1878-1921 SILVER MORGAN DOLLAR
Political pressure, not public demand, brought the Morgan dollar into being. There was no real need for a new silver dollar in the late 1870s; the last previous “cartwheel,” the Liberty Seated dollar, had been legislated out of existence in 1873, and hardly anyone missed it. Silver-mining interests did miss the dollar, though, and lobbied … Continue reading 1878-1921 SILVER MORGAN DOLLAR
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