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Entry Details
Coin Date: 1878-S Denomination (Short): $1 Denomination (Long): Dollar Variety: GSA Hoard Desg: MS Mint Mark: S Composition: 90% silver; 10% copper Mintage: 9,774,000 Strike Type: Business Coinage Type: Morgan silver dollar Coinage Years: 1878-1921 Mint Location: San Francisco Diameter: 38.1 Fineness: 0.9 Weight (Grams): 26.73 Weight (Ounces): 0.943 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: The 1878-S GSA Morgan dollar is significantly more difficult to find than its CC counterparts and is vigorously pursued by those building collections or inventories consisting of GSA Hoard silver dollars. Because 1878-S GSA Morgan dollars are relatively scarce, they generally enjoy much higher premiums when sold in their original plastic packaging than with merely a notation to its GSA Hoard provenance on an older, regular slab. The 1878-S is found in both hard packs and soft packs, with some encountered in circulated condition and other uncirculated condition. NGC ID: 253R
