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Morgan Silver Dollar collectors...what's your plan???

So you like big shiny Silver Dollars do you......well what's your collecting strategy/style? Are you trying to assemble a date set which includes (1) coin from each year the Morgan was produced without regard to Mint Marks? Are you going for the gusto in you pursuit of a complete date and mint mark set
? What's your current Morgan Holdings look like....all white, Toned, All Common dates, all Key dates, or a mixture of both? Circulated or Unc? Graded or raw? Minimum grade required for a coin to be included in your set? How long have you been actively collecting Morgans? Finally....post an image of your favorite Morgan in your collection.....
Let's here the down and dirty about what you've been up to.................I'll start us off....
I have approximately 25 Morgan Silver dollars all but one are graded and 2 of 25 are circulated.
I am actively trying to put together a full set or at least a date set but all coins have to be toned for inclusion in my set which makes it a lot more challenging because some dates just don't come with any real color while the common dates seem to have buckets full of pretty rainbow toned specimens to chose from. I would say all of my coins are common even though I have a nicely toned 84-CC in MS64....84-CC is still very common when you look at the Carson City coins in general. I also have a circulated 1884-S that I picked up along the way but the rest are very coomon dates like 80-S, 81-S, 1884-O, 1885, 1885-O, 1886, 1887 etc
My minum grade for a Morgan is now MS63 but if I were going after much rarer pieces....the grade level would most certainly be lower.

Finally...a Picture of my Favorite Morgan......suprisingly it's one of the only white pieces I own (just a hint of purple toning)....but man does this thing glow in the dark with dripping luster!!!



Let's here the down and dirty about what you've been up to.................I'll start us off....
I have approximately 25 Morgan Silver dollars all but one are graded and 2 of 25 are circulated.
I am actively trying to put together a full set or at least a date set but all coins have to be toned for inclusion in my set which makes it a lot more challenging because some dates just don't come with any real color while the common dates seem to have buckets full of pretty rainbow toned specimens to chose from. I would say all of my coins are common even though I have a nicely toned 84-CC in MS64....84-CC is still very common when you look at the Carson City coins in general. I also have a circulated 1884-S that I picked up along the way but the rest are very coomon dates like 80-S, 81-S, 1884-O, 1885, 1885-O, 1886, 1887 etc
My minum grade for a Morgan is now MS63 but if I were going after much rarer pieces....the grade level would most certainly be lower.

Finally...a Picture of my Favorite Morgan......suprisingly it's one of the only white pieces I own (just a hint of purple toning)....but man does this thing glow in the dark with dripping luster!!!



