Who has official information on the GSA soft packs?

AUandAG · February 10, 2009 11:45AM

Even if it's unofficial that would help.
Why are there so many '78cc dollars in the soft packs. Must have been
a bunch of bags of them laying around. Any estimate on the dates and
numbers in the soft program?
Thanks,
bob

yellowjacket · February 10, 2009 12:20PM

I saw a 1922 Peace GSA soft pack trade hands for $80 last weekend.

Garrow

segoja · February 10, 2009 12:45PM

Check the Leroy Van Allen Book. He has some good info in it.

RWB · February 10, 2009 11:34PM

There is a very thick project file on the GSA coins and sales in NARA College Park, MD. It will answer your questions, but plan to spend 2-3 days searching the file.

AUandAG · February 11, 2009 12:19AM

<< <i>There is a very thick project file on the GSA coins and sales in NARA College Park, MD. It will answer your questions, but plan to spend 2-3 days searching the file. >>

Roger,
Thanks, but I can't believe that that information hasn't already been garnered by someone
in the industry.

Thanks, still at my day job and that research will have to wait.
bob

RWB · February 11, 2009 12:24AM

Unfortunately, most of the published "research" is second had - depending on press releases and other materials provided by GSA and Treasury. The project files is filled with internal documents that tell you what really happened and why.

The moral: go to the horse's mouth, not his tail.

DUIGUY · February 11, 2009 12:46AM

PM me.

crypto79 · February 11, 2009 3:35AM

Always wanted to know about the limited number of peace dollars, I have only seen 1922 and 23. And one or two peace vams

GSAcollector · February 12, 2009 3:12PM

The Morgan silver dollars packaged in the GSA soft packs (also referred to as the blue packs) were released in 1973, as part of the 2nd sale of coins by the General Services Administration.

The sale of blue packs consisted of 97,591 dollars, including 13,526 of the 1878-CC Morgan dollars. Peace silver dollars and a few Seated Liberty dollars were also included in the coins sold. No one recorded the number of dates or mint marks sold, other than for the 1878-CC Morgans.

Although the sales literature described the coins as circulated, there are many examples of uncirculated coins, including some graded as high as ms65, ms66 and ms67.

These coins originally sold for $3 each, and many were probably cut out of the plastic holders.

NGC only recently began grading these coins in their original plastic holders. Many of the circulated coins will not grade due to damage or prior cleanings.

crypto79 · February 12, 2009 11:16PM

I have never seen a GSA seated Lib, That would be pretty cool.

GSAcollector · February 26, 2009 1:05PM

The population reports for Morgan GSA Soft Packs graded by NGC in the original holders are now available for all dates.

The most common date, as expected, is the 1878-CC, with 121 coins graded. The highest graded example is ms66. 3 are graded ms65. So much for the label "circulated!"

Interestingly, there have already been 3 VAM's identified and graded for 1878-CC in the GSA Soft Pack:

VAM 11 - 15 coins graded
VAM 18 - 3 coins graded
VAM 24 - 1 coin graded

There are also 4 coins for 1878-CC graded star for eye appeal.

Here is an 1878-P VAM 37, one of only two graded so far.

carnyman2 · June 26, 2017 4:11AM

Where can we find these population reports????

ricko · June 26, 2017 5:57AM

@carnyman2 .... Welcome aboard.....I do not have your answer, however, I am sure someone will be along shortly... Cheers, RickO

grip · June 26, 2017 6:18AM

Post was from 2009....

morgandollar1878 · June 26, 2017 6:50AM

@carnyman2 said:
Where can we find these population reports????

Since NGC grades them and retains the packaging their population report shows a peek through the window of what dates and mintmarks they have graded. There really are no numbers on how many of each were put into the blue packs.

morgandollar1878 · June 26, 2017 7:03AM

I was lucky enough to see the only graded 1893-s back in May when I was set up at the Oklahoma City show. I don't care if it was just graded G4, it was cool just to hold it in hand.

salmonrat · June 26, 2017 8:00PM

I have the time and am willing to goto NARA and look through the files. Does anyone know how I would go about gaining access?

davewesen · June 26, 2017 11:33PM

@carnyman2 said:
Where can we find these population reports????

NGC population reports

https://ngccoin.com/census/united-states/dollars/49/varieties/17080/

Who has official information on the GSA soft packs?

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