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1883-O Morgan Dollar

New Orleans Mint
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Why this coin matters

The 1883-O Morgan Dollar was struck at the New Orleans Mint with a recorded mintage of 8,725,000 coins — the 63rd-lowest of the 96 circulation-strike issues in the morgan dollar series, and 31% of the 28,469,000 morgan dollars the Mint produced across all facilities in 1883.

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 1883 morgan dollar, mint by mint

IssueMintMintage
1883 Morgan DollarPhiladelphia12,290,000
1883-O Morgan DollarNew Orleans8,725,000
1883-S Morgan DollarSan Francisco6,250,000
1883-CC Morgan DollarCarson City1,204,000

The 1883-O 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.