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Collecting 1878 Morgan Dollars

 
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So you want to collect 1878 Morgan Dollars


      The first year of issue of the Morgan Silver Dollars creates a collecting challenge that will not be completed without years of effort. There is no known complete collection of the recognized varieties that have been identified out of the Philadelphia mint.  These coins were created in the inaugural year of the so-called Bland dollar, named after Representative Richard P. Bland who forced through Congress in 1877 the "sound money" doctrines, which resulted in the purchase of 291,272,018.56 ounces of fine silver and the coinage of what would later be known as THE MORGAN DOLLAR.


      The following is a checklist of just the coins from the Philadelphia mint that can be used for the currently known varieties and the highest grade that any third-party grading company is reporting in its latest Population Report as of June 2008. 

      A '?' in the TOP GRADE column means there are no slabbed coins with that VAM number reported in any Population Guide. That doesn’t mean a coin has not been slabbed by one of the major companies, it just means it has not been recognized by them and put in their guide.

 

     There were more than 10 million dollars minted at Philadelphia, San Francisco, and Carson City in 1878. 

 

     Happy Hunting!

 

YEAR/TYPE

LIST

VAM NUMBER

TOP GRADE

 

 

 

 

1878 (Eight Tail Feather)

 

 

 

 

 

1

MS-64

 

 

2

MS-64PL

 

SUPER CLASHED

2A

MS-63

 

 

3

MS-65

 

 

4

MS-65

 

TOP 100

5

MS-65

 

 

6

MS-65

 

 

7

MS-65

 

HOT 50

8

MS-64DMPL

 

TOP 100

9

MS-64

 

TOP 100

9A

AU-50

 

 

10

MS-65

 

 

12

MS-64

 

 

14

MS-63

 

 

14A

(?)

 

 

14.1

MS-65

 

 

14.1A

MS-63

 

 

14.2

MS-65

 

 

14.3

MS-64

 

 

14.3 LDS

MS-62

 

HOT 50

14.4

MS-65

 

HOT 50

14.4A

(?)

 

HOT 50

14.5

MS-60

 

 

14.6

MS-64

 

HIT LIST 40

14.7

MS-64

 

 

14.8

MS-62

 

 

14.9

MS-60

 

 

14.10

MS-63

 

 

14.11

MS-65

 

 

14.12

MS-60

 

 

14.13

MS-62PL

 

 

14.14

MS-62

 

 

14.15

AU-58

 

HOT 50

14.16

MS-64DMPL

 

 

14.17

AU-50

 

 

14.18

AU-55

 

 

14.19

AU-55

 

HIT LIST 40

14.20

AU-58

 

TOP 100

15

MS-65DMPL

 

 

16

MS-65

 

 

17

MS-66

 

 

18

MS-65

 

 

18A

MS-63

 

 

19

MS-64PL

 

HOT 50

20

MS-64

 

 

21

MS-65

 

HOT 50

22

MS-64

 

HOT 50

22A

MS-63

 

 

23

MS-64

1878 (7/8 Tail Feathers)

 

 

 

 

 

30

MS-66

 

 

31

MS-65

 

TOP 100

32

MS-64DM

 

 

33

MS-66

 

 

33A

MS-65

 

HOT 50

34

MS-65DMPL

 

HOT 50

34A

?

 

 

36

MS-64

 

 

37

MS-65

 

 

38

MS-65PL

 

HIT LIST 40

39

MS-64

 

HIT LIST 40

39A

AU-58

 

 

40

MS-65

 

TOP 100

41

MS-64DMPL

 

 

41A

MS-65DMPL

 

TOP 100

41B

MS-63

 

TOP 100

SUPER CLASHED

41C

MS-64

 

HIT LIST 40

42

MS-65

 

HIT LIST 40

SUPER CLASHED

42A

MS-63

 

HOT 50

43

MS-65

 

TOP 100

44

MS-63DMPL

 

TOP 100

44A

AU-55

 

TOP 100

45

MS-65PL

1878 Seven Tail Feather with the B-1 reverse

 

