1881-S Morgan Dollar
~$180
San Francisco mint · proof-like strike
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1881-S Morgan Dollar
Did you know
A Philadelphia teacher named Anna Williams posed for Liberty in 1876. She agreed only if her name stayed secret. A newspaper found her out two years later.
What's on it
Liberty faces left in a cap, with cotton and wheat in her hair. On the back, an eagle spreads its wings, holding an olive branch and arrows.
When it was made
An 1878 law ordered two million silver dollars struck every month. America could not mine silver that fast, so the Mint bought some from overseas.
The San Francisco mint
San Francisco opened in 1854 to turn Gold Rush gold into coins. Its S is the oldest mint mark still in use.
- Struck
- 1881 · San Francisco mint
- Metal
- 0.7734 troy oz silver
- Melt
- $51.19 at $66.19/oz · 2026-09-21
- Grade
- BU · Brilliant Uncirculated
- Size
- 38.1mm across · 2.4mm thick
- Edge
- reeded · 189 reeds
- Premium over metal
- +252%
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Valued 2026-09-21 · silver $66.19/oz · gold $4,347.50/oz
Good-faith estimate at spot, not a formal appraisal.