I inherited a set of four silver dollars in a set called United States Most Beautiful Silver Dollar. The dates are 1882,1883,1884, & 1885 all minted in Carson City. If I decide to sell it to a coin dealer what is a reasonable value for this set. Yes this is my first post.
Value depends upon condition the 1885 is the most valuable of the 4. Do not clean or improve in any way, pictures will be needed to give approximate value
Do all of your CC mint Morgans virtually spot free and somewhat lusturous? If so, then they may be uncirculated coins which bring a large premium over circulated pieces which show signs of wear on the high points (cheek bone and eagle's chest on reverse) and may have started to form a patina near the denticles or other crevices on the surfaces of both the obverse and reverse of the coin. Clear photographs would help very much in me and others designating an approximate grade and price for each coin. -Brian
Do NOT clean the coins. Post some pics. Use the MACRO setting (the flower icon/button) on your digital camera in natural light to take the pics.
The source of those Morgans from those 4 dates are most likely from GSA hoard. Actually circulated pieces are more rare than uncirulated for those dates. 1882-84 are worth around $200 each, 1885 around $600.
Also, do any of the coins look to have unusually reflective surfaces? This may mean that you have a PL (Proof Like) or DMPL (Deep Mirror Proof Like) coin. This can add a SERIOUS premium to any of those dates you mentioned. In most cases you would probably be able to get double what a regular, old mint state piece is booked for. Besides, the mint state pieces are fairly common due to the GSA Hoard so more people are on the look out for those PL's and DMPL's... Including yours truely . -Brian
all four look uncirculated to me the 83 and 85 being the finest. great score i wouldnt sell them for under $2000 for all three. It is tough to tell by the photos but someone here will help further.....as said before do not clean them even wipe them with your shirt just leave them as is because even a fingerprint can hurt the value. The 85 if ms 64 could pull 1500 alone.
I appreciate the help very much! I need to learn to take better photos. If they are worth that much I'll probably keep them. I'm an old guy at 58 but coins are becoming very fascinating to me.
None of these have the GSA provenance to go with them, so their values would be quite a bit lower. Even Numismedia which by some is considered to be a little high values them in MS64 as follows: 82-CC ($275), 83-CC ($270), 84-CC ($270) and 85-CC ($715). Given that all of them are raw, $1000 would be more likely for all of them assuming that they all grade MS64. Chris
Welcome to the forum! I do recall seeing those in advertisements years ago, but there weren't many sets offered, so it is a very nice addition. A good basis for beginning a collection. And you are far from being the oldest on this forum Jim
