Morgan silver coin from 1890 – mint mark “O”
Tuesday, May 1, 2012 by admin
The Morgan dollar was a United States dollar coin minted intermittently from 1878 to 1921. It was the first standard silver dollar minted since production of the previous design, the Seated Liberty dollar, ceased due to the passage of the Fourth Coinage Act, an act which also ended the free coining of silver. The coin is named for its designer, United States Mint Assistant Engraver George T. Morgan. The obverse depicts a profile portrait representing Liberty, while the reverse depicts an eagle with wings outstretched.
The dollar was authorized by the Bland–Allison Act. Following the passage of the Fourth Coinage Act, mining interests lobbied to restore the free coinage. Instead, the Bland–Allison Act was passed, which required the Treasury to purchase between two and four million dollars worth of silver at market value to be coined into dollars each month. In 1890, the Bland–Allison Act was repealed by the Sherman Silver Purchase Act, which required the Treasury to purchase 4,500,000 troy ounces (140,000 kg) of silver each month, but only required further silver dollar production for one year. This act, in turn, was repealed in 1893.
In 1898, Congress approved a bill that required all remaining bullion purchased under the Sherman Silver Purchase Act to be coined into silver dollars. When in 1904, those silver reserves were depleted, the Mint ceased to strike the Morgan dollar. The Pittman Act, passed in 1918, authorized the melting and recoining of millions of silver dollars. Pursuant to the act, Morgan dollars resumed mintage for one year in 1921. The design was replaced by the Peace dollar later the same year.
The surname Morgan has several different origins. The Welsh surname is derived from the Old Welsh personal name Morcant, which is of an uncertain origin. The Irish surname is an amalgamation of this Welsh surname, which was brought to Ireland in the Middle Ages, and several Gaelic surnames, most notably Ó Muireagáin. The Scottish surname is of an uncertain origin. It may, however, be derived from a Gaelic cognate of the Welsh Morcant already mentioned.
The surname Morgan traces its origin from the powerful Welsh family established c. 1330 by Morgan ap Llewelyn, (son of Llewelyn ap Ifor, Lord of St. Clere, and Angharad, daughter and heiress of Sir Morgan ap Maredudd (Meredith), Lord of Tredegar) and is of Welsh origin, meaning either "great kingdom" or "great hundred". It is a popular family name in Wales, as well as there being a group of Morgans from "Morgund". It is possible that the name was Celtic from the Cornovii Tribe who lived in the North of Scotland and in the Severn Valley near the Wrekin in Shropshire. The County of Glamorgan is named after the Princes of South Wales named Morgan, a group, part of which developed into the name Leyshon. The term for water sprites in Welsh is morgans
At the time of the British Census of 1881 , the frequency of the surname Morgan was highest in Brecknockshire (over 16 times the national average), followed by Monmouthshire, Glamorgan, Carmarthenshire, Radnorshire, Montgomeryshire, Cardiganshire, Pembrokeshire, Herefordshire and Shropshire
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Notable Morgans:
Adam Morgan (born 1981), Australian footballer
Alex Morgan (born 1989), American women's soccer player
Andrew Price Morgan, American botanist
Barry Morgan, Archbishop of Wales from 2003
Colin Morgan, Northern Irish actor, star of television series Merlin
C. Lloyd Morgan, British psychologist known by "Morgan's Canon"
Dale Morgan, American historian of the American west
Dan Morgan, American football player
Daniel Morgan, brigadier general in the Continental Army in the American Revolution
David Morgan (disambiguation), several people
Debelah Morgan, American singer
Dermot Morgan, Irish actor best known as Father Ted
Dexter Morgan, fictional serial killer
Ed Morgan (professor), Canadian professor
Edgar Morgan (disambiguation), multiple people
