One of the best coins in the Morgan Dollar series is the 1897-S Morgan Silver Dollar. The 1897-S has mintage of 5,825,000 and it is easy to find in higher grades. The dollar has great luster along with strong strikes, making it very desirable. All this coin needs is a valuable VAM and it would be perfect. Unfortunately, it does not have that. In MS-6o, the 1897-S Morgan Silver Dollar is worth around $60 or so and then it reaches its maximum value of about $30,000 at MS-68.
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The 1897-O Morgan Silver Dollar was minted with 4,004,000 coins. The 1897-O dollars are generally poor with bad strikes and luster that is below average. Although the 1897-O is not a key date, it is rare in higher grades such as MS-64+. Nicer coins are out there, you just have to search a little bit harder to find them. The 1897-O Morgan Silver Dollar has no special variety of VAMs. The value of the 1897-O Silver Dollar is worth a few hundred dollars in AU condition, then it goes up to almost $800 in MS-60. It goes up to about $50,000 in MS-65 and its highest value can be around $150,000.
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The 1897 Morgan Dollar is great example of what every Morgan Dollar should be. It is very often collected with a nice, strong strike, and lusterous and many coins are in middle-to-upper Uncirculated grade. The 1897 VAM-6A Morgan Dollar is the commonly found VAM that has a pitted reverse in some spots. There were 2,822,000 regular coins struck along with 731 proof coins made. Proof coins are equivalent to the quality of the regular strike coins. Unfortunately, the 1897 Morgan Silver Dollar goes for only about $30 in MS-60 and close to a measly $9,000 as MS-67. The 1897 Morgan Dollar Proof is of average value, around $1,400 at PF-60 and up to near $30,000 as PF-68.
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The 1897 Morgan Silver Dollar was the twentieth coin in the Morgan Dollar series. It was minted in Philadelphia, San Francisco, and New Orleans. The mintages for this year are:
Philadelphia-2,822,731
New Orleans-4,004,000
San Francisco-5,825,000
There were no special variety or error coins produced this year. The 1897-O Morgan Dollar in MS-67 condition has sold for as much as $150,000.
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