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1878–1904, 1921 Morgan Dollar Mintage

Recorded Morgan dollar production by date and mint. The 1895 Philadelphia figure is proof production; surviving population is not substituted for mintage.

Key mintage distinctions

Lowest mintage does not necessarily mean rarest or most valuable. Proofs and special issues are listed separately where applicable.

Lowest business-strike mintage

  • 1893-SSan Francisco · S · 100,000Lowest regular business-strike mintage in the series.

Proof-only Philadelphia issue

  • 1895Philadelphia · 880 proofsNo confirmed circulation-strike mintage.
Morgan Dollar obverse and reverse

Series scope

The original series ran from 1878 through 1904 and returned for one final year in 1921. Philadelphia, Carson City, New Orleans, San Francisco, and Denver issues are listed individually.

Complete Date-and-Mint Mintage Table

Year / IssueMintMint MarkMintageStatus / Notes
1878 (7 Tail Feathers)PhiladelphiaNone9,759,300Major first-year reverse subtype
1878 (8 Tail Feathers)PhiladelphiaNone749,500Original first-year reverse subtype
1878-CCCarson CityCC2,212,000
1878-SSan FranciscoS9,774,000
1879PhiladelphiaNone14,806,000
1879-CCCarson CityCC756,000
1879-ONew OrleansO2,887,000
1879-SSan FranciscoS9,110,000
1880PhiladelphiaNone12,600,000
1880-CCCarson CityCC591,000
1880-ONew OrleansO5,305,000
1880-SSan FranciscoS8,900,000
1881PhiladelphiaNone9,163,000
1881-CCCarson CityCC296,000
1881-ONew OrleansO5,708,000
1881-SSan FranciscoS12,760,000
1882PhiladelphiaNone11,100,000
1882-CCCarson CityCC1,133,000
1882-ONew OrleansO6,090,000
1882-SSan FranciscoS9,250,000
1883PhiladelphiaNone12,290,000
1883-CCCarson CityCC1,204,000
1883-ONew OrleansO8,725,000
1883-SSan FranciscoS6,250,000
1884PhiladelphiaNone14,070,000
1884-CCCarson CityCC1,136,000
1884-ONew OrleansO9,730,000
1884-SSan FranciscoS3,200,000
1885PhiladelphiaNone17,787,000
1885-CCCarson CityCC228,000
1885-ONew OrleansO9,185,000
1885-SSan FranciscoS1,497,000
1886PhiladelphiaNone19,963,000
1886-ONew OrleansO10,710,000
1886-SSan FranciscoS750,000
1887PhiladelphiaNone20,290,000
1887-ONew OrleansO11,550,000
1887-SSan FranciscoS1,771,000
1888PhiladelphiaNone19,183,000
1888-ONew OrleansO12,150,000
1888-SSan FranciscoS657,000
1889PhiladelphiaNone21,726,000
1889-CCCarson CityCC350,000Key Carson City issue
1889-ONew OrleansO11,875,000
1889-SSan FranciscoS700,000
1890PhiladelphiaNone16,802,000
1890-CCCarson CityCC2,309,041
1890-ONew OrleansO10,701,000
1890-SSan FranciscoS8,230,373
1891PhiladelphiaNone8,693,556
1891-CCCarson CityCC1,618,000
1891-ONew OrleansO7,954,529
1891-SSan FranciscoS5,296,000
1892PhiladelphiaNone1,036,000
1892-CCCarson CityCC1,352,000
1892-ONew OrleansO2,744,000
1892-SSan FranciscoS1,200,000
1893PhiladelphiaNone378,000
1893-CCCarson CityCC677,000Final Carson City Morgan dollar
1893-ONew OrleansO300,000
1893-SSan FranciscoS100,000Lowest business-strike mintage
1894PhiladelphiaNone110,000
1894-ONew OrleansO1,723,000
1894-SSan FranciscoS1,260,000
1895PhiladelphiaNone880Proof only; no confirmed business strikes
1895-ONew OrleansO450,000
1895-SSan FranciscoS400,000
1896PhiladelphiaNone9,976,000
1896-ONew OrleansO4,900,000
1896-SSan FranciscoS5,000,000
1897PhiladelphiaNone2,822,000
1897-ONew OrleansO4,004,000
1897-SSan FranciscoS5,825,000
1898PhiladelphiaNone5,884,000
1898-ONew OrleansO4,440,000
1898-SSan FranciscoS4,102,000
1899PhiladelphiaNone330,000
1899-ONew OrleansO12,290,000
1899-SSan FranciscoS2,562,000
1900PhiladelphiaNone8,830,000
1900-ONew OrleansO12,590,000
1900-SSan FranciscoS3,540,000
1901PhiladelphiaNone6,962,000
1901-ONew OrleansO13,320,000
1901-SSan FranciscoS2,284,000
1902PhiladelphiaNone7,994,000
1902-ONew OrleansO8,636,000
1902-SSan FranciscoS1,530,000
1903PhiladelphiaNone4,652,000
1903-ONew OrleansO4,450,000
1903-SSan FranciscoS1,241,000
1904PhiladelphiaNone2,788,000Final year of original production run
1904-ONew OrleansO3,720,000
1904-SSan FranciscoS2,304,000
1921PhiladelphiaNone44,690,000Final year; redesigned lower-relief hubs
1921-DDenverD20,345,000Only Denver Morgan dollar
1921-SSan FranciscoS21,695,000Final San Francisco Morgan dollar

Mintage figures follow published United States Mint records and established numismatic references. The series dates and five-mint production history were cross-checked against the U.S. Mint.