One of the U.S. Mint’s most iconic coins, the Morgan Silver Dollar has been available to the public since 1878. Highly collectible, the Morgan is celebrated for its ties to the Old West and for its stunning portrait of Lady Liberty. Today, 1882 Morgan Silver Dollar Coins in certified condition are available to you online at JM Bullion.
Coin Highlights:
- Includes a PCGS protective slab!
- Historic Morgan Silver Dollar!
- Availability of certified coins is limited!
- Contains .77344 Troy ounces of actual silver content.
- Bears a face value of $1 (USD) backed by the U.S. government.
- Issued a grade of Mint State 64 by the Professional Coin Grading Service.
- The obverse side presents Lady Liberty in portrait.
- On the reverse, an American bald eagle is featured.
All 1882 Morgan Dollar Coins in this online listing at JM Bullion have been certified by PCGS. Following the standard scale of 1-70, the coins were assigned a grade of Mint State 64. Each piece is housed in an official PCGS slab that includes a label bearing the grade.
On the obverse of the Morgan Silver Dollar Coins, you’ll find a bust of Lady Liberty. Modeled after Philadelphia school teacher Anna Willess Williams, this effigy presents Liberty in left-profile relief. The obverse also contains decorative stars along the edge along with the year of mintage and the motto “E Pluribus Unum,” meaning “out of many, one.”
The reverse of 1882 Morgan Silver Dollars shows a bald eagle in flight. With outstretched wings, the bird looks to the left while clutching arrows and an olive branch in its talons. Like the obverse design, this motif was created by George T. Morgan. The reverse also shows a pair of decorative laurels along with inscriptions reading “United States of America, In God We Trust, One Dollar.”
The U.S. Mint stopped producing Silver Dollars following the Coinage Act of 1873. Five years later, the Bland-Allison Act authorized the mint to once again start striking Silver Dollars for circulation. Dissatisfied with the current state of American coinage, U.S. Mint director Henry Linderman petitioned assistant engraver George T. Morgan to create new designs for the One Dollar denomination. Morgan completed his designs while studying at the Pennsylvania Academy of the Fine Arts. The coin was first struck in Philadelphia in March 1878.
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