100th Anniversary Morgan silver dollar release
Centennial Release of the New Morgan Silver Dollars
The brand new Morgan Silver Dollar is just around the corner!
2021 marks the 100th anniversary of the transition between the Morgan dollar and the Peace dollar in 1921! The U.S. Mint will be releasing these brand new Morgan dollar coins and Peace dollar coins in a limited one year run, but the legislation is intentionally lenient, potentially leaving it open for a new series similar to the American Eagles.
The new coins were authorized under public law 116-286, also known as the 1921 Silver Dollar Coin Anniversary Act, and will start being available late May into early June.
Five different types of Morgan dollars will be available! Philadelphia, Denver, and San Francisco mints will all be producing the Morgan dollars, each with their respective mint marks; with the exception of Philadelphia, which will not have a mint mark.
Morgan Dollar Design and Production Limits
The Philadelphia Mint will also be producing coins with privy marks, which are marks used to define sets, commemoratives, or special events. These privy marks will be “CC” and “O” for the former Mints in Carson City and New Orleans that produced many of the original Morgan silver dollars.
All versions of the Morgan dollar will be in an uncirculated finish, and the inscriptions on the new coins will match that of the original coins; “E PLURIBUS UNUM” and “LIBERTY” on the obverse with the one difference of the year being 2021 instead of 1921, and the reverse will feature the inscriptions “UNITED STATES OF AMERICA” “ONE DOLLAR” and the motto “IN GOD WE TRUST”.
The United States Mint states they will be using the .999 fine silver planchets that are normally used for commemorative dollars, since they will produce coins of the same thickness, weight, and diameter of the original Morgan silver dollars.
The new Morgan dollars will have a production limit of 175,000, making it a relatively small batch. The new coins will be priced at $85.00 a piece, with a household limit of 10
Morgan Silver Dollar Pre-order Dates