Elaine Morgan (writer), Welsh writer, advocate of the aquatic ape hypothesis
Eoin Morgan, Irish cricketer
Frank Morgan, American actor
Frederick E. Morgan, British lieutenant-general in the Second World War
Garrett A. Morgan, African American inventor
George Morgan (disambiguation), several people
Gladys Morgan, Welsh comedienne
Harry Morgan (1915–2011), American actor best known for his role in the TV series M*A*S*H
Henry Morgan, seventeenth century Welsh buccaneer, became English Governor of Jamaica
Henry Morgan (comedian), American radio and television personality
Henry Morgan (merchant), Canadian retail merchant
Huey Morgan, American musician, founder member and guitarist of the Fun Lovin' Criminals
Ian Morgan, English professional footballer
Isabel Morgan (marr. Mountain), American virologist at Johns Hopkins, daughter of Thomas Hunt Morgan
Ivor Morgan, Welsh international rugby union player
Jacques de Morgan, French geologist, archeologist and discoverer of the Hammurabi Code
Jedediah Morgan (1774-1826), New York politician
Jeffrey Dean Morgan (born 1966), American actor
Jim Morgan, Australian rugby league footballer
Jimmy Morgan, English footballer and Royal Marines Commando
Joe Morgan (born 1930), American baseball player and manager
Joe Morgan (born 1943), American Hall of Fame baseball player and sportscaster
John Morgan (disambiguation), multiple people
Joseph Morgan (born 1981), English actor
J. P. Morgan, American financier and banker
J. R. Morgan, British academic and author
Julia Morgan, American architect
Julie Morgan, Labour MP for Cardiff North
Junius Spencer Morgan, American banker and financier
Justin Morgan, American horse breeder
Katie Morgan, American pornographic actress
Keith Morgan (judoka), Canadian judoka
Kenneth O. Morgan, Welsh historian
Kevin Morgan (disambiguation), multiple people
Lewis H. Morgan (1818-1881), American politician and anthropologist
Lewis L. Morgan (1876-1950), Louisiana politician
Lionel Morgan (disambiguation), multiple people
Lorin Morgan-Richards, Dark humor author, illustrator and composer
Lorrie Morgan, country music singer
Michèle Morgan, French film and television actress
Michelle Morgan (actress), Canadian film and television actress
Michelle Morgan (cold case), victim of lethal child abuse
Mohammed Said Hersi Morgan, Somali warlord
Olly Morgan, England and Gloucester Rugby Union player
Paul Morgan (disambiguation), multiple people
Peter Morgan, English Academy Award-nominated screenwriter and playwright
Peter Morgan (automaker), ran the Morgan Motor Company
Piers Morgan, British journalist and broadcaster
Raphael Morgan (born Robert Josias Morgan, 186x/187x - 19xx), Jamaican-American priest of the Ecumenical Patriarchate, and thought to be the first Black Orthodox clergyman in America
Read Morgan, American actor
Rhodri Morgan, First Minister of Wales
Richard Morgan (disambiguation), multiple people
Richie Morgan, Welsh footballer and manager
Robert W. Morgan, American adventurer, first man to descend the Gauley and Meadow rivers in West Virginia, founded Morgan's Canoe Livery
Sally Morgan (artist), Australian writer and painter
Shaun Morgan, lead singer of the band Seether
Sheryl Morgan, sprinter
Simon Morgan, English football (soccer) player
Stefani Morgan, pornographic actress
Steve Morgan (footballer), English footballer
Ted Morgan (boxer), New Zealand boxer
Teddy Morgan, Welsh international rugby union player
Thomas Morgan (of Llantarnam), Welsh spy and conspirator for Mary Stuart, Queen of Scots
Thomas E. Morgan, U.S. congressman from Pennsylvania
Thomas Hunt Morgan (1866–1945), American geneticist
Tom Morgan (baseball), Major League Baseball pitcher
Tom Morgan (footballer), former football manager
Tracy Morgan, American actor and comedian
Trevor Morgan (actor), United States actor
Trevor Morgan (EastEnders), character in the British soap opera EastEnders
Wallace Morgan, World War I artist in the United States Army Art Program
William Morgan (disambiguation), multiple people
