Selected a Morgan for the type set-thanks for the advice

laurentyvan

I selected a nicely toned Morgan from Northeast Numismatics. They were nice enough to accept an offer I thought they might refuse.
I had much advice as to what to get, but the price and look of this coin (1883-o NGC MS63) was enough to please me and is probably more than adequate for a type set which runs mostly VF to XF. I bought this coin after finishing the Red Book on Morgan dollars-fascinating read. It made me decide to at some point buy a really high quality Morgan that might take me a year to find at my price, but in the meantime, this will suffice.

FC57Coins

Not bad, not bad at all - now you can start collecting real coins!

laurentyvan

Not bad, not bad at all - now you can start collecting real coins!

You're right-I have come to the conclusion that Lightside coins are, after all, also real coins, but my heart belongs to the Darkside.

Stuart

Common date Morgans in MS-63 and MS-64 are alot of fun to collect for not alot of Dollars. (i.e. the enjoyment to dollars ratio is very high! )

laurentyvan

Stuart-you're right! I was prepared to spend $100-$150 for a type set morgan but didn't like what I saw at that price (for the most part).
This coin for $60 was much more along the lines of what I was thinking of, despite it's being a common date. I would have liked an 1881-S for the strike but didn't see many. By the way, didn't want slabbed but after I saw what most raw coins looked like on e-bay, I shied away and accepted slabbed-of course now it needs to be broken out for the Dansco book.

Stuart

laurentyvan: For a type set, as Dave Bowers mentions in his New Morgan Dollar Red Book, the 1881-S is a great example of full strike, high luster and breat preservation state.

You may also wish to consider a Prooflike Morgan Dollar in MS-63/64 like the 1880-S, 1883-O, 1884-O, 1885-O 1886 or 1887. I personally love to colelct the PL/DMPL Morgans, and many are also very affordable (the DMPL's can cost double the PL's).

You may also wish to purchase one of the less expensive Carson City Mint Morgans like the 1882-CC, 1883-CC or 1884-CC which are plentiful in MS-63PL to 64DMPL.

Enjoy!!