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1890 Morgan Dollar

Philadelphia Mint
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Why this coin matters

The 1890 Morgan Dollar was struck at the Philadelphia Mint with a recorded mintage of 16,802,000 coins — the 88th-lowest of the 96 circulation-strike issues in the morgan dollar series, and 44% of the 38,042,414 morgan dollars the Mint produced across all facilities in 1890.

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 1890 morgan dollar, mint by mint

IssueMintMintage
1890 Morgan DollarPhiladelphia16,802,000
1890-O Morgan DollarNew Orleans10,701,000
1890-S Morgan DollarSan Francisco8,230,373
1890-CC Morgan DollarCarson City2,309,041

The 1890 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.