CoinsMorgan Dollars, 1878–1904, 1921 → 1878 Morgan Dollar (7 Tail Feathers)

1878 Morgan Dollar (7 Tail Feathers)

Philadelphia Mint
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Why this coin matters

The 1878 Morgan Dollar (7 Tail Feathers) was struck at the Philadelphia Mint with a recorded mintage of 9,759,300 coins — the 71st-lowest of the 96 circulation-strike issues in the morgan dollar series, and 43% of the 22,494,800 morgan dollars the Mint produced across all facilities in 1878.

The corrected seven-tail-feather design; 7/8TF overstrike varieties exist within this mintage.

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 1878 morgan dollar, mint by mint

IssueMintMintage
1878 Morgan Dollar (7 Tail Feathers)Philadelphia9,759,300
1878 Morgan Dollar (8 Tail Feathers)Philadelphia749,500
1878-S Morgan DollarSan Francisco9,774,000
1878-CC Morgan DollarCarson City2,212,000

The 1878 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.