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PCGS Number: 7074 Coin Date: 1878 7TF Denomination (Short): $1 Denomination (Long): One Dollar Variety: Reverse of 1878 Desg: MS Composition: 90% silver; 10% copper Mintage: 9,759,300 Strike Type: Business Coinage Type: Morgan silver dollar Coinage Years: 1878-1921 Mint Location: Philadelphia Diameter: 38.1 Fineness: 0.9 Weight (Grams): 26.73 Weight (Ounces): 0.8594 Designer: George T. Morgan Edge: Reeded Obverse Description: Portrait of Liberty centered. On the left are found 7 stars with the words E*PLURIBUS*UNUM followed by 6 stars on the right. The date is positioned at the bottom. Reverse Description: The heraldic eagle is centered holding a bunch of arrows and branch surrounded by and olive leaves. The words UNITED STATES OF AMERICA * ONE DOLLAR frame the periphery. Mint mark, if any, appears above the letters DO of DOLLAR. General Notes: Following the removal of the supernumerary eighth tail feather on the reverse's bald eagle, a bird that normally has only seven tail feathers, the 1878 7TF followed. This coin exists in a few varieties, including the Second Reverse with flat breast on eagle and long arrow shaft, Second Reverse with flat breast on eagle and short arrow shaft, the Third Reverse (Reverse of 1879) with round breast on eagle and slanting top arrow feather, Third Reverse with doubled obverse and no lines in wheat, and Third Reverse (Reverse of 1879) with round breast on eagle and slanting top arrow feather but lines in the wheat leaves. While scarcer in Gem MS grades than circulated and further difficult with PL or DMPL designations than non-PL, the 1878 7TF Morgan dollar is frequently encountered across the marketplace in most of the actively traded grade levels. PCGS #: 7074 NGC ID: 253K
