Morgan dollar

noun

plural Morgan dollars

: a silver dollar of the U.S. struck from 1878 to 1904 and in 1921

Note: The Morgan dollar was originally referred to as the Bland dollar.

Word History

First Known Use

1878, in the meaning defined above

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