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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;jrt103, post: 1843239, member: 46438&quot;]Long story short:&nbsp; The US govt. decided to help prop up silver miners in the late 1800s by minting millions of silver dollars that nobody wanted or needed at the time.&nbsp; Since the banks didn&#039;t want them.. nearly the entire mintages of 82, 83 and 84 CCs were sent east to Phil and Washington and placed into storage and pretty much forgotten about until 1950&#039;s. (Along with many many other years and mint marks.)&nbsp; Up until 1964 anybody could go to the bank and exchange paper dollars for Morgan Silver dollars. Then in the 70s the GSA sold off the rest of them to collectors at a premium.</p><p><br /></p><p>Great book on Morgans:&nbsp; <a href="http://www.amazon.com/Guide-Book-Morgan-Silver-Dollars/dp/0794836852/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&amp;qid=1389061647&amp;sr=8-1&amp;keywords=morgan+dollars" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="http://www.amazon.com/Guide-Book-Morgan-Silver-Dollars/dp/0794836852/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&amp;qid=1389061647&amp;sr=8-1&amp;keywords=morgan+dollars" rel="nofollow">http://www.amazon.com/Guide-Book-Morgan-Silver-Dollars/dp/0794836852/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&amp;qid=1389061647&amp;sr=8-1&amp;keywords=morgan+dollars</a>[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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