| Properties | | Geo | United States | | Coinage Type | Circulation Coinage | | Denomination | Dollar | | Year | 1878 | | Composition | Silver | | Catalog Number | KM# 110 |
| | Coin Name | Morgan Dollar | | Mint Name | U.S. Mint | | Mint Location | Carson City, Philadelphia, San Francisco | | Obverse Description | Laureate head left, date below flanked by stars | | Reverse Description | Eagle within 1/2 wreath | | Obverse Legend | E.PLURIBUS.UNUM | | Reverse Legend | UNITED STATES OF AMERICA | | General Note | "65DMPL" values are for coins grading MS-65 deep-mirror prooflike. The 1878 "8 tail feathers" and "7 tail feathers" varieties are distinguished by the number of feathers in the eagle's tail. On the "reverse of 1878" varieties, the top of the top feather in the arrows held by the eagle is straight across and the eagle's breast is concave. On the "reverse of 1879 varieties," the top feather in the arrows held by the eagle is slanted and the eagle's breast is convex. The 1890-CC "tail-bar variety has a bar extending from the arrow feathers to the wreath on the reverse, the result of a die gouge. The Pittman Act of 1918 authorized the melting of 270 Million pieces of various dates. They were not indivudually recorded. | | Diameter (mm.) | 38.1 | | Fineness | 0.9000 | | Weight (g.) | 26.73 | | Actual Weight (oz.) | 0.7734 | | Grading |
| Date | Mintage | G-4 | VG-8 | F-12 | VF-20 | XF-40 | AU-50 | MS-60 | MS-63 | MS-65 | Prf-65 | | 1878 8 tail feathers | 750,000 | 22 | 29 | 32 | 37.5 | 46 | 74 | 128 | 175 | 1,500 | 8,350 | | 1878 7 tail feathers, reverse of 1878 | - | 17.5 | 20.5 | 22 | 23 | 25 | 40 | 74 | 98 | 1,215 | 11,500 | | 1878 7 tail feathers, reverse of 1879 | - | - | 21 | 23 | 25 | 27 | 43.5 | 80 | 175 | 2,650 | 185,000 | | 1878 7 over 8 tail feathers | 9,759,550 | 17.5 | 21 | 24.5 | 27.5 | 41.5 | 75 | 145 | 325 | 2,350 | - | | 1878CC | 2,212,000 | 80 | 98.5 | 100 | 110 | 125 | 150 | 220 | 390 | 1,940 | - | | 1878S | 9,744,000 | 16.8 | 20 | 21 | 22.5 | 27 | 37.5 | 60 | 63.5 | 265 | - |
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