After delays and website challenges, the United States Mint will finally begin offering the rest of the 2021 Morgan Dollar products today. The 2021-D and 2021-S Morgan will be available for pre-order starting at Noon Eastern, 9:00 AM Pacific directly from the MInt’s site. Each coin is priced at $85.00 with a limited production of just 175,000 and a household limit of 3.
These coins will sell out within minutes.
The Morgan Dollar was designed by Mint Chief Engraver George T. Morgan (1845-1925) and was minted from 1878 to 1904, and again in 1921. This iconic silver dollar represented the country’s westward expansion and industrial development in the late 19th century.
In honor of the 100th anniversary of the last year of the ‘Morgan Dollar’ the United States Mint is proud to present the 2021 Morgan Dollar, created through the use of modern technology and historical U.S. Mint assets. It has a beautiful uncirculated finish.
United States Mint
Here are the links to the product pages for both coins:
After the challenges with its site due to automated bots when the Carson City and New Orleans Privy marked Morgan’s were released, the Mint decided to postpone sales of the Denver and San Francisco minted coins. The Mint has put in a significant amount of work behind the scenes on its site to keep things stable during high demand times. The efforts have seemed to work. During the sales of the 2021-W American Eagle silver proof, the site had very few issues and no reported crashes. This is a major step forward on one of the largest complaints about the Mint itself.
That said, demand for these Morgan Dollars will be exceptionally high and readers who want one are encouraged to be on the Mint’s site prior to Noon today to attempt to buy one. Pre-sales technical run from August 3 to August 17, 2021.
Exactly zero people expect them to last past today.
If you hear of anyof the Morgan S or D coins that I can buy. Please let me know.
Offers are already showing up on eBay for twice the price based on confirmed orders for reshipment after the Mint ships in Oct-Nov.
After a dozen aborted tries to order the new coins using the quick checkout link when you hover over the bag icon I discovered the Mints new checkout only works when you click on the view cart link. When you do that it makes you verify you are a human then allows you to checkout with no problem.
It would have been nice if the Mint would have warned about that or better had connected the bot check to the quick checkout button on the bag link.