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Torn between two lovers: Morgans vs. Silver Eagle

UkuleleFlyfisherUkuleleFlyfisher Posts: 15 ✭
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Torn between two lovers: I love them both and have been buying both. Which do prefer and why? Have read many articles but want to hear from this forum.

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  • amwldcoinamwldcoin Posts: 11,269 ✭✭✭✭✭
    edited March 2, 2021 6:49PM

    I loved that song when I was a teenager!

    Torn between two lovers
    Feeling like a fool
    Loving you both..........is breaking all the rules

  • UkuleleFlyfisherUkuleleFlyfisher Posts: 15 ✭

    I am so torn between collectable, beauty and bullion. Maybe this is a 3-way? So torn where to put my limited funds.

  • mannie graymannie gray Posts: 7,259 ✭✭✭✭✭

    Are you just stacking silver?

  • lkeneficlkenefic Posts: 8,160 ✭✭✭✭✭

    I prefer Morgans... just a throwback to when I was a kid.

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  • ZoinsZoins Posts: 34,287 ✭✭✭✭✭

    They are both very similar, large, silver, dollar, classic design, tones well.

    I consider the Silver Eagle to be the modern Morgan Dollar because of the above.

    I will say that Silver Eagles are generally cheaper but can spot.

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  • jedmjedm Posts: 3,034 ✭✭✭✭✭

    I am having a harder time parting with my Morgans than my eagles they were the first to go and very quickly. But then again sometimes the things you have the hardest time parting with are the things you need the least.... so hmmmm I guess I am not able to answer your question. What was it again?

  • blu62vetteblu62vette Posts: 11,925 ✭✭✭✭✭

    I am a big sucker for DMPL morgans.

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  • UkuleleFlyfisherUkuleleFlyfisher Posts: 15 ✭

    agreed I am stacking silver. admit a new eagle pleases me more than a worn Morgan or an ms65 Morgan. A toned Morgan of any year makes me horney

  • UkuleleFlyfisherUkuleleFlyfisher Posts: 15 ✭

    naturally morgan's of any date and mint i find very attractive. Weird

    fetish?

  • UkuleleFlyfisherUkuleleFlyfisher Posts: 15 ✭

    naturally toned

  • johnny9434johnny9434 Posts: 28,410 ✭✭✭✭✭

    Either or

  • Namvet69Namvet69 Posts: 9,010 ✭✭✭✭✭

    Apples to oranges for me, Morgans are history in the round. ASEs are great looking bullion. Peace Roy

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  • stockdude_stockdude_ Posts: 466 ✭✭✭

    Morgans are interesting and have lots of variety and history . Eagles i find boring and are all pretty much the same to me. If you are stacking though does it really matter?

  • rickoricko Posts: 98,724 ✭✭✭✭✭

    I like them both... Nice big silver coins.... old/new..... Both are great to own and enjoy. Cheers, RickO

  • WCCWCC Posts: 2,614 ✭✭✭✭✭

    For silver stacking, I prefer ASE.

  • HashTagHashTag Posts: 374 ✭✭✭✭
    edited August 22, 2021 1:56PM

    yolo

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  • nwcoastnwcoast Posts: 2,866 ✭✭✭✭✭
    edited March 3, 2021 7:02AM

    Just chip away with both....

    It’s not like one or the other is going to get jealous...
    Variety is the spice of life.

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  • 291fifth291fifth Posts: 24,367 ✭✭✭✭✭

    Eagles are nothing but boring bullion.

    All glory is fleeting.
  • WalkerfanWalkerfan Posts: 9,352 ✭✭✭✭✭
    edited March 3, 2021 8:05AM

    For stacking; I prefer Silver Eagles.

    For history, rarity and numismatic value; I much prefer Morgans.

    I'm the guy who would never spend thousands on a low-mintage, MS or PF 70 Silver Eagle.

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  • al410al410 Posts: 2,402 ✭✭✭✭

    Morgans=history preferably circulated
    Al

  • astroratastrorat Posts: 9,221 ✭✭✭✭✭

    LOL ...

    Like comparing Cher to Brittney Spears ...

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  • Cougar1978Cougar1978 Posts: 8,268 ✭✭✭✭✭

    ASE more silver and cheaper

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  • GoldminersGoldminers Posts: 4,086 ✭✭✭✭✭

    @astrorat said:
    LOL ...

    Like comparing Cher to Brittney Spears ...

    Darn, I like them both.

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  • mrcommemmrcommem Posts: 1,175 ✭✭✭✭✭

    Morgan dollars are real collectables coins with history behind them. Silver eagles are just bullion. That shouldn't be a big decision.

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  • LazybonesLazybones Posts: 1,478 ✭✭✭✭✭

    Morgans are HISTORY. ASEs are just something to stack.

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  • UkuleleFlyfisherUkuleleFlyfisher Posts: 15 ✭

    I'm old enough to have received my original 3 Morgans in commerce in my late teens. I was clerking in a 7-11in Texas in 1976 and some guy comes in and buys a case of beer with them. I immediately took 3 paperbacks out of my wallet for the register and 3 went into my pocket. Decades later I still have them. All 3 are pretty common dates. However, the way I acquired them in historical commerce has always been special to me.

  • lkeneficlkenefic Posts: 8,160 ✭✭✭✭✭

    @HashTag said:

    @lkenefic said:
    I prefer Morgans... just a throwback to when I was a kid.

    How old are you? Ever get change from a Morgan when walking in a bar from the dusty trail?

    Haha! Just big and silver and my grandfather had a lot of them...

    Collecting: Dansco 7070; Middle Date Large Cents (VF-AU); Box of 20;

    Successful BST transactions with: SilverEagles92; Ahrensdad; Smitty; GregHansen; Lablade; Mercury10c; copperflopper; whatsup; KISHU1; scrapman1077, crispy, canadanz, smallchange, robkool, Mission16, ranshdow, ibzman350, Fallguy, Collectorcoins, SurfinxHI, jwitten, Walkerguy21D, dsessom.
  • OnastoneOnastone Posts: 3,977 ✭✭✭✭✭

    For those torn between these two, just try and make Peace...oh, now that's another fave!!!

  • OnastoneOnastone Posts: 3,977 ✭✭✭✭✭

    and then I didn't want to ask it, but does anybody "like Ike?" I know, not even in the same class!

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