
That's a fantastic question, and it's one that many people wonder about! The "" on the Morgan Silver Dollar isn't actually the person pictured on the coin, but rather the person who designed it.
The coin gets its famous name from its designer, an English engraver for the U.S. Mint named George T. Morgan. He was the artist responsible for creating the iconic look of both the front and back of the dollar.
The profile you see on the front (the obverse) of the coin is a depiction of Lady Liberty. What makes this design particularly interesting is that Morgan used a real person as his inspiration, which was quite uncommon for U.S. coins at the time. He modeled his vision of Liberty after a Philadelphia schoolteacher named Anna Willess Williams.
So, to sum it up, the coin is named in honor of its creator, George T. Morgan, while the face on the coin is Lady Liberty, as modeled by Anna Willess Williams.


