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The Greysheet Catalog (GSID) of the Morgan Dollars (1878–1921) series of Dollars in the U.S. Coins contains 78 distinct entries with CPG® values between $60.00 and $120,000.00.
Morgan dollars, officially known as Liberty Head dollars, are among the most popular United States coins. These famous silver dollars were struck from 1878 through 1904 and once more in 1921. They were designed by George T. Morgan, for whom the coin was colloquially renamed by numismatists and others involved with the coin hobby. The Morgan dollar is indisputably one of the most widely collected coins, with many individuals even outside the hobby familiar with Morgan dollars.

The coin`s widespread fame is perhaps in large part due to its association with the Old West, where they widely circulated during the 1880s and 1890s. Morgan dollars were frequently featured in Western films and television shows. It`s therefore no wonder that many Americans fancy thinking of the Morgan dollar as an historic relic of the Old West, oftentimes fancifully linking these large silver coins to busy saloons, dusty towns populated with gun-slinging cowboys, and notorious bank heists executed by outlaws such as Billy the Kid and Butch Cassidy.

There are 96 different date-and-mintmark combinations in the Morgan dollar series, and this does not even count the hundreds of distinct Morgan dollar varieties popularly shorthanded as VAMs, which refer to the initials of two numismatists named Leroy C. Van Allen and A. George Mallis, who began cataloging them in a book they published in 1971.

There are dozens of scarce Morgan dollars, with the 1889-CC and 1893-S serving as the indisputable series keys. All Carson City Morgan dollars are also scarce, as are many issues - even those with large numbers of circulated examples - proving highly difficult in Mint State grades. A relatively small number of Morgan dollars are found with reflective surfaces and categorized as proof-like coins, and an even smaller number of Morgans bear mirror-like surfaces with deep cameo frosting on the devices. These so-called DMPL Morgan dollars, or Deep Mirror Proof-Like Morgans, are among the most desirable of all Morgan dollars and command premiums that are sometimes many multiples in value the price of a regular Mint State Morgan dollar without those characteristics.

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  Morgan Dollars (1878–1921) Value Range Favorite
Morgan Dollars (1878–1921) Value Range  
1879 $1 MS
$60.00
-
$38,500
$60.00 - $38,500
1879 $1 GSA Hoard, Soft Package MS
-
 
1879 $1 Doubled Date, VAM-25 MS
$70.00
-
$1,900
$70.00 - $1,900
1879 $1 Doubled Profile, VAM-82 MS
$70.00
-
$1,900
$70.00 - $1,900
1879 $1 MS PL
$130.00
-
$7,500
$130.00 - $7,500
1879 $1 MS DMPL
$360
-
$31,000
$360 - $31,000
1879-CC $1 MS
$130.00
-
$103,500
$130.00 - $103,500
1879-CC $1 Closed 9, VAM-1 MS
-
 
1879-CC $1 Die Chips Stars, VAM-2A MS
-
 
1879-CC $1 Clashed Dies, VAM-2B MS
-
 
1879-CC $1 Doubled Mintmark, VAM-4 MS
-
 
1879-CC $1 Tripled Stars, VAM-5 MS
-
 
1879-CC $1 Crumbled Stars, VAM-6 MS
-
 
1879-CC $1 MS PL
$4,500
-
$43,000
$4,500 - $43,000
1879-CC $1 MS DMPL
$4,950
-
$102,000
$4,950 - $102,000
1879-CC $1 GSA Hoard, Hard package MS
$9,000
-
$39,000
$9,000 - $39,000
1879-CC $1 GSA Hoard, Hard package MS PL
-
 

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1879-CC $1 Capped Die MS
$130.00
-
$50,500
$130.00 - $50,500
1879-CC $1 Capped Die, VAM-3 MS Top 100
$130.00
-
$50,500
$130.00 - $50,500
1879-CC $1 Capped Die MS PL
$4,000
-
$72,000
$4,000 - $72,000
1879-CC $1 Capped Die, VAM-3 MS PL Top 100
$4,000
-
$72,000
$4,000 - $72,000
1879-CC $1 Capped Die MS DMPL
$9,000
-
$120,000
$9,000 - $120,000
1879-CC $1 Capped Die, VAM-3 MS DMPL Top 100
$9,000
-
$120,000
$9,000 - $120,000
1879-CC $1 GSA Hoard, Hard package, Capped Die MS
$9,000
-
$53,500
$9,000 - $53,500
1879-O $1 MS
$65.00
-
$15,500
$65.00 - $15,500
1879-O $1 GSA Hoard, Soft Package MS
-
 
