Key Date Morgan Dollars List

[A.Phillips]

I have looked for a key date Morgan Dollars list on search engine on this forum, but couldn't find it. The 'question mark' shown on the list is I am not sure if it is one of key date or not. Can any of you correct it or help me out? Thanks.

 

Key Date:

 

1983 ?

1894

1901 ?

 

1893 O

1895 O

1903 O

 

1884 S ?

1888 S ?

1892 S ?

1893 S

1894 S ?

1895 S

1896 S ?

1901 S ?

1902 S ?

1903 S ?

1904 S ?

 

1897 CC ?

1880 CC ?

1881 CC

1885 CC

1889 CC

1892 CC ?

1893 CC ?

 

[coinman_23885]

What grade ranges are you asking about? Some coins don't become keys or semi-keys until higher grades and command little premium at lower grades.

 

 

Of the whole series, the following coins are always more difficult to find and they are (relatively) expensive in all grades:

 

1879cc

1889 cc

1893-S

1895-S

1894

 

When looking at higher grade coins, particularly AU or BU pieces, all of the coins that you suggest would be considered keys or semi-keys except for the first three "CC" coins. I would not consider the 1880 cc or 1881 cc to be key dates. Also, there is no 1897 CC.

[Deerefan8420]

I have looked for a key date Morgan Dollars list on search engine on this forum, but couldn't find it. The 'question mark' shown on the list is I am not sure if it is one of key date or not. Can any of you correct it or help me out? Thanks.

 

Key Date:

 

1983 ?

1894

1901 ?

 

1893 O

1895 O

1903 O

 

1884 S ?

1888 S ?

1892 S ?

1893 S

1894 S ?

1895 S

1896 S ?

1901 S ?

1902 S ?

1903 S ?

1904 S ?

 

1897 CC ?

1880 CC ?

1881 CC

1885 CC

1889 CC

1892 CC ?

1893 CC ?

 

1983? That's a new one on me! Just poking fun. I'm sure that was meant to be 1893. Here's what little bit of information I can offer. I'm not familiar with what constitutes a coin as a "Key Date". I see the phrase "Key Date" attached to just about every listing I see for Morgan Dollars on Ebay. Is it the mintage of the particular coin for that year, the year/mint mark combination, or could it be the year/mint mark combination on those coins that are found in Mint State grades? I will focus on the years with the "?" attached to them.

 

1893: Mintage-378,000. An oddly low mintage year for the Philidelphia Mint. I would consider it to be a Key Date, especially since it starts getting up in the tens of thousands of dollars in mint state. In my opinion, the higher the value gets, the more scare the piece is in a MS grade.

1901: Mintage-6,962,000. I don't consider it to be a key date. It has a high mintage and although it does get pricey at MS, I think it is a coin that can be found with some patience and good resources.

1884-S: Mintage-3,200,000. I don't know if I would call it a key date. I think it's just very scare in MS which is why it is costly in the MS grades. Many examples can be found in AU grades or lower.

1888-S: Mintage-657,000. Although it has a low mintage, I think that many examples can be found in MS condition based on the market value of examples in MS grades.

1892-S: Mintage-1,200,000. This is another one of those coins where the value skyrockets once the grade reaches Mint State. Makes me think that not very many pieces survived in MS condition and for an MS collector, IMO, it would be a Key Date.

1894-S: Mintage- 1,260,000. Another somewhat low mintage but values show that it could be possible to find MS grade examples.

1896-S: Mintage- 5,000,000. Not a relatively low mintage as some years for the San Francisco Mint. But it just depends on how many coins survived in Mint State. Based on coin values in MS grades, I say it would be slighty more difficult to locate good MS pieces.

1901-S: Mintage- 2,284,000. Another low mintage from the San Francisco Mint but based on values for MS coins, this seems to be another one of those that could be found without an exhaustive search.

1902-S: Mintage-1,530,000. Same as the 1901-S.

1903-S: Mintage- 1,241,000. Another low mintage year from San Francisco. Although there is not much of a price jump between VF-EX, the value starts to rise dramtically once you get to AU and then it doubles once in MS. I haven't seen very many MS examples for this year, but then again, I'm not as well seasoned as others are.

1904-S: Mintage- 2,304,000. Same as 1903-S.

 

1897-CC. The Carson City mint stopped minting their coins in 1893. Unless that was meant to be a 1879-CC. Then, I would say that it is a key date. IMO, all CC minted coins are Key Dates to the Morgan Dollar series. You couldn't put together a semi-complete collection without them.

 

I'm still learning and doing my research on the Morgan series, so if there is anyone who can correct me if I am mistaken in away way, please feel free to do so. I am always looking to gain knowledge I did not previously have!

[Itschris-migration]

Not affiliated, but I use this website as my references with key dates.

 

http://morgandollars.net/morgan-dollar-mintage/

[coinman_23885]

Not affiliated, but I use this website as my references with key dates.

 

http://morgandollars.net/morgan-dollar-mintage/

 

Mintage alone does not make a coin a key date. The 1885-cc has one of the lowest mintages in the series, yet I would not call it a key or semi-key by a long shot.

[BLive1972]

I think that this is a great book to get if you don't have already. It breaks each date down and is overall a great read if you're getting into Morgans. I don't really use it for the prices, but there are some great details about each one.

 

[A.Phillips]

Ha, sorry for mistyping... yea, I meant 1893. Thank you for the details and information.

 

Coinman, when will you call coin a key date? I am curious..