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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;superc, post: 1624296, member: 44079&quot;]Tell him there is nothing wrong with building up a collection of &#039;common date&#039; morgans in as nice a condition as he can afford.&nbsp; Many coin dealer shops have what we call &#039;junk silver&#039; bins where common date coins in conditions from poor (a term apparently no longer used by ANA) to really nice for about $30 - $40.&nbsp; Melt value tends to go up if you live long enough.&nbsp; I personally remember silver at $8 an ounce.&nbsp; It has climbed a little over that (finally) as I aged.&nbsp; I am fairly confidant that by the time your college friend is my age his collection of melt value coins will be worth more in buying power.</p><p><br /></p><p>Regarding cleaning.&nbsp; It was both common and encouraged when I was a kid (early 60s era) and coin magazines carried ads for polishing stuff.&nbsp; Lots of coins were cleaned back then by collectors that hadn&#039;t yet been told cleaning was bad.&nbsp; There is hype about it, but I have yet to see anyone turn down an 1804 silver dollar or a 1909 S vdb coin because it had been cleaned or suggest melting them because of it.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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