Breaking new ground, I just purchased my first toned Morgan.
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Was at a local shop yesterday to snoop. In the display case was a bunch of Morgan dollars, circulated and MS. I only have about 8-10 of them which I obtained from circulation as a kid or which were given to me as gifts. Last August I bought an 1880-S PL/DMPL for my U.S. Type Set album.
In the display of Morgans one caught my eye. It is an 1885-P with drop dead gorgeous rainbow target toning on the reverse and dark rainbow toning on the obverse. The eye appeal of the reverse compelled me to buy it. So I now have my first toned Morgan. I do not know if it is AT or NT but it looks like uniform even toning across the entire surface of both sides of the coin, with no toning break where the lettering and date and stars meet the fields.
My problem now is whether the toned my new 1885-P toned Morgan or the 1880-S PL/DMPL Morgan should reside in my Type Set. What do you think?
P.S. just to show that I remain firm in my love for cameos, I also picked up a 1970 proof set with a half that has some haze on the coin, however underneath is probably the finest DCAM 1970 half I have ever seen. After I finish this post I am taking it to a dealer I know who can give it a bath so that it can take up residence in my raw CAM/DCAM Kennedy Silver short set.
In the display of Morgans one caught my eye. It is an 1885-P with drop dead gorgeous rainbow target toning on the reverse and dark rainbow toning on the obverse. The eye appeal of the reverse compelled me to buy it. So I now have my first toned Morgan. I do not know if it is AT or NT but it looks like uniform even toning across the entire surface of both sides of the coin, with no toning break where the lettering and date and stars meet the fields.
My problem now is whether the toned my new 1885-P toned Morgan or the 1880-S PL/DMPL Morgan should reside in my Type Set. What do you think?
P.S. just to show that I remain firm in my love for cameos, I also picked up a 1970 proof set with a half that has some haze on the coin, however underneath is probably the finest DCAM 1970 half I have ever seen. After I finish this post I am taking it to a dealer I know who can give it a bath so that it can take up residence in my raw CAM/DCAM Kennedy Silver short set.
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