1897 Morgan $1 PCGS MS64

In 1878, the passage of the Bland-Allison Coinage Act of 1878 re-established the silver dollar coin as the largest silver coin struck by the United States Mint. It originally had been pulled from production in 1873.
These silver dollar coins were first struck in 1878, and then annually through 1904. They were struck each year but the US Mint and various branch mints. After ending production in 1904, due to a shortage of silver dollar coins, the Morgan Silver Dollars were struck once again in 1921.
This coin was designed by George T. Morgan, the Assistant Chief Engraver of the United States Mint. Morgan was a British citizen who had emigrated to the United States and got a job at the Philadelphia Mint.
Morgan created his depiction of Miss Liberty to have a more mature-looking face and display truly American symbolism. Miss Liberty faced to the left and she wore a slave cap on her head. She was also adorned with a crown comprised of American agricultural products, such as cotton and wheat. She also wore a headband upon which the word “LIBERTY,” was inscribed.
On the upper periphery of the obverse was inscribed the standard motto, “E PLURIBUS UNUM,” and the date that the coin was minted was placed on the lower periphery. In between that motto and the date were thirteen six-pointed stars – 7 on the left side, six on the right.
The reverse depicted a large American Eagle, facing left, with its wings outstretched and raised upward. Between the wings is the motto “IN GOD WE TRUST.” The eagle was centered within an olive wreath, and it held three arrows in her left talon, and she perches an olive branch with her right talon. On the upper periphery is “UNITED STATES OF AMERICA,” with the denomination “ONE DOLLAR,” at the lower periphery.
This coin was dated 1897, and it was struck by the Philadelphia Mint, so there is no mintmark. The Philadelphia Mint struck a smaller amount of silver dollar coins that year – 2,822,000.
This coin is graded as MS64 by the Professional Coin Grading Service (PCGS), one of the three most popular and desirable grading services in existence.
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