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1891 Morgan Dollar

Philadelphia Mint
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Why this coin matters

The 1891 Morgan Dollar was struck at the Philadelphia Mint with a recorded mintage of 8,693,556 coins — the 62nd-lowest of the 96 circulation-strike issues in the morgan dollar series, and 37% of the 23,562,085 morgan dollars the Mint produced across all facilities in 1891.

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 1891 morgan dollar, mint by mint

IssueMintMintage
1891 Morgan DollarPhiladelphia8,693,556
1891-O Morgan DollarNew Orleans7,954,529
1891-S Morgan DollarSan Francisco5,296,000
1891-CC Morgan DollarCarson City1,618,000

The 1891 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.