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1880 Morgan Dollar

Philadelphia Mint
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Why this coin matters

The 1880 Morgan Dollar was struck at the Philadelphia Mint with a recorded mintage of 12,600,000 coins — the 83rd-lowest of the 96 circulation-strike issues in the morgan dollar series, and 46% of the 27,396,000 morgan dollars the Mint produced across all facilities in 1880.

A full collector's note for this issue — survival, strike character, and what to check before buying — is on the writing schedule; the figures above are the permanent record.

Mintage: the 1880 morgan dollar, mint by mint

IssueMintMintage
1880 Morgan DollarPhiladelphia12,600,000
1880-O Morgan DollarNew Orleans5,305,000
1880-S Morgan DollarSan Francisco8,900,000
1880-CC Morgan DollarCarson City591,000

The 1880 in its series

Sources

Mintage figures: United States Mint, Annual Report of the Director of the Mint, cross-checked across independent published references. Specifications: United States Mint coin specifications.

The mintage is the only number that never changes. This is where it lives.