1893 S Morgan Dollar

Darth Morgan - thank you.
What made me decide to put together two sets? Took me some years to finally complete the first set, and then the fun of upgrading the set took some more years - the second set began with the coins I upgraded - I used to give all my upgraded coins to my sister (she has a near complete set of Morgans) in hopes of getting her involved in collecting, but that didn't gel - to her, the coins she has are something to fall back on in an emergency - nothing more, so I began hanging onto my upgraded Morgans, and the second set grew from that.
That's part of the reason - the other part is - I just love those old Morgan dollars.
In truth, I've already begun a third set from upgraded, upgraded coins (only 10 so far) - I'll eventually, get it completed, too, but there's never a hurry in my collecting habits - I'm just having big fun.
I wish you the best of luck in completing your Morgans - you're already over a third of the way - hang in there.

That's classic brother - work for a boy's name, too.....just in case you opted to go that way on the next adoption.

Wow Ralph I am Impressed--also you having Moe--calling you a Morgan God!! Congrats

Wes, if my brain, and my fingers are working right, the RedBook lists 10 Morgans with a mintage of less than 500,000 - 1881CC, 1885CC, 1889CC, 1893, 1893O, 1893S, 1894, 1895O, 1895S, and 1899, and there are seven others - 1878/8TF, 1879CC, 1880CC, 1886S, 1888S, 1889S - 1893CC with mintages between 500,000 and 1,000,000; however, those "in the know" do list only a few of those dates as key date coins, and the rest are listed as scarce, or semi key date coins.

A 1895 Proof Morgan is really scarce. If anyone does have one, I want to see it.

"This thread has renewed my interest in this set."

Made my day when I read that. Any time a collector can generate, or renew, an interest in a set that they're passionate about, it brings on the warm fuzzies.

Sounds like you're well on your way to acheiving your goal - good luck in your hunting.

I am still far away from completion but I am getting closer.

I posted these two scans to show why one should not get in a hurry when cracking a coin out of a slab. Take note of the marks at nine o'clock on the coin after I cracked it out. I wanted to hold it in my hand, grew impatient, and, as you can see, I damaged the coin.....never happened before, and, hopefully, won't happen again. No idea what my impatience has done to the value of this coin - have to chalk it up as an expensive lesson learned because I can't undo the damage; however, the silver lining is it's still a genuine 1893-S, and that's some consolation.
Be careful if you decide to crack 'em out!!!