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New Member
United States
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Greetings. This is my first time posting here as well as my first foray into the numismatic side of coins, so hopefully I don't screw this up too much! I've no clue how to photograph coins, and much to my dismay I found that my digital camera no longer functions, so I did the best that I could with my smartphone camera. As the Morgan's are all 1921 w/ no mintmark, I will just number them: 1)   2)   3)   4)   5)   The Half Eagle:   I hope the quality is high enough (and that I didn't botch the attachment)... These were 5-6x larger (by file size) originally so hopefully they are not compressed too much to be helpful. Thanks to anyone that can help grade these, and my apologies if something goes terribly wrong when I hit "post", ha. |
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Pillar of the Community
United States
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The Morgan dollars are common date, but the second morgan might have more value since it is uncirculated, with an interesting toning pattern. The half eagle is a common date, worth about $300-350. Maybe even $400. |
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Valued Member
United States
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Welcome to the forums! The pictures are great quality.
I agree with Ploopy, #2 is the best Morgan of the bunch. That's also a die crack running along the top of AMERICA on the reverse correct?
Rest of the Morgans fall in the EF range, IMO.
Edited by Jim_Shorts01
08/10/2015 11:38 pm
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New Member
 United States
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Thanks Ploopy. While researching these I noticed that they are both common dates so I was not expecting either to be rare by any means. At the time of photographing them my intention was to see whether there is any value above spot silver/gold prices. Had never even considered collecting coins, so when these were discovered last week in a box I inherited from a relative a few years ago (yeah, never looked in the box...) my only thought was "free money!". However, I am now finding them quite fascinating. There is just something so tangible about the Morgans, both physically and theoretically... Its hard to explain. So at this point I don't think I could sell them and I posted them just to get an idea of what they would be graded at, as I kind of want to pursue this hobby. As for that 2nd Morgan, I absolutely adore the mottled appearance. I just really wish the reverse showed the same pattern. Even with the differing tone of the obverse/reverse this can increase the value? I assumed it knocked it down to melt-value alone. So much to learn, ha |
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New Member
United States
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Jim: Thanks for the welcome & comment on the pictures. I thought they came out pretty well considering they were taken on an iPhone, aside from the color at least. Seemed no matter what I did I just couldn't quite get the true tone to show through, especially on "number 2". The obverse actually has a shine to it that I cannot capture, and coupled with the odd tone pattern it is quite a cool looking piece. Also, to be honest, I'm not entirely sure what a die crack means... haha. I am going to look into it & get back to you though.
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Valued Member
United States
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Pizzicato, I'm in the same boat. My grandfather left my sister and I his collection of coins. My sister didn't show any interest in them so she just asked for a couple hundred bucks which I gave to her by selling off about 15 common Morgans and Peace dollars. Looking back, I wish I had just given her money instead of selling them since these coins have grown on me, especially the silver dollars! Have fun going through the rest of your collection! Definitely post more pics if you come across any you have questions about. |
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New Member
United States
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Ha, I hear ya! I'm tempted to sell this Half Eagle and put the money into a few decent Morgans! Just wish the market wasn't flooded with counterfeits as I would much prefer to buy them unslabbed so as to actually feel the weight and relief. The look, the feel, the size; just something special about them. You got lucky inheriting the collection. I inherited my great grandfather's "garbage" coins that weren't in his proper collection. The ones pictured, a few hundred dollars worth of 50's-60's silver halves/quarters/dimes, few dozen Ike dollars, a few Mercury's and some Shield nickels. His actual collection (which I recently learned contained over 100 Morgans alone) went to my rich grandfather, the majority of which he sold in order to become just a little more rich... Good guy, lol. Back on topic, here are a couple more photos. I tried to better capture some of the shimmer/color, but it mostly just washed out.  And is this (below) the die crack you were referring to?  |
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Bedrock of the Community
United States
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To me, the second Morgan isn't that much better than the others, and not MS to my eye looking at the breast feathers. With gold now much lower, the quarter eagle (62?) might fetch $325 tops around here.
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08/12/2015 5:24 pm
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