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One of these might be Fair! You're not holding true to your word!  |
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I used the the term "battle scarred" coins in a positive way in another post and these are perfect examples of what I like about these coins. Those Morgans are survivors and still worth something both as collectibles and for their silver content.
Cool - especially the CC!
Ken
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Hey. They all have full Libertys! That makes them at least VF, right? ;-) You have the start of a great lowball collection. Enjoy!
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Those Morgans look great to me. My question is: if you find, say, an 1880 O in worse condition, do you go for a downgrade? Are you looking for the lowest condition that you can find or is there a certain grade range that is your target?
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Oh if those Morgans could talk!
Superdave I think you have a great idea. I can appreciate any coin regardless of grade as long as it is a good representation of that grade. For example in my opinion the 1882-CC is a perfect fair-2.
Superdave I am curious what you paid for the 1882-CC
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I spent $50 on the CC. Quote:
My question is: if you find, say, an 1880 O in worse condition, do you go for a downgrade? Yer darn right I do.  Quote:You have your work cut out for you to beat this: http://www.pcgs.com/setregistry/all...aspx?s=31680 Mad Marty is a force of nature, a character of such influence in the community and a collector of such magnitude as to render my efforts unworthy. He was the driving force behind a certain....anatomically correct coin issue which I will not further describe in a family-friendly forum. If, someday, my efforts could be mentioned in the same breath as his, I shall be a happy man indeed. I don't particularly care if my Poor Morgans will slab. The 1887 certainly won't slab. Although I can appreciate the humor of a Lowball Registry Set, I'm not that guy. The goal is a date set of the most-worn Morgans I can possibly find, which are still identifiable as to date and mint. FR02 is the upper limit of acceptability. I guarantee I'm having as much fun with this as anyone at Coin Community is with their collecting. |
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You know what I do when I don't have any money to spend on coins, or just don't want to spend money at all? Roll hunting!
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Hang in there Super. These are tough times we are in. It can only be down for so long. Everything is cyclical. Those are still some neat coins! I especially like that CC. Definitely full of character!
swcoin.ecrater.com
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Wow, who said that Morgans didn't get much circulation! Those look like they got enough for 10 coins. I guess part of your challenge in this collection will be finding people who actually will trade at that level. Maybe a bullion bag...happy collecting!
Ron
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I was going to point out that there are not just one but two AG-3 1893-S Morgans available for sale in my area, either of which could be the key coin of SuperDave's new collection, except that it's hard to even put "1893-S" and "poor" in the same sentence, never mind have an 1893-S in a collection titled "Poor Morgans"... |
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except that it's hard to even put "1893-S" and "poor" in the same sentence, Now you know why I'm doing this as a date set. Anybody wanna help me attribute the VAM's? |
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SuperDave: "Now you know why I'm doing this as a date set." Well, yeah, but 1893 and 1895 are "whoppers", no matter what mint made them!  |
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Quote:Anybody wanna help me attribute the VAM's? Can we get some better pictures? Hang in there buddy. You still looking for the 8TF VAM 9 in P01? |
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 VAM /a 9 in P01?" border="0" style='cursor:default' onClick='doimage(this,event)'> You know, I bet you could attribute that one in P01. What a rip that would be. Ash Ashmore has a Hot Lips in P01, if I recall correctly. |
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