1881 O MORGAN SILVER DOLLAR

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1881 O MORGAN SILVER DOLLAR PHOTOS ARE OF THE COINS YOU ARE BIDDING ON. TH E MORGAN DOLLAR IS THE MOST SOUGHT AFTER US COIN IN EXISTENCE. THE MORGAN'S OBVERSE FEATURES A LEFT-FACING PORTRAIT OF LADY LIBERTY. THE REVERSE DEPICTS A SOMEWHAT SKINNY SCRAWNY EAGLE THAT LED TO SOME COLLECTOR'S TO CALL THE MORGAN DOLLAR THE BUZZARD DOLLAR. THE DESIGNER'S INITIAL APPEARS ON BOTH SIDES WHICH WAS A FIRST. IT'S ON LIBERTY'S NECK ON THE OBVERSE AND OF THE RIBBON'S LEFT LOOP ON THE REVERSE. THE MINT MARKS ARE FOUND BELOW THE WREATH ON THE REVERSE SOON AFTER THE PRODUCTION OF THE MORGAN DOLLAR BEGAN THE MINT WAS ADVISED THAT THE EAGLE SHOULD HAVE SEVEN TAIL FEATHERS INSTEAD OF EIGHT AND THE CHANGE WAS MADE. THAT IS WHY YOU WILL SEE SOME 1878 MORGAN DOLLARS WITH EIGHT TAIL FEATHERS AND SOME WITH SEVEN AND SOME EVEN SHOW SEVEN OVER EIGHT. MORE THAN A HALF BILLION MORGAN DOLLARS WERE STRUCK FORM 1878 THROUGH 1904. THE COINS WERE PRODUCED AT THE PHILADELPHIA , NEW ORLEANS, SAN FRANCISCO AND CARSON CITY MINTS. THE CARSON CITY MINT PRODUCTION WAS MUCH LOWER THEN THE REST AND THERE ARE NO CC DOLLARS AFTER THE MINT WAS CLOSED IN 1893. THE MORGAN DOLLAR WAS STRUCK ONE LAST TIME IN 1921 AND IT IS THE ONLY YEAR THE MORGAN DOLLAR WAS STRUCK AT THE DENVER MINT. IN 1918 LEGISLATION CALLED FOR MORE THAN 270 MILLION OLDER SILVER DOLLARS TO BE MELTED ALMOST ALL read more

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