AboutMyCoin1880-O Morgan Dollar in VG10
An 1880-O Morgan dollar graded VG10 is that coin in one particular state of preservation — the date and the mint mark are already fixed, and VG10 is what a grader called the surface that survived. What that looks like on this coin is below. Where the grade sits against the rungs either side of it, and every way it is written on a slab, are in the table below.
What VG10 means
An 1880-O Morgan dollar in Very Good (VG-10) is a Very Good coin at the better end of the grade: the hair above Liberty’s ear and the cotton bolls in her cap are smooth as they are at eight, but a little of the eagle’s individual wing and breast feathers and the leaves of the wreath survives where the design was struck deepest, and LIBERTY on the headband, E PLURIBUS UNUM and the date and the rim are bold. Both Very Good rungs describe a heavily worn coin that is nonetheless complete and easy to read.
A slab, a dealer’s list or a price guide may write this grade VG-10. They are the same grade and the same 1880-O Morgan dollar.
Where this grade sits
The grades an 1880-O Morgan dollar is given run from PO1 to MS70. One step up from VG10 is Fine (F-12). In general terms, the higher the grade the more the coin is worth.
How to check this yourself
Sold listings, not asking prices. The link below is already filtered to completed sales of an 1880-O Morgan dollar in VG10, which is the difference between what somebody paid and what somebody hoped for. Until this site has a researched figure for this grade, that search is the answer — take the middle of several recent sales rather than the highest.
The metal floor under it
$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
Whatever the market does, an 1880-O Morgan dollar cannot be worth less than the metal in it. That figure is what the premium for VG10 is measured against, and it moves with the metal price rather than with the coin market.
Not an appraisal. AboutMyCoin estimates from published specifications and does not authenticate or grade coins.
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