Poll... Why do you collect Morgans?

topstuf

Why do you collect Morgan dollars?

coinkat

the slabbed collection is about 85% liquidated...

HTubbs

The availablity of stunning toners as compared to other series...

BAJJERFAN

All valid reasons to collect the Morgies. There is no doubting the popularity and liquidity of the series and that given the huge numbers finding certain issues in top condition is fairly challenging on a low budget. I voted other because of the various types of awesome toning that can be found in this series.

TorinoCobra71

Other....Cant really say why outside of the desire to put together a set in Date And MintMark in EF-40+ (have been doing so for 4+ years and figure it will take another five years, MINIMUM......)

TorinoCobra71

zkcoins

You forgot other....I don't collect them in general. Just great looking examples, no sets or specific dates.

razorface1027

The design and other. Other being so many different VAM for just the early years 78 thru 80.


Tom

jdsinva

VAMs!

MikeInFL

VAMs!

Is there an echo in here?

lordmarcovan

Q:

<< <i>Why do you collect Morgans? >>



A: "Other".

I don't.

wam98

All of the above and I just like them.

MORGANHUNTER2

I went with History- I am enjoying the books I read on the Morgans- it's mintages and I get to think back to the days of yesteryear and the hearty HIYO SILVER
When out of nowhere came a masked man and his injun friend- Tonto,
Lets go back to those times with

(intro music)

The LONE RANGER

Besides I like the liquidity of them as well- but no option for more than 1 item.




Merry Xmas one n all.

messydesk

Did someone say VAMs?

I started buying them because of availability. You can get quite a few different dates and mints in decent uncirculated condition for not a lot of money when compared to their contemporaries of other types.

DennisH

VAMs!

(And, of course, the dealers who ignore them! )

anablep

Choices!

There are many types of Morgan collections and the options are nearly limitless in terms of mints, date set, toned, type of toning, blast white, etc.

hiyosilver

Other........I melt them down for ammo.

ccr

I went for " Other " as well. More for personal/sentimental reasons as my Dad collected them briefly when I was a kid. He really wasn`t a collector then and isn`t now but what he did get where junk bin picks. I still liked then though.

21Walker

Big...Silver....Beautiful.......VAM book on the way.........Merry Christmas and happy Hannukah (for Jeremy)............Rick

VamGuy

<< <i>Other........I melt them down for ammo. >>

Hunting werewolves again???

hiyosilver

<< Other........I melt them down for ammo. >>

<<Hunting werewolves again??? >>




Ya never know.........

DorkGirl

I'm in the VAM group

airplanenut

Because they get colorful

Woodwind

I chose availability, with size and design tied for second. I like the fact that I can pick up an uncirculated coin with a good design that's over 100 years old for less than $100.

777

<<<<<why do you collect morgans?>>>>> Because of the GSA Administration

Strat

design-history-popularity

BAJJERFAN

Another plus is that there are no stoppers in the series. Its easily possible to put together a complete set and anyone [even a collector of modest means] can do it.

mozin

You forgot to include "I don't collect Morgans, because they are of absolutely no interest to me.".

ms70

I'm just collecting one from each mint spanning each decade they were made for a total of 5.

P, CC, O, S, D

1870's, 80's, 90's, 1900's, & 1921.

Myqqy

PL and toned morgans are the coolest coins on the planet.........

Fletcher

Because I just started collecting coins 6 months ago and Morgans are a good place to start ... there is so much great readily available information about them. I need one more to complete my CC set (79 CC) and then I will move on to something a little more obscure ... like pattern dollars or bust halves.

jcping

Other: you will find who are the wannabes

beep

I like the variety morgans offer I like this reverse alot.

curly

I especially like circulated Morgans in 30 to 35. They have so much mystery behind them. They probably circulated out west, who carried them, what were they used to purchase, things of that nature.

Morgans rule even if there are about a hundred billion of them out there.

Barry

Other - I don't.
Why?
They're as common as dirt and were never really used as coinage.

DNADave

Because they're coins.

Dennis88

Both the design and history

BAJJERFAN

<< <i>You forgot to include "I don't collect Morgans, because they are of absolutely no interest to me.". >>



When you have a poll on why one does smoething there is no reason to include a choice for why smoeone does not do it. That would be a separate poll unto itself.

BillJones

I have never collected Morgan Dollars seriously. The only type of collection that I have dabbled with was a “one a year set.” I would purchased ONE coin for each year in the Morgan dollar was issued with an eye toward getting at least one coin from each mint. I built such a collection twice, but then sold most of the coins when I lost interest.

The battle over the “free coinage” of silver was an interesting era in American history. I’ve always had a soft spot for the 1896 Morgan Dollar despite the fact that it is a very common coin. That year marked the famed presidential race, which featured William Jennings Bryan against a very well healed Republican Party. The Republicans had something like $8 million to spend on the campaign while Bryan had no more than $650,000, which was mostly supplied by the silver mining interests. Yet Bryan made a race of it. BUT for the record, I would have voted for Republican William McKinley if I had been alive then.

Here is a “giant Morgan Dollar” from that race, which made fun of Bryan’s free silver position.

markglicker

My grandmother saved them. It was the only old coin that I remembered, from when I was growing up.

JSsson

Morgan dollar coins look like the quintessential classic all American silver dollar. I like them for their historical value and their connection with the old west.

Gemini

I only collect the GSA CC dollars in their original holders. To me they are the truest of uncirculated dollars having never been played with or handled by anyone else outside of Govt Mint employees and GSA personel making them unique in this respect.