1878 Morgan Silver Dollar

What is a mint mark in Morgan silver dollar? Mint mark is the mark shows where the coin was minted.  The1878 Morgan silver dollar was struck at different mints. This mints indicate the coin factories which produced around the country in that time. Each mint factory put its mark on the Morgans with one or two letters on back side of the coin. The mint mark was always put in the same spot in the reverse of the coins.

What are the different mint marks of 1878 Morgan silver dollar? It is known well that when  the 1878 Morgan coin was minted in Carson City, it has mark CC in the reverse side of the coin. When the coin was minted in San Fransisco, the coin was marked by letter of S which stand for San Fransisco mintage. However there is an exception of the coin mint mark. When we found no mint mark in the reverse side of the coin, it means that the 1878 Morgan Silver coin was minted in Philadelphia

How many Morgan Silver Dollar were minted in 1878? Well, it may not be very accurate but In 1878, it was said that for about 10.5 million the Morgan silver dollars were minted in Philadelphia. For about other 9.7 million Morgan dollar were minted in San Francisco. And for about 2.2 million Morgan silver dollar were minted in Carson City, Nevada.

How much does the each different mint mark of Morgan silver dollar have the value? The three different mints of Morgan silver dollar; Philadelphia mintage, San Francisco mintage, and Carson City mintage have different value today. Many said that he highest value is those from the Carson City mint. So if you are a silver coin collector or just interested to start it your first job is checking for these mint marks. You can locate the mint marks on the reverse( back side of the coin) and determine whether your Morgan silver dollar has a "CC" or "S", or no mint mark  in the reverse above the letters DO in the word of DOLLAR.

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