how much does a liberty silver dollar weigh

[DanteLynn]

Ah, the Liberty silver dollar! A fantastic question that requires a bit of clarification, because Lady Liberty has had more makeovers than a Hollywood star. She's appeared on several different silver dollars, but lucky for us, the U.S. Mint kept things pretty consistent when it came to their weight.

For the classic, hefty silver dollars that jingle so satisfyingly in your palm—we're talking about the Seated Liberty, the Morgan, and the Peace dollars—the magic number is 26.73 grams. That was the standard fighting weight for a dollar coin designed to be taken seriously.

Now, don't go thinking that's 26.73 grams of pure silver. To make these coins tough enough to survive a trip through a saloon or a general store, the mint blended the silver with a bit of copper. The final recipe was 90% silver and 10% copper. This means that while the coin's total weight is 26.73 grams, the actual amount of silver it contains is a very specific 0.7734 troy ounces. It's a coin with a silver soul and a copper backbone.