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Value Of My 1891 Morgan? (Pics Included)

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 Posted 06/19/2013  10:30 am Show Profile   Bookmark this topic Add mizugori to your friends list Get a Link to this Message Number of Subscribers
I am very new and still learning the ropes. I googled 1891 Morgan dollar and I found a page on cointrackers about the coin, which says that in poor condition it is worth $24 while one in perfect condition is worth $8100.

I took the coin to a coin dealer who offered me $25 or $30 for it (I don't remember exactly what he said, I was showing him several coins and his offer for each was somewhere between $20 and $30.) Needless to say, I said no thanks.

Now, I realize that my coin is not in perfect condition. However, I think that it is in pretty good condition for a circulated coin of this age. I would like to know what you think of the coin, and what I could get for it if I wanted to sell it.

I have included four pictures - the front and back of the coin with and without the camera flash.

Also, as an aside, is CoinTrackers at all accurate in the prices they assign to various coins?

Thanks for your help!!

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 Posted 06/19/2013  10:36 am  Show Profile   Bookmark this reply Add shadowtrooper78 to your friends list Get a Link to this Reply
if a dealer offered you 25 to 30 on this one that's very fair.....These can be found at my local coin shop for around $28 a pop. I believe this one to fall in to the VF-20 range as far as grade.
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http://www.numismedia.com/fmv/fmv.shtml
This is a good website to use to find values of nearly any coin in any condition.
Obviously the values on this site are the Fair market value and dealers will be giving you 20-40% left so they can make a profit.
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 Posted 06/19/2013  10:55 am  Show Profile   Bookmark this reply Add SsuperDdave to your friends list Get a Link to this Reply
Cointrackers doesn't appear horribly inaccurate, but they're offering the broadest-possible generalizations in an area where the most subtle differences can mean huge changes in value. Coins are graded on a 70-point scale, and there are some issues where a difference of 5 points could mean a thousand-dollar jump in value. With the coin you posted, that could mean just a little bit more hair detail, and a little more on the wings. 1891-O is not at all a rare issue - in lower grade like yours is, it's worth only a little above melt value. However, it's one of those which are quite scarce in higher Uncirculated grades, like so:

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That is a $5000 coin. There are issues like 1893-S where a barely-readable example will still set you back no less than $1000 (and one in the condition of yours would be worth over $5000), and other issues where a coin in the condition I posted above won't cost you $100. It's a whole lot more complex than Cointrackers makes it seem.
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Looks nicely toned to me. Id certainly want it...but with silver at current prices, theres not much to be done about the price.
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