Five Decade, Five Mint, Morgan Dollar Set

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CaptainFwiffo Pillar of the Community United States 4132 Posts	Posted 10/25/2018 8:10 pm So, I'm not likely to ever try to collect a set of Morgan dollars, but I'm also not gonna be satisfied with just one for my type set. So I'm going for five coins, from five mints, in each of the five decades in which Morgans were minted, in MS 65 or better. I'd also like them to span the gamut in terms of the diversity of the series. A GSA dollar, some bag toned, or end-roll toned, a DMPL blazer, an interesting VAM... But I don't know Morgans well, so could use some advice from fans of the series. A couple easy ones: 1921-D; no choice here. CC in the 1880s; these seem to be the affordable dates. And a GSA dollar seems obvious here. Which dates look the nicest? 'Nawlins - I guess 1901-1904? Which dates are common and come nice? Since Carson City takes the 80s, 1880-S and 1881-S are out. 1879-S seems in reach in terms of price, though not quite as common. How are the '79-S DMPLs? So P is left with 1890-something. Any nice VAMs here I should pick? Report this Post to the Staff

paralyse Bedrock of the Community United States 12057 Posts	Posted 10/25/2018 9:59 pm 1879-S is very affordable in PL/DMPL and would do nicely, easily found with a razor sharp strike. If you want an (expensive) challenge, try finding a MS64 or MS65 1879-S with the very scarce "Reverse of 1878" / parallel arrow feathers!! 1883-O, 1884-O, 1904-O (and 1899-O, 1901-O, 1902-O in PL to an extent) are also widely available in PL/DMPL. With O-mints you have no shortage of interesting and collectible VAMs, notably the O/O varieties for 1883 and 1884 and the 1899 Micro O MM VAMs. For CC I would recommend 1883 or 1884, GSA Prooflike (PL) and DMPL examples are readily available on the market without excessive premiums. Go for one in an NGC holder. By far, the most common 1890's Philly mint issue in high grades is the 1896, and it also happens that 2 Top 100 VAMs (Doubled Stars VAM 4 / "8" In Denticles VAM 19) are found on the Philly issues of 1896. PL coins can be found up to about MS64 for that year and MM, but DMPL coins are quite a bit scarcer and correspondingly more expensive. If you have a deep enough pocketbook and want to spice it up you could look for a Redfield Hoard coin, many of which have beautiful toning in their original Paramount holders. First-generation ANA (ANACS) white slabs are also known for beautiful steel-blue and reddish edge toning. Member ANA - EAC - TNA - SSDC - CCT #890 "Most of the things worth doing in the world had been declared impossible before they were done." -- Louis D. Brandeis Edited by paralyse 10/25/2018 10:01 pm Report this Post to the Staff
CaptainFwiffo Pillar of the Community United States 4132 Posts	Posted 10/31/2018 5:10 pm Update: I've got a start on this now, but I gotta get my photography rig set up properly to capture these big wheels, it's too optimized for the wee little coins... Report this Post to the Staff
acloco Pillar of the Community United States 3540 Posts	Posted 10/31/2018 6:43 pm Agree with Paralyse. Not only do I use the PCGS price guide for the obvious pricing info, but use the button that shows various items from dealers/auction/etc. Don't forget to regularly check Great Collections as well. Report this Post to the Staff
nickelsearcher Moderator United States 15395 Posts	Posted 10/31/2018 7:22 pm Great fun - I look forward to seeing whatever you come up with for this collection. Take a look at my other hobby ... http://www.jk-dk.art Report this Post to the Staff
Captain Jack Valued Member United States 171 Posts	Posted 11/12/2018 9:31 pm 1880 or 1881 San Francisco MS68 PCGS. If you have about $5000 they're consistently available on ebay. Probably the only MS68 thats "affordable". These three are the cheapest PCGS MS68 Morgans on ebay at $4,976.70: https://www.ebay.com/itm/1881-S-1-M...d795c3959:i:264029092185 https://www.ebay.com/itm/1881-S-1-M...AOSwdW5b5MRH https://www.ebay.com/itm/1881-S-1-M...AOSw5Qtb44A3 This is the cheapest MS68 for NGC $3,000 (MS68 Star), has weird toning though: https://www.ebay.com/itm/1881-S-Mor...AOSwSzpbMVWb Cheapest ICG MS68 at $2,950 (I wouldn't trust this one, looks more MS67 and if it was resubmitted to NGC or PCGS it would probably go to MS67) https://www.ebay.com/itm/1880-S-ICG...!48640!US!-1 Report this Post to the Staff
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