CoinsMorgan Dollars, 1878–1904, 1921 → 1893-CC Morgan Dollar

1893-CC Morgan Dollar

Semi-keyCarson City Mint
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Why this coin matters

The 1893-CC Morgan Dollar was struck at the Carson City Mint with a recorded mintage of 677,000 coins — the 13th-lowest of the 96 circulation-strike issues in the morgan dollar series, and 47% of the 1,455,000 morgan dollars the Mint produced across all facilities in 1893.

Final Carson City Morgan - the mint closed for coinage after 1893.

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 1893 morgan dollar, mint by mint

IssueMintMintage
1893 Morgan DollarPhiladelphia378,000
1893-O Morgan DollarNew Orleans300,000
1893-S Morgan DollarSan Francisco100,000
1893-CC Morgan DollarCarson City677,000

The 1893-CC 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.