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Pillar of the Community
United States
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Paralyse, what are your thoughts on 1889-S? I had a decent one that I sold. I always thought that was a tough date in mid MS condition.
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Bedrock of the Community
Australia
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Any CC in high MS would be good enough for me!
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United States
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When I was a kid, I gradually got a bunch of silver dollars from a few relatives, probably mostly my mother and her father. I still have them all. One of them is an 1886 S in what I think is XF condition. That's probably my rarest coin.
With unexpected hoards of Morgans emerging once in a while, I suppose the relative prices of the different years/MMs will shift around.
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The first thing that comes to my mind over all, when I here rare Morgans are any CC Morgan. John1  |
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Bedrock of the Community
United States
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When I was a kid my Dad always gave me an allowance in Silver Dollars. And I spent them as if they were money. Back then that's all they were.
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Pillar of the Community
United States
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When I used to collect Morgans my top coin was an 1893-S.
I think it was a VG.
Got close to $2000 for it when I sold the set.
At that time I had a complete date/mm set except for the 1895.
I don't collect proofs (except for my birth year set).
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Pillar of the Community
United States
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Along with the other ones mentioned, the 1894
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Bedrock of the Community
United States
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@Jon Brand, 1889-S was historically one of the toughest coins in general and a significant scarcity in any grade, rivalling the 1893-S IMO.
A low mintage of 700k didn't hurt. This changed somewhat when several bags were released with the Treasury hoards. The Redfield Hoard also had a decent quantity (2-3 bags IIRC) of 1889-S in AU and MS condition.
It is still a date and MM which carry a premium in any grade, but there are plenty of Redfield examples available, many in their original Paramount holders. Like many Redfield coins, most have moderate to heavy peripheral toning.
Above MS65 (>1500 graded between NCG/PCGS) it becomes a significant conditional rarity and expensive to boot, with NGC (who certified many of the Redfield coins a few years later) having only 34 coins graded higher than MS65 (2 65+ and 32 66's, none higher than MS66.) PCGS has graded some higher: 13 66+'s and a lone 67. PL/DMPL coins are out there but not many and cost mucho dinero.
Oddly, it's also one of the toughest lowball Morgans to acquire, NGC having graded exactly one in Poor and PCGS with 2 graded.
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Bedrock of the Community
Australia
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It has to be remembered that lowball generally coins are less often submitted, due to a much lower potential value.
Perhaps this factor, in part at least, may help to explain why the population for lowball coins (Morgans included), is as low as it is.
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This takes me back memory lane!
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Bedrock of the Community
United States
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What comes to mind when I think of rare Morgan dollars? That there aren't any. |
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United States
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What I think of is any Morgan dollar that actually saw circulation. |
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Canada
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The 1893-cc branch mint proof that was recently lost in the mail certainly comes to mind. With only what, about 5 known to exist, I believe that most would consider them a rare bird indeed.
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United States
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Quote: What comes to mind when I think of rare Morgan dollars? That there aren't any. Burn.  |
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Pillar of the Community
United States
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When I think of "rare Morgan dollars", I think of oxymorons. The two key dates have over 10000 known each (extremely common by any metric), and you have to make up rarities by assigning grades to them or deciding that a particular variety is rare. The 1895 proof Morgan is a class of its own, though, but still overpriced when compared to other proof Morgans of a similar mintage, especially when you compare the values of "normal" proof Trade dollars and the "proof only" Trade dollars. |
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