The Morgan Dollar series kicked off with a bang in 1878 and it would be struck continuously at the Philadelphia Mint until 1921.
With such a long minting history, many collectors forget about those early issue coins once the fanfare subsides surrounding the U.S. Mint firsts from 1878 -- as a result, they are surprisingly hard to find today in any condition at all.
You don't need to just take our word for it -- look at the population numbers:
(NGC & PCGS Combined as of 05-17-2024)
1879-P Mintage: 14,806,000 vs. just 35,641 in any condition at all today!
That's just 1 in every 415 coins struck.
Just 0.24% of the entire mintage!
Each 1879-P Morgan Dollar will arrive encapsulated and in a collector's pouch.
