GSA Or Redfield Hoard?

I'd go with a very nice GSA Carson city Morgan probably ms64/65 on a common date like 1882, 1883, 1884. Granted redfield coins do have the cool retro holders. Your $ your call. Do whatever makes you happiest.

I would take the GSA for historical reasons. The Redfield thing was really marketing gimmick back in the day. The coins all seemed have "MS-65" on the holder when the coin inside almost always fell well below that grade. I find the GSA coins when you can get them with the box and the certificate more interesting.

The grading on those coins was off in the 1970s. Back then about all you needed for an "MS-65" was clean cheek for Ms. Liberty, and most of the Redfield coins didn't even make that. I saw very few of those coins back in the 1970s that I liked.

As for Redfield, what was he? He was a highly eccentric, reclusive multi millionaire who hoarded over 400,000 silver dollars in the basement of his home. I suppose some people think that is interesting, but I don't. If you want to read the life story of a multi millionaire who rode around in an old pick-up truck, Sam Walton is more interesting and did more for the welfare of mankind. He created a company of chain stores that revolutionized retailing in America.

I am with Condor on the upside value of GSA or Redfeild, but as a collector I would like to own a GSA for the historical reasons. The Carson City mint made some amazing DMLP coins in 82, 83 or 84. There are some high quality MS 64 DMLP in GSA holders graded by NGC. You would need a little more money, but you would have something very collectable.

We're not talking about TPG holders Tryna. These are historically significant holders that add big premiums all by their self

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I'd go for the GSA.

If you want something unique and special, look for Tidy House Morgan dollars.

I have only one coin from Redfield, in its red Paramount holder, and love it to death -- just wish it was a standard size slab!

I will say this about Redfield: A lot of the coins had a lot of bag marks; there were also a great many damaged by the use of counting machines. This is countered by some drop-dead-gorgeous toning.

That being said, it's still the most widely known Morgan pedigree.

Other hoards you may look into include Binion (NGC), Gene L. Henry/Great Northwest Collection (NGC), and if you are more wealthy than most, coins from the Bass Hoard & the famed toners of the Simpson Sunnywood collection (both PCGS) should be on your list.

I own an 1884-CC GSA (uncertified MS63) & enjoy it but the GSA coins, despite having some beauties as Cascade rightfully noted, are very common outside of the key CC dates. To me, the non-CC black packs (Uncirculated) and the soft packs are multiple orders higher in scarcity; but those magic CC letters seem to bring an association, a weight, all their own, simply by virtue of their existence. At ANA Dallas this year I saw an 1879-S black holder GSA in a dealer's case with the usual boxes of CC's, graded NGC MS66+ (and way out of my price range at $2k+), and it was being mostly ignored stuck in the back corner of the case while the 1879-CC, 1885-CC, 1889-CC, etc were dead center up front.