This 1896 Morgan Silver Dollar was struck at the Philadelphia Mint in 90% silver. Both photographs show the individual coin offered.
Condition & Photos
Silver-gray surfaces with strong visible hair detail, readable LIBERTY lettering, and defined eagle wing feathers. Numerous small marks and fine lines are visible across Liberty's cheek and the fields on both sides, with light wear or softness at the high points. No mint mark is present above the reverse denomination. This coin is raw and uncertified; no numerical grade is assigned.
Please review all photographs carefully for the exact condition of the coin being offered. The coin pictured is the coin you will receive.
George T. Morgan's design features Liberty wearing a cap with agricultural elements on the obverse and an eagle within a wreath on the reverse.
Coin Details
- Year: 1896
- Mint: Philadelphia (no mint mark)
- Denomination: 1 dollar
- Mintage: 9,976,000 circulation strikes
- Composition: 90% silver, 10% copper
- Original weight: 26.73 grams; actual weight may vary with wear
- Original silver content: Approximately 0.77344 troy ounce before circulation wear
- Diameter: 38.1 mm
- Edge: Reeded
- Designer: George T. Morgan
- Strike: Business strike
- Certification: None / uncertified
- Inventory: One coin
- SKU: MSD0003
Collector Significance
A nineteenth-century Philadelphia Morgan dollar for a date collection or a classic U.S. silver type set. This common-date issue offers the large-format Liberty and eagle designs associated with the series.