King of Coins.

Can Morgans, Mercury Dimes or Walkers really be "king" (as opposed to queen)?

Seriously though, I have to side with the Lincolns, because of the longevity of the series, the large number of varieties, and that many, many people start their collections with Lincolns.

 

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If we're going by size, its DEFINATELY that! Lol!

 

Bah! A nice Oregon Trail does the trick!

 

Come on Ruben let's not split hairs with the Cent VS Penny thing and I use the word Cents.
Fewer people know that Lincoln freed the slaves? What kind of circles are you hanging in?

My wife likes to relate a story about when she was VERY young and her grandpa would offer her and her sister a nickel or a dime. Not really knowing the value of money they would take the nickel because it was bigger.

Now put a common date Morgan in my hand and an SVDB in the other and I'll take the SVDB. Put a G4 SVDB in my hand and a G4 93-S Morgan in my other hand and I'll take the 93-S becuase I know these things.

I voted Lincolns for practicallity and the "average" collector's beginnings. Many start as children like myself and filling up that book of wheaties was much more feasible unless you had the bucks for Morgans. That holds true even in adulthood.

Personally I'm a type coin junkie and heavy on the Two Cent Pieces. A good friend of mine is working his way to a top 5 PCGS Morgan set. He has the means and I don't. Doesn't mean we're not good friends and he doesn't "look down his nose" at my "low" dollar coins.
Turns out when I showed him my unc set of 2 Cents he was so impressed that he built a set of his own. Suddenly he appreciated copper.

As I stated I'm a type coin man but do own several Morgans and an almost complete set of wheats. Why so many more wheats? Turns out I could afford them and the vast majority of collectors are in the same boat.

P.S. I'm with Arizona Jack on the 2009 thing as well. I'm stocking up on wheats. If I do well enough maybe I'll buy some Morgans.

clembo

 

The Lincoln Cent because they have the largest base of collectors. The Morgan dollar is a superior coin in many ways but I suspect its relatively high price tag keeps it out of the hands of most collectors. Every U.S. coin collector I've ever met, including children, has a box of Wheat Cents and a couple of Whitman Folders for them. There are very few collectors that dare take on the challenging and expensive venture of assembling a complete set of Morgans. Lincolns are more popular but only because they're less expensive! I ask you, how many empty holes are there in your Lincoln Cent album and how many missing dates are there in your Morgan album (if you even have a Morgan Album).

 

This gets to be a silly discussion really Put a Morgan and a Lincoln into a persons hand and see which gets his attention.

Ruben
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if the persons hand belongs to a coin collector.....................then it will depend on the date, mm, and condition, me thinks.

grizz

LOL

 

I didn't read the article so I will give my interpretation of the king of coins.

While there are a number of coins I really like to collect, (including old wheat cents,) how can you not pick Morgan? We are talking about the King of coins right? The Lincoln cent is the common coin everyone can afford to collect which is different IMO than the "King" of coin idea.

Although using this as the basis of the argument - I would also have to agree with the other who mentioned it - the $20 St. Gaudens should be considered as one of the most prized coins from a US mint. Who can afford them - I know - but shouldn't the king be one of the most precious and most beautiful - and not the easiest?

Regards,

Darryl

 

You put my thoughts into words the USS.

 

There are so many ways to look at this question aren't there?

A lot of good points have been made to boot.

That in mind I'm going with my collection of 1804 Bust Dollars. I just got my 14th. One more and the set is complete!
Then it's on to 1913 Liberty Nickels.

P.S. I'm lying.

 

wow, you had me going there.

Ps. im being sarcastic



lol :whistle:

 

I'm surprised how much support the Morgan and Lincoln coins have garnered in this poll. Hugely common coins with uninspiring designs are the top two picks as the royalty of US coins? We need more data points!

I don't intend to insult the die-hard M&L lovers, my staying out of the market means more for you folks. :hug:

 

Lincolns. What intrigues me about these, is that you can go to bank and pick up 10,000 to look through for $100. Lincoln's are easy to collect for anyone. You can collect Memorials, Wheats, Rpms, double dies, errors, proofs... The second runner up is Morgans.

Invictus, beauty is in the eye of the beholder. I personally think that buffalo nickels are ugly. Certainly walking liberty halfs, peace dollars, standing quarters have nice designs...but Lincoln was one of our greatest presidents. I think the 1955 double die is the coolest looking coin in Amerian History... but that may be because I own one. I'm sure if I had a 1913 Liberty Nickel I would like that too. The next poll should be, which is the best design.

Brad

www.lincolncentresource.com

 

I don't think there can be much doubt but that there are more people that collect Lincoln cents, than there are who collect Morgan dollars.
I also doubt that many of them ever hope to assemble a full set of either one.

 

As was stated earlier beauty is in the eye of the beholder. Many viewpoints for many reasons and I have posted several times myself.

My question to you is if these designs are so uninspiring (as most modern U.S. coins are - guess the Morgan has the edge on that one), what inspires you? Could you share with the class please? Doesn't have to be an American design.

 

The question wasn't "what is your favorite" but which is King ie: dominates desires of collectors in mass. I'd bet though that collecting Lincolns had turned off as many collectors as it turned on.

The Lincoln cent, IMO, is very droll and the copper makes weathered examples very ugly.

Ruben

 

I think that's the thought that brings me back to the Morgan - it's inspiring to hold one in your hand regardless of the date - with the exception of a few keys - I'm not inspired by the cent. Lincoln was great - no doubt, but the coin is so common that it's hard to think of it in a special way (unless it's a shinny red proof wheat cent - I doooo like those). The Morgan on the other hand - every one I add to my collection is special - they are all key dates to me.

 

I think another attraction to Morgans is that it's not a coin we see on a daily basis, such as the Lincoln cent. Morgans have been out of production for the better part of 100 years. They may not have been popular and circulated freely in most parts of the country, but out west, where I live, they were literally the king of coins for many years and circulated widely as opposed to the paper money used further east. If nothing else, the history makes it king to me.

Not to mention, there are quite a few Morgans with mintages well below 500,000 that I have picked up for well under $100. Compared to the Lincoln and it's lowest mintages, it's a far better deal all around.
Guy~

 

Poor washington quarters !!

 

Were they as unpopular as the dollar coin is today I wonder? I am a little surprised (and happy) the treasury did not melt them all down in the 60's and 70's...