The United States Mint is well-recognized all over the world and has been producing coins for both the United States as well as other countries since shortly after the U.S. was founded. While the U.S. Mint got its start in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, it began to expand quickly and therefore needed additional facilities in order to…
Produced for more than 40 years, the Morgan Silver Dollar was in circulation longer than any other. Heralded as boasting the best of all the Silver Dollar designs, the Morgan was an immediate hit with US citizens when it was released back in 1878. Production of the coin continued all the way up until 1921,…
Silver Dollars were produced across a timeframe of more than 140 years and are now one of the most popular types of US coins for collectors. Bust Silver Dollars were the first to have ever been minted, and were only produced for a short period of time. This relatively small mintage means that very few…
The Seated Liberty Dollar was the second Silver Dollar produced by the US Mint, and unlike its predecessor it remained in production for more than a decade. In fact, the Seated Liberty stayed on the production lines of the US mint for more than 30 years. Because of this extended period of time being minted,…