When Morgan Toning Becomes Something More

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sedulous
sedulous Posts: 3,552 ✭✭✭✭✭
edited July 31, 2025 7:39PM in U.S. Coin Forum

At what point does Morgan silver dollar toning make a coin, or set of coins, more interesting than just a normal silver dollar(s)?

Below is a nice, original uncirculated roll. It has a few toners to varying degrees. What do you think of these? Do you have interesting ones of your own?

A few of the individual toned coins from the mentioned roll:

Coin #1

Coin #2

Coin #3

A roll-level view. 1881 San Francisco BU to Very Choice BU:

A Barber Quartet is made up of Nickels, Dimes, Quarters, and Halves.

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  • messydesk
    messydesk Posts: 20,814 ✭✭✭✭✭
    edited July 31, 2025 8:02PM
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    More interesting or more desirable? You need to have the "money colors" (vibrant orange, magenta, green, blue) to start ratcheting up the desirability, and they have to cover a good part of one side of the coin. Obverse better than reverse. Textile pattern a bonus.

    John
    Keeper of the VAM Catalog • Professional Coin Imaging • Prime Number Set • World Coins in Early America • British Trade Dollars • Variety Attribution
  • sedulous
    sedulous Posts: 3,552 ✭✭✭✭✭
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    @messydesk probably a decent grade doesn't hurt in addition to date rarity.

    A Barber Quartet is made up of Nickels, Dimes, Quarters, and Halves.

  • BLUEJAYWAY
    BLUEJAYWAY Posts: 11,795 ✭✭✭✭✭
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    I like coin #1.

    Successful transactions:Tookybandit. "Everyone is equal, some are more equal than others".
  • coastaljerseyguy
    coastaljerseyguy Posts: 2,127 ✭✭✭✭✭
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    Nice roll. Agree with John, you need those vibrant colors for toning to increase value & desirability. But for any Morgan roll, having that uncirculated, no-doubt about it frost & luster, better average grade level (say avg. 63/64) and for roll purists, coins from similar dies will increase marketability. Similar VAM markings increases likelihood came from a Mint bag and not put together. Only have 1 Morgan roll but lucked out since I'm only the 2nd owner in the last 50 years. I keep the nice toned 1 separate in plastic for protection.





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