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After seeing the 1879 To 1999 Dollar Date Set (Dansco #7172) being assembled by hfjacinto, I also got in the mood of assembling a set of dollars by date. Since I am not a huge fan of the Susan B. Anthony dollars, nor the Peace and Ike dollars (not hard feelings, jbuck), I decided to stick with Morgan dollars only. According to PCGS, a complete Morgan dollar Date Set would unfortunately be a costly endeavor, pricing at about $10k+ for coins in AU/MS condition. That's a bit too much to me, especially since I would like to place the coins in a nice Dansco album. Ten grand sitting on a bookshelf is unconceivable to me. I therefore opted to look for circulated Morgan dollars with a nice "Circulation Cameo". My plan is to exclusively buy the Morgan dollars at coin shows as I find it fun to browse through the offering of the coin dealers present and pick the coin with the best eye appeal to me. Edited by NumisEd
10/31/2024 10:02 pm
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To start, I wanted to buy a Dansco 7171 album. Initially, this album was hard to locate for a good price as most sellers wanted $100+ for the album if it was in stock at all. I got a lucky break when hfjacinto mentioned Collectorscorner, which I contacted by email. Fortunately, they had a Dansco 7171 in stock for a very good price, which I bought immediately. It arrived today.  |
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The first two Morgan dollars I bought at the NH Coin & Currency Expo are a 1894-O and 1901. Twenty six more to go (plus the four mint mark versions)!   |
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Best of luck...looking forward to your updates
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Nice start!  Errers and Varietys.
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Sounds like a fun project!
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Quote:I therefore opted to look for circulated Morgan dollars with a nice "Circulation Cameo". My plan is to exclusively buy the Morgan dollars at coin shows as I find it fun to browse through the offering of the coin dealers present and pick the coin with the best eye appeal to me. Sounds like it will be a fun and challenging endeavor! I look forward to seeing your progress. You're off to a good start!
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Congrats! Great album! I'm really looking forward to the set! Solid great start! I'm also only buying locally or Allen's coin shop in Ohio, no ebay. I'm going to sell a duplicate Hawaii $1 and pick up a Morgan for my book! Edited by hfjacinto
11/01/2024 08:02 am
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Awesome start! Love the idea of doing a set with circulation cameo. Looking forward to seeing the progress
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You appear to be off to a good start. I'm looking forward to your updates.
Take a look at my other hobby ... https://www.jk-dk.artToo many hobbies .... too much work .... not enough time. |
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Looking forward to updates. Great start.
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Quote:and Ike dollars (not hard feelings, jbuck) Your loss.  Nice start! I look forward to seeing this project progress! 
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Upon further inspection, it looks like my 1894-O Morgan dollar is VAM-2, "O tilted right". |
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Quote: Upon further inspection, it looks like my 1894-O Morgan dollar is VAM-2, "O tilted right". 
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Purchased these five Morgan dollars at he Nashua Coin Show today.     (1890 removed from collection) Edited by NumisEd
11/17/2024 8:44 pm
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