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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;jimmy-bones, post: 321993, member: 2794&quot;]Well, yes and no. The mint found many bags of dollars. Some were complete bags of uncirculted coins,&nbsp; some circulated, some were peace dollars, some were morgan dollars, and believe it or not a few seated were found. The uncirculated coins were placed in two different holders based on GSA&#039;s criteria of eye appeal. The nicer looking uncirculated dollars (in their opinion, not mine)&nbsp; were placed the&quot;Uncirculated&quot; designated black holers. The uncirculated coins, generally with toning or heavy bag marks were placed in black slabs without the &quot;Uncirculated&quot; desination.&nbsp; Circulated coins on the other hand were placed in blue soft packs. The condition of the circulated coins can range widely, from MS to VG, but they were considered circulated.&nbsp; </p><p><br /></p><p>To answer the original question...yes, I would pay a premium for GSA slabbed dollars for no better reason than I collect them, along with all the docs, order forms, cases, and cards. But also because I feel they deserve a premium a historical perspective. The GSA release totals for each year in some cases was only a fraction of the total mint production. (for example, there were over 14 million 1879 CC Morgans minted, but only 4,123 released in the GSA auctions.) To make matters worse, many collectors in the 80s cracked out the coins to be slabbed by TPGs, making the totals of original GSA slabbed coins lower. Like it or not, GSA slabbed coins do command a premium, probably because collectors like me are willing to pay for it.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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