Ok...I am going to try to save my toned morgans for the other thread.......so here is a nice little Gem + Specimen I cherry picked off Ebay. I comes with a neat story as well....

I saw this one listed on Ebay probably an hour into the auction.....it had a BIN that was dirt cheap considering the grade.....

It was in an Old PCI Photo Certified Slab and was graded MS66. I think the secret is out on these old slabs now in that PCI could actually grade back in the 80's and early 90's so an PCI MS66 back then has a good shot at being a NGC/PCGS MS66 today.

The seller was a Vintage watch dealer and did not sell coins for a living so he set his reserve at just over $100 dollars. He included excellent pictures of the coin...and I could tell right away that miss Liberty had one of the cleanest cheeks I had ever seen on a Morgan. I figured if the coin was an MS65 then I was paying about market price for it, but if it was indeed a 66 then cha ching.

I hit the BIN and then waited for the coin to arrive. It was as advertised and it was one of those few almost completely white coins that you could tell had not been dipped or messed with.....luster for days.....and very clean surfaces. It was a Lock MS66 and if not for a few marks on the reverse......might have had an outside shot at MS67.

I took the coin with me to FUN in Fort Lauderdale this year to get some opinions on it. Everyone that saw it including David Hall said it was a 66 so I submitted it PCGS and about a month later...it arrived housed in a new PCGS MS66 holder

The interesting thing was that I shopped the coin around while still in the PCI holder and dealers wouldn't touch it....heck they wouldn't even look at it? I guess the old addadge held true in this case...I bought the coin and not the holder........so my $100 bucks turned into probably $400+ if I were to ever sell it.

Sorry for the long story but I feel the history or pedigree of a coin is as important as the image posted



The spots of toning that are visable are almost invisable on the coin...but for some reason the scanner made them really stand out?

"Sorry for the long story but I feel the history or pedigree of a coin is as important as the image posted"

coin+story=1 bitchin' post. Purdy lady!

Ooh, what a coin and what a story! When people show pictures of coins like this, it makes me to feel like starting to collect US-coins too.

Have to be carefull when reading these

Congrats on such a beautiful coin.

I don't see no stinkin Morgans man......so I'll just have to post another to intice others to join in the fun!!!!

This is my favorite Morgan in my collection.....the coin is semi prooflike and the colors look like liquid on the coins surface.......it's a real knockout in hand!!!

My 2 toned Morgans are not real impressive but they are sisters.

I didn't start out with monsters and hey...they look nice to me!!!

I'll show you my twins since your reminded me of a pair I recently purchased from two seperate dealers!!! Dates almost match yours




Both "O" mints....

The left coin is an 1885-O NGC MS63*
The Right coin is an 1884-O NGC MS64

This one is just a solid color coin...very clean for a 65 and that clean blue cheek is amazing in hand!!!

I call this beauty...Scarface......it's a real shame as the colors are amazing....but she looks like she got in a knife fight!!!!

Here is the 1899 (P) I am offering for sale to ovrundr-there is some toning bottom obv, top rev.






Two different scans of the same coin. I couldn't get more light on the scan to show the toning as well as I wanted

Ciao, and Hook 'em Horns,
Capt-AWACS, Womanizer, Pilot, Cat-Owner, Golfer, Texan

my avatar has a 1921 morgan thats in my collection Also I have a AU 58 morgan graded by PCGS!

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Just got this one yesterday:



1881-O Morgan Silver Dollar Vam-2, graded AU-58 in ANACS slab.

That 1887 is just amazing. The color and quality make it a dollar I'd frame and hang on my wall

Those are some pretty ladies...

here my original roll of 1899 P Morgans

Sweet roll.......

Thanks....it's a real knockout in hand as are most of the nicer Battel Creek coins

Lots of big shiny silver. I L VE big shiny silver!

ok excuse my stupidity please cause im new at this, i have several morgans but none have colors like these is there a reason why mine are all shiny white looking?

They are originally and supposed to be shiny silver. These are "toned" pieces which basically means tarnished.

Yup Tiff said.

If they are tarnished like these, LEAVE THEM! A lot of these coins sell for a premium over blast white ones. Certain people like those wild colors while others like a little gold around the edge.

This is my 1878-CC in a PCGS MS 63PL Holder

Wow! Those are some really beautiful coins. Mine isn't as pretty, but I love it more than any other item in my collection (which is mainly banknotes). This Morgan was given to me by my grandfather. Many years ago - in fact a long-long time ago, he decided to save two silver dollars from the year that he was born (1889) and give them to his two youngest grandsons just before he was to die. I was the second youngest grandson. I can't remember how many grandsons there were, but I know my mom was the youngest of 14 kids, so there were a lot of grandkids, and getting this back in 1981 was one of the most special (and sad) times of my life. Now when I hold it in my hands, I have a very strong link to my grandpa and the past.



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Cool coin Dave. that's what is fun about coins too, the stories that go with them.

That 1878-CC you see pictured is nice and all, but I have a 1922 Peace dollar that is worn, been cleaned & has tape reisdue on it, but the CC would leave my collection before the Peace dollar in a heartbeat. The Peace was one of seven giving to me and my sister by my dad around 1968 or 1969 when I was 4. We went to the local Sears store where my older sister lost all of hers but I was able to hang on to mine!
It's the only coin I can attribute from my deceased Dad, so It's my for a long time.

My Two Latest....

http://www.kryptonitecomicscollectibles.com/1881S64Obv2.jpg

It seems this thread is over-due for some action! I recently received my first US coin from the 1800's. My Grandmother gave me a lot of coins including this 1884 Morgan Silver Dollar! I was so happy when I saw it in the box she handed me. I wasn't expecting it. Anyways, It's in decent shape overall in my opinion, but you all tell me what ya think.

Appears to be an 84-S in VG/F -- put it in a holder and treasure it!

Infact I have a holder for it on it's way right now.

It's too bad I don't have a better digital camera (up-close pictures = blurry), because it seems scans can't capture the shine of a coin very well. The scans make this Morgan look a lot duller than it is in person. :/

here is my 1921 die crack morgan dollar

Here's an 1881-S I picked off EBay awhile back. Paid a little over $20 if I remember correctly.

Hi,

What is your setup to shoot such nice pictures? The lighting looks perfect. What
kind of camera are you using?

Regards

Chris

Ooooh, ahhhh.... Now this is the kind of forum we should have every day!

I agree