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The silver-colored Susan B. Anthony dollar was replaced with gold-colored Sacagawea dollar in 2000 and Presidential Dollars 2007-2016; though the composition changed, the coin's size and weight remain the same. Some variances in coin size and weight occurred over time, especially as the value of silver varied.
These reduced the weight of all silver coins except for the silver dollar. The weight of the three-cent piece was reduced from .8 grams to .75, but its fineness increased to .900. [19] Although the other reduced-weight silver coins were given legal tender limits of five dollars, that of the three-cent piece remained at thirty cents.
The Morgan dollar is a United States dollar coin minted from 1878 to 1904, in 1921, and beginning again in 2021 as a collectible. It was the first standard silver dollar minted since the passage of the Coinage Act of 1873, which ended the free coining of silver and the production of the previous design, the Seated Liberty dollar.
The value of silver dollars can vary greatly, whether it’s the 1964 Kennedy half dollar or the 1922 silver dollar coin. And some rare specimens fetch astounding amounts at auctions.
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Silver coins are one of the oldest mass-produced form of coinage. Silver has been used as a coinage metal since the times of the Greeks; their silver drachmas were popular trade coins. The ancient Persians used silver coins between 612–330 BC. Before 1797, British pennies were made of silver.
According to the U.S. Geological Survey, 1.74 million metric tons of silver have been mined to date, compared to just 244,000 metric tons of gold. Because of that gaping disparity in supply, along...
Class III Silver Dollar United States Berg, Garrett Stack's Bowers: August 2014 $1,880,000 1879 Quintuple Stella J-1643 Pattern United States Carter, Trompeter Legend May 2016 $1,840,000 1873 No Arrows 10C United States Eliasberg Stack's Bowers: August 2012 $1,840,000 1804 Class I Silver Dollar United States Stack's Bowers: October 2000