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Cluttered and toy-like? A Morgan? If you say so... I don't think any American coins look like toys. Most designs are exceptional (excluding the new Jefferson nickel design) Everyone has opinions, though.... Edited by Cruisinfusion
05/22/2014 6:01 pm
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"I'd rather date that woman from the Peace dollar than the one from the Morgan." Can't argue this point. From a coin collecting view you will never find the mirrors you can find on some Morgans on a Peace. Toned Morgans are eye candy. And there are so many interesting die varieties to please just about anyone's taste in the Morgan series. Peace dollars have some neat varieties but not to the extent of the Morgans. I like to collect both. |
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Korea, Republic Of
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From the view of a foreign collector, I think the Morgan dollar has a better design. It's one classical-looking coin that is very popular among Korean collectors, too. Also, all the numerous varieties and key dates in the Morgan series interest me. Overall, I'd guess that Morgans are more popular than Peaces. It is the most well-known type of silver dollar, and is iconic. Many movie appearances, so the general public think of Morgans when people say "silver dollar." To the collectors, I think the nice design, rare varieties and hard-to-get key dates and the history behind the Morgans fascinate them. |
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Quote:I'd rather date that woman from the Peace dollar than the one from the Morgan. Well, she was married (the wife of the designer, Anthony de Francisci). Even in this, there's a great backstory with regards to the Morgan, who had Anna Williams, a schoolteacher, sit for him. That Liberty could be modeled on the likeness of an actual living person was at the time an innovation. Colligo ergo sum
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Even in this, there's a great backstory with regards to the Morgan, who had Anna Williams, a schoolteacher, sit for him. That Liberty could be modeled on the likeness of an actual living person was at the time an innovation.
To be pedantic, she was Anna Anness at the time; she didn't acquire Williams until 1895 when she married. It was quite a socially unacceptable thing at the time, and she only modeled upon promise of anonymity. So where did that dashing 24-year-old newly-transplanted Brit find his 18-year-old, single Kindergarten teacher? That's lost to history.  |
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I'm really enjoying this thread because we are all so different and have different preferences. I expected everyone to be saying that Morgans are so much more attractive but that's not the case. I feel that Morgans and Walking Liberty half dollars are the most beautiful coins ever minted. If it weren't for my old copper addiction and my bust half dollar addiction I could easily have a Morgan addiction. Member ANA and EAC "You got to lose to know how to win". Dream On by Aerosmith Edited by cipster
05/22/2014 7:00 pm
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To be pedantic, she was Anna Anness at the time; she didn't acquire Williams until 1895 when she married. At the risk of straying too far off-topic, that's at odds with the biographies of her I've read, one of the most detailed of which can be viewed here: http://www.countygenweb.com/txmontg...n_dollar.htmIn real life, she was certainly not an unattractive woman.  Colligo ergo sum
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Traditionally coin collectors like to fill books and complete sets. Morgans are tailor made for that. I prefer to collect coins I like. I keep a couple Morgans around for reference and bullion value. I hoard well struck 1924-26P Peace dollars, and buy Seated dollars whenever I can afford one. While I like my 1893cc dollar, it pales in significance compared to my beat up 1870cc dollar. "Two minutes ago I would have sold my chances for a tired dime." Fred Astaire
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United States
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Morgans just have so many different ways to collect them. Many different mint marks, VAMs, a larger "history", a more detailed design (IMO).
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Bedrock of the Community
United States
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Quote:I'd rather date that woman from the Peace dollar than the one from the Morgan. I don't think I would like to date either one of them, but I think I would rather be acquainted with the lady on the Morgan dollar. Quote:
That Liberty could be modeled on the likeness of an actual living person was at the time an innovation. The draped bust coinage was modeled on a real person and supposedly so were the Classic head cents and Half Cents. (Supposely John Reich's mistress.) |
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Rest in Peace
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Kind of makes me wonder if the Half Disme was the likeness of an actual person.... |
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United States
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dave that is actually Einstein's sister
"Two minutes ago I would have sold my chances for a tired dime." Fred Astaire
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Rest in Peace
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lol, there is a family resemblance there..
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United States
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Yeah, the two weren't the most attractive of people.
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