AboutMyCoin1879 Proof Morgan Dollar (No Mint Mark)
An 1879 proof Morgan dollar is 90% silver, 10% copper, and contains 0.7734 troy ounces of silver, was sold in an 1879 collector set rather than released into circulation, and is one of 1,100 struck.
Silver melt value
$49.79
0.7734 troy oz silver × $64.38 per troy ounce
$64.38/ozt, based on spot prices at 23 September 2026 19:59 UTC
Melt value is what the silver is worth, not necessarily what you can sell it for. But it's a good baseline.
Coin info
- Year
- 1879
- Composition
- 90% silver, 10% copper
- Weight
- 26.73 g
- Diameter
- 38.1 mm
- Silver content
- 0.7734 troy oz
- Face value
- $1.00
- Denomination
- Dollar
- Minted at
- Philadelphia (no mark)
- Country
- United States
- Obverse
- Liberty facing left in a Phrygian cap, wearing cotton bolls and wheat
- Reverse
- An eagle with wings spread, holding arrows and an olive branch, within a wreath
- Edge
- Reeded
Is it worth more than melt?
Mintage: 1,100
This is a proof, not a coin that was ever in a till: it was struck on a polished blank from polished dies, sold in a collector set and almost certainly kept in one. So the mintage says less about it than it would about a circulating date — nearly every one of them survives, most of them untouched. What decides the price is the metal, the state of the packaging and whether the surfaces have been fingered or hazed.
The Morgan dollar series
Every Morgan dollar struck between 1878 and 1921 contains 0.7734 troy ounces of silver, and date, mint mark and condition decide how far above that metal floor a given coin sits.
- Struck
- 1878–1921
- Designer
- George T. Morgan
- Key dates
- 1893-S, 1889-CC, 1894, 1895, 1892-S
Other years
1903-S Morgan Dollar
A 1903-S Morgan dollar was struck at San Francisco, is 90% silver, 10% copper, and contains 0.7734 troy ounces of silver — and with 1,241,000 struck it is one of the scarcer dates in the series.
1903-O Morgan Dollar
A 1903-O Morgan dollar was struck at New Orleans, is 90% silver, 10% copper, and contains 0.7734 troy ounces of silver — the same metal, and the same value, as a 1903 with no mint mark.
1904 Morgan Dollar (No Mint Mark)
A 1904 Morgan dollar was struck at Philadelphia, is 90% silver, 10% copper, and contains 0.7734 troy ounces of silver — and with 2,788,000 struck it is one of the scarcer dates in the series.
1904 Proof Morgan Dollar (No Mint Mark)
A 1904 proof Morgan dollar is 90% silver, 10% copper, and contains 0.7734 troy ounces of silver, was sold in a 1904 collector set rather than released into circulation, and is one of 650 struck.
1904-S Morgan Dollar
A 1904-S Morgan dollar was struck at San Francisco, is 90% silver, 10% copper, and contains 0.7734 troy ounces of silver — and with 2,304,000 struck it is one of the scarcer dates in the series.
1904-O Morgan Dollar
A 1904-O Morgan dollar was struck at New Orleans, is 90% silver, 10% copper, and contains 0.7734 troy ounces of silver — and with 3,720,000 struck it is one of the scarcer dates in the series.
1921 Morgan Dollar (No Mint Mark)
A 1921 Morgan dollar with no mint mark was struck at Philadelphia, is 90% silver, 10% copper, and contains 0.7734 troy ounces of silver — the same metal, and the same value, as a 1921-D and a 1921-S.
1921-D Morgan Dollar
A 1921-D Morgan dollar was struck at Denver, is 90% silver, 10% copper, and contains 0.7734 troy ounces of silver — the same metal, and the same value, as a 1921 with no mint mark and a 1921-S.
1921-S Morgan Dollar
A 1921-S Morgan dollar was struck at San Francisco, is 90% silver, 10% copper, and contains 0.7734 troy ounces of silver — the same metal, and the same value, as a 1921 with no mint mark and a 1921-D.
Not an appraisal. AboutMyCoin estimates from published specifications and does not authenticate or grade coins.