silver dollars are no longer made by the US mints. (Philadelphia and Denver.) today presidential gold dollars are used, not silver dollars. the reason for this is because the most recent silver dollar looked like a quarter. The most recent silver dollar made by the US mints was called The Susan B. Anthony Silver Dollar. Its name is self explanatory on who is on the front of it, Susan B. Anthony.
The image on the face of the Morgan Dollar is a rendition of Lady Liberty designed by George T. Morgan.
First, no US coin of any type is referred to as a "Lady Liberty coin", but the symbolic portrait of Lady Liberty is on most older US coins such as the Morgan Dollar series. So the Morgan and the lady liberty are the same coin.
The figure portrayed on the obverse of the Morgan silver dollar is Lady Liberty who is a non existant person used to represent Liberty.
The "S" is a Mintmark that means it was made at the San Francisco Mint. NOTE: The coin is a MORGAN dollar NOT a silver lady.
The model George T. Morgan used as a inspiration for Lady Liberty on the Morgan silver dollars was Miss Anna Willis Williams. A young and modest school teacher from Philadelphia.
Your 1896 Morgan dollar is worth about $10.00 to $30.00 in circulated condition.
A rare Morgan Silver Dollar is 1876.
The Morgan silver dollar is a collectors item and can be about $39
An 1879 "Silver Dollar" is a Morgan dollar.
It's called a Morgan Dollar not a lady liberty dollar. The 1882-S is a common date/mint Morgan, circulated coins are valued at $17.00-$26.00
A Morgan dollar IS a silver dollar. The term Morgan refers to the designer George T. Morgan who created the images used from 1878 to 1904 and in 1921.
A Morgan silver dollar is not pure silver or .925 (sterling). It is made of 90% silver and 10% copper, which equals a .900 silver fineness.