Morgan Silver Dollar Collection - Connoisseur's Edition

Millions of Morgan Silver Dollars were melted in the 1920s, making surviving Morgan Silver Dollar coins extremely rare and valuable!

The Morgan Silver Dollar is one of America's most beautiful and most historically significant coins. Named after its designer, U.S. Mint engraver George T. Morgan, the Morgan Silver Dollar was first struck in 1878, using silver from the Comstock Lode in Nevada. The Comstock Lode was the greatest silver discovery in American history, and it continued to provide silver bullion for the Morgan Silver Dollar until the final Morgan Silver Dollar coin was struck in 1921.

Known as a cartwheel because of its large size, the Morgan Silver Dollar was especially popular in the Wild West. In an era when few U.S. coins were found in the Western frontier, the Morgan Silver Dollar was prized for its hefty silver weight. The Morgan Silver dollar was the coin that won the West and which helped America become a world leader in the late 19th and early 20th centuries.

The obverse of the Morgan Silver Dollar portrays Lady Liberty. The model for Liberty was Philadelphia schoolteacher Anna Williams. Liberty is wearing a Phrygian slave's cap (an ancient symbol of freedom) adorned with the word Liberty, as well as cotton blossoms and heads of wheat to symbolize America's agricultural heritage. Thirteen stars to the left and right of Liberty represent the original 13 states that formed the United States of America.

The reverse features an American eagle, the symbol of the United States. The eagle is holding an olive branch to indicate America's peaceful nature, as well as arrows to show her willingness to defend her citizens in times of war.

The U.S. Mint struck the Morgan Silver Dollar each year from 1878 to 1904 and again in 1921. Each Morgan Silver Dollar coin was struck in .900 Pure Silver. About half the entire mintage of Morgan Silver Dollars was officially melted by the U.S. Government after World War I. Millions more Morgan Silver Dollars were melted in later years for the precious silver, leaving only a fraction for today's collectors.

This rare Morgan Silver Dollar coin collection can be proudly displayed inside the spectacular hardwood display, which is designed to exacting specifications and custom-crafted to house your collection.

• Own a genuine Silver coin that Sheriff Pat Garrett, Doc Holliday or even Billy the Kid may have carried!
• Twenty-seven genuine Morgan Silver Dollar coins - each an historic artifact of American coinage.
• Some of these Morgan Silver Dollar coins are more than 130 years old!
• Each Morgan Silver Dollar coin has been expertly preserved inside a crystal-clear acrylic holder with its historic year of issue noted. The Morgan Silver Dollar Collection - Connoisseur's Edition is a rare and unique gift for any coin enthusiast!