The 1889 Morgan Dollar was struck at the Philadelphia Mint with a recorded mintage of 21,726,000 coins — the 95th-lowest of the 96 circulation-strike issues in the morgan dollar series, and 63% of the 34,651,000 morgan dollars the Mint produced across all facilities in 1889.
Highest Philadelphia mintage of the original run - and the donor coin for added-mintmark 1889-CC fakes.
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.
| Issue | Mint | Mintage |
|---|---|---|
| 1889 Morgan Dollar | Philadelphia | 21,726,000 |
| 1889-O Morgan Dollar | New Orleans | 11,875,000 |
| 1889-S Morgan Dollar | San Francisco | 700,000 |
| 1889-CC Morgan Dollar | Carson City | 350,000 |
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.