George T. Morgan

Unique 1878 Gold Pattern Quarter Eagle Sets $439,200 Auction Record Only one genuine gold example of the 1878 Judd-1566 Pattern Quarter Eagle survives. That fact alone...

Paradime is offering this 1879 Gilt Stella - Looks Like Gold, but Its Real Story Is Better At first glance, the 1879 Coiled Hair Stella...

By CoinWeek Notes ..... While silver bullion was pouring out of the nearby Comstock mines, United States Mint leadership in Washington, D.C. was facing a...

1886-O Morgan Dollar: High Mintage, Extreme Condition Rarity By CoinWeek Notes The 1886-O Morgan Dollar challenges assumptions. The New Orleans Mint struck 10,710,000 silver dollars in 1886....

By Louis Golino  - Updated and reformatted by CoinWeek Revisiting the Woman Behind the Morgan Dollar Ask most collectors who the model was for the obverse...

By Charles Morgan and Hubert Walker for CoinWeek .... There are many aspects of coin collecting that can seem daunting to the uninitiated, but as...

By Charles Morgan and Hubert Walker for CoinWeek Notes ..... With the United States Mint's stockpile of silver bullion earmarked for silver dollar production waning, the Philadelphia Mint struck what would...

By Charles Morgan and Hubert Walker for CoinWeek Notes ..... The Morgan Dollar - A Federal Boondoggle of Vast Proportions Though it might seem to be...

By Charles Morgan and Hubert Walker for CoinWeek Notes ..... How Did the Morgan Dollar Get Its Name? The Morgan dollar gets its name from United States Mint engraver George T. Morgan,...

By Charles Morgan and Hubert Walker for CoinWeek Notes ..... The 1918 Illinois Centennial Half Dollar is a classic U.S. commemorative coin issued to mark the 100th anniversary of the...

By Charles Morgan and Hubert Walker for CoinWeek Notes ....   The 1892-S Morgan Dollar was one of a handful of dates in the Morgan Dollar series where most if not all...

By Charles Morgan and Hubert Walker for CoinWeek Notes .....   November 6, 1885, was a black letter day for the Carson City Mint. On the...

By Charles Morgan and Hubert Walker for CoinWeek Notes ....   The Morgan Dollar was struck at each of the four mints in 1881. The 1881-CC,...

By Charles Morgan and Hubert Walker for CoinWeek Notes .....   Despite opposition from the president, Congressional passage of the Bland-Allison Act seemed assured by February 1878. In late February, Treasury Secretary...

By Charles Morgan and Hubert Walker for CoinWeek Notes .....   The 1881-S Morgan Dollar is a large silver coin struck at the San Francisco branch...