The coin has been sitting in a safe since 1984, I'm not sure where it was stored before that time. Is it possible for it to sit over 24 years and not change at all? Why would some coins tone and others not tone if they were in the same location? Is it because some were cleaned and some weren't? Thanks for your feedback. As a newbie I'm still trying to learn and there is so much information out there its tough to sort it all out. I'm glad CT members are here to help.
ugly coin, worth silver value, not much more. Drilling a hole in it, wouldn't hurt the value by more than a dollar or two.
Not a bad coin.. We all have purchased one or two of these in the past. I agree with buckeye03 save your money and get a better grade but a good place to start. I don't ever tell anyone to drill a hole in a coin it then is almost worthless once defaced in this manner.
So, he's got a worn common date Morgan. Why the attitude? There are billions of people that don't have one. Bruce
I call it "Tough Love" ! The 21 Morgan is possibly the most common Silver Dollar. I hate the re-tooled look of one, since the mint stopped making them in 1904, it lost a lot in those 17 years, IMO. It's a round hunk of silver, is all. An MS-60 1921 Morgan is not more than junk. I apoligize for being honest. junk is junk, that coin is junk.
Thanks, I bought the ANA Grading Standards book so I can learn more. I'm not buying any coins yet, I'm sorting through coins that our grandfather collected. He passed away in 1984, so ugly or not, we think it is a great coin.
People will say WOW! Like brides on their wedding day most Morgans are beautiful. This one is OK to plug a hole in a collection and upgrading will be easy. I'd consider this coin for a pocket piece. Check the " worthless / priceless thread. http://www.cointalk.org/showthread.php?t=41500 You are bound to get some comments when you pull it out surrounded by clads. Nothing beats the size and heft of a large silver coin.....except of course a large gold coin.
Actually a very astute question. Cleaning does affect toning. As does dipping. Both expose a fresh "raw" surface of silver ( or copper if a copper based coin) which can react with the current environment more rapidly than a coin that has not been so treated. And yes, it could sit there for the 24 years and show little visible change. The condition of the coin when it went it, the holder ( pvc or not) and very importantly, the amount of moisture there to activate and spread any chemical corrosion ( toning, tarnish, etc. ) over the surface. and Welcome! Personally I like your coin, worn down in useful commerce. There are not many prominent marks on it. My first coin was a 1921 Morgan also:smile Jim Jim
I always carry three or four "junk" coins in my pocket... right now I've got a well worn 1930 liberty standing quarter, a VG 1935 buffalo nickel and a '44 walker (my birth year, and like me, pretty beat up). I really like coins I can handle without worry... in other words, I love "junk"!
That cone is far from junk , if it was a family members it's priceless , I've got a beat up large cent that was my grandfathers , whom I never met , where he got it I don't know as he didn't come to this country till the 1880s , its got a hole in it and I love it . Yours has family history , and you must like it or you wouldn't of posted it . I'd put it in a little better holder . rzage
If it has value to you than its a valuable coin. Most of my coins have little to no value, but their mine and I like them, and in the end thats all that matters.
Hey, they only struck 44.69 million of them. There were 72.7 million of the 1909 Lincoln produced, 60.8 million of the 1913 Buffalo (both varieties), 176.4 million of the 1940 Jefferson, 55.2 million of the 1917 Mercury, 79 million of the 1941 Washington, 47.8 million of the Walker and none of them are worth $28 in G4. Chris
Yep... old "chop" (the OP) hasn't posted in a year and a half. He probably sold the '21 for less than melt and partied on the proceeds.
