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1899-S Morgan Dollar

San Francisco Mint
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Why this coin matters

The 1899-S Morgan Dollar was struck at the San Francisco Mint with a recorded mintage of 2,562,000 coins — the 35th-lowest of the 96 circulation-strike issues in the morgan dollar series, and 17% of the 15,182,000 morgan dollars the Mint produced across all facilities in 1899.

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 1899 morgan dollar, mint by mint

IssueMintMintage
1899 Morgan DollarPhiladelphia330,000
1899-O Morgan DollarNew Orleans12,290,000
1899-S Morgan DollarSan Francisco2,562,000

The 1899-S 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.