With this one from Dick Osburn, shortly after he bought it at Baltimore. My 1840-49 set is a mixed bag, some battered, some graded/slabbed, a couple cleaned. The 1848 is very hard to find in vf-xf, and priced accordingly. This example is in an NGC holder, graded VF-30. Probably dipped, but no sign of harsh cleaning, just worn. Mintage of 15,000 and perhaps 1,000 survivors (QDB)
That is a nice coin Kaz, and as you say, it is a scarce date. Decent Seated Dollars are not easy to find. I often wondered why is it that SLDs seem to be far less widedly collected than Morgans. Probably because there are far fewer of them around.
That set misses the "no-stars" coins. In my opinion those are the some of the best looking coins in all American coinage.
Nice, congrates. You gonna keep going and/or upgrade? Can we get a picture of the whole set together.
Congrats on completing the set. One of these days I will be able to say that. Untill then, the search continues.
I may go ahead and post photos of them with some brief comments. As I say, it is a mixed bag, some of them probably not coins I would purchase now. The key dates are TPG graded and the others raw. I will probably upgrade the cleaned coins over time- they show about xf details but I would rather have crusty VF's myself. Finding these from the 1840's can be a real challenge because so many were melted. Almost insurmountable are some from the 1850's and on, I'm not going there. I have a propensity for short sets, usually the first decade that a given design was issued. I've completed this for Walkers, The SLD's, and am working on Washie quarters. No rhyme or reason to it, just my quirk! thanks for the comments, everyone, and have a great weekend!
I think we all get more selective on our coins. I don't know how 80 year olds do it. I guess their eye's give out so they can't get coins that would be that good. Because I know I have the same problem looking back at older coins I bought and think how I have moved up in quality. Maybe you could do guess the grade with them I really need practice at these types.
thanks, Eduard. There are so many Morgan's out there, and so many varieties (VAMs, DMPL's, Toners) that many, many people can collect them according to their interests. The SLD varieties are mainly of interest to the members of the Gobrecht Society- I confess I am not a member and not a variety collector- but I find the design interesting and historical, and these coins played a real role in commerce, unlike most of the Morgans, which laid in bags in bank vaults, product of a govt. boondoggle (a purely personal point of view, and not intended to disparage the many beautiful Morgan dollars which exist or the good folks who collect them!)
Congrats!!! Always nice to complete a set whatever your definition. And if you're anything like me you'll be keeping an eye out for upgrades.