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Hell, I don't need to exercise.....I get enough just pushing my luck.
yip, 1 raw set complete
1 toned set complete
playing with a slabbed set that some double as upgrades for my raw set
just under 100 morgans here......I dont really think I can stop buying them
I've known that I'm endlessly fascinated with the morgan dollar, but I was always frustrated by the knowledge that I would never be able to put a full set together- finally I decided to pursue a complete collection from 1878- 1890, with most of the effort being put into PL and nicely toned examples. I realized that the early part of the morgan era was my favorite, and I don't have to deal with the scarcity and low quality that typified the 1890's...
A morgan needs some PL flash, or some rainbow colors in order to fit into my collection now...
Leo
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<< <i>So you like big shiny Silver Dollars do you......well what's your collecting strategy/style? >>
I...ahh...err...like collecting big shiny coins. They're...ahh...err...bigger than little shiny coins.
<< <i>Are you trying to assemble a date set which includes (1) coin from each year the Morgan was produced without regard to Mint Marks? Are you going for the gusto in you pursuit of a complete date and mint mark set
Ahh...err...yes
<< <i>Minimum grade required for a coin to be included in your set? >>
BU...Butt Ugly is Fine with me
<< <i>How long have you been actively collecting Morgans? >>
My wife says too long...
<< <i>Finally....post an image of your favorite Morgan in your collection..... >>
That's a tough one as I have a few I'm really fond of.
But here's one I have a real picture of at hand:
If I only had a dollar for every VAM I have...err...nevermind...I do!!
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My Collection of Old Holders
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My favorite (below), though not the most valuable in the collection (which is probably the 1901 DMPL), is this 1892-O DMPL. Anyone who knows anything about this date will recognize how exceptional it is.
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Many mite criticize my set matching and rightfully so. Have one 35 the 93-s then on to au50. Got a fair number of 58's lots of 64's and 65's and a bunch of 66's. About half the common 66's have nice toning on one side or the other. I have a fair number of dupes, many with some sort of decent toning. I would say that at this point I have but one sort of doggish coin in my set but that may change soon.
<< <i>My goal is also a full set of date/mm, I currently have 2 registered date sets, one complete (#29) and one I put together from my other Morgans. I hope to get in the top 20 one day for my date set. I am about 1/2 done with my full set. I'd like to end up with an MS60 overall with the final set. The keys will be hard! >>
...even some of the semi-keys at MS60 are tough!!
Bon Chance!!!
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<< <i>My favorite (below), though not the most valuable in the collection (which is probably the 1901 DMPL), is this 1892-O DMPL. Anyone who knows anything about this date will recognize how exceptional it is. >>
Wow. That's absolutely *hammered* by '92-O standards.
- Cherrypick all 78-P varieties.
- Put together a nice set in high bang-for-the-buck grades.
- Be able to assemble a timeline of when the various 78-P VAMs were struck. Pete Bishal had done this with the 8TFs. This will be Quite Difficult™ for the 7/8 and 7TFs.
- Enjoy doing the above.
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Just keep hoarding nice end-rollers.............
My set ranges from G up to MS64. 1880 to 1885-CC are all GSA's with certs and boxes. The 1880-CC is a Reverse of '79, low "7" overdate. I remember wanting the GSA's so bad when I was a kid, now I finally have a 6 year block of them. I was 14 when I got the GSA postcard in the mail, circa 1980, and could not afford them. Funny how that stuff sticks with us. Next purchase will be a slabbed MS-63 or 64 1903-O, then I am going to try to finish off a 13 year "CC" date set, along with enhancing my VAM knowledge. Dunno if I'll ever go for the 1893-S. Only 8 coins away from a full circulation Morgan set. Time will tell...
With the current market being so competetive and only being able to make one or two significant purchases a year, I keep my addiction fed by surfing ebay looking for the really bad pictures that might be hiding something nice. You never know, I found the Walker I posted earlier that way.
Hayden
<< <i>My focus has never been date or mintmark collecting but rather eye appeal. If I see a toner I like,I'll grab it regardless of date. While this can make quite a colorful collection,it can look rather wierd when you have 15 1887's!
Hayden >>
Put a rather cheap mint state 1987 constitution dollar with 'em and you'll have a constitution anniversary set
Fun thing about Morgans is there are so many ways to collect them. Colorwise, my AU 1893-P started a rainbow ring around the edge, due to its previous album having some sulphur content. The dealer said, "I can take the color off if you want." The color stayed.
Any suggestions. jws
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I also hope to collect a few Pattern and Proof Morgans along the way.
Check out my current listings: https://ebay.com/sch/khunt/m.html?_ipg=200&_sop=12&_rdc=1
I'm keeping my set for a while so I can wait.
I also have 3 nearly complete sets of raw Morgans in various grades, so I'm happy where I'm at for the time being.
Now, if you want to talk about Peace dollars......
I would shrug off any such "criticism" and so should you. I don't collect to please anyone but myself, and my pocketbook limits my choices. Some of my favorite Morgans are VF30's and VF35's. They have travelled the length and breadth of the land. Think of the people they've met and the stories they could tell! Plus, they look great! I'm looking for original VF30-35's for the tougher of the remaining empty slots in my collection (1893-S, 1895-S and 1893-CC).
I currently have 128 collectible Morgans (107 slabbed--all PCGS except one NGC and one ANACS). I started out with a (lucky for me) reliable dealer, and a lot of tough learning on eBay. After six years, the only thing I would do differently would be to go after the tougher dates (esp. the 'CC's) much earlier.
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I would shrug off any such "criticism" and so should you. I don't collect to please anyone but myself, and my pocketbook limits
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Haint no one criticized it yet!!
I have 61 different dates/mm currently, all graded except 2 of the GSAs.
Average grade for the set is just under MS62 with only one below AU53.
Almost all are rim toned blue/gold/purple or some combination of those colors.
So I guess you can say I'm going for a matched set.
Some of my favorites are in my sig line!
Currently having fun with it but its getting tougher now that all common MS dates are purchased.
Here's where the fun begins!!
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