The best thing to do is take it to a coin dealer
One of the easiest and most accurate ways to determine the authenticity is to weigh it. A genuine Seated Liberty silver dollar should weigh 26.73 grams.
One of the easiest and most accurate ways to determine the authenticity is to weigh it. A genuine Seated Liberty silver dollar should weigh 26.73 grams.
No president is on any silver dollar. With a date of 1841 the coin is of the Liberty Seated series that were made from 1840 to 1873.
$738.00 on eBay right now. I have one in-hand.
Check that date again. Morgans didn't come out until 1878.
The coin is one of the Seated Liberty dollars that were made from 1840 to 1873.
US silver dollar coins from 1873 to1978 are 38.1 mm in diameter. In 1979 they were reduced to 26.5 mm in diameter.
No 1783 Trade Dollars exist, first year of issue was 1873
Morgan dollars were minted from 1878 to 1904 and in 1921. Your coin is either a Seated Liberty dollar or a Trade dollar. Please see the Related Question for more.
There were no dollar coins minted in the U.S. in 1986.
The Morgan Dollar was minted from 1878 to 1904. Then again in 1921. The Morgan Dollar was no longer minted after the passing of the Coinage Act of 1873 which resulted in the stoppage of coining free silver.
Half dollars issued from 1873 to 1964 weighed 12.5 gm when new and were composed of 90% silver and 10% copper, so they contained 11.25 gm of pure silver