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Valued Member
United States
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  I'm getting a little discouraged because a nice set is just about out of reach.I'm about to call it quits and be happy we're I'm at thus far.Has anyone else come to this point? *** Moved by Staff to a more appropriate forum. ***
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Pillar of the Community
 United States
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Well I've got a set I'm putting together, but I'm not targeting MS coins. Generally speaking, there are VERY few UNCs in my set, mainly because I have so many date and mint sets that if I focused on quality I'd be nowhere near any of them.
Back to the original question. In UNC, yes, it is nearly impossible without at least a million or two in spendable cash. In circulated grades, or including circulated coins, no, not so much. The most expensive coins will obviously be your 93 PDSCC set.
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 United States
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I've mainly been focused on the front half of the series Pre-1893.But good grief Charlie Brown there is a lot of Carson City dollars in the front half.I have modified my book for now and made a space for many of them.The 1882,1883 and 1884 CC's are very reasonably priced in high grades.
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Bedrock of the Community
United States
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If you exclude the proof-only 1895, the whole set is quite doable if you're willing to accept mid-grades for the few keys.
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Rest in Peace
United States
10625 Posts |
My set is VG-VF and far from complete.. I really hate putting MS coins next to VG coins in an album..
That's a nice looking '84-S.
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Pillar of the Community
Russian Federation
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IIRC it's extremely hard to assemble a matched (or even near-matched) Morgan set, because some dates are very uncommon in high grades, while some other dates are very uncommon in low grades (and comparatively common in high grades). OTOH, as far as sets go, the Morgans are not "almost impossible" to complete (unlike, say, Barber dimes) in that there's no absolute stoppers when there's only like a dozen (or less) examples known and you're forced to wait until one shows up at an auction (and then hope not to get outbid by all the people interested in it for their set). In other words, every date (yes, even 1895) is reasonably readily available if you have the money (though of course it would take quite a bit of money). |
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What you have is impressive.  |
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Pillar of the Community
United States
5177 Posts |
How about doing a date set and forget about Carson City?
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Pillar of the Community
United States
4085 Posts |
It's that "almost" part that keeps us going...
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Valued Member
United States
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  Thank you Jbuck and Dave 700x and all others for your comments.It started off as a Date Set but I got Morgan fever or something like that and that's when it dawned to me I'm in over my head.Most of the CC's that I want are $700 to $1100 each.Still missing the 1888-S and 1886-O.They are kinda tough to find a nice one. |
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United Kingdom
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I've put together a year set from 1878 to 1904 that includes all four mints, plus all three 1921s. I may try to complete the set later on. I personally don't mind a variation in condition - it's nice to have a few Uncirculated coins, especially when they cost a fraction of what a Victorian crown would cost in the same condition, but it's also kinda romantic to have ones that have genuinely circulated in the Wild West!   |
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Rest in Peace
United States
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I started off in 1977 just collecting the common dates in MS. Then I joined this site and some guy by the handle SsuperDdave got me started on VAMs. I later joined VAMworld and the SSDC and about 700 Morgan dollars later here I am still working on this set in VG-VF. You have a very nice set working there but like me some issues are out of reach for my coin budget which is very low at the moment..  |
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United States
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Looking good!  |
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Pillar of the Community
United States
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I have a complete set,including a circulated (proof) 1895. But and this is a big but. I began collecting in the 60s and my Grandfather who was a Collector owned a Casino in Carson City. I used to sit on mint sealed bags of silver dollars to do my homework. I also worked in the counting room to seperate coins my grandfather wanted to look at before putting back on the floor.
In this way I was able to complete a set of Morgans where my "worst" coin is an AU50.
Compare this to comic collecting. I have a complete collection of "Action" comics". Anyone with money can find a "1" issue. However; there are two keys for which here are less than two dozen known survivors. Half of which are institutional collections such as the Smithsonian or DC's own collection. One of the keys is so rare that when it comes up for auction it is a newsworthy event; in that world. That would be Action 13. The census, I believe is around 22. However; that includes some resubmissions. If you discount the resubs and inclued the hidden ones out there 22 is probably a good number. A few years back there were a number of sales which confused the issue, because it was the same book passing from one collector o another.
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Bedrock of the Community
United States
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The key factor is the money. If you have the money the set is not difficult. If you clearly don't have the money then it is impossible. And if you are somewhere in the middle it could be difficult but possible. For most people the deciding factor is whether they decide they need the 1895 proof in with the rest of their business strikes. Then the second question is what minimum grade they want and whether they will accept a lower grade key among their higher grade commons.
But for many of us it doesn't matter what the set is, there usually comes a point where we "hit the wall" and the remaining pieces we need are a stretch or beyond the reach of our pocketbook and new acquisitions become few and far between. And sometimes you do need to accept there you may never finish the set you are working one. I'm working on such a set, but I have to admit I have gotten a lot further than I ever expected to.
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