The future of Morgan "toners"

lkenefic

I recently sold off the great majority of my Morgan Dollar date set to fuel the purchase of a key date. I kept three dollars that I got from my grand father as a kid (common date AU-now champagne toned) and an 1883-CC (low MS (63) with dark-rose to blue peripheral toning) and am now on hold with this set. My original goal was to collect a nice set of relatively matched AU-lowMS coins with understated toning... not the "monster-toned" pieces I see on ebay or the like. So my question to the group... with silver prices the way they have been trending, should I stay with my original collecting goal or should I just sideline this set for the forseeable future as "toned Morgans" will be nothing more than widgets in the future. Alternatively, I've been thinking about just collecting the date set in VF-AU... I could get the majority out of the "bulk-silver" bin from my local B&M for slightly more than melt... this would make the '95 more palatable down the line as well...thoughts?

mustanggt

If you like toners, collect toners. I personally like the crescent toned ones as well as those with a variety of colors. But, I am unwilling to pay a major premium for them so it just adds to the joy of the hunt to find an attractively toned coin at a fair price, especially if it also happens to be a CC. Enjoy your hobby.