I have a few morgans i would like your opinion on ... what do you think the following would grade as / be worth. Thank you in advance.
Welcome to the forum. First I will try to give you a rough idea of the values for each coin. Let me stress that this is a rough idea based solely on pictures. The coins would certainly have to be seen by any potential buyer to have a firm value. Pictures cannot accurately capture a coin the same way as viewing it. What could be circulation lines in a picture could be simply luster breaks in person. It is also hard to determine light cleanings in a photo. So keep in mind that this is only a rough estimate and should not be used as a basis for considering the items for sale. 1880-O Looks like a high AU coin. Could be weakly struck unc coin. Kind of hard to tell with the pic. If the coin is Unc the value would be $45 1885-CC Again the coin appears to be Unc, but hard to tell if the breaks in the luster are just that, or if the coin has a rub. If unc, the coin would be valued at better than $400. The 1921-S Morgan is a strong XF coin. The color is a little flat, but again this could just be the pic. For the grade, the coin would value near $9
Agree with ND... Hope these help a little...I like the 1885 CC! A MS64 is around $750 where as a MS60 falls to around $525. With only 228,000 minted, that is a nice one if it wasn't dipped or cleaned. On the flip side, 21,695,00 1921-S were minted and even in XF condition, you are looking at a $10-12 coin. It was the last year for Morgans and they made a bunch!
Is the 1885-CC in a GSA holder? It looks like it is in the picture. If it is, judging by sale prices on eBay, it is worth considerably more than the Red Book value for a raw coin.
I'll chime in with the others. If that '85-CC is full mint state, it's a good one. The others aren't worth all that much. And Susan's right if this is in a GSA holder. Not only would it be unquestionably mint state, but CC Morgans in original GSA holders are quite hot right now.
Hold on a moment Ziggy. The GSA holders don't guarantee MS condition. It only guarantees that the coin came from the GSA.
Nd is correct folks - not all coins in GSA holders are Unc. The coins for the GSA sales- in the black & clear holders - came in two different types. Type one says Uncirculated Silver Dollar - Type two just says Silver Dollar. Now you would think that would be the end of the story - but it isn't. For the folks who boxed up the GSA coins did not know squat about coins or how to tell uncirculated from circulated - they were ordinary govt. employees. As a result you can find Unc coins the type 2 holders and circulated coins in the type one. Just like with slabbed coins - the holder does not make the coin. There were also other types of GSA packages known as soft packs. They usually came in a blue envelope with the coin locked inside a pliofilm sleeve - very similar to Mint sets. These coins were supposedly all circulated as well - only not all of them were. And yes - I have seen many of each type. I collected GSA coins for many years.
