Sorry, but I couldn't resist

Stinger, I'm with you on this. In fact, I've done similarly several times with dollars & halves & then carried them as pocket pieces so that they could continue their extraordinary "lives". (I usually wind up giving them away to admirers or non-believers. )

There's no sense in abandoning a specimen merely because its "collectible value" is compromised by an ugly condition. Remember, "Ugly is only skin deep, but beauty goes all the way to the core!"

 

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My pocket piece is one of those pad-printed colorized 1921 Morgans. I soaked it in acetone for a year and finally bumped the last bits off with a toothpick, to find that they had scratched it with brillo or sandpaper to get the printing to adhere.

I figure I'll wear it down to an F-12 and maybe it will straight grade. Meanwhile, I bought an 1881 Ag3 Morgan from a dealer's junk box to keep the 1921 company.

 

Sometimes I buy an ugly coin because it’s ugly

 

Silver is silver. IT depends upon what you want in your collection, and why you have a collection. If leaving it to heirs, clean it. To me it is more pleasing to view it cleaned. The bullion value has not been altered.
GSDykes - in Washington

 

Well played! You should be as successful in all your endeavors...

 

Keep at it and maybe someday you’ll be as discerning a collector as I am





Actually came in a group but I can’t let go of any early stuff just in case it’s some super rare type.

 

I wonder if that price tag was put on before 1965

 

I’d guess 10-15 years later

 

QUOTE="PlanoSteve, post: 24717120, member: 91609"]Stinger, I'm with you on this. In fact, I've done similarly several times with dollars & halves & then carried them as pocket pieces so that they could continue their extraordinary "lives". (I usually wind up giving them away to admirers or non-believers. )[/QUOTE]

Yup, this one is going to my grandson. He just started getting interested; hope it stays with him.

 

She's cheap, but doable.