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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;cpm9ball, post: 873060, member: 24633&quot;]Here are a couple interesting tidbits for you to chew on.........</p><p>&nbsp;</p><p>When the GSA began releasing the CC Dollars in the early 70&#039;s, they used two different holders. If the Morgan was blast white it went into an &quot;UNCIRCULATED SILVER DOLLAR&quot; holder. If the Morgan had any toning at all, it went into a &quot;SILVER DOLLAR&quot; holder.</p><p>&nbsp;</p><p>Occasionally, someone will submit a GSA Morgan for grading and it will come back &quot;Improperly Cleaned&quot;. </p><p>&nbsp;</p><p><b>What? Wait a minute!</b> </p><p>&nbsp;</p><p>A Morgan is produced at the Carson City Mint. It remains in a sealed bag there for 5 years or so before being transferred to the Treasury vault in Washington, D.C. It lies untouched in the vault for another 80+ years before it is opened and the coins are packaged and sold through the GSA.</p><p>&nbsp;</p><p><b>How in the heck could it have been improperly cleaned?</b></p><p>&nbsp;</p><p>You have to bear in mind that the GSA couldn&#039;t possibly assign their regular staff to the massive task of holdering tens of thousands of Morgan Dollars for the Treasury release and still conduct day-to-day operations. Instead, they hired local college students as temporary help to complete the task. There was no prerequisite that they have any numismatic knowledge at all. They were just filling plastic holders.</p><p>&nbsp;</p><p>Now, go back to what I told you about &quot;UNCIRCULATED&quot; silver dollars and toning. Suppose that a young college coed came upon a particular Morgan that had ever-so-slight toning, so she decided to use some of her nail polish remover to see if she could remove it. Or, suppose some other kid tried to use the eraser of a pencil to remove a &quot;stain&quot;.</p><p>&nbsp;</p><p><b>Voila!</b></p><p>&nbsp;</p><p>You are now the proud owner of an improperly cleaned Morgan Dollar direct from the United States General Services Administration.</p><p>&nbsp;</p><p>Chris[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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