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Bedrock of the Community
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Today I picked up 35 Morgan dollars from a dealer box marked uncirculated. After calculating what I paid for all it worked out to $49.59 each so I'll call it $50 bucks a pop. Like the earlier, smaller batch of 17, I will post these at a rate of about 1 per day through to the end of the year so that we can grade them together and I don't clutter the grading forum with just my coins. All are common dates and they marked them uncirculated but we will see. Looking through them, some of them are really pretty and others look baggy. As always, let me know your thoughts on grade and other grading adjacent issues. I will start with one of the nicer ones in the lot. I also think my photography skills have improved a lot, especially after I got my new phone. Thanks for looking and contributing your thoughts!    IN NECESSARIIS UNITAS - IN DUBIIS LIBERTAS - IN OMNIBUS CARITAS THE MAN IN THE ARENA, Theodore Roosevelt at the Sorbonne Paris on April 23, 1910: " It is not the critic who counts; not the man who points out how the strong man stumbles or where the doer of deeds could have done better. The credit belongs to the man who is actually in the arena, whose face is marred by dust and sweat and blood, who strives valiantly, who errs and comes up short again and again, because there is no effort without error or shortcoming, but who knows the great enthusiasms, the great devotions, who spends himself in a worthy cause; who, at the best, knows, in the end, the triumph of high achievement, and who, at the worst, if he fails, at least he fails while daring greatly, so that his place shall never be with those cold and timid souls who knew neither victory nor defeat." My coin website: https://fairfaxcoins.comEdited by numismatic student
11/23/2025 11:59 am
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Pillar of the Community
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Nice one!
Definitely UNC. The strike is a bit soft. There is a lot of little chatter, but not too many heavy dings. The nicks on the bridge of the nose, middle of the cheek, and hair under the ear are the heaviest on the obverse, and they aren't bad. The eagle had a bit of a sword fight, and the gash near the top of the eagle's breast is the heaviest. The rims look good. The luster is nice. I'm at MS-64 here.
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Bedrock of the Community
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Thanks fortcollins. The eagle looks like it's bleeding out from a chest wound. IN NECESSARIIS UNITAS - IN DUBIIS LIBERTAS - IN OMNIBUS CARITAS THE MAN IN THE ARENA, Theodore Roosevelt at the Sorbonne Paris on April 23, 1910: " It is not the critic who counts; not the man who points out how the strong man stumbles or where the doer of deeds could have done better. The credit belongs to the man who is actually in the arena, whose face is marred by dust and sweat and blood, who strives valiantly, who errs and comes up short again and again, because there is no effort without error or shortcoming, but who knows the great enthusiasms, the great devotions, who spends himself in a worthy cause; who, at the best, knows, in the end, the triumph of high achievement, and who, at the worst, if he fails, at least he fails while daring greatly, so that his place shall never be with those cold and timid souls who knew neither victory nor defeat." My coin website: https://fairfaxcoins.com |
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Bedrock of the Community
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Agree with the census at 64.
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Bedrock of the Community
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Great buy. Solid MS-64 with great eye appeal.
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I will post these at a rate of about 1 per day through to the end of the year Is this your Morgan dollar advent calendar?  Nice first coin! I agree with a solid MS-64, and maybe a chance at 65. |
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Bedrock of the Community
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I did have the advent calendar thought in my head yesterday as I was setting this up. IN NECESSARIIS UNITAS - IN DUBIIS LIBERTAS - IN OMNIBUS CARITAS THE MAN IN THE ARENA, Theodore Roosevelt at the Sorbonne Paris on April 23, 1910: " It is not the critic who counts; not the man who points out how the strong man stumbles or where the doer of deeds could have done better. The credit belongs to the man who is actually in the arena, whose face is marred by dust and sweat and blood, who strives valiantly, who errs and comes up short again and again, because there is no effort without error or shortcoming, but who knows the great enthusiasms, the great devotions, who spends himself in a worthy cause; who, at the best, knows, in the end, the triumph of high achievement, and who, at the worst, if he fails, at least he fails while daring greatly, so that his place shall never be with those cold and timid souls who knew neither victory nor defeat." My coin website: https://fairfaxcoins.com |
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Sold MS. Nice example!  |
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Bedrock of the Community
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way better photos NS. the 85(P) are above average for strike and this one exhibits that. a solid MS64. nice pickup
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Posted 11/22/2025 8:17 pm
