Mortyr2012 Posted August 12, 2006 Author Report Share Posted August 12, 2006 Now for the fun part about morgans start looking for die variations. Some of the ones you have had quite a few. The 1889 looks like it may be a high 9 date or slanted date. And the best thing is : I paid 100 Euro for these 12 Morgans. 8,33 Euro per coin. That's around silver melt price. Marvin Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jtryka Posted August 12, 2006 Report Share Posted August 12, 2006 That's a heck of a nice bunch of Morgans! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mortyr2012 Posted September 3, 2006 Author Report Share Posted September 3, 2006 A new Morgan.. 1921 - S ... but , look at the Pluribus. I believe it's called "die crack" in englisch, isn't it? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bobh Posted September 3, 2006 Report Share Posted September 3, 2006 I see that you, too, have been bitten by the Morgan dollar bug! Welcome to the club! As to the die crack, that is indeed the proper terminology in English. One of the characteristics of a die crack is that it leaves a raised mark on the coin. The die is a mirror image of the coin's face, and the raised areas of the coin are made by recessed areas of the die. Therefore, if the die has developed a crack, it leaves a raised mark on the coin. Since your image seems to have been made with direct lighting, it is difficult to tell whether the mark next to the "U" is raised or lowered. But since it continues to the edge of the coin, it might very well be a die crack. Here is an example of a coin I have (an old Russian rouble) with LOTS of die cracks: L I N K Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mortyr2012 Posted September 3, 2006 Author Report Share Posted September 3, 2006 I see that you, too, have been bitten by the Morgan dollar bug! Welcome to the club! As to the die crack, that is indeed the proper terminology in English. One of the characteristics of a die crack is that it leaves a raised mark on the coin. The die is a mirror image of the coin's face, and the raised areas of the coin are made by recessed areas of the die. Therefore, if the die has developed a crack, it leaves a raised mark on the coin. Since your image seems to have been made with direct lighting, it is difficult to tell whether the mark next to the "U" is raised or lowered. But since it continues to the edge of the coin, it might very well be a die crack. Here is an example of a coin I have (an old Russian rouble) with LOTS of die cracks: L I N K A friend wanted to go to an auction and asked me whether he should look for some coins for me. So I told him he should bid on the 1921-S Morgan Dollar. The price was 15 Euro, but nobody wanted the coin, so he screamed into the hall : "10 euros and I will buy it". And he bought it for 10 euros + some fees or something like that. Next week on the local coin show he will give me the coin, and I believe 12 euros for this coin are really cheap, aren't it? @bobh PS: Du kannst deutsch wenn du in der Schweiz wohnst oder? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bobh Posted September 3, 2006 Report Share Posted September 3, 2006 A friend wanted to go to an auction and asked me whether he should look for some coins for me. So I told him he should bid on the 1921-S Morgan Dollar. The price was 15 Euro, but nobody wanted the coin, so he screamed into the hall : "10 euros and I will buy it". And he bought it for 10 euros + some fees or something like that. Next week on the local coin show he will give me the coin, and I believe 12 euros for this coin are really cheap, aren't it? @bobh PS: Du kannst deutsch wenn du in der Schweiz wohnst oder? Ja, ich kann auch deutsch (... habe ich in Hamburg gelernt ... auch die seltsame Variante, die hier mit Vorliebe gesprochen wird, verstehe ich -- aber sprechen tue ich sie nicht! ) I wouldn't say that 12 Euros are cheap for a common-date coin in this condition -- after all, if you try to sell it now at the present silver prices, I doubt that you would make any money. But it is about the "angemessener Handelspreis". Unfortunately, unless you have Morgan dollars with rare or semi-rare dates and mintmarks, they have to be in very high condition in order to bring a premium over the metal price. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mortyr2012 Posted September 4, 2006 Author Report Share Posted September 4, 2006 I doubt that you would make any money. I don't want to make money with it. I'm glad to own one coin like this. I know that this condition is not the best.. maybe I will buy another on the local coinshow next week. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mortyr2012 Posted February 18, 2007 Author Report Share Posted February 18, 2007 After months of waiting, here my new favourite I love this one Regards Marvin Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tabbs Posted February 18, 2007 Report Share Posted February 18, 2007 Great coin. I'm not really into collecting "by year", but I like the Morgan dollar design very much - and that is certainly a nice piece! Christian Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mortyr2012 Posted July 7, 2007 Author Report Share Posted July 7, 2007 todays addings: proofsets blue, clad 2000 2002 2003 2004 proofsets red, silver 2000 2003 2004 2005 westward journey nickels set 2004 silver eagles proof 2001 2002 2003 2004 kookaburra silver coins 1990 1991 1992 1993 2000 2001 2002 2007 I LOVE COINSHOWS Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mortyr2012 Posted August 4, 2007 Author Report Share Posted August 4, 2007 Working on my Kookaburra-Set... and, my first US-American commemorative .. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
roaddevil Posted August 4, 2007 Report Share Posted August 4, 2007 wow Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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Mortyr2012 Posted July 5, 2009 Author Report Share Posted July 5, 2009 Ok guys, I am back to post here a bit .. See here my latest additions to my collection. Meanwhile I am not anymore a collector of US-Coinage, but a collector of coins from all over the World. Hope you enjoy : Number 1 : Lot of Kazakh 50 Tenge commemorative coins (their mintages are around 50.000) and number 2 : A big lot of Philippine coins Hope you enjoyed them.. Marvin Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tane Posted September 28, 2009 Report Share Posted September 28, 2009 Number 1 :Lot of Kazakh 50 Tenge commemorative coins (their mintages are around 50.000) Hope you enjoyed them.. Marvin I enjoyed them alot - last friday I got myself the 3 newest 50 tenge coins from the coin shop. I believe that I have the whole series excluding the first coin from 1999 and the two latest ones ("Betashar" and "T. Basenov 1909-2009"). Great coins. I like how they continue the tradition of the commemorative nickel roubles of the USSR Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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