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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;toddestan, post: 175669, member: 6366&quot;]An inexpensive coin with an interesting story is the 1904-O Morgan Dollar.&nbsp; It was believed until the early 1960&#039;s that almost all of the 1904-O Morgans had been melted under the Pittman Act in 1918.&nbsp; A 1904-O Morgan was scarce in any condition, and was sure to be the highlight of any silver dollar collection back then.&nbsp; If I remember right, the Redbook back then listed its value at hundreds of dollars.&nbsp; Then in 1962, as the US Government was continuing to distribute the supply of silver dollars from the treasury, it started sending out entire bags of BU 1904-O Morgans to the banks.&nbsp; In all, tens of thousands of the once very rare 1904-O Morgans ended up being distributed by the US Government.&nbsp; This ended up ruining a few coin dealers who had stocked up on the 1904-O when it was worth a lot of money.&nbsp; Supposedly, one guy even committed suicide.</p><p>&nbsp;</p><p>Nowadays you should be able to pick up an uncirculated 1904-O Morgan for under $50.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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