Goofed Up Bin 1893 Morgan Dollar For $9.95 Free Shipping?

Here's a years worth of auction results for this date, XF40 certified by top TPG:

Jan-13 $235 XF40 NGC Heritage
Jan-13 $235 XF40 NGC Heritage
Jan-13 $212 XF40 NGC Heritage
Nov-12 $223 XF40 PCGS Heritage
Nov-12 $223 XF40 NGC Heritage
Nov-12 $223 XF40 NGC Heritage
Nov-12 $200 XF40 ANACS Heritage
Oct-12 $225 XF40 PCGS eBay
Oct-12 $200 XF40 NGC Heritage
Sep-12 $223 XF40 PCGS Heritage
Aug-12 $223 XF40 PCGS eBay
Aug-12 $223 XF40 PCGS Heritage
Aug-12 $223 XF40 PCGS Heritage
Aug-12 $212 XF40 PCGS Heritage
Aug-12 $200 XF40 NGC Heritage
Jun-12 $235 XF40 PCGS eBay
Jun-12 $225 XF40 PCGS eBay
Jun-12 $214 XF40 PCGS eBay
May-12 $239 XF40 PCGS eBay
May-12 $232 XF40 PCGS eBay
May-12 $207 XF40 NGC Heritage
May-12 $207 XF40 NGC Heritage
May-12 $207 XF40 PCGS Heritage
May-12 $196 XF40 NGC Heritage
Apr-12 $207 XF40 NGC Heritage
Apr-12 $202 XF40 PCGS eBay
Mar-12 $250 XF40 PCGS eBay
Feb-12 $231 XF40 ANACS Great Collections
Feb-12 $219 XF40 NGC Heritage
Feb-12 $207 XF40 NGC Heritage

A reason for keeping a Morgan: it is the most exquisite coin this country has ever produced. They have exploded in prices over the last 50 years and they are beautiful. Beautiful to look at and wonderful to think of its history. You don't have a Morgan in your collection but you do now!! Expand! I am completely biased BTW as I love Morgans more than anything. If it were any other coin for me I would have already sold it.....for a Morgan! But to each his own....

Mintage figures don't always reflect rarity.. You have to remember that many Morgan's were melted down, so sometimes rarity goes more by current estimated numbers remaining, not mintage numbers. Some of the years had large numbers minted, but very few saw circulation and many of the UNC's were melted down without ever leaving mint bags, resulting in the ones released being very valuable. So on so forth.
Also CC's are extremely sought after and highly collected, they most always carry a hearty premium.
I'd probably be interested in it if you posted it for sale here.. Depending on what your asking for it... So there's always the option of selling here too...
But I agree with MrMorgan.. I'd keep it too... Morgan's are my soft spot.. I can't get enough... Absolutely my favorite coin!

You always have the option not to read it.

If this were the case I think many of us would have accepted the whole situation. I really dislike the fact that you are openly flipping this seller's mistake for a profit.




And this would be my choice from here on. Good luck...

My buddy the loch ness monster said he'll give you about $3.50 for it...

You are going to sell on here? I don't think anyone that has read this thread will buy the morgan knowing the whole story. You would probably make more on the bay. See if there are any list free dates coming up so you can save on list fees.

I really didn't mean to get up on my high horse and preach earlier, and I apologize if that's the way my posts seemed. As I said, everybody (buyers and sellers alike) wants to get a great deal and we all brag about the great deals we get. I think the thing that is putting some people off about your story, though, is the fact that the seller (a) made a mistake, (b) told you that he made a mistake and (c) asked for the coin back (although he was gracious enough to let it be your decision and also offer to give you $100 for your trouble if you agreed to send it back). That's very different from the 1916D Mercury dime situation, in my opinion.

The fact that you also seem to only want to flip the coin and don't care about it numismatically, well, that just adds a bit of insult to injury, I think.

I dunno. I often bid on items that have bad pictures or are poorly described because I think I see something that the seller (and other bidders, hopefully) didn't see. Often I'm wrong, but sometimes I score big. And that's all part of the game. I suppose you could argue that I am acting "immorally" by not informing the seller what he really has, and perhaps you would be right. So I certainly don't think I've got the moral high ground here or anything. As I said, though, I really think it's just the fact that the seller told you he made a mistake and asked for the coin back that is raising eyebrows here, not the fact that you got a great deal.