About 5 years ago or so, my Grandmother passed down her and my late Grandfathers coin collection to me. Had all kinds of cool coins but what resonated the most with me were the Morgan dollars. They had probably 50-60 of them. I’ve since bought some intercept shield albums to fill in. Anyway, this one always catches my eye. I know it’s not in the best shape, or not a rare date but I just like how the fields have gotten darker but the face has stayed lighter. Kind of hard to to capture with the camera
Nice...my very first Morgan at 8 years old from a great aunt was an 1890-O and looked almost exactly like that. Thanks for sharing.
An uncle of mine, one year gave me a Morgan and told me it would be good luck. (Later I inherited my grandparents collection and just merged it with that) Anyway, he said when he was younger and did the paper route, there was an old woman that would always tip them with Morgans! Ha can you imagine
That is a very handsome circulated example. I actually prefer circulated Morgan dollars with that appearance to many Mint State pieces, for some reason I can't fully explain. I suppose it's because you just see so many MS Morgans. Pieces like this that did their time in circulation but retained a wholesome appearance without being overdipped or scrubbed are just nice to see, is all. This look is what I refer to as a CircCam (short for "circulation cameo"), and the term has gained some acceptance within the numismatic community. In fact, we have one member here, John - @CircCam - who has such a good eye for these kind of pieces, he adopted the term for his username. PS- add in the "family heirloom" aspect, and you've definitely got a keeper there.
Most of my set are Morgans that had to work for a living. Your coin would fit in perfect. It is beautiful in my opinion.
