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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;Lehigh96, post: 25986555, member: 15309&quot;]This is really tough.&nbsp; When I sold off my Morgan Dollar collection, I only kept one coin from each pedigree.</p><p><br /></p><p>1886 Morgan Dollar NGC MS64* Battle Creek (photo courtesy Anaconda Rare Coins)</p><p><img src="https://i.imgur.com/dLFeEZf.jpg" class="bbCodeImage wysiwygImage" alt="" unselectable="on" /></p><p><img src="https://i.imgur.com/kYK44mL.jpg" class="bbCodeImage wysiwygImage" alt="" unselectable="on" /></p><p><br /></p><p>I dubbed this coin the pink eye dollar and it has been my avatar on the NGC forum for many years.&nbsp; I purchased it in 2008 from Anaconda Rare Coins (Adrian &amp; Brandon) for $612.&nbsp; To date, I still haven&#039;t found a toned Morgan that I like more. That said, this coin is a mid level coin in the Battle Creek hoard.</p><p><br /></p><p>1881-S Morgan Dollar NGC MS64* Great Falls Collection</p><p><br /></p><p><img src="https://i.imgur.com/kJ1w2z6.jpg" class="bbCodeImage wysiwygImage" alt="" unselectable="on" /></p><p><br /></p><p>You wouldn&#039;t know it from my photo, but this coin is absolutely spectacular with semi PL surfaces on the obverse that makes the color look liquid.&nbsp; Also purchased from ARC for an exorbitant sum of $825.</p><p><br /></p><p>As to which pedigree I prefer, that is so hard.&nbsp; If it were down to which one of these two coins I would sell first, I would definitely keep the pink eye dollar.&nbsp; The nicest Great Falls I ever owned was an 1881-S MS67 with deep blue-green toning on the obverse.&nbsp; I have since lost the photos, but here is a link to the Heritage auction listing.</p><p><br /></p><p><a href="https://coins.ha.com/itm/morgan-dollars/1881-s-1-ms67-ngc-the-booming-luster-and-exceptional-detail-are-characteristic-of-this-issue-but-what-sets-the-present-piece-apart-is/a/430-5455.s?ic4=ListView-Thumbnail-071515" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="https://coins.ha.com/itm/morgan-dollars/1881-s-1-ms67-ngc-the-booming-luster-and-exceptional-detail-are-characteristic-of-this-issue-but-what-sets-the-present-piece-apart-is/a/430-5455.s?ic4=ListView-Thumbnail-071515" rel="nofollow"><br /></a></p><p><a href="https://coins.ha.com/itm/morgan-dollars/1881-s-1-ms67-ngc-the-booming-luster-and-exceptional-detail-are-characteristic-of-this-issue-but-what-sets-the-present-piece-apart-is/a/430-5455.s?ic4=ListView-Thumbnail-071515" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="https://coins.ha.com/itm/morgan-dollars/1881-s-1-ms67-ngc-the-booming-luster-and-exceptional-detail-are-characteristic-of-this-issue-but-what-sets-the-present-piece-apart-is/a/430-5455.s?ic4=ListView-Thumbnail-071515" rel="nofollow">1881-S $1 MS67 NGC. The booming luster and exceptional detail are characteristic of this issue, but what sets the present piece apart is the rich plum, cerulean, and orange-gold patina that graces the obverse. The brilliant reverse is a feature of many coins in this collection.</a></p><p><a href="https://coins.ha.com/itm/morgan-dollars/1881-s-1-ms67-ngc-the-booming-luster-and-exceptional-detail-are-characteristic-of-this-issue-but-what-sets-the-present-piece-apart-is/a/430-5455.s?ic4=ListView-Thumbnail-071515" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="https://coins.ha.com/itm/morgan-dollars/1881-s-1-ms67-ngc-the-booming-luster-and-exceptional-detail-are-characteristic-of-this-issue-but-what-sets-the-present-piece-apart-is/a/430-5455.s?ic4=ListView-Thumbnail-071515" rel="nofollow">From The Great Falls Collection</a></p><p><a href="https://coins.ha.com/itm/morgan-dollars/1881-s-1-ms67-ngc-the-booming-luster-and-exceptional-detail-are-characteristic-of-this-issue-but-what-sets-the-present-piece-apart-is/a/430-5455.s?ic4=ListView-Thumbnail-071515" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="https://coins.ha.com/itm/morgan-dollars/1881-s-1-ms67-ngc-the-booming-luster-and-exceptional-detail-are-characteristic-of-this-issue-but-what-sets-the-present-piece-apart-is/a/430-5455.s?ic4=ListView-Thumbnail-071515" rel="nofollow"><br /></a></p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p>I have never seen any of the higher graded Battle Creeks in hand, but I imaging that if I had, perhaps I would have chosen the Battle Creek pedigree.&nbsp; As it stands, I am going with the Great Falls Collection.&nbsp; They had a look that was much more distinctive and I was an ardent collector who has seen dozens of them.</p><p><br /></p><p>I would like to thank [USER=22377]@ddddd[/USER] for creating this thread and allowing me to take a stroll down memory lane of my rainbow toned Morgan Dollar collection.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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