The First U. S. Silver Dollar Coins | U. S. Coins Guide Let’s look at the silver dollars that came before the Morgan and Peace dollars and see how it is that the most symbolically important denomination in U S currency changed over the decades of the 1790s to the 1870s
USA Silver Dollars History, Designs, and Value - JM Bullion Major U S silver dollar mintings include the Flowing Hair, Draped Bust, Seated Liberty, Morgan, and Peace designs Perhaps the two most familiar coins for collectors, though, are the Morgan dollar and the Peace dollar
One Hundred Years of Silver Dollar Coinage (1878-1978) These three coins, spanning 100 years—from the first Morgan Dollar in 1878 to the final Eisenhower Dollar in 1978—share a connection through history and legacy Silver mining in the United States, mainly the Comstock Lode (1859), is the catalyst that gave silver dollar coinage its heyday
25 Most Valuable Silver Dollars (Updated 2025) - CoinTrackers. com Here are the top 25 most valuable silver dollars (Morgan's Peace Dollars) from the late 1800's to the early 1900's (updated: 2025) We've searched through the coin catalogues, books, and online stores and made a huge list of coin values
Morgan dollar - Wikipedia The Morgan dollar is a United States dollar coin minted from 1878 to 1904, in 1921, and beginning again in 2021 as a collectible It was the first standard silver dollar minted since the passage of the Coinage Act of 1873, which ended the free coining of silver and the production of the previous design, the Seated Liberty dollar
The History of U. S. Coins - APMEX The Bland-Allison Act of 1878 spurred the creation of the Morgan Silver Dollars, which are named after the coin’s designer, George Morgan These coins quickly became popular among silver collectors and remain among the most collectible U S coins ever made Coins of the Civil War On April 12, 1861, the American Civil War began