retailing for about $1,500. As few as 1% of the original mintage are estimated to exist in Very Fine quality or higher grades. 1899-O New Orleans Mint VF: This issue costs the least of 1899 Morgans today, yet it’s stillrelatively scarce. A much larger supply of some early O-Mint Morgan dates survives. A 90% silver Morgan dollar had big purchasing power around the turn of the century, when many Americans still earned only a dollar a day.1902-O New Orleans Mint VF: Five decades ago, this issue was one of the key rarities in the series. In the early 1960s, BUs sold for over a hundred pre-inflation dollars. Then numerous bags were discovered in the last Treasury releases. Now ournicely detailed Very Fine issues are an affordable addition to your collection.