Morgans-Love em or Hate em?

Holy hyperbole Batman. You are obviously comparing to the grand swath of history, however compared to moderns, Morgans have a tremendous variety, no?

 

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You've just summed up the rationale of a type collector . All (untoned, equally-graded) coins of any series are essentially identical except for date and MM. Unless, of course, your idea of collecting involves a microscope (which I would rather use to study—I don't know—the entire biological world) or a compulsion to fill holes, which is as exciting as punching a clock (except you do so by choice) and in which case there's probably a 12-step program available for you.

 

Loooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooove them!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

 

I think there is a federal law making it illegal to make disparaging remarks about Morgan dollars.

 

i do not like morgans at all. i can understand why some collect them, even obsess over them, but in my opinion, both sides of a morgan are ugly.

 

Now you've gone too far.

 

I like the reverse but the obverse is not that great. I kept a bunch just because I like the history but I sold them and I have no regrets That being said I have nothing against them either, I do appreciate the history of them.

 

She's a babe. Love that obverse. Produced back in the day when women were women and not desiccated, shallow. pasty, emotionless, preying creatures........

 

I don't hate them but they are a coin I will leave for others to collect. In perfect shape they are an amazing coin but I can't handle all of the bag marks on most lower MS coins. When it looks like she was in a knife fight it really isn't that appealing. So many other coins that catch my eye first.

 

While many people are saying that Morgans are ugly. I do believe thats just a matter of taste and everyone is different. I have read that a lot of collectors stating the Jefferson Nickel is ugly while some love it.

 

what's with the chicken-neck eagle??? too cartoony for me personally.

did i go even farther? lol.

 

I dont hate them but I dont love them. When I was a kid growing up somewhat poor, I always wanted a silver dollar. Id ask the banks but always got SBAs and thought they sucked. When I was a little older I bought my first morgan at a coin shop for 7$. I was disapointed that this was "the silver dollar". Lady liberty is just too chunky and overbearing. It wasnt for many years until I saw my first Peace dollar and that was what I thought a silver dollar should look like.

 

I think the fact that thousands of midwestern boys grew up admiring their grandfathers' hordes has greatly contributed to their popularity (there something sentimental in collecting and admiring something that your ancestors did). As new as i am at this, i would have never even started a numismatic hobby without the impression that my great-uncles and grandfathers vast Morgan collections had left on me.

Also (here come's the opinion of the new guy), how can you disparage the obverse of a Morgan that still retains well defined details? You can literally differentiate individual grains in the wheat, there is alot more to discover on a high-grade Morgan than other coins of the era IMHO.

 

I have many of the dates, and I'd guess the reason I started working on the set was a local jewlery/bullion shop I visit had a bunch of PCGS slabbed MS64 and MS65 priced fairly cheap ($27 each at the time) so I bought what various years they had. Silver spiked after that, and what I didn't buy has now been repriced.

 

Are you describing a woman or a vampirette? You really should stop reading those Twilight novels.

 

I had no idea there was so much history involved. That must have been really something to get them right out of slot machines.

 

Actually, that was the booze talkin'........:devil:

 

The price of silver has changed things a bit but I still love Morgans.
When I started, a few bucks bought you a really nice coin.

 

Morgans are OK, but have no big attraction for me. I have a first year 1878-CC and a last year 1921, and that's all I want.

 

Personal Foul: Unnecessary Roughness for inciting others to call Jefferson Nickels ugly. 15 yard penalty and loss of down!