1878 Morgan Silver Dollar. 8 Tailfeathers. MS-66 (NGC).A thoroughly appealing example of this conditionally challenging, one year hub type from the inception of the Morgan dollar series. Brilliant with intense satin luster, both sides are also possessed of razor sharp striking detail. The mintage of the circulation strike 1878 8 Tailfeathers is unknown, the Philadelphia Mint not breaking down the total number of coins struck that year by hub type. Conventional numismatic wisdom has it that approximately 700,000 pieces were produced, a limited total and a fraction of the mintage for the year. This is one of the finest certified survivors, and it would do nicely in a top flight Morgan dollar set.
