After the end of the Reconstruction Era, the New Orleans Mint was re-opened (it had been shut down early in the Civil War). Its first Morgans of the Old South were delayed because of a contagion in the city — and emerged a year after the initial Morgan issues of Philadelphia, San Francisco and Carson City. Today as few as 65,000 of this first O-Mint Morgan are estimated to survive in mint-state quality. Our Brilliant Uncirculated quality has nice original luster and no sign of wear (some bags marks are present, as is normal).
Diameter 38.1mm, Weight 26.73 grams, Composition .900 silver
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