Morgan Silver Dollars.
The Morgan Dollar is a silver United States dollar coin. The dollars were minted from 1878 to 1904 and again for one more year in 1921. The Morgan Dollar is named after its designer, George T. Morgan, who designed the obverse and reverse of the coin. Morgan's monogram appears near Lady Liberty's neck on the obverse. The dollar was authorized by the Bland-Allison Act of 1878. It has a fineness of .900, giving a total silver content of 0.77344 troy ounces (24.057 grams) per coin.
 1921 P Morgan Dollar America US$1 Nice SILVER COIN#3025  US $24.00
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 2 OLD DOLLARS--1890-O MORGAN+1957-B SILVER CERTIFICATE US $13.05
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 1921-D MORGAN SILVER DOLLAR US $25.00
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 1896 Morgan Dollar UNCIRCULATED MINT STATE SILVER COIN US $24.00
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 Morgan Dollar 1882. Fair Coin. U Grade US $17.51
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 V E R Y - R A R E-1880-o REAL GemBU+Tuff Date--Invest US $57.00
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 1921 Morgan Silver Dollar US $14.87
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 1899 O Morgan Dollar America US$1 Nice SILVER COIN#6081 US $24.00
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 1898 S Morgan Dollar KEY DATE US$1 Nice SILVER COIN usa US $60.00
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 Morgan Silver Dollar, 1921 - (AH495) US $12.00
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The Comstock Lode, the greatest silver strike in history, was discovered in Nevada in the late 1850s. The strike put downward pressure on silver prices worldwide. In 1878 Congress passed the Bland-Allison Act which required the Treasury Department to purchase large amounts of silver, and to strike it as coins. For reasons of economy, the Treasury chose to strike the silver as dollars.
When the dollar was minted in 1878, it was the first dollar issued for American commercial use since the last Seated Liberty Dollar of 1873. The Trade Dollar was minted during this time period but was intended to be used for trade in the Orient. The dollar was continuously minted until 1904 when the supply of dollars in circulation was high and there was an absence of silver bullion. Then in 1918, the Pittman Act called for over 270 million coins to be melted for silver content. In 1921, the coinage of the Morgan Dollar resumed for that year and was replaced by the Peace Dollar commemorative that would become standard issue. Since 1921, many Morgan Dollars have been melted. Melting has mostly occurred when silver prices escalated because these dollars yield silver bullion.