GSA / CC Dollar Order Question

ElKevvo

So a couple of weeks ago my wife was surprisingly watching a coin show on TV and they were selling sets of 82. 83 and 84 CC GSA dollars with the box. This was pretty exciting to me as 1) She has never watched a coin show and 2) I happen to have a set of those 3 dollars that I got from my dad. I went and dug out the set and she was pretty interested which was nice. I had put a GSA order slip that my dad had sent in along in with the coins a few years ago and am now wondering what he had ordered. He bid on several items but only 'won' one of them, the MY. Can anyone tell me what the MY was for 15.00? Were the 2 digit items the year of coins you could bit on ie: 84 meant 1884 CC Morgan or ?? Just curious really.

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MFeld

As stated on the bottom left of the invoice, “MY” was “Mixed years”.

BStrauss3

Google is your best friend...

https://www.nytimes.com/1979/12/09/archives/numismatics-a-look-at-the-upcoming-sale-of-cc-silver-dollars.html

The MY coins were technically uncirculated but lower grade due to tarnish &c.

https://www.carsoncitycoinclub.com/pdf/Carson_City_Memorabilia.pdf

CaptHenway

Some of the "Mixed Years" coins are great coins that were rejected because of beautiful toning. Others are beat to death. All in all they were the best deal in the GSA lottery.

vulcanize

And here I was feeling really bad for the original buyer when I picked up the 1883 and 1884 CC in GSA with box and COA for 200$ a piece last year from my LCS.

Now my conscience is clear.

BStrauss3

The thing about the GSA grading is the people who did the grading were not professional numismatists. They were government clerks who were given a few hours of training.

Given how often we argue with professional graders such as our hosts, is it any wonder that weak strikes and bag marks, and the like could have been mistakenly classified as wear. Yesh, didn't think so...

thebeav

I remember walking up the street to a friends house, with the order form in hand. I was wondering if it would be possible for us to come up with the 15 scoots ? (we didn't have it)
We all wanted these coins !

ricko

The coins, as perceived by the people at the government facility, were the observations of non-numismatists. Therefore, the less than 'as minted' condition - be it scratches, tarnish or haze - were graded less than desirable. Cheers, RickO

sellitstore

Yes, the mixed years categories produced some rare date CC windfalls.

I remember thinking that the 82-84CCs were too plentiful to be worth the price and the chances of getting one of the better date coins was small, so I didn't participate. Besides, I collected circulated Barber Halves and Quarters, not silver dollars at the time. I was buying $5 proof sets and $10 proof Ikes from the mint-bad move in retrospect, from an investment point of view.

Mitchell

The second best deal on that list were the 1878-CCs for $15.
Luckily for me, I picked up one at that price back then.

1946Hamm

When the GSA sold the mixed years for $15, I thought that was a good deal so I ordered 75 of them. So many people ordered them that the GSA cut the orders to 5 for everyone and a lot of people didn't get any. I got 5. They were 1-1882 cc, 1-1883 cc, 1-1884 cc and 2- 1885 cc, Got lucky that time.