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1901-P Morgan Dollar

Common date

The most frequently cited condition rarity of the series. Nearly seven million were struck, but the dies were used well past their useful life and almost the entire mintage circulated, so well-struck mint-state examples are exceptionally difficult.

Mintage

Business strikes
6,962,000
Mint
Philadelphia (no mintmark)
Mintage rank
57 of 96
Proofs struck
813

Rank 1 is the lowest business-strike mintage in the series. Mintage is what the Mint produced, not what survives: millions of silver dollars were melted under the Pittman Act of 1918 without the dates being recorded.

Scarcity tier

Common date

Assigned from reported mintage alone: under 750,000 is a key date, under 2,500,000 is a semi-key.

This is a reproducible label derived from the mintage column, not a market valuation and not a Coin Curator price opinion. The same thresholds apply to every series on this site. Several dates are far harder or far easier to obtain than their mintage implies; where that is true, it is stated above.

Documented varieties

VAM-3 "Shifted Eagle"

A doubled reverse die showing clear displacement in the eagle. The best-known variety of the date.

Widely recognised varieties only. The VAM reference catalogs thousands of die marriages across these series; the absence of a variety here does not mean none is documented elsewhere.

What to check before buying

  1. 1Verify the certification number on the grading service's own lookup page, not on the listing. A photograph of a label is not verification.
  2. 2Match the coin in the listing photographs to the coin described on the certification record, including the grade and any variety attribution.
  3. 3Look for cleaning: unnatural brightness, fine parallel hairlines in the fields, and a flat, lifeless surface under angled light.
  4. 4Check the mintmark shape and position against published photographs of the genuine issue. Added and altered mintmarks are the most common silver dollar alteration.
  5. 5Read the seller's return policy before bidding or buying, and confirm it covers authenticity and grade disputes.
  6. 6Given how rarely this date is found in mint state, any uncertified mint-state claim deserves particular caution.

Coin Curator does not grade, authenticate, or appraise coins, and publishes no price or population data. These are verification steps, not a valuation. Read the grading guide.

Verify a certification number

If a 1901-Pis offered as certified, look the number up on the grading service’s own site and confirm the date, mintmark, grade, and any variety attribution match the listing. A photograph of a label proves nothing on its own.

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Each service publishes its own guarantee with conditions and exclusions. Compare PCGS, NGC and ANACS.

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Common questions

How many 1901-P Morgan dollars were minted?

The Philadelphia Mint struck 6,962,000 1901-P Morgan dollars for circulation. That is the 57th lowest business-strike mintage of the 96 date and mintmark combinations in the series.

Is the 1901-P Morgan dollar a key date?

Coin Curator labels it a common date, assigned from reported mintage alone: under 750,000 struck is a key date and under 2,500,000 is a semi-key. The same thresholds are used for every series on this site, so the tiers are comparable between them. That label describes production, not market value or how hard the coin is to find today. The most frequently cited condition rarity of the series. Nearly seven million were struck, but the dies were used well past their useful life and almost the entire mintage circulated, so well-struck mint-state examples are exceptionally difficult.

What varieties exist for the 1901-P Morgan dollar?

Widely recognised varieties for this issue include VAM-3 "Shifted Eagle". A doubled reverse die showing clear displacement in the eagle. The best-known variety of the date. Variety attributions should appear on the certification label rather than only in a seller's description.

What should I check before buying a 1901-P Morgan dollar?

Verify the certification number on the grading service's own lookup page, match the listing photographs to the certification record, check for cleaning, and compare the mintmark shape and position against published photographs of the genuine issue. Given how rarely this date is found in mint state, any uncertified mint-state claim deserves particular caution.

Related dates

1901-O13,320,0001901-S2,284,0001900-P8,830,0001902-P7,994,0001899-P330,0001903-P4,652,000

Mintage sources

Mintage figures are U.S. Mint production records, cross-checked against the published tables below on 2026-07-31. Where those tables disagree, the disagreement is disclosed on the affected page rather than resolved silently.

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