USA 1 dollar Morgan Dollar 1881
USA, Carson City


Rareza
Escaso
Atributos de las Monedas
Region | USA |
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Denomination | 1 dollar |
Krause number | KM# 110 |
Mintage | 296,000 |
Metal | Silver 0.900 |
thickness | 2.9 mm |
diameter | 38.1 mm |
weight | 26.73 g |
Anverso:

Liberty
People
Creators:
George Thomas Morgan
E PLURIBUS UNUM
LIBERTY
Reverso:

Bird
Coat of arms
Description:
Eagle
Creators:
George Thomas Morgan
IN GOD WE TRUST
ONE DOLLAR
UNITED STATES OF AMERICA
Introducción de monedas
Although a fair number of dies were sent to the Carson City Mint in 1881 for the striking of Morgan silver dollars, it seems that the supply of silver to the fledgling branch mint dried up after the first quarter of the year. This led to a meager production of less than 300,000 silver dollars. Luckily for the collectors of today, nearly half of those coins survived in original bags until the GSA sales. To show what a huge affect this had on the number of survivors, one need only look at a coin with a slightly large mintage, the 1893-O.Leer más