The United States started minting dollar coins from silver in 1794 ... The heyday of the silver dollar ran from 1878 to 1978, and in that time, per the U.S. Mint, three different coins were ...

The rarest silver dollars are worth more than a buck (way more). Some from decades ago can sell for hundreds of thousands of dollars. It's all about ... mints between 1878 and 1904 (and for ...