Q. David Bowers
Certified Mint State Coin Data NGC and PCGS Grand Totals (in Date Order)
Below are the combined grand totals of Morgan silver dollars, listed in date order, of all grades MS-60 through MS-69 certified by NGC and PCGS.These figures are interesting to read, but are not particularly useful for the commoner dates. This is because the cost of certification-often about $20 per coin-precludes the possibility of many pieces being submitted if their market value is under about $75. Otherwise, the certification cost is too high a percentage of the coin's value. Because of this, there are untold millions of common issues which have not been certified. On the other hand, for rare issues such as 1892-S, 1893-S, and 1895-O-which are very valuable even in MS-60 grade-just about any dealeracquiring any Mint State piece is apt to have it certified. The basic fact that population reports are not representative of the total universe of coins in existence, especially for less valuable dates, is overlooked by many students of the coin market, who base their findings solely upon population re-ports of certified coins.
Certified dollars, with totals, listed in date order:
1878 8 TF: 3,190 coins certified by NGC and PCGS
1878 7 TF. Rev. of '78: 3,687
1878 7 TF: Rev. of 79: 1,554
1878 7/0ther TF: 2,574
1878-CC: 6,758
1878-S: 13,823
1879: 4,330
1879-CC: 847
1879-CC Large CC over Small CC: 366
1879-O: 2,994
1879-S Second Rev. (Rev. of '78): 1,257
1879-S Third Rev. (Rev. of '79): 43,904
1880: 4,494
1880-CC: 4,508
1880-CC Rev. of '78: 859
1880-O: 2,241
1880-S: 63,442
1881: 3,735
1881-CC: 7,295
1881-O: 5,493
1881-S: 110,141
1882: 5,629
1882-CC: 10,432
1882-O: 6,735
1882-O/S: 179
1882-S: 35,385
1883: 11,212
1883-CC: 15,246
1883-O: 30,316
1883-S: 1,017
1884: 6,356
1884-CC: 15,703
1880-O: 47,832
1884-S: 137
1885: 22,210
1885-CC: 6,914
1885-O: 51,123
1885-S: 3,004
1886: 39,580
1886-O:800
1886-S: 1,682
1887/6: 415
1887/6-O: 296
1887: 45,887
1887-O: 2,844
1887-S: 2,232
1888: 12,441
1888-O: 6,698
1888-S: 1,777
1889: 3,854
1889-CC: 142
1889-O: 1,761
1889-S: 2,579
1890: 4,513
1890-CC: 2,367
1890-O: 4,071
1890-S: 3,490
1891: 2,119
1891-CC: 3,929
1891-O: 1,741
1891-S: 2,357
1892: 1,459
1892-CC: 2,024
1892-O: 2,377
1892-S: 29
1893: 1,250
1893-CC: 1,025
1893-O: 311
1893-S: 24
1894:418
1894-O: 396
1894-S:1,030
1895-O: 59
1895-S: 454
1896: 11,558
1896-O: 375
1896-S: 626
1897: 5,457
1897-O: 523
1897-S: 4,404
1898: 6,467
1898-O: 23,638
1898-S: 1,357
1899: 3,606
1899-O: 19,440
1899-S: 1,385
1900: 10,769
1900-O/CC: 2,239
1900-O: 14,744
1900-S: 1,852
1901: 173
1901-O: 9,260
1901-S: 1,109
1902: 2,761
1902-O: 15,187
1902-S: 1,590
1903: 6,561
1903-O: 5,228
1903-S: 313
1904: 1,762
1904-O: 35,280
1904-S: 569
1921: 14,572
1921-D: 5,467
1921-S: 3,070