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With a mintage of 100,000 coins struck, it the lowest mintage of any Morgan Dollar. It is thought that few survived in mint state (MS) because the majority of the coins were in circulation. In 2021 an 1893-S Morgan dollar in MS-67 sold for US$2,086,875.00. Sherman Silver Purchase Act, Panic of 1893
A Morgan dollar coin. The dollar coin is a United States coin with a face value of one United States dollar. Dollar coins have been minted in the United States in gold, silver, and base metal versions. Dollar coins were first minted in the United States in 1794.
In 2021, a PCGS graded An 1893-S Morgan dollar in MS-67 sold for US$2,086,875.00. The coin is considered to be the finest known and it is named the Vermeule 1893-S. [1] In March 2023 an 1893-S graded by Numismatic Guaranty Company (NGC), in a MS-64, grade sold for US$372,000.
The United States trade dollar was a dollar coin minted by the United States Mint to compete with other large silver trade coins that were already popular in East Asia. The idea first came about in the 1860s, when the price of silver began to decline due to increased mining in the western United States. A bill providing in part for the issuance ...
The Barber coinage consists of a dime, quarter, and half dollar designed by United States Bureau of the Mint Chief Engraver Charles E. Barber. They were minted between 1892 and 1916, though no half dollars were struck in the final year of the series. By the late 1880s, there were increasing calls for the replacement of the Seated Liberty design ...
Large-size silver certificates, generally 1.5 in (38 mm) longer and 0.5 in (13 mm) wider than modern U.S. paper currency, (1878 to 1923) [nb 1] were issued initially in denominations from $10 to $1,000 (in 1878 and 1880) [4] [5] and in 1886 the $1, $2, and $5 were authorized. [5] [6] In 1928, all United States bank notes were re-designed and ...
The figures cited in the tables are representative of the series, and are generally the latest, or most common, figures for a given coin type. The largest coin ever minted by the US Mint was the 2019 Apollo 50th anniversary 5ounce silver dollar, weighing 155.517 grams, and 76.2 mm in diameter. [5]
The Top 100 Morgan Dollar Varieties: The VAM Keys 4th Edition (4th ed.). Port Charlotte, Florida: Rare Coin Investments. p. 200. ISBN 978-0965364553. Van Allen, Leroy C.; Mallis, George (1977). The Comprehensive Catalogue and Encyclopedia of U. S. Morgan and Peace Silver Dollars. New York, New Yok: Arco publishing. p. 316. ISBN 9780668040211
1921. The Peace dollar is a United States dollar coin minted for circulation from 1921 to 1928 and 1934 to 1935, and beginning again for collectors in 2021. Designed by Anthony de Francisci, the coin was the result of a competition to find designs emblematic of peace. Its obverse represents the head and neck of the Goddess of Liberty in profile ...
Toning on a coin is the change of colour brought about through oxidization, which forms a thin layer of tarnish on the metal's surface, typically as a result of interactions and chemical reactions with sulfur -containing compounds in the environment. [1] [2] Coin toning can vary in aesthetics, and thus can alternately add or detract from a coin ...