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<p>[QUOTE="quarter-back, post: 1889465, member: 47022"]Good question. I'd take the MS coin since I collect without regard to possible re-sale. My preference is to look at my collection as a whole rather than coin by coin and the MS coin would probably be a better match for what I have. </p><p><br /></p><p>Let's go to another level. I was looking at Morgan the other day that I need for my set. When I asked for the price, the dealer said that it was about four times what I considered a reasonable price for the year/date. His rationale was that the coin was prooflike and prooflike coins from that year are rare, which is reasonable. However, despite the fact that I could see no evidence of wear, looked like it spent several years in circulation. So. the question - a beat up proof-like or a clean normal strike?[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>
[QUOTE="quarter-back, post: 1889465, member: 47022"]Good question. I'd take the MS coin since I collect without regard to possible re-sale. My preference is to look at my collection as a whole rather than coin by coin and the MS coin would probably be a better match for what I have. Let's go to another level. I was looking at Morgan the other day that I need for my set. When I asked for the price, the dealer said that it was about four times what I considered a reasonable price for the year/date. His rationale was that the coin was prooflike and prooflike coins from that year are rare, which is reasonable. However, despite the fact that I could see no evidence of wear, looked like it spent several years in circulation. So. the question - a beat up proof-like or a clean normal strike?[/QUOTE]
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