There is probably no more popular a coin series than the Morgan dollar. United States Morgan silver dollars were first minted in 1878 and remained a regular entry in United States coinage circulation until the last of these giant silver coins was produced in 1921.
Designed by George T. Morgan, this famous dollar coin features a large bust of a woman representing Miss Liberty. The design itself being modeled after Anna Willess Williams, who sat for Morgan and whose face has been immortalized on this silver dollar coin.
The allure of the Morgan dollar lies mainly in that the coin represents the United States during a romantic period in its history. It was a time when the country was expanding westward, and the hopes and dreams of the people often lay mainly just behind the horizon upon which the sun sets. With wagon trains pulling heading west and lives being rooted in the hills of the Rockies and the deserts of the Southwest, the Morgan dollar became a staple currency of the frontier.