Morgan Dollars minted in Denver, CO
The Denver mint first began striking coins in 1906 and is still in operation today. It was originally opened in 1863 to assay gold during the Pikes Peak gold rush.
Mint marks are located appear underneath the tail feathers on the coin's reverse between the D and O of the word Dollar. Other additional city mint marks would include CC for Carson City, P for Philadelphia, O for New Orleans and S for San Francisco.
Morgan Dollar Information
Interesting mint cities
Interesting mint cities. The Morgan Silver Dollar was minted in various cities, from Philadelphia to Carson City to New Orleans to Denver and finally in San Francisco. Carson City and New Orleans are some of the collectible mint marks since they no longer produce coins today. Carson City Morgan Dollar (CC) is easily one of the most popular to coins to collect.
To find the mint mark, look at the reverse of the coin and carefully look for the 'CC' at the bottom of the coin. The Carson City mint was related to the Comstock Lode which provided the greatest silver strike in history and prompted the "Bland-Allison Act" which required the Treasury Department to purchase large amounts of silver. The Treasure Department chose to strike the silver as silver dollar coins.
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IVANTSEN (Ivan Tsentylyuk) said A 1891 morgan one dollar silver coin, $5,000.00 at TripleClicks: 2010-03-10
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