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<p>[QUOTE="TJMaximus, post: 2989053, member: 93102"]I just joined the forum with questions on Morgans, and my interests are close to those of the original poster here, but with a few key (and obvious) differences. I'd like to collect, over the next couple of years, the entire Morgan series. I'm after one of each year and mint, which looks to be a total of 99 coins (if I'm counting right?). I'll be wanting all of them graded and slabbed by PCGS. For the rarer years/mints, I'll have to settle for VF or less. For the really common ones, I want MS 62+.</p><p><br /></p><p>I've started at the beginning, and have two of the 1878s, Philadelphia and Carson City, with San Francisco (MS-64) on the way. As you can see, the Philly one is graded by NGC; that was my goof when I bought it. Eventually, I'll send it to PCGS to re-grade and slab for consistency's sake.</p><p><br /></p><p>Does this sound like a worthwhile endeavor? Would such a collection be worth more than the sum of its parts? I'll be honest, part of my motive is that this could be a good way for a spendthrift to save money; I may well be interested in selling it once complete.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>
[QUOTE="TJMaximus, post: 2989053, member: 93102"]I just joined the forum with questions on Morgans, and my interests are close to those of the original poster here, but with a few key (and obvious) differences. I'd like to collect, over the next couple of years, the entire Morgan series. I'm after one of each year and mint, which looks to be a total of 99 coins (if I'm counting right?). I'll be wanting all of them graded and slabbed by PCGS. For the rarer years/mints, I'll have to settle for VF or less. For the really common ones, I want MS 62+. I've started at the beginning, and have two of the 1878s, Philadelphia and Carson City, with San Francisco (MS-64) on the way. As you can see, the Philly one is graded by NGC; that was my goof when I bought it. Eventually, I'll send it to PCGS to re-grade and slab for consistency's sake. Does this sound like a worthwhile endeavor? Would such a collection be worth more than the sum of its parts? I'll be honest, part of my motive is that this could be a good way for a spendthrift to save money; I may well be interested in selling it once complete.[/QUOTE]
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