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1896 Morgan Dollar

Philadelphia Mint
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Why this coin matters

The 1896 Morgan Dollar was struck at the Philadelphia Mint with a recorded mintage of 9,976,000 coins — the 73rd-lowest of the 96 circulation-strike issues in the morgan dollar series, and 50% of the 19,876,000 morgan dollars the Mint produced across all facilities in 1896.

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 1896 morgan dollar, mint by mint

IssueMintMintage
1896 Morgan DollarPhiladelphia9,976,000
1896-O Morgan DollarNew Orleans4,900,000
1896-S Morgan DollarSan Francisco5,000,000

The 1896 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.