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1892-S Morgan Dollar · graded VF25

1892-S Morgan Dollar in VF25

What does VF25 mean on an 1892-S Morgan dollar?

An 1892-S Morgan dollar graded VF25 is that coin in one particular state of preservation — the date and the mint mark are already fixed, and VF25 is what a grader called the surface that survived. What that looks like on this coin is below. The nearest grade of this date this site does have a researched figure for is Very Fine (VF-20), at $200 to $246, from sales and public data.

What VF25 means

An 1892-S Morgan dollar in Very Fine (VF-25) sits between the two ends of Very Fine: the hair above Liberty’s ear and the cotton bolls in her cap are flattened across more of their area than at thirty and less than at twenty, the eagle’s breast feathers and the tops of its wings keep their major detail, and LIBERTY on the headband, E PLURIBUS UNUM and the date are sharp. The three Very Fine rungs are one coin at three degrees of the same wear, which is why a grader can move a coin between them and a buyer can rarely see it.

A slab, a dealer’s list or a price guide may write this grade VF-25. They are the same grade and the same 1892-S Morgan dollar.

Where this grade sits

The grades an 1892-S Morgan dollar is given run from PO1 to MS70. One step up from VF25 is Very Fine (VF-30), at $235 to $275 — which is what a reader whose coin might grade a point higher is really asking. In general terms, the higher the grade the more the coin is worth.

GradeValue range (USD)
Poor (PO-1)
Fair (FR-2)
About Good (AG-3)
Good (G-4)$92 – $202
Good (G-6)
Very Good (VG-8)$100 – $215
Very Good (VG-10)
Fine (F-12)$125 – $225
Fine (F-15)
Very Fine (VF-20)$200 – $246
Very Fine (VF-25) ← this page
Very Fine (VF-30)$235 – $275
Very Fine (VF-35)
Extremely Fine (XF-40)$550 – $668
Extremely Fine (XF-45)
About Uncirculated (AU-50)$2,212 – $3,123
About Uncirculated (AU-53)
About Uncirculated (AU-55)
About Uncirculated (AU-58)$3,123 – $23,000
Mint State (MS-60)$31,200 – $54,938
Mint State (MS-61)
Mint State (MS-62)$50,187 – $77,500
Mint State (MS-63)$51,794 – $120,000
Mint State (MS-64)$59,800 – $215,000
Mint State (MS-65)$268,137 – $285,000
Mint State (MS-66)$294,951 – $375,000
Mint State (MS-67)$324,446 – $550,000
Mint State (MS-68)$389,335 – $900,000
Mint State (MS-69)
Mint State (MS-70)

A blank in the value column is a grade this site has not researched, not a grade the coin is worth nothing in.

How to check this yourself

Sold listings, not asking prices. The link below is already filtered to completed sales of an 1892-S Morgan dollar in VF25, 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.

Completed sales of an 1892-S Morgan Dollar in VF25 →

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 1892-S Morgan dollar cannot be worth less than the metal in it. That figure is what the premium for VF25 is measured against, and it moves with the metal price rather than with the coin market.

Where these figures come from

We gather publicly available data from several public sources including eBay, PCGS, NGC, Numista, USA Coin Book, PriceCharting, and others.

Not an appraisal. AboutMyCoin estimates from published specifications and does not authenticate or grade coins.

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