- 1883 Silver Dollar Cc
- 1883 Silver Dollar Price
- 1883 Silver Dollar Value
- 1883 Morgan Silver Dollar Value
- 1883 Morgan Silver Dollar
- A premium is attached to any authentic 1883 Morgan silver dollar that is a sextupled star variety. Most coin auctions will market this type of variety heavily as it will bring higher prices than a regular example. Pricing the 1883 Morgan Silver Dollar. Great numbers of this coin still remain today, most coins of high grades.
- All Morgan dollars were composed of the same mix of metals: 90% silver and 10% copper. Each coin weighs 26.73 grams and has a diameter of 38.1 inches. Reeding can be found on the edges, and denticles are present on the obverse and reverse of the coin. 1883 Morgan Silver Dollar Sextupled Star Variety.
View sold price and similar items: 1883 Silver Dollar from Martin Auction Company on March 1, 0119 1:00 PM CDT. 1883 Morgan Silver Dollar The Silver Dollar had been a mainstay of American currency since it was first introduced during the late 1700s. Unfortunately, apart from the coin’s overall utility, these pieces were generally regarded as being bland and free from an evocative imagery.
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1883 Silver Dollar Cc
1883 Silver Dollar Price
Like most of the other years during the 1880s, the 1883 Morgan Silver Dollar saw relatively few die variations. While VAM (Leroy C. Van Allen and A. George Mallis) collectors may note minor variations that are each worthy of separate listings, for the most part, 1883 Morgan Dollar collectors will stick to assembling a run of date and mintmark combinations included in the proceeding list.
1883 Silver Dollar Value
The 1883 Morgan Silver Dollar was produced in four mints: Carson City, New Orleans, Philadelphia, and San Francisco. The most valuable 1883 Morgan Silver Dollar carries the 'CC' mintmark used by the Carson City Mint. It always carries a premium value because of very low production, making it the rarest 1883 Morgan Dollar. The New Orleans Mint used an 'O' and the San Francisco Mint an 'S”. The main mint in Philadelphia did not use a mintmark. Proof examples of Morgan Dollars from all years, including 1883, are rare which makes them expensive.
1883 Morgan Silver Dollar Mintage Figures
1883 Morgan Silver Dollar Value
- 1883: 12,290,000; $35+
- 1883-CC: 1,204,000; $200+
- 1883-O: 8,725,000; $35+
- 1883-S: 6,250,000; $35+
- 1883 Proof: 1,039; $3,000+
Don’t overlook the scarceness of any Carson City Morgan Silver Dollar. Like countless other Morgan Dollar issues, the actual number of existing Carson City mint pieces is often terribly misrepresented by official mintage numbers. Under the Pittman Act of 1918, more than 270 million Morgan Silver Dollars were melted. While there is no way to know precisely how many coins of each date were officially melted, what coin collectors can say for certain is that many of these pieces were Carson City coins and, given the extremely high popularity of Morgan Dollars, there simply aren’t enough Carson City silver dollars to satisfy current demands. It is therefore wise to seek out the best Carson City silver dollars you can afford to help increase your chances of a handsome return on your investment should you decide to sell your coins down the line.
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by Deb Question: I have several morgan dollars ranging from 1900 to 1922. I have looked for the mint mark, under the eagle and above the 'D', but cannot see a mint mark there. Where do I look now? My Answer: If you don't see a mint mark on a Morgan Silver Dollar, it just means that it was minted at the United States Mint in Philadelphia. Since the Philadelphia Mint was the first mint established in the United States, and the only one for a long time, no mint marks were necessary since everyone knew that all United States coins were coming from the Philadelphia Mint. Later, when other mints were established, they each used a different mint mark to distinguish which mint made each coin. Coins from Philadelphia, however, still did not bear mint marks. The first 'P' mint mark did not appear on United States coins until 1942. To read more about mint marks on United States coins, and to learn when a 'P' mint mark was actually used on coins from the Philadelphia Mint, go to The Historical Use of Mint Marks and scroll down the page a little ways. I should also mention that this not only applies to Morgan Silver Dollars, but to all United States coins. If there is not a mint mark on the coin, you can assume that it was minted at the Philadelphia Mint. Keep in mind, however, that there were a few years when mint marks were not used on any United States coins. In an attempt to keep collectors from knowing which coins were made at the branch mints in smaller numbers (limited strikes), the Coinage Act of 1965 approved the dropping of mint marks from all coins. It was believed this would put a stop to coin shortages caused by collectors hoarding limited strikes, so United States coins dated 1965 through 1967 do not have mint marks and it is impossible to tell which mint they came from. If you have any further questions about mint marks on United States coins, click the link below and add it to the comments section of the page and I will try my best to answer quickly. | ||
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