Just got these 2 morgans from my embryology prof... can anyone evaluate ? One is a 1889 New Orleans Mint mark the other is 1881 Philidalphia no mint mark.
for no other reason then just because i do .. i love coins from CC and O, no matter the co9n, condition or anything... if its from there, i just love it. That being said, nice Morgan as for value, im not sure, i need to upgrade my price guides!
lol embryology is a class Im taking and the professor is a friend so he picked up those coins for me this weekend... he got them for abotu $5 a peice. Im thinking about turning one of them into a finger guard for a knife Im making .. combine the 2 things I enjoy most.. knives and coins... that way I have the best of both at once
lol I dont know for sure where he got them.. I just asked him earlier in the year if he could keep a look out for some silver coins
Well, I hate to see good coins destroyed, so I just wanted to suggest something. If you want a Morgan to spoon into something, you can order culls from APMEX for $11.00. They're either dug, damaged, harshly cleaned etc, so you can use one of those without destroying a perfectly good coin. The coin is your property, however, so you can do whatever you like with it. I really don't mean to pry or butt in, but I just thought you might like the info. Really nice buy, by the way!
indeed... Im not rteally going to destroy it tho... all Im going to do it drill a hole for the teng in the midde of it... so besides that the coine will be just as it is now
lol not really .... if that were destroying a coin what would that make my rings ? those are all made from coins... with the knife idea the coin is still largly intact.... just has a small hole to accomodate a tang whereas my rings obliterate any sign of it being a coin.
Apparently the point you are not getting jtphantom is that most collectors consider a coin with a hole in it as a destroyed coin. In fact, alter a coin in any way or use in jewelry or whatever and it is considered by most as a destroyed coin with little or no numismatic value. Basically it just turns into a hunk of .900 silver.
well yes I see that point ... tho who knows.... first I need the knife my friend is making me .... how he makes it would determine if Id use the coin or not. btw.. I do amateur blacksmithing so metals are metals, despite how much I like old coins sometimes I might use them in a project. hence the coin rings and such
Price Guides? I VERY RARELY USE PRICE GUIDES WHEN PURCHASING COINS. I'VE FOUND THAT A COIN IS WORTH AS MUCH AS SOMEONE WILL PAY. I'VE BOUGHT A COIN FOR $0.70 BEFORE AND SOLD IT FOR $175. I'VE ALSO BOUGHT ONE FOR $80, AND SOLD IT FOR $50.:rolling:
