Hello everyone. Let's get this outta the way. *****I DO know the difference between mint-manufactured/handled proofs and proof-like surface appearances of business strikes so no finger-waving and lectures ...please. Actual proof Morgans are WAY outta my price range.***** Dedicated life casual...now 60's senior collector here. HUGELY more +++ dedicated now with fewer years to enjoy on the back end of the Bell Curve. Re entering the hobby post-retirement I decided to continue focusing on keys and proofs. For Morgan dollars I completed a set of circulated (some EXTREMELY circulated tickling low ball) key dates. Only missing was 1893S despite numerous chances to buy (and some close negotiation to no end)...but I just could not stomach plunking down $2-4K for a near low ball and faint date despite a CAG sticker. Overall I was very happy considering I fancy myself as a non-conformist and doing my own thing. After LOTS of "reading and studying on my own"... I focused on PL (and DMPL) graded Morgan dollars. Enter PL/DMPL Morgan dollars. I decided to purchase a few early-date Morgans from my PNG Dealer Listings, descriptions and photographs. My coins should arrive shortly BUT I'm concerned. I purposely strove to avoid the mainstream of collecting BUT if close-enough PL/DMPL in huge-*ss silver dollars strike my fancy I fear being sucked into the huge vortex of Morgan dollar collecting. NOT that it's a BAD thing!
I am in your camp on the bold part. I'm just not doing it unless one just falls in my lap one night in my dreams. It's just not that important to me to have a junk condition coin in my collection.
I warn you of one major issue with collecting pl/dmpl morgans.... They are HIGHLY addictive This is where my "PL" set stands so far (12years now since the 1st one lol) https://www.ngccoin.com/registry/competitive-sets/414416/ side note: I also have the 89, 99 and 21 but not inNGC or pcgs slabs. they are icg and anacs slabs so not shown in the above set my present hunt is for an affordable 03