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<p>[QUOTE="ddddd, post: 26135209, member: 22377"]It is interesting to me when I run across coins that I have previously owned. Recently two such examples showed up at GC auctions. Both were toned Morgans.</p><p><br /></p><p>First up is this obverse toned rattler. Here is what I said when I had it in my duds of 2024 thread:</p><p>"It came from Legend Auctions and I certainly had to pay up. I bought into the rattler hype and the photo. In hand, this was a solid coin but with the price I had paid, it was a bit of a let down. It took a while to sell but I was able to get out of it with about an $80 loss. "</p><p><br /></p><p>The final result was $675-which I think is in the right range. This was lower than I paid originally and lower than what I got when selling it for a loss.</p><p><br /></p><p><a href="https://forums.collectors.com/home/leaving?allowTrusted=1&target=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.greatcollections.com%2FCoin%2F1779102%2F1881-S-Morgan-Silver-Dollar-PCGS-MS-63-CAC-Green-OGH-1st-Gen-Toned" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="https://forums.collectors.com/home/leaving?allowTrusted=1&target=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.greatcollections.com%2FCoin%2F1779102%2F1881-S-Morgan-Silver-Dollar-PCGS-MS-63-CAC-Green-OGH-1st-Gen-Toned" rel="nofollow">https://www.greatcollections.com/Coin/1779102/1881-S-Morgan-Silver-Dollar-PCGS-MS-63-CAC-Green-OGH-1st-Gen-Toned</a></p><p><br /></p><p><img src="https://us.v-cdn.net/6027503/uploads/editor/x3/l0z4h4bx6pmz.png" class="bbCodeImage wysiwygImage" alt="" unselectable="on" /></p><p><img src="https://us.v-cdn.net/6027503/uploads/editor/80/bj3ft4a5ykgx.png" class="bbCodeImage wysiwygImage" alt="" unselectable="on" /></p><p><br /></p><p>The other coin is a reverse toner with some solid rainbow colors. I reluctantly let this go in 2019 (not sure what I was thinking besides some notion that prices would be going down). It sold for about twice my price (from 2019), bringing an impressive $826.88 at GC.</p><p><br /></p><p><a href="https://forums.collectors.com/home/leaving?allowTrusted=1&target=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.greatcollections.com%2FCoin%2F1779655%2F1881-S-Morgan-Silver-Dollar-PCGS-MS-64-Toned" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="https://forums.collectors.com/home/leaving?allowTrusted=1&target=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.greatcollections.com%2FCoin%2F1779655%2F1881-S-Morgan-Silver-Dollar-PCGS-MS-64-Toned" rel="nofollow">https://www.greatcollections.com/Coin/1779655/1881-S-Morgan-Silver-Dollar-PCGS-MS-64-Toned</a></p><p><br /></p><p><img src="https://us.v-cdn.net/6027503/uploads/editor/db/zweoijp32uvd.png" class="bbCodeImage wysiwygImage" alt="" unselectable="on" /></p><p><br /></p><p><img src="https://us.v-cdn.net/6027503/uploads/editor/m1/ots885irtg9o.png" class="bbCodeImage wysiwygImage" alt="" unselectable="on" />[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>
[QUOTE="ddddd, post: 26135209, member: 22377"]It is interesting to me when I run across coins that I have previously owned. Recently two such examples showed up at GC auctions. Both were toned Morgans. First up is this obverse toned rattler. Here is what I said when I had it in my duds of 2024 thread: "It came from Legend Auctions and I certainly had to pay up. I bought into the rattler hype and the photo. In hand, this was a solid coin but with the price I had paid, it was a bit of a let down. It took a while to sell but I was able to get out of it with about an $80 loss. " The final result was $675-which I think is in the right range. This was lower than I paid originally and lower than what I got when selling it for a loss. [URL='https://forums.collectors.com/home/leaving?allowTrusted=1&target=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.greatcollections.com%2FCoin%2F1779102%2F1881-S-Morgan-Silver-Dollar-PCGS-MS-63-CAC-Green-OGH-1st-Gen-Toned']https://www.greatcollections.com/Coin/1779102/1881-S-Morgan-Silver-Dollar-PCGS-MS-63-CAC-Green-OGH-1st-Gen-Toned[/URL] [IMG]https://us.v-cdn.net/6027503/uploads/editor/x3/l0z4h4bx6pmz.png[/IMG] [IMG]https://us.v-cdn.net/6027503/uploads/editor/80/bj3ft4a5ykgx.png[/IMG] The other coin is a reverse toner with some solid rainbow colors. I reluctantly let this go in 2019 (not sure what I was thinking besides some notion that prices would be going down). It sold for about twice my price (from 2019), bringing an impressive $826.88 at GC. [URL='https://forums.collectors.com/home/leaving?allowTrusted=1&target=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.greatcollections.com%2FCoin%2F1779655%2F1881-S-Morgan-Silver-Dollar-PCGS-MS-64-Toned']https://www.greatcollections.com/Coin/1779655/1881-S-Morgan-Silver-Dollar-PCGS-MS-64-Toned[/URL] [IMG]https://us.v-cdn.net/6027503/uploads/editor/db/zweoijp32uvd.png[/IMG] [IMG]https://us.v-cdn.net/6027503/uploads/editor/m1/ots885irtg9o.png[/IMG][/QUOTE]
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