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I have a morgan in a plastic case with the black lineing in the middle. How do I open it up? Get the coin out?
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Pillar of the Community
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Very carefully if at all! If it is the snap kind then you will have to pry it open, gently. You want to see the reverse of the coin don't you?
If you are in good with a local "dealer" take the coin to them. They should want to help out their customer!
Edited by dsking
05/20/2006 10:31 am
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Bedrock of the Community
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its not a GSA is it? if it is DO NOT REMOVE ITHere is an image of a GSA if its like this LEAVE IT ALONE!!!! Edited by Bryan1315
05/20/2006 11:33 am
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No it'a not like that.... what is GSA?
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I will give you some very good advice concerning that coin! DON'T TAKE IT OUT of that case. If it is a GSA Morgan as there are collectors all over the country paying a premium for GSA Morgans. If is is not a GSA you should make every effort to help us understand what your case looks like. Is is square or round. How much bigger than the coin is the case? What is the date and mint mark on the Morgan? Do you know the grade of the coin inside?
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Valued Member
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The case is round about 1/2 or 1inch 1904 0 Morgan BU
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Bedrock of the Community
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quote:
Originally posted by coolg35748
No it'a not like that.... what is GSA?
GSA=General Services Administration, in the 70's a hoard of Cason City morgans were found and the US Government put them in cases like I showed above and sold them as per the authority of Richard Nixon. The GSA Morgans are very very HOT right now and people are giving hundreds of dollars over current value for the coins just because they are in the GSA case. One thing I love about NGC that I dont like about PCGS is that NGC leaves the coins in the GSA holder and just puts a label on the case its in while PCGS cracks them out of the case and just makes a note on the case that it was at one time a GSA Morgan |
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Actually they were not all CC but there were some other mints if I remeber correctly
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Bedrock of the Community
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you are absolutely correct, I think there was some New Orleans mints as well found, I am not sure of all of them that was found but I know there were them two found and encased in the GSA cases
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Pillar of the Community
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It sounds like you might have the coin in an air-tite.
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There's a very little bit of overlap on one edge or the other. You need to get a fingernail under that overlap and pry it open - one side is the top, and it's thinner than the other.
Edit: I've seen them where the top is a disc that fits entirely inside the other half. They're a bear to open - you have to kind of warp it to get the top out.
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05/23/2006 3:03 pm
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Forum Mom
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I usually use a razor blade to get under the lip and that works well. You obviously have to be very careful though.
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Forum Kid
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Could we, see pictures, it could help!
thanks!
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