United States | |
Value | One dollar |
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Mass | (4121⁄2 gr) |
Diameter | (1.5 in) |
Thickness | (0.09 in) |
Edge | Reeding |
Composition |
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Years of minting | 1893 | –1893
Mint marks | San Francisco |
Circulation | 100,000 |
Obverse | |
Design | Liberty |
Designer | George T. Morgan |
Design date | 1878 |
Reverse | |
Design | Eagle clasping arrows and olive branch |
Designer | George T. Morgan |
Design date | 1878 |
The 1893-S Morgan dollar is a United States dollar coin struck in 1893 at the San Francisco Mint. It is the lowest mintage business strike Morgan dollar in the series. The 1893-S is considered to be a key date in the Morgan dollar series: examples of the coin in both mint state and in circulated condition are valuable.
The high value of the coin has made it a target for counterfeiters. Many fake 1893-S Morgan dollars have been created. Knowledgeable coin collectors can identify a fake based on the variations in the dies which were used to strike the coins.