04 PST

1890-S Morgan Silver Dollar XF Below Spot Silver
US $29.95 (1 Bid)
End Date: Monday Feb-06-2012 20:22:10 PST

1891-CC Silver Dollar Rare Key Date High Grade PQ Stunner US Mint Coin
US $159.00 (0 Bid)
End Date: Monday Feb-06-2012 20:22:22 PST

MORGAN DOLLAR 1885-O *NGC* MS-64* STARRED FOR A PRETTY RAINBOW CRESANT
US $121.00 (6 Bids)
End Date: Monday Feb-06-2012 20:23:30 PST

1883-S MORGAN SILVER DOLLAR RARE MINT STATE KEY DATE US COIN BU UNC MS STUNNER
US $389.00 (1 Bid)
End Date: Monday Feb-06-2012 20:23:43 PST

1896-P MORGAN SILVER DOLLAR UNCIRCULATED DETAILS (EN
US $36.00 (9 Bids)
End Date: Monday Feb-06-2012 20:23:50 PST

1896, Morgan Dollar
US $38.00 (0 Bid)
End Date: Monday Feb-06-2012 20:23:55 PST

1936 Columbia Commemorative Half Dollar SOLID GEM BU++ ** GORGEOUS!!!
US $275.77 (18 Bids)
End Date: Monday Feb-06-2012 20:24:45 PST

1890-CC Morgan Dollar
US $93.00 (0 Bid)
End Date: Monday Feb-06-2012 20:24:52 PST

Scarce 1902-s Morgan (SEE PROMOTION)
US $99.50
End Date: Monday Feb-06-2012 20:25:01 PST

1881 O MORGAN SILVER DOLLAR 90% SILVER NO RESERVE
US $30.29 (6 Bids)
End Date: Monday Feb-06-2012 20:25:12 PST

DMPL OBVERSE AU 1896 MORGAN SILVER DOLLAR UNITED STATES COIN
US $69.00
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1890-P MORGAN SILVER DOLLAR UNCIRCULATED DETAILS (EN
US $34.54 (7 Bids)
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1921 S MORGAN SILVER DOLLAR BRILLIANT DETAIL AND LUSTER .900 SILVER.
US $32.00 (5 Bids)
End Date: Monday Feb-06-2012 20:26:07 PST

1884-CC MORGAN SILVER DOLLAR MINT STATE KEY DATE US MINT BU UNC MS PQ STUNNER
US $279.00
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1936 D Columbia Commemorative Half Dollar SOLID GEM BU++ ** NICE!!!
US $250.50 (28 Bids)
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1921 S BUFFALO NICKEL COIN
US $112.75
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Morgan Silver Dollar Important Guideline

Interesting Barber Dime Information and Listings

coinspapermoney — Tue, 20 Oct 2009 05:12:59 +0000

Public dissatisfaction with the Seated Liberty design was heard in Washington and Philadelphia as early as 1879. Many felt that the nation’s coin designs were second-rate, but few could have predicted how mundane a change could really be. New designs were submitted by Mint engravers throughout the early 1880s, but the only outcome was the production of a new nickel designed by Chief Engraver Charles Barber in 1883. In 1891, there was much discussion of a public competition for new designs for the dime, quarter and half dollar.

Design Of The “New Dime”

What Barber did was to modify the large head used on the Morgan dollar by adding a Liberty cap and cropping Liberty’s hair shorter in back. He then placed his initial B on the truncation of the neck. The reverse uses almost exactly the same wreath used on the Seated Liberty dime of 1860-91. What Barber did accomplish with his new dime, though, was to design and place into production a coin that would meet the striking requirements of modern, high-speed coin presses.

The first Barber dimes were struck on January 2, 1892. Over a half billion pieces were struck during the next twenty-five years. Some issues have mintages as small as 500,000 (such as 1895-O, 1901-S and 1913-S), and others were struck in quantities as large as 22 million (1907-P). At one time or another four mints struck these coins, and the mint mark of Denver (D), San Francisco (S) and New Orleans (O) can be found on the lower reverse below the knot in the bow (there being no mint mark for coins struck in Philadelphia). Barber dimes are, for the most part, a attainable set of coins with no significant date or mint mark rarities, except for the legendary 1894-S. The low relief design assured that most coins would be sharply struck, except for a few issues from New Orleans (known for weak strikes over the decades).

Barber Dime Rarity

There is one great rarity in the Barber dime series, one of the rarest coins in all of U.S. numismatics, the 1894-S dime. Allegedly, 24 pieces were struck on orders from San Francisco Mint Superintendent J. Daggett. Due to the rarity of the coin and the mysteries surrounding its past, the 1894-S Dime is one of the most valuable coins produced in the United States. In the late 1990s one of the remaining 1894-S Dimes was bought for $825,000. Since then they have sold for $1,035,000 in 2005; $1.3 million also in 2005; and $1.9 million in 2007.Only 10 specimens can be accounted for today, which presents one of the great numismatic mysteries of the past hundred years: Where are the other fourteen 1894-S dimes that were reportedly struck?

Grading

Grading Barber dimes is a moderately simple process. On high grade coins, signs of circulation will first appear on Liberty’s cheek and in the fields. For a coin to be un-circulated, all the mint luster must be uniform and unbroken over both sides. Proofs were struck in each year except 1916, and the only standout rarity is the recently discovered 1893/2 over-date. 1894-S is the only issue in the series to have been counterfeited in any appreciable numbers. Dangerous forgeries have been made by altering the mintmark on an 1894-O or adding one to a Philadelphia coin. Others were made in the mid-1970s in The Philippines.

