United States 1880-S dollar

from the Mountain Groan Collection

This issue from the San Francisco mint is common in all grades. The type was struck 1878-1904 and 1921, with the San Francisco mint participating every year.

Recorded mintage: 8,900,000.

Specification: 26.73 g, 0.900 fine silver, .773 troy oz ASW, 38.1 mm diameter, reeded edge, designed by George Morgan.

Catalog reference: KM 110.

Sources:

• Alexander, David T., Coin World Comprehensive Catalog & Encyclopedia of United States Coins, Sidney, OH: Amos Press, 1995.
• Breen, Walter H., Walter Breen's Complete Encyclopedia of U. S. and Colonial Coins, New York: Doubleday, 1987.
• Michael, Thomas, and Tracy L. Schmidt, Standard Catalog of World Coins, 1801-1900, 9th ed., Iola, WI: Krause Publications, 2019.
• Van Allen, Leroy, and A. George Mallis, Comprehensive Catalog and Encyclopedia of Morgan and Peace Dollars, 4th Ed., Worldwide Ventures, 1998.
• Yeoman, R. S., and Kenneth Bressett (ed.), A Guide Book of United States Coins, 65th Ed., Atlanta, GA: Whitman Publishing, 2011.

Link to:

• 1880 cent
• 1880 3 cents
• 1880-CC dollar
• 1880 10 dollars
• 1881 silver dollar
• Coins and currency dated 1880
• return to United States Morgan Silver Dollars (1878-1921)