1879-O/O $1 O/Horizontal O, VAM-4 MS Top 100
$155.00
-
$825
$155.00 - $825
1879-O/O $1 O/Horizontal O, VAM-28 MS Top 100
$295
-
$775
$295 - $775
1879-O $1 Doubled Rt. Stars, Doubled 8, VAM-35 MS
$90.00
-
$17,000
$90.00 - $17,000
1879-O $1 MS PL
$130.00
-
$12,500
$130.00 - $12,500
1879-O/O $1 O/Horizontal O, VAM-4 MS PL Top 100
-
 
1879-O $1 MS DMPL
$390
-
$48,000
$390 - $48,000
1879-S $1 MS
$60.00
-
$6,500
$60.00 - $6,500
1879-S $1 GSA Hoard MS
$165.00
-
$4,150
$165.00 - $4,150
1879-S $1 Doubled Date, VAM-21 MS
$65.00
-
$1,250
$65.00 - $1,250
1879-S $1 S/S Line, VAM-37 MS Top 100
$65.00
-
$1,250
$65.00 - $1,250
1879-S $1 Doubled 9, VAM-54 MS Top 100
$65.00
-
$1,250
$65.00 - $1,250
1879-S $1 Doubled 18, VAM-73 MS Top 100
$65.00
-
$1,250
$65.00 - $1,250
1879-S $1 Cootie Jaw, VAM-79 MS
$65.00
-
$1,250
$65.00 - $1,250
1879-S $1 Doubled Date, VAM-106 MS
$65.00
-
$1,250
$65.00 - $1,250
1879-S $1 Hair Ribbon Gouged, VAM-107 MS
$65.00
-
$1,250
$65.00 - $1,250
1879-S $1 Hair Ribbon Gouged, VAM-107A MS
$65.00
-
$1,250
$65.00 - $1,250
1879-S $1 Doubled Cap Top, VAM-151 MS
$65.00
-
$1,250
$65.00 - $1,250
1879-S $1 Doubled Cap Top, Clashed, VAM-151A MS
$65.00
-
$1,250
$65.00 - $1,250
1879-S $1 MS PL
$70.00
-
$12,000
$70.00 - $12,000
1879-S $1 GSA Hoard MS PL
$650
-
$875
$650 - $875
1879-S $1 MS DMPL
$180.00
-
$17,500
$180.00 - $17,500
1879-S $1 Reverse of 1878 MS
$70.00
-
$57,500
$70.00 - $57,500
1879-S $1 Reverse of 1878, VAM-4 MS MegaRed100
$110.00
-
$14,000
$110.00 - $14,000
1879-S $1 Reverse of 1878, VAM-6 MS Top 100
$120.00
-
$205.00
$120.00 - $205.00
1879-S $1 Reverse of 1878, VAM-9 MS Top 100
$110.00
-
$12,500
$110.00 - $12,500
1879-S $1 Reverse of 1878, VAM-18 MS
$100.00
-
$57,500
$100.00 - $57,500
1879-S $1 Reverse of 1878, VAM-23 MS Top 100
$145.00
-
$260
$145.00 - $260
1879-S $1 Reverse of 1878, VAM-25 MS Top 100
$120.00
-
$4,400
$120.00 - $4,400
1879-S $1 Reverse of 1878, VAM-26 MS
-
 
