I am not a Morgan Dollar person. Never imagined I'd have more than one. But here we are. My first which is the 1880-S in an MS-64 PCGS blue label holder Second is my newest, 1883-CC in an old green label PCGS holder, MS-65
I attended a Metal Detecting treasure hunt last weekend. I won two Morgan Dollars on the last event of the day.. I detected two tokens with counterstamp numbers. The prizes pertaining to the numbers were Morgan Dollar coins. Now I have four of them. My original two were Attributed Mint Error Morgans.
Very nice! Now it looks like you might want to complete a type set of the different mints (just need to add Philadelphia, Denver, and New Orleans).
My Morgan Dollar holdings are not huge. I considered collecting a date set of them a couple of times but lost interest. I built two sets for customers when I was a dealer. Building the sets is not hard if you don't have to have everything MS-64 or 65. Dates like 1893-S are not all that tough unless you want very high grades. The 1895 Proof is not rare. All it takes is money. Here is the balk of my Morgan Dollar holdings. This is my type coin, a Proof-64. This is an 1878 Morgan Dollar variety set. For whatever reason Capital did not included the 1878, reverse of 1879 hole in the holder. I bought an 1878, Reverse of 1879, to complete the set, which is outside of the holder. And here is an all mints Morgan Dollar set. Many years ago, one of the Dave Bowers companies offered these sets for $125. I set out to see if I could build it for less. I did aside from the 1885-CC, which broke the mold. The rest were cheap. I won the 1885-P, which has its obverse up on the front of the holder, in a club paid drawing. As club treasurer I had bought the piece for club raffle. I admired it, and darn if I didn't win it! This was back in the mid 1970s. The dealer from whom I bought called it and MS-65. I don't know if it would make that grade today. With grade-flation, it might. Now you have seen all but one of my Morgan Dollar collection. The last one is a 1921 Morgan. It's only graded MS-62, but it's better than average for the grade.
1st off, Very nice Morgans but now you got a problem Jeffjay said it right... Morgans are Highly addictive... started with 1-2 then it was a date set, then a PL date set and Full morgan set... You just can't stop once you get a taste for morgans lol here's my full and PL sets.... (neither quite complete yet) https://www.ngccoin.com/registry/competitive-sets/414414/ https://www.ngccoin.com/registry/competitive-sets/414416/
Morgans and Peace dollars are some of my favorite coins. I inherited about 45 Morgans and 30 or so Peace from my Mom and my brother, my Mom got most of them from casinos in Stateline, Nevada and Reno, NV in the 1960’s. Alas, no 1893-S…but lots of good condition and good dates. I would say my best is a 1884-CC GSA Hoard around MS-64 now worth close to $500. I’ve checked the VAMs on about 15, but all of my silver $ are in Airtite capsules. I apologize for no pictures but I am traveling currently in the PNW visiting my son on Whidbey Island, WA. I really enjoy seeing the shared pix of these Morgans by our illustrious members. @Sallent @paddyman98 @johnmilton Best Regards to all…Spark
Looks like one thing led to another. You got your Fixx of Morgans. (not to mention the two you have are absolutely beautiful)
