Description: 🪙1879-O | AU | Pristine | Polished Clean | And Encapsulated | Low Mintage ● 1879-O ( Mintage = 2,887,000 ) This 1879-O Morgan Dollar Was The First New Orleans Minted Coin For The Series, Which Had Debuted In The Year Prior. This Issue Is Considered To Be Plentiful In Uncirculated Grades And More Difficult To Locate In Mint State Grades. 💰There Are Few Relics, Like The Morgan Silver Dollar, That Show Us a Glimpse Into Our Past As An Evolving Country: 🪙After 130 Years Of Being Minted, The Morgan Silver Dollar Is Still Among The Most Popular Coins Sold In The Country And Is Also Advised As A Smart Investment, Due To Its Low Mintage Averages And 90% Silver Content. 🪙From The Wagon Trains Of The Oregon Trail To The Building Of The Railways Or The First Skyscrapers, This Coin Could Have Been Present At These Moments In History! 1879. 💰Holding A Morgan In Your Hand Takes You Back To The Old West, Reminiscent of America’s Ingenuity and Entrepreneurship. 🪙Morgan Dollars Invoke Images Of Western Salons And Honky-Tonks, With Cowboys Raising The Stakes At Poker Games And Stagecoach Robberies From Outlaws Looking To Score A Cache Of These Big, Beautiful Silver Dollars. ● Vintage Morgan Dollars Contain Three-Quarters Of An Ounce Of 90% Silver, Mined From Nevada's Legendary Comstock Lode. ● About The New Orleans Mint: The New Orleans Mint First Opened In 1838-1861. Then, It Reopened In 1879-1909 Since It Was Closed During The American Civil War And The Reconstruction Period. In Its Prime, It Produced 427 Million Gold And Silver Coins Of Every US denomination. The New Orleans Mint Was Decommissioned In 1909 But The State Wanted To Keep The Building So It Has Been Used For Several Unrelated Purposes, Such As A Fallout Shelter, US Coast Guard Storage Facility, And An assay Office. Since 1981, it Has Served As A Branch Of The Louisiana State Museum And Is Now Considered A National Historic Landmark; Being The Oldest Surviving Structure Of A US Mint. ●The New Orleans Mint Stamped All Of Their Coins With an "O" Mint-Mark, As Is This Coin. 💰More About this Coin And The Mint: ●This 1879 O Morgan Silver Dollar Was Struck At The New Orleans Mint. 💰The New Orleans Mint Is The Only Southern Mint To Strike The Morgan Dollar. ● Its 1st Year Of Production Was In 1879, And It Ended Its Production in 1904. ● The New Orleans Mint Produced 24.66 % Of All Morgan Dollars Issued. ● The New Orleans Morgan Dollar Bears the "O" Mint Mark. ● The Morgan Silver Dollar Was Successfully Minted From 1878 to 1904 And Again For One More Year In 1921. ●Throughout Its 27 Years Of Production, Two Famous Mints Closed Their Doors, Three Bills Were Passed To Approve The Minting Of Silver Dollars, And The Denver Mint Was Established And Currently Stands As The World Leader Of Coin Production. ● The Morgan Silver Dollar Has A Fineness Of .900, And Weighs A Total Silver Content Of 0.7734 Troy Ounces Per Coin. "Own a Real Piece Of American History With This 1879-O Morgan Silver Dollar!"
Price: 144 USD
Location: Knoxville, Tennessee
End Time: 2024-09-19T23:07:25.000Z
Shipping Cost: 5.5 USD
Product Images
Item Specifics
All returns accepted: ReturnsNotAccepted
Custom Detail: Cleaned/Polshied
Composition: Silver
Certification Number: None
Fineness: 0.9
Strike Type: Business
Grade: Ungraded
Certification: Uncertified
Circulated/Uncirculated: Circulated
Denomination: $1
Coin: Morgan
Year: 1879
Mint Location: New Orleans
Country/Region of Manufacture: United States
Variety: business