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<p>[QUOTE="cpm9ball, post: 1078443, member: 24633"]I'm glad you mentioned this! <b>Do not</b>, under any circumstances, keep these coins in a gunsafe. The oils and lubricants that are used to clean and protect guns can be harmful to the surfaces of coins. The coins don't even have to come into direct contact with the solvents. The molecules floating around in the air of this enclosed space can settle on the coins.</p><p> </p><p>Joe, I wouldn't concern yourself with trying to identify key dates, semi-key dates and VAM's at this point. For a new collector, this will make your task a bit more complicated at this point. Just post a list of the Morgan and Peace dollars, and we can help you weed out the less valuable dates/mintmarks.</p><p> </p><p>Let's just take it one step at a time. After the Morgans & Peace, we can tackle the Walkers, then the Franklins and then the quarters in the same fashion. This should make it easier for you.</p><p> </p><p>By the way, the CC Morgans were only produced 1878-1885 & 1889-1893. The most common of these are 1882-1884.</p><p> </p><p>Chris[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>
[QUOTE="cpm9ball, post: 1078443, member: 24633"]I'm glad you mentioned this! [B]Do not[/B], under any circumstances, keep these coins in a gunsafe. The oils and lubricants that are used to clean and protect guns can be harmful to the surfaces of coins. The coins don't even have to come into direct contact with the solvents. The molecules floating around in the air of this enclosed space can settle on the coins. Joe, I wouldn't concern yourself with trying to identify key dates, semi-key dates and VAM's at this point. For a new collector, this will make your task a bit more complicated at this point. Just post a list of the Morgan and Peace dollars, and we can help you weed out the less valuable dates/mintmarks. Let's just take it one step at a time. After the Morgans & Peace, we can tackle the Walkers, then the Franklins and then the quarters in the same fashion. This should make it easier for you. By the way, the CC Morgans were only produced 1878-1885 & 1889-1893. The most common of these are 1882-1884. Chris[/QUOTE]
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