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I have saved coins for 75 years. The two oldest are Morgan Silver Dollars

SuperSaverSrSuperSaverSr Posts: 4 ✭
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I have saved coins for 75 years. The two oldest are Morgan Silver Dollars
One is an 1882 and the other a 1900o (I believe DM).
I think they are Special and should be valuable
Any thoughts /opinions are appreciated,

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  • SuperSaverSrSuperSaverSr Posts: 4 ✭

    This is the 1900o (DM I believe)

  • JBKJBK Posts: 16,370 ✭✭✭✭✭
    edited June 25, 2025 7:04PM

    What does "DM" mean, in your terminology?

  • IkesTIkesT Posts: 3,620 ✭✭✭✭✭
    edited June 25, 2025 7:03PM

    @SuperSaverSr said:
    I have saved coins for 75 years. The two oldest are Morgan Silver Dollars
    One is an 1882 and the other a 1900o (I believe DM).
    I think they are Special and should be valuable

    Sorry, no.

  • Morgan WhiteMorgan White Posts: 8,521 ✭✭✭✭✭

    @SuperSaverSr said:
    I have saved coins for 75 years. The two oldest are Morgan Silver Dollars
    One is an 1882 and the other a 1900o (I believe DM).
    I think they are Special and should be valuable
    Any thoughts /opinions are appreciated,

    Wow, you're a super saver.

  • Morgan WhiteMorgan White Posts: 8,521 ✭✭✭✭✭

    Just think, when you created your account 5 years ago, you had only been saving for 70 years.

  • SuperSaverSrSuperSaverSr Posts: 4 ✭

    Both coins and all of the old coin s that I saved have been in a youth's wooden chest of drawers and haven't seen the
    light of day since.... washed with soap and water, towel dried and put in baseball card sleeves. (I Saved a draw full).

  • Rc5280Rc5280 Posts: 514 ✭✭✭✭

    Also, instead of what look like scope images, a pic from a regular camera(like your phone) might be better to see the whole coin.

  • 291fifth291fifth Posts: 24,673 ✭✭✭✭✭

    Morgan Dollars are actually very common. Coins that have been cleaned like the one's you show still have silver bullion value but not much more.

    All glory is fleeting.
  • PerryHallPerryHall Posts: 46,806 ✭✭✭✭✭

    @JBK said:
    What does "DM" mean, in your terminology?

    I assume Deep Mirror from the polishing.

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  • SuperSaverSrSuperSaverSr Posts: 4 ✭

    Rc5280...I did hold the 'scope' in the air and took the full coin pictures that way.
    PerryHall... I was told as a kid that it was a Dark Matte background, (that it was normal), and don't try to shine it with Brillo.

  • pcgsregistrycollectorpcgsregistrycollector Posts: 1,428 ✭✭✭✭✭

    @SuperSaverSr said:
    Rc5280...I did hold the 'scope' in the air and took the full coin pictures that way.
    PerryHall... I was told as a kid that it was a Dark Matte background, (that it was normal), and don't try to shine it with Brillo.

    60 bucks in value max

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  • lkeneficlkenefic Posts: 8,548 ✭✭✭✭✭
    edited June 26, 2025 8:52AM

    Welcome to the Forum! As others have already indicated, your two Morgan Dollars look to be cleaned or polished XF to AU coins... still worth silver content though. These days, with silver hovering around $33/oz and there's about 3/4 oz of Ag there... for each coin...

    My advice... stick around and learn. There's a wealth of information on this forum... happy collecting!

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  • Rc5280Rc5280 Posts: 514 ✭✭✭✭

    @SuperSaverSr said:
    Rc5280...I did hold the 'scope' in the air and took the full coin pictures that way.

    Yeah, I can tell.

  • AcarrollAcarroll Posts: 6 ✭

    @SuperSaverSr said:
    Both coins and all of the old coin s that I saved have been in a youth's wooden chest of drawers and haven't seen the
    light of day since.... washed with soap and water, towel dried and put in baseball card sleeves. (I Saved a draw full).

    Washed with soap and water and towel dried= cleaned.

  • safari_dudesafari_dude Posts: 163 ✭✭✭

    @Acarroll said:

    @SuperSaverSr said:
    Both coins and all of the old coin s that I saved have been in a youth's wooden chest of drawers and haven't seen the
    light of day since.... washed with soap and water, towel dried and put in baseball card sleeves. (I Saved a draw full).

    Washed with soap and water and towel dried= cleaned.

    But did he clean behind Morgan’s ears? 😉

  • jmlanzafjmlanzaf Posts: 36,354 ✭✭✭✭✭

    @Acarroll said:

    @SuperSaverSr said:
    Both coins and all of the old coin s that I saved have been in a youth's wooden chest of drawers and haven't seen the
    light of day since.... washed with soap and water, towel dried and put in baseball card sleeves. (I Saved a draw full).

    Washed with soap and water and towel dried= cleaned.

    actually, not usually. Cleaned usually implies more than a wash.

  • Morgan WhiteMorgan White Posts: 8,521 ✭✭✭✭✭

    The amount of saving in this thread cannot be overstated.

  • AcarrollAcarroll Posts: 6 ✭
    edited June 27, 2025 4:53PM

    @jmlanzaf said:

    @Acarroll said:

    @SuperSaverSr said:
    Both coins and all of the old coin s that I saved have been in a youth's wooden chest of drawers and haven't seen the
    light of day since.... washed with soap and water, towel dried and put in baseball card sleeves. (I Saved a draw full).

    Washed with soap and water and towel dried= cleaned.

    actually, not usually. Cleaned usually implies more than a wash.

    When I hear "towel dried" i think of someone rubbing it with a towel, that's probably gonna leave hairlines.

  • Morgan WhiteMorgan White Posts: 8,521 ✭✭✭✭✭

    @Acarroll said:

    @jmlanzaf said:

    @Acarroll said:

    @SuperSaverSr said:
    Both coins and all of the old coin s that I saved have been in a youth's wooden chest of drawers and haven't seen the
    light of day since.... washed with soap and water, towel dried and put in baseball card sleeves. (I Saved a draw full).

    Washed with soap and water and towel dried= cleaned.

    actually, not usually. Cleaned usually implies more than a wash.

    When I hear "towel dried" i think of someone rubbing it a towel, that's probably gonna leave hairlines.

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