Retail for circulated coins is $17.00-$26.00 depending on the grade.
The 1879-S Morgan is very common, retail for circulated coins runs from $17.00-$26.00 Mint State examples are about $35.00
It's a Trade Dollar not a Morgan dollar. If you look at the back of the coin, the phrase "Trade Dollar" is under the eagle. As to value, take it to a coin dealer for an assessment it may not be genuine. The entire series is known to have had copy's and fakes made.
6-23-11>>> Assuming the coin is circulated and has no mintmark, the 1879 Morgan dollar is a very common coin with retail values of $36.00-$41.00 depending on the grade of the coin.
This depends on if it is a Morgan or Trade dollar.
Assuming the coin is circulated and has no mintmark, the 1879 Morgan dollar is a very common coin with retail values of $32.00-$40.00 depending on the grade of the coin.
Look at the coin again, no US dollar coins were struck in 1832 and the first Morgan was in 1878.
If you have a 1895 Morgan with a Carson-City mintmark it's fake. 1893 was the last CC Morgan dollar.
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Check the date again. Morgan dollars were not made in 1796.
Any US coin made for general circulation that does not have a mintmark was struck in Philadelphia.
A 1922 dollar with the word "Peace" on the back would be a Peace dollar rather than a Morgan dollar. "Morgan" refers to George T. Morgan, the artist who designed the silver dollars minted from 1878 to 1904 and in 1921. There's more information at the question "What is the value of a 1922 US silver dollar?"
An 1890 Morgan dollar is very common, circulated coins are $30.00-$37.00.