1879-S $1 Reverse of 1878, VAM-34 MS Top 100
$110.00
-
$16,000
$110.00 - $16,000
1879-S $1 Reverse of 1878, VAM-34A MS Top 100
$110.00
-
$5,250
$110.00 - $5,250
1879-S $1 Reverse of 1878, VAM-34B MS MegaRed100
$775
-
$1,250
$775 - $1,250
1879-S $1 Reverse of 1878, VAM-35 MS Top 100
$110.00
-
$14,000
$110.00 - $14,000
1879-S $1 Reverse of 1878, VAM-39 MS Top 100
$110.00
-
$14,000
$110.00 - $14,000
1879-S $1 Reverse of 1878, VAM-42 MS Top 100
$110.00
-
$14,000
$110.00 - $14,000
1879-S $1 Reverse of 1878, VAM-43 MS Top 100
$110.00
-
$14,000
$110.00 - $14,000
1879-S $1 Reverse of 1878, VAM-46 MS Top 100
$110.00
-
$14,000
$110.00 - $14,000
1879-S $1 Reverse of 1878, VAM-50 MS Top 100
$120.00
-
$205.00
$120.00 - $205.00
1879-S $1 Reverse of 1878, VAM-51 MS Top 100
$120.00
-
$15,000
$120.00 - $15,000
1879-S $1 Reverse of 1878, VAM-52 MS Top 100
$120.00
-
$15,000
$120.00 - $15,000
1879-S $1 Reverse of 1878, VAM-56 MS Top 100
$1,250
-
$4,200
$1,250 - $4,200
1879-S $1 Reverse of 1878, VAM-56A MS Top 100
-
 
1879-S $1 Reverse of 1878, VAM-66 MS Top 100
$525
-
$625
$525 - $625
1879-S $1 Reverse of 1878, VAM-67 MS Top 100
-
 
1879-S $1 Reverse of 1878, VAM-77 MS MegaRed100
$525
-
$1,000
$525 - $1,000
1879-S $1 Reverse of 1878, VAM-77A MS MegaRed100
$525
-
$1,350
$525 - $1,350
1879-S $1 Reverse of 1878, Engraved Wing Feathers, VAM-135 MS
-
 
1879-S $1 Reverse of 1878, Die Rust Rev., VAM-149 MS
-
 
1879-S $1 Reverse of 1878 MS PL
$725
-
$72,000
$725 - $72,000
1879-S $1 Reverse of 1878, VAM-51 MS PL Top 100
$725
-
$72,000
$725 - $72,000
1879-S $1 Reverse of 1878 MS DMPL
$2,250
-
$29,000
$2,250 - $29,000
1879-S $1 GSA Hoard, Reverse of 1878 MS
$260
-
$4,950
$260 - $4,950
       

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Greysheet Catalog Details

The Greysheet Catalog (GSID) of the Morgan Dollars (1878–1921) series of Dollars in the U.S. Coins contains 78 distinct entries with CPG® values between $60.00 and $120,000.00.
Morgan dollars, officially known as Liberty Head dollars, are among the most popular United States coins. These famous silver dollars were struck from 1878 through 1904 and once more in 1921. They were designed by George T. Morgan, for whom the coin was colloquially renamed by numismatists and others involved with the coin hobby. The Morgan dollar is indisputably one of the most widely collected coins, with many individuals even outside the hobby familiar with Morgan dollars.

The coin`s widespread fame is perhaps in large part due to its association with the Old West, where they widely circulated during the 1880s and 1890s. Morgan dollars were frequently featured in Western films and television shows. It`s therefore no wonder that many Americans fancy thinking of the Morgan dollar as an historic relic of the Old West, oftentimes fancifully linking these large silver coins to busy saloons, dusty towns populated with gun-slinging cowboys, and notorious bank heists executed by outlaws such as Billy the Kid and Butch Cassidy.

There are 96 different date-and-mintmark combinations in the Morgan dollar series, and this does not even count the hundreds of distinct Morgan dollar varieties popularly shorthanded as VAMs, which refer to the initials of two numismatists named Leroy C. Van Allen and A. George Mallis, who began cataloging them in a book they published in 1971.

There are dozens of scarce Morgan dollars, with the 1889-CC and 1893-S serving as the indisputable series keys. All Carson City Morgan dollars are also scarce, as are many issues - even those with large numbers of circulated examples - proving highly difficult in Mint State grades. A relatively small number of Morgan dollars are found with reflective surfaces and categorized as proof-like coins, and an even smaller number of Morgans bear mirror-like surfaces with deep cameo frosting on the devices. These so-called DMPL Morgan dollars, or Deep Mirror Proof-Like Morgans, are among the most desirable of all Morgan dollars and command premiums that are sometimes many multiples in value the price of a regular Mint State Morgan dollar without those characteristics.

Catalog Detail