1879 Morgan Dollar

1879 Morgan Silver Dollar

The 1879 Morgan Dollar was minted at all four mint locations. Prior to that in 1878 the Morgan dollar was only minted in Philadelphia, San Francisco and Carson City.

The Bland-Allsion Act passed in 1878 authorizing the purchase of two to four million dollars per month of silver (purchased at market value). That is a lot of money, and a lot on silver that needed to be minted into dollars. Philadelphia was working like crazy trying to keep up with minting the silver dollars. Carson City and San Francisco still needed dies so they could help with the demand. Demand was so high all other denominations were suspended while the mints worked overtime on minting silver dollars.

In 1879 New Olreans entered the picture and starting minting Morgan dollars as well. One variety that came about during that period was the 1879-cc capped die. 

1879 Morgan Silver Dollar has no mintmark. Circulation strikes are 14,806000, proofs 1,100.

The 1879-CC Morgan Silver Dollar is much harder to this series. Circulation strikes are 756,000, proofs 0.

The 1879-O which stands for New Orleans mint mark located beneath the bow on the reverse side. Circulation strikes are 2,887,000 proofs est. 12.

1879-S is among the most common within series. There are a few that feature a flat-breasted reverse as seen in the earlier 1878 Silver Dollars. This however is scarce to rare to find.

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