1902-O Rose Bowl Morgan Silver Dollar BU

Were These 1902-O Morgans Used To Get Into The First Rose Bowl Game?

Starting the tradition of New Year’s Day college bowl contests, the first Rose Bowl game was held on January 1, 1902, when the University of Michigan pounded Stanford University 49-0. More than 8,000 people paid $1 to attend the game, often in the form of a hefty Morgan Silver Dollar. This 1902-O Morgan was struck at the New Orleans Mint the same year the first-ever Rose Bowl was played. Could this coin have been used as admission for that classic college football tilt more than a century ago?

“Rose Bowl” Morgan Comes Displayed In Custom 4" X 6" Storycard Holder

This high pure 90% fine silver coin was one of the final Morgan dates minted in New Orleans, which struck its final Morgan just two years later. Each one available here will come in gleaming Brilliant Uncirculated (BU) condition and housed in a custom-designed 4" x 6" storycard holder that provides details about that very first Rose Bowl game. Fill that hole in your collection now, before our limited supply disappears!

COIN HIGHLIGHTS:

• STRUCK THE SAME YEAR AS THE FIRST ROSE BOWL – This coin was struck the same year the very first Rose Bowl game was played in Pasadena, California that pitted the University of Michigan against Stanford University.
• AMERICA’S MOST POPULAR COIN – The Morgan Silver Dollar—so named for its designer, U.S. Mint Assistant Engraver George T. Morgan—has stood the test of time. Struck from 1878-1904 and again in 1921. Morgan’s historic design depicts a profile of Lady Liberty on the obverse while the reverse features an eagle with outstretched wings.
• STRUCK IN GLEAMING AMERICAN SILVER – These Morgan Silver Dollars were struck at the New Orleans Mint in highly pure 90% fine silver from the famous Comstock Lode. It’s also a big coin measuring 38.1 mm in diameter.
• BRILLIANT UNCIRCULATED CONDITION – Your 1902-O Morgan Silver Dollar come in Brilliant Uncirculated (BU) condition.
• THE CASE OF THE DISAPPEARING MORGANS – While millions of Morgan Silver Dollars were struck from 1878 through 1921, massive silver meltings and the ravages of time have taken their toll. Today coin experts believe that only 15% of all Morgans ever struck remain in existence—and fewer still remain in Uncirculated condition!

If you were in Pasadena, California on January 1, 1902, and you had one of these 1902-O Morgan Silver Dollars, you would have been able to attend the very first Rose Bowl college football game!