1 Dollar, United States, 1878
date: label: Date made
content: 1878
name: label: mint
content: U.S. Mint, Carson City
label: designer
content: Morgan, George T.
notes: label: Description (Brief)
content: One (1) dollar coin
label: Description (Brief)
content: United States, 1878
label: Description (Brief)
content: Obverse Image: Left-facing Liberty wearing a headband, crown of cotton and wheat, and cap. 13 stars around edge.
label: Description (Brief)
content: Obverse Text: E PLURIBUS UNUM / LIBERTY / 1878
label: Description (Brief)
content: Reverse Image: Eagle with outstretched wings, clutching branch and arrows in talons. Half wreath below eagle.
label: Description (Brief)
content: Reverse Text: UNITED STATES OF AMERICA / IN GOD WE TRUST / ONE DOLLAR / CC
label: Description
content: After a five-year gap, the silver dollar was reintroduced for American circulation in 1878. A new obverse design by George T. Morgan featured a left-facing head of Liberty, complete with a cap and a cereal, wreath. Morgan's reverse employed the obligatory eagle, but a somewhat more naturalistic bird than that seen on earlier United States coinage. The designs may seem somewhat dated today, but to Americans living a century and a quarter ago, they represented a quantum leap forward. And the coins bearing them are among the most beloved pieces of numismatic Americana ever produced.
label: Description
content: The federal branch mint at Carson City, Nevada, began striking circulating American silver dollars in 1870 and trade dollars for the Far East in 1873. Neither denomination was struck in major quantities, and production ceased by 1878. The "Morgan" dollar was different. Carson City made over two million of the coins in 1878, and it continued to mint them in fair numbers during most of the years down to the end of Carson City coinage itself, in 1893. The 1878 is the second-most-common Carson City dollar of any kind, but it enjoys continued popularity with collectors as the first year of a new issue.
label: Location
content: Currently not on view
place: label: place made
content: United States
label: place of issue
content: United States
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content: Work and Industry: National Numismatic Collection
creditLine: label: Credit Line
content: General Services Administration
dataSource: label: Data Source
content: National Museum of American History
identifier: label: ID Number
content: 1980.0866.0003
label: accession number
content: 1980.0866
label: catalog number
content: 80.34.3
objectType: label: Object Name
content: Coin
physicalDescription: label: Physical Description
content: silver (overall metal)
label: Physical Description
content: 0 (overall die axis)
label: Physical Description
content: 0 (overall die axis measurement)
label: Physical Description
content: struck (overall production method)
label: Measurements
content: overall: 2.4 mm x 37.8 mm; 3/32 in x 1 1/2 in