The 1883-S Morgan Silver Dollar, unlike the recent coins minted before it, is harder to find. With only 6,250,000 coins minted, there are also shortages of higher grade dollars as many of the ones found have lots of bag marks. This is great for the value of the coin, although not great for the collectors because an 1883-S in MS-60 is worth $500 to $600 and in MS-67, PCGS says that it can be valued at a whopping $200,000. This is amazing being that coin has really no particular die variations or even a super-low mintage.
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The 1883-O Morgan Dollar is not the greatest representation of all Morgan Dollars. The mass amount of them, being minted 8,725,000 coins, are of very different quality. One of the popular varieties of the 1883-O is VAM-4, which is a doubled mintmark. There are a few "branch mint proofs" of this dollar which means that the coin was made as a proof coin at a U.S. Mint that is not the Philadelphia Mint. These are pretty rare to find and can be worth a lot. A 1883-O Branch Mint Proof Morgan Dollar can be worth around $30,000 in MS-60 and then $150,000 as an MS-64 according to PCGS. The regular strike of the 1883-O can be worth around $30 as an MS-60 and about halfway between $4,000 and $5,000 in MS-67.
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The 1883 Carson City Morgan Dollar had a mintage of 1,204,000, on the higher side for a Carson City Mintage. An 1883-CC can for about $200 as an MS-60 and then in the $40,000 range for an MS-68. These coins are nicely struck with lots of luster. Although not desirable for collectors, the 1883-CC had quite a few VAM varieties, many of them having four distinct features:
1. A slanted CC mintmark.
2. A CC mintmark overprinted on another CC.
3. A doubled date.
4. A little dash/line under the second 8 of 1883.
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The 1883 Morgan Silver Dollar is worth about $30 in MS-60, up to $14,000 in MS-68, and upward of $40,000 in PF-68. These prices reflect the high mintage of 12,290,000 regular strike coins and 1,039 proof coins. Most of the dollars from this year and mint are good strikes, but there are some poorly struck coins in the many. There were no really special die varieties of the 1883 Morgan Dollar.
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The 1883 Morgan Silver Dollar was the sixth year the Morgan Dollar was produced. It was minted in the cities of Philadelphia, San Francisco, New Orleans, and Carson City. The mintages for this year are:
Philadelphia-12,191,039
Carson City-1,204,000
New Orleans-8,725,000
San Francisco-6,250,000
There were no special production or error coins for this year. The 1883-S in MS-67 condition can be worth a whopping $200,000.
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