The Morgan Silver Dollar has become the number one silver coin collected by numismatist. The reason? It was produced in large numbers, it’s 90% silver and large, and the design is considered one of the most desirable of all US Coins.

What many collectors of Morgan Dollar might not realize is that the Morgan Head design was also proposed for dimes, quarters and half dollars, but with alternate reverses. However, none of these designs where accepted, and it begs the question. Why not?

There’s much speculation, but it all boils down to the fickle public, the mint attempting to produce coins the public would not think “ugly”, and that they would actually use the coins in transactions. Because the Morgan Dollar never say much circulation accept out West, in their casinos.

Now, people pay high premiums just to obtain Morgan Dollars, and they pay even higher premiums for the Morgan denominations that never where, and these are called patterns. To see these patters visit this link Morgan Patterns here you will see full color photos of the patterns, their values and important information about these coins.

Note: Not all of the Morgan patterns where made of silver.