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1 Dollar 'Morgan' - Zombie Hobo
| Issuer | United States |
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| Year | 1899 |
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| Currency | Dollar (1785-date) |
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| Obverse lettering | E PLURIBUS UNUM 1899 |
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| Edge | Reeded. |
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A "Zombie Hobo" is collector slang for a Morgan dollar that was altered after minting — typically acid-treated or carved — to transform the portrait into a grotesque or skeletal figure. These are not genuine varieties or mint errors but deliberate post-mint folk art pieces, sometimes called "hobo nickels" by analogy, though the practice was applied across denominations. The 1899 Philadelphia issue had a mintage of just 330,000, the lowest of any Philadelphia Morgan dollar, making the choice of date for alteration either deliberate or coincidental depending on the piece.