Morgan and Walking Liberty collection: List included

I have a friend here at the college that I am attending and he is considering selling his silver dollars. He was wanting to know how much he could get for the collection. More pictures to come. It will take some time to get them on because of the internet speed here.

 

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More pictures. Looks like there is a die crack in the upper left D and it goes through the wing. Any thoughts?

 

As far as the list goes, without seeing the conditions, I would just assume they are all worth melt, possibly with a small premium.
I'll let a Morgan expert chime in on the die crack. There are so many VAM's...and I am not the one to know.

 

The 1896 in the OP appears to be polished and is worth melt.

 

Ditto!

Die cracks are very common on Morgans and do not warrant attribution unless they are very severe like the 1888-O Scarface.

Chris

 

All the Morgans are common date , with '96 cleaned like Paul said . Unless any are in high grade or with a popular Vam they're wort a little more than melt . Just wondering on the condition of the Walkers and what side of the coin is the MM on in the '17-D , if on the obverse it could be worth some money determined by condition .

 

If it isn't in the "top 100", I give up.
http://www.vamworld.com/Top+100+Morgan+VAMs

 

Here's a 1917 half dollar.

 

Common date you might get $20 +- for it , do you have a pic of the '17-D ?

 

Sorry, but those are common date coins, that would not bring anything special. I agree that the 1896 Morgan is cleaned, and worth melt. The 1917 half is not a rarity, and worth about $18. No, die cracks like that on the coin you pictured are extremely common, and add nothing to the value.

 

Yea lets see a picture of that 17D

 

Tell him there is nothing wrong with building up a collection of 'common date' morgans in as nice a condition as he can afford. Many coin dealer shops have what we call 'junk silver' bins where common date coins in conditions from poor (a term apparently no longer used by ANA) to really nice for about $30 - $40. Melt value tends to go up if you live long enough. I personally remember silver at $8 an ounce. It has climbed a little over that (finally) as I aged. I am fairly confidant that by the time your college friend is my age his collection of melt value coins will be worth more in buying power.

Regarding cleaning. It was both common and encouraged when I was a kid (early 60s era) and coin magazines carried ads for polishing stuff. Lots of coins were cleaned back then by collectors that hadn't yet been told cleaning was bad. There is hype about it, but I have yet to see anyone turn down an 1804 silver dollar or a 1909 S vdb coin because it had been cleaned or suggest melting them because of it.

 

True, very true. Especially the last part about the rarer coins. +1

 

Try selling them here on CT. You (he) will get much closer to full value on here than selling to a dealer.

 

There are some cleaned and polished 1896 Morgan's that are going over 30 on eBay right now. Coin shop would give you melt.

 

Did you get those pictures yet?

 

There worth melt which is about $350 plus a small premium.

 

Got the rest of the pictures. Here's a first year Indian Head cent.

 

Walking Liberties.

 

More Walking Liberties.