We are pleased to offer for sale this
1901 Morgan Silver Dollar from the Philadelphia (P) mint. This
1901 Morgan Silver Dollar
coin is circulated with a grading of VG-8 or better. All of
our circulated
Morgan
Silver Dollars have no major marks or visible problems
(coins just have honest wear) and represent a great value for the
price. This
1901
Morgan Dollar is of great worth to the collector or
numismatist that needs to fill a hole in their circulated
Morgan Silver Dollar
set.
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Morgan Silver Dollars in Circulated condition that will grade VG-8 or higher.
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this rare 1901 Morgan Silver Dollar at this low price!
The Morgan Dollar
is named for its
designer, United States Mint Assistant Engraver George T. Morgan. The
design that eventually became the Morgan
Dollar began its life as
a pattern for a new half dollar. However the Director of the Mint,
Henry Linderman, later instructed the Superintendent of the
Philadelphia Mint James Pollock to have George Morgan and William
Barber prepare patterns for a new silver dollar, and for Morgan's to
be based on his half dollar pattern. Once the designs were
completed, Linderman selected Morgan's design for the new silver
dollar.
The image of Liberty that appears on
the obverse of the Morgan
Dollar was modeled after Anna Willess
Williams. It was important to Morgan that the design be based upon
an actual American woman, rather than the usual Greek style figures,
and Morgan declared her profile to be the most perfect he had seen.
The Morgan Dollar
was initially minted
only at the Philadelphia Mint, largely because the dies were not
available to supply the San Francisco and Carson City Mints. After
small changes were made to the design, San Francisco and Carson City
received their dies and began minting coins in April of 1878. The
New Orleans Mint began producing the dollars in 1879, and the Denver
Mint struck a number of Morgan
Dollars, but only in 1921. All Morgan
Dollars contained .900 (90%) silver and .100 (10%) copper
with a
diameter of 38.1mm and a weight of 412.5 grains (26.73g.)
The Morgan Dollar
dies went through
several changes during its minting, mostly small changes. However, the
amount of variation in the coins is so great that there
are several guides to the great number of different Morgan Dollars
that exist, including the Red
Book of Morgan Silver Dollars and the
Top
100 Morgan Dollar VAM Keys.