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Pillar of the Community
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Why hello Bryan I know that you are one of the best Morgan collectors here but... Can you tell me wish years to start off with. I have lost all my morgans expect one which is my 1921 p so can you tell me which ones to get since I forgot what to get  Thanks  |
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Bedrock of the Community
United States
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hmm, I dont consider myself the best Morgan collector, just one of many morgan collectors here. If youare into varieties then the 1921 is a great place to start, because they are readily available and are one of the cheapest dates to aquire. If you choose to go this route MorganFred,SuperDave,and a few others would be the best ones to ask for help in this series. I collect 1878 varieties and it is a pretty expensive series to collect, you can buy a MS-64 1921 Morgan for around 40 bucks and a MS-64 1878 will be around 200 bucks so theres a big difference there. Just collecting 1921 varieties would keep you busy for years to come because the 1921 has about as many varieties as the 1878 and the 1878 has over 100 varieties in just the Philadelphia morgans. If I were young and on a limited income like you are I beleive I would do the 1921 variety route because it can be very enjoyable and since they are becoming more and more popular they can also stand to reap more profits in the future
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06/26/2006 3:34 pm
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Bedrock of the Community
United States
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There are plenty of other dates that can be affordable in MS-64 and below if you are wanting to to a date set. Most of the morgans are around 60 bucks in MS-64 and go down from there in lower grades. There will only be a few dates that are considered "key dates" you would have to have to complete a full date set that can be pretty expensive like the 1892,93,94,95 so it all depends on what you are wanting to accomplish with the set you are trying to build
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06/26/2006 3:51 pm
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Pillar of the Community
United States
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Buffaloboy5,
Another option would be to buy a Dansco Morgan date book,then you could work on collecting a Morgan from every year they were produced to fill it. This would probably take you some time but you would have something you could be proud of when it was finished.And it would keep your interest up,working on finding the coins you need.
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Pillar of the Community
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Thanks guys I really appreiate it
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Pillar of the Community
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Ok I saw a 1921 morgan for sale it's ms-65 and the guy was selling it at only 10 bucks. I didn't buy it though it was to cheap for that grade
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Bedrock of the Community
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what makes a coin too cheap? I have never saw one that was too cheap, I have seen many that was too expensive though
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Pillar of the Community
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Where'd you see it for sale and whose grading was it? if it was by a top TPG, then I wouldn't hesitate to buy it. But if it was the guy's own opinion, then I'd take a closer look. |
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Originally posted by Buffaloboy5
Ok I saw a 1921 morgan for sale it's ms-65 and the guy was selling it at only 10 bucks. I didn't buy it though it was to cheap for that grade
You, sir, are learning it right the first time. No MS65, not even a 1921 (and I specialize in 1921's), should be selling for as little as $10. No way on Earth that coin is a true MS65 unless the seller is completely clueless, and unfortunately that doesn't happen often. |
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Pillar of the Community
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It was slabed by himself but It looked kinda fishy I think it was a counterfiet because he had all of these carson dallors for 10 bucks too.
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Posted 06/26/2006 3:49 pm
