2021 Morgan And Peace Dollars. Classic Series Or Not?

I will add one more thing, here. Since the 2021 set is (enormously) easy to get relative to a set of classic Morgans, having a complete set of classic Morgans will clearly remain the gold standard for collections. With that said, even though one can make that set a complete set for another $1,000 or so, I don't think it will be technically complete until the collector actually does. In practice, however, it won't actually matter, as pretty much anyone can get the new Morgans--yet getting a set of old Morgans is a Sisyphean task at best.

In other words, if I was holding a complete set of Morgans as of 2020 , I wouldn't be particularly worried about this question...

This is true an important to remember. "NCLT" (Non-Circulating Legal Tender) is still legal tender. These are still coins.


I disagree with calling them replicas because the negative connotations (forgery, counterfeit) cannot be avoided.

Same size and design so to me an addition to the sets. I got a "D" Morgan to put into my date set. It will go into my Mint mark hole and serve as the new date too without replacing the album. This strategy could go for the "S" and "P" Morgan's too. As for the Peace $ I'm at a loss as to how to incorporate it into my album.

The Kenndy Half Dollar hasn't been made for circulation for 18 years now, yet we still collect them and put them in our albums. The same for all "S" mint coins since the 1970's, not made for circulation, yet we insist on albums which hold the "S" coins. This argument is not consistent. Therefore they can be considered a continuation of the old series.

Yes, we do, and our albums are heavy! I have my set split into multiple four-page Dansco albums (my original bout in 1984 Kennedy half dollar Dansco only has four pages, hence the precedent). I cannot imagine those with an eight or nine page Dansco full of half dollars!

But I digress... this is about the Morgan and Peace dollars.

Next year? Next year!?

I seem to say that every year now.

I meant here that you can probably get just the 2021 set for somewhere on the order of $1,000 (to $1,500ish). A classic set is going to be much more expensive, even in melt value alone.

The point I was making here is that buying a new Morgan set (even on the secondary market) would be essentially pocket change for anyone who can afford a complete set of old Morgans. (I, alas, am not one of those people... )

So, in other words, if someone did actually have a set of Morgans that was complete before these new ones were released (i.e. the group that theoretically benefits most from the community and/or grading companies deciding "no continuation"), it probably wouldn't break that person's bank account to buy 5 more new coins in order to keep the set complete.