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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;cpm9ball, post: 1280695, member: 24633&quot;]Welcome to the wonderful world of Morgans, Marvin!</p><p><br /></p><p>There are a lot of common-date Morgans that you can find in PCGS MS64 slabs in that price range.......79-S, 80-S, 81-S, 83-O, 84-O, 85-O, etc. I&#039;m suggesting MS64 because it will give you the most bang for your buck. It&#039;s usually a nice coin with lots of luster and very few detracting marks. </p><p><br /></p><p>If you browse through your Morgan book, you will note that an &quot;Optimal Collecting Grade&quot; is suggested at the top left for each date/mintmark. Look for those that are suggested in MS65 so you can narrow your search for one grade lower. Naturally, the key dates, semi-key dates and CC mintmarks that are suggested in MS65 will be out of your price range.</p><p><br /></p><p>Once you&#039;ve compiled a list, you can start searching eBay to get an idea of what coins may be available. To start the search on your home page, go to &quot;Advanced&quot;, enter <b>&quot;Morgan Dollar PCGS MS64&quot;</b> and select <b>&quot;Exact words, exact order&quot;</b> from the drop-down menu. There will probably be hundreds and hundreds of listings, but you can narrow your search further by going to the left side of the page and specify <b>&quot;BIN&quot;</b> and your max price of $75. Of course, you probably already know how to do this, but I&#039;m covering all the bases anyway.</p><p><br /></p><p>However, there is an oft-cited saying you must remember and that is <b>&quot;Buy the coin, not the slab&quot;.</b> All too often, we have new collectors coming here who are so anxious to start buying and they want to know, &quot;Did I do good?&quot; after they&#039;ve already committed to purchase. It would be far better for you to ask, first, before you pull the trigger. It&#039;s very doubtful that you will miss out on anything good. You should also keep in mind that just because a seller has a specific price listed as the BIN doesn&#039;t mean that he/she won&#039;t be amenable to considering a lower offer. If you want to contact them, be pleasant and tell them, <b>&quot;I don&#039;t want to offend you, but this is all I can afford.&quot;</b> Trust me! It can work, that is, unless the seller just happens to be Scrooge.</p><p><br /></p><p>Let us know how things go, and post links to any listings that interest you so we can offer suggestions.</p><p><br /></p><p>Chris[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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