CoinsMorgan Dollars, 1878–1904, 1921 → 1901 Morgan Dollar

1901 Morgan Dollar

Condition rarityPhiladelphia Mint
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Why this coin matters

The 1901 Morgan Dollar was struck at the Philadelphia Mint with a recorded mintage of 6,962,000 coins — the 57th-lowest of the 96 circulation-strike issues in the morgan dollar series, and 31% of the 22,566,000 morgan dollars the Mint produced across all facilities in 1901.

Big mintage nearly impossible uncirculated; shifted-eagle doubled die.

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 1901 morgan dollar, mint by mint

IssueMintMintage
1901 Morgan DollarPhiladelphia6,962,000
1901-O Morgan DollarNew Orleans13,320,000
1901-S Morgan DollarSan Francisco2,284,000

The 1901 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.