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The Birth of the Morgan Silver Dollar

To fully understand the historical significance of Morgan silver dollar coins, we must look back to the era of our nation's great gold and silver rushes – particularly 1859 and the great Comstock Lode...

America's Legendary Comstock Lode

In 1859, Patrick McLaughlin and Peter O'Riley were prospecting in Six Mile Canyon near Carson City, Nevada. Digging a ditch to collect water, they found rich black soil that yielded a layer of glittering ore. Experienced miners, the two recognized gold and eagerly began washing away the heavy black soil. Their find became known as the Comstock vein, and captured the attention of California gold rush veteran J.F. Stone. Curious about the heavy black soil being thrown aside by the ton, he sent a sample to be assayed in California.

The soil turned out to be incredibly rich in silver, yielding $4,700 a ton! Over the next two decades, the Comstock Lode produced more than $300 million in precious metals – and that was in 19th-century dollars, without adjusting for inflation. Today, the Comstock Lode of Nevada is known as the Queen of the Silver Strikes. It yielded incredible amounts of silver, and helped give rise to one of the Old West's most iconic symbols: the Morgan silver dollar.

Silver Dollars Returned in 1878 with the Morgan Dollar

First-year Morgan dollars have an extra measure of collector interest and historical significance. Five years before the first Morgan silver dollars were struck, the Mint Act of February 1873 had ended production of circulating Liberty Seated silver dollars in favor of gold dollars and silver Trade dollars primarily used in foreign trade. Silver dollars made up less than one percent of circulating silver, so most people weren't affected.

But silver mine owners were outraged. They lobbied and pressured their congressmen. And after five years of heated debate, Congress authorized production of new silver dollars in 1878.

George T. Morgan and the Goddess of Liberty

The new silver dollar was named for its designer, the English-born assistant engraver at the Philadelphia Mint, George T. Morgan. Morgan searched for an American girl to represent Liberty, and his friend (and renowned landscape painter) Thomas Eakins suggested a fellow art student and schoolteacher, Anna Willess Williams.

At first, Williams was reluctant to pose for Morgan and insisted on strict secrecy. She sat for Morgan five times, and he later declared she had a nearly perfect profile.

Special 100th Anniversary Issues

To celebrate the centennial anniversary of the last Morgan silver dollars being struck in 1921 (when they were replaced by Peace dollars), special 100th Anniversary coins were struck in 2021 at the Denver, San Francisco and Philadelphia Mints. Unlike classic 90% silver Morgans, the new Morgan dollars were minted in 99.9% pure silver, with some coins bearing special privy marks for New Orleans ("O") and Carson City ("CC").

Collector demand for these new silver Morgan dollars proved incredibly strong, but a lack of silver planchets due to the global pandemic prevented the Mint from issuing more the following year. Production resumed in 2023 and continued in 2024.

Collecting the "King of America's Coins"

The historic Morgan silver dollar remains one of the most popular collector coins of all time! Morgan dollars were struck at five U.S. mints – Philadelphia, New Orleans, Carson City, Denver and San Francisco – and the series has many key-date issues and exciting, sought-after varieties. Learn more about this beloved series in Littleton's Collectors Guide to Morgan Silver Dollars.