CoinsMorgan Dollars, 1878–1904, 1921 → 1885-S Morgan Dollar

1885-S Morgan Dollar

San Francisco Mint
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Why this coin matters

The 1885-S Morgan Dollar was struck at the San Francisco Mint with a recorded mintage of 1,497,000 coins — the 26th-lowest of the 96 circulation-strike issues in the morgan dollar series, and 5% of the 28,697,000 morgan dollars the Mint produced across all facilities in 1885.

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 1885 morgan dollar, mint by mint

IssueMintMintage
1885 Morgan DollarPhiladelphia17,787,000
1885-O Morgan DollarNew Orleans9,185,000
1885-S Morgan DollarSan Francisco1,497,000
1885-CC Morgan DollarCarson City228,000

The 1885-S 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.