Barber dime 1905 S Extra Fine
US $30.00 (1 Bid)
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US $25.51 (4 Bids)
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Barber dime 1909 O Extra Fine
US $35.00 (0 Bid)
End Date: Monday Feb-06-2012 20:19:00 PST

1921 S BUFFALO NICKEL COIN
US $112.75
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US $25.51 (4 Bids)
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Barber dime 1909 O Extra Fine
US $35.00 (0 Bid)
End Date: Monday Feb-06-2012 20:19:00 PST

1921 S BUFFALO NICKEL COIN
US $112.75
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WHEAT PENNY ROLL W/ 1909 (s?) Indian Head Cent & 1908 (s?) Indian Head Penny b4
US $26.00 (9 Bids)
End Date: Monday Feb-06-2012 20:30:06 PST

1912 BARBER DIME CHOICE BU
US $65.00 (0 Bid)
End Date: Monday Feb-06-2012 20:44:39 PST

1884 CC MORGAN DOLLAR SILVER COIN TONED GEM BU
US $267.75
End Date: Monday Feb-06-2012 20:49:42 PST

1991 - AUSTRALIAN KOOKABURRA $5.00 - MINT - 1 0Z. SILVER - PERTH MINT
US $60.00
End Date: Monday Feb-06-2012 20:50:32 PST

1896 Barber Half Dollar "CAMEO PROOF" SUPERB GEM PF ** STUNNING!!!
US $1,111.11 (34 Bids)
End Date: Monday Feb-06-2012 20:51:04 PST

Old Wheat Penny roll/ Rare 1/2 Roll, Bank of San Francisco
US $51.09 (8 Bids)
End Date: Monday Feb-06-2012 21:00:19 PST

1+ oz Mixed U.S. Silver Coins 90% junk Silver 1964 and previous
US $28.01 (11 Bids)
End Date: Monday Feb-06-2012 21:10:29 PST

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US $32.13 (10 Bids)
End Date: Monday Feb-06-2012 21:14:09 PST

Old Wheat Penny roll/ Rare 1/2 Roll, Bank of San Francisco
US $50.50 (6 Bids)
End Date: Monday Feb-06-2012 21:19:42 PST

1896 Barber Dime : PCGS F15
US $84.99
End Date: Monday Feb-06-2012 21:19:45 PST

★ 1841 Seated Liberty Half Dime NGC MS66+ RARE GEM BU ★
US $2,135.00 (0 Bid)
End Date: Monday Feb-06-2012 21:24:03 PST

Barber dimes-24 assorted-Good mixture
US $36.00 (7 Bids)
End Date: Monday Feb-06-2012 21:24:19 PST

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US $31.50 (8 Bids)
End Date: Monday Feb-06-2012 21:26:52 PST

10 ROLLS OF UNSEARCHED WHEAT PENNIES - BONUS - LOOK!!!
US $70.99
End Date: Monday Feb-06-2012 21:35:04 PST

Old Wheat Penny roll/ Rare 1/2 Roll, Bank of San Francisco
US $61.00 (6 Bids)
End Date: Monday Feb-06-2012 21:39:44 PST

COIN PICKERS SPECIAL, . $40 LOT OF MIXED COINS 100 YEARS OLD OR OLDER
US $40.00
End Date: Monday Feb-06-2012 21:48:08 PST

1876 Indian Head Penny CHOICE EF**SUPER STRONG LIBERTY**GREAT COLOR!! b410
US $27.00 (13 Bids)
End Date: Monday Feb-06-2012 21:49:10 PST

Old Wheat Penny roll/ Rare 1/2 Roll, Bank of San Francisco
US $51.00 (3 Bids)
End Date: Monday Feb-06-2012 21:59:58 PST

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US $31.05 (11 Bids)
End Date: Monday Feb-06-2012 22:01:48 PST

2 BARER QUARTERS AND 4 BARBER DIMES CIRCULATED
US $25.99 (0 Bid)
End Date: Monday Feb-06-2012 22:09:21 PST

Mercury dime collection mint marked under 1934 16s thru 31s no 16d 21p,d 26s
US $150.00
End Date: Monday Feb-06-2012 22:13:41 PST

UNSEARCHED PENNY ROLL SILVER BUST DIME / MERCURY DIME END COINS
US $38.99 (18 Bids)
End Date: Monday Feb-06-2012 22:14:10 PST

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US $49.99 (0 Bid)
End Date: Monday Feb-06-2012 22:14:52 PST

1+ OZ MIXED 90% U.S. SILVER COIN LOTS - NO JUNK COINS! - ALL PRE 1965!
US $28.88 (9 Bids)
End Date: Monday Feb-06-2012 22:16:54 PST

~COIN COLLECTION~PROOFS~BU~DOLLAR~HALF~QUARTER~SILVER DIME~NICKEL~10 PIECE LOT~
US $25.99 (0 Bid)
End Date: Monday Feb-06-2012 22:29:24 PST

1925 S Buffalo Nickel CHOICE EF**SUPER PHENOMENAL!!! b415
US $29.88 (2 Bids)
End Date: Monday Feb-06-2012 22:33:37 PST

FIVE PEACE DOLLARS, 1 MORGAN, 3 LIBERTY HALF DOLLARS, 2 BARBER HALFS AND 2 DIMES
US $180.00 (3 Bids)
End Date: Monday Feb-06-2012 22:41:18 PST

1832 Coronet Head Large Cent CHOICE EF**SUPER SENSATIONAL!! b419
US $70.99 (10 Bids)
End Date: Monday Feb-06-2012 23:01:26 PST

1+ oz Mixed U.S. Silver Coins 90% junk Silver 1964 and previous
US $25.00 (10 Bids)
End Date: Monday Feb-06-2012 23:10:16 PST

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US $30.05 (4 Bids)
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US $38.95 (0 Bid)
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US $29.00 (6 Bids)
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Interesting Barber Dime Information and Listings