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1901 Morgan Dollar (No Mint Mark) · graded MS65

1901 Morgan Dollar (No Mint Mark) in MS65

What does MS65 mean on a 1901 Morgan dollar with no mint mark?

A 1901 Morgan dollar with no mint mark graded MS65 is that coin in one particular state of preservation — the date and the mint mark are already fixed, and MS65 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 Mint State (MS-60), at $481 to $4,983, from sales and public data.

What MS65 means

A 1901 Morgan dollar with no mint mark in Mint State (MS-65) is a gem: no wear, full unbroken lustre, and marks so few and so small that the open fields of Liberty’s cheek and neck survive inspection under magnification. On a scarce date this is usually where the certified population collapses and the price stops following the grade in a straight line.

A slab, a dealer’s list or a price guide may write this grade MS-65. They are the same grade and the same 1901 Morgan dollar with no mint mark.

Where this grade sits

The grades a 1901 Morgan dollar with no mint mark is given run from PO1 to MS70. One step up from MS65 is Mint State (MS-66). 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 a 1901 Morgan dollar with no mint mark in MS65, 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 a 1901 Morgan Dollar (No Mint Mark) in MS65 →

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, a 1901 Morgan dollar with no mint mark cannot be worth less than the metal in it. That figure is what the premium for MS65 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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