This is part of a series of blog posts I wrote for a coin collecting site circa ~2015 that seems to have disappeared off the Internet. Note any prices mentioned in this series are from 2015.
Collectors of the Morgan dollar series might feel that their quest to complete the series is stacked against them. As opposed to other coin series, Morgan silver dollars are harder to come by than you would otherwise think, considering the mintages. The story of why they are so scarce forms a fascinating insight into history and economics.
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