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1893-S Morgan Dollar

Maker
U.S. Mint (San Francisco)
Year
1893
Rank
37 of 100

1893-S Morgan Dollar

1893-S Morgan Dollar by U.S. Mint (San Francisco) (1893) is ranked 37 in the FLOAT 100 for Coins. It sold for $235,000. The undisputed key date of the Morgan dollar series, the coin every Morgan collector chases.

What is it, and why is it in the FLOAT 100?

The undisputed key date of the Morgan dollar series, the coin every Morgan collector chases.

$1 silver, Morgan, S mintmark, NGC MS64

What is the best-sourced number for it?

Figure
$235,000
Kind
Realized at auction

Heritage Auctions, NGC MS64, realized $235,000, leading an $11.3M+ US coin event. A Good-4 example brought $4,560 (Heritage, Nov 2024). Series record $2,086,875.

This is a realized sale. Somebody paid it. Source.

How this is made

The figure
One reference price, taken from a named public source and shown with its own kind. FLOAT does not average it with anything or adjust it for time.
Realized or not
A realized price is a completed sale. A market asking price and a price-guide value are not sales, and are labeled as such wherever they appear.
Why no grade ladder
Most FLOAT 100 entries are individual objects. There is one of this, so there is no population and no spread across grades to show.
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2026-08-08