1921- S, United States of America - Morgan 1 dollar coin - 90% Silver

PRODUCT DESCRIPTION:

This is a 1921‑S Morgan silver dollar, the last‑year issue of the classic Morgan series, minted at San Francisco.

Basic identification
Type: Morgan dollar (Liberty head obverse, eagle with outstretched wings reverse).
Date and mint: 1921, mint mark S above the DO in DOLLAR on the reverse, for San Francisco.
Designer: George T. Morgan, Assistant Engraver at the U.S. Mint.

Specifications
Composition: 90% silver, 10% copper.
Weight: 26.73 g total, with about 0.7734 troy oz of pure silver.
Diameter: 38.1 mm, reeded edge.

Mintage and relative rarity
1921‑S mintage: 21,695,000 coins, making it a semi‑common Morgan, scarcer than 1921‑P but still widely available.
1921 was the final year of Morgan dollar production before the Peace dollar replaced it.

Value overview (rough)
Because 1921‑S is common, value depends heavily on grade and originality.
Typical market ranges for 1921‑S: about  115 USD in circulated grades, with prices rising into the hundreds or more in mint‑state (uncirculated) and sharply higher for top‑graded coins.

Condition
The coin shows clear detail but noticeable wear on Liberty’s hair, cap, and the eagle’s breast, putting it visually around VF–XF (mid‑circulated) rather than uncirculated.
Surfaces are unevenly toned.

Historical context
Morgans were struck 1878–1904 and again in 1921 under the Pittman Act, which required the Mint to remelt older silver dollars and recoin them, leading to the massive 1921 output.

The design features Liberty wearing a Phrygian cap with agricultural motifs (wheat, cotton) symbolizing American prosperity, and a heraldic eagle with arrows and olive branch .

The Morgan dollar is a United States dollar coin minted from 1878 to 1904, in 1921, and beginning again in 2021 as a collectible. It was the first standard silver dollar minted since the passage of the Coinage Act of 1873, which ended the free coining of silver and the production of the previous design, the Seated Liberty dollar. It contained 412.5 Troy grains of 90% pure silver (or 371.25 Troy grains = 24.057 g; 0.7734 ozt of pure silver). The coin is named after its designer, United States Mint Assistant Engraver George T. Morgan. The obverse depicts a profile portrait representing Liberty, modeled by Anna Willess Williams, while the reverse depicts an eagle with wings outstretched. The mint mark, if present, appears on the reverse above between D and O in "Dollar".