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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;COIN STASHER, post: 1267057, member: 773&quot;]I am new to key date Morgan and Peace Dollar collecting.&nbsp; My first question is:&nbsp; In searching ebay and other dealers for 1879 CC (both capped and clear mint marks) and 1889 CC Morgans, I have found many AU&#039;s, which I might be able to afford, but virtually all have been lightly cleaned or polished, and I was wondering if such &quot;doctoring&quot; would affect the future price of these coins in a negative way?&nbsp; Right now, solid BU&#039;s (MS 63 and up) NOT cleaned are just a bit out of line for me price wise.&nbsp; So, in conjunction with my first question, would I be better to collect a cleaned, graded AU (or even a genuine raw AU) from a reputable, fully-disclosing detail dealer, or shoot for a solid graded or non-graded XF 45 for only slightly less money, which is disclosed by the same reputable dealer or third party grading service as not &quot;doctored&quot; or cleaned?</p><p><br /></p><p>I apologize for not doing a very good job of wording my above questions.&nbsp; I am mainly a collector of modern coins, and have mostly complete sets of U. S. 19&#039;th and 20&#039;th Century coins, with several exceptions.&nbsp; I just started collecting Morgan and Peace Dollars, and am presently working on a complete CC set of Morgans, and as close to BU Peace Dollars as I can afford.&nbsp; I am now retired, and though collecting is my main interest, as I grow older I will need to think of my collection as an investment too.&nbsp; I just wonder what you guys think about the questions I&#039;ve asked, and would appreciate any advice to help me meet the collecting/investing goals herein described. </p><p><br /></p><p>Thanks to everyone in advance for your kind advice and expertise![/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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