 

 

 

TOP 100

70

MS-64

 

HOT 50

79

MS-64DMPL

 

 

80

MS-64

 

 

80A

MS-63

 

 

81

MS-64

 

 

82

MS-64

 

 

83

MS-65

 

 

84

MS-64

 

SUPER CLASHED

84A

MS-64

 

TOP 100

100

MS-65

 

 

110

MS-64

 

 

111

MS-63

 

 

112

MS-63

 

 

113

MS-63

 

 

114

MS-65

 

 

114A

MS-64

 

 

114B

MS-65

 

TOP 100

115

MS-63

 

HIT LIST 40

116

MS-63

 

HIT LIST 40

116 A

AU-55

 

HIT LIST 40

116 B

(?)

 

HIT LIST 40

116 C

MS-64

 

TOP 100

117

MS-64PL

 

 

118

MS-62

 

 

119

MS-63

 

[May not exist]

120

AU-50

 

 

121

MS-65

 

 

122

MS-60

 

HIT LIST 40

123

AU-50

 

 

130

MS-64

 

 

130A

AU-50

 

 

130B

MS-61

 

 

131

MS-65

 

 

131A

MS-64

 

 

131B

MS-63

 

 

131C

MS-63

 

 

131C1

MS-6O

 

 

131C2

MS-62

 

 

131C3

(?)

 

 

132

MS-64

 

 

133

MS-63

 

 

134

MS-63

 

 

140

MS-64

 

TOP 100

141

MS-66

 

TOP 100

141A

MS-62

 

 

142

MS-64

 

 

142A

MS-63

 

 

143

MS-63

 

 

144

MS-64

 

 

144A

MS-63

 

 

144B

(?)

 

HOT 50

145

MS-64

 

 

146

MS-62

 

 

160

MS-63

 

 

161

MS-62

 

HOT 50

162

MS-62

 

 

163

MS-64

 

 

164

MS-63

 

 

165

MS-63

 

HIT LIST 40

166

MS-64

 

 

167

AU-58

 

 

168

AU-53

 

HOT 50

169

MS-654

 

HOT 50

170

MS-62

 

TOP 100

171

MS-65

 

 

185

MS-63

 

 

185A

MS-63

 

 

185B

MS-63

 

 

186

MS-64

 

 

186A

MS-63

 

 

186B

MS-64

 

HOT 50

187

MS-63

 

HIT LIST 40

188

AU-58

 

HIT LIST 40

189

AU-58

 

 

190

MS-65

 

 

190A

MS-61

 

 

195

MS-65

 

 

195A

MS-64

 

 

196

MS-64

 

 

196A

MS-63

 

 

197

MS-65

 

TOP 100*

Formally 199.1

198

MS-62

 

 

199

(?)

1878 Seven Tail Feathers, Reverse of 1879

 

 

 

 

 

200

MS-64PL

 

 

201

MS-64

 

 

202

MS-64

 

 

202A

AU-58

 

TOP 100

203

MS-65

 

TOP 100

203A

AU-58

 

 

210

MS-64

 

 

210A

MS-64

 

 

210B1

MS-64

 

 

210B2

MS-62

 

 

215

(?)

 

TOP 100

220

MS-61

 

 

221

MS-64

 

 

221A

AU-53

 

 

222

MS-64

 

HIT LIST 40

222A

AU-55

 

 

222B

MS-63

 

 

222C

MS-63

 

TOP 100

223

MS-64

 

HIT LIST 40

224

MS-63

 

 

225

MS-63

 

 

225A

MS-62

 

 

226

AU-58

 

HIT LIST 40

227

MS-61

 

 

228

MS-63

 

HIT LIST 40

228A

MS-62

 

HIT LIST 40

228B

AU-50

 

 

229

AU-58

 

 

229-1

MS-64

 

 

230

MS-64

 

 

230-1

MS-62

 

 

230-2

AU-55

 

 

230-3

MS-62

 

 

231

MS-64

 

 

232

MS-64