Silver Saturday

[Tanecoins]

Well I am keeping hope alive, enjoy this week's offering.

Its one of our favourites, an 1883O Morgan - sold to me as uncirculated and its at least high AU with natural lustre.
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However this coin is New Orleans (Mintmark O, and operative 1839 - 1908), and that mint was nortorious for weak strikes of the intricate coins. Usually the hair above her ear was flat detail, whereas dollars from Philly and San Fran, you could see the strands well.

So many AU New Orleans O Dollars have this issue (Especially with the big numbers of 1880s dates), and they are marked down, but cartwheel lustre and a nice golden tone, make it a low MS piece to me. Coin is raw and not slabbed.

[gweidion]

Nice Morgan.
I always hoped I could pick up a low MS 1886 O but either they weren't available or the prices were way too high.

[Triggersmob]

Very nice Tane. My earliest is a 1884-O

[Tanecoins]

Thats great, how do you get the big picture without having to click it like mine. I also have an 1884 and 1885 O, dollars again that same condition, they look AU/UNC but you get the weak strike.

My oldest is actually an 1878S with straight arrows and 7 tail feathers, but I have no photos of it.

My oldest American silver dollar, is a pitiful looking 1860O seated liberty, but before you get excited, its a mega silhouette and Fair 2. Still for $150, it was a bargain and a must have.

[Triggersmob]

Tane, if you click on the picture in your gallery, it will open up in another page.
Scroll down and you will find the "Forum Linking Code". Copy and paste that in to your post.

[Tanecoins]

I don't have one.

Can see your coins though.
Decided today I am going to get photos of all my Morgans, don't understand why I don't have already?

[Triggersmob]

I don't have one.

Can see your coins though.
Decided today I am going to get photos of all my Morgans, don't understand why I don't have already?

OK, well upload them to a gallery then, and then you can do it. 
Long winded way to do it, but I don't think there is any other way.

[Tanecoins]

Tane delivers again.
Last week I decided to take photos of the Morgan Dollars finally, that 1883 I showed last week was the only one!
99% of the time I take or borrow photos of the coins above $5 I own, but I got the Morgies in 2 lots when I was moving between cities and my usual high standards dropped.

So here's another one for you

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This is an 1897 San Francisco coin in AU with some nice tone, another big chunky coin from the past.

[Triggersmob]

Thanks for sharing Tane. I love big chunks of silver.

I know it's not Saturday any more, but here's a couple more of my Morgans.
I have these listed as AU, not sure if they would go higher than that.

[Tanecoins]

They are beautiful, I think realistically they could be UNC. They look UNC to me, nice pair of coins Steve.
The thing that holds all these coins back is that hair above Liberty's ear. Its usually got flatness/wear on the high parts. Its generally accepted as part of a poor strike, as like my coins, the feathers on the Eagles breast are sharp (They can be flat in EF) and the 1890 is bringing the lustre like my 1883O and my 1897 coins.

But I find Americans want perfection and will reject the coins with wear on the hair above the ear (You could make that a song) and say they are AU.

Just such an intricate design, that took a lot of effort to strike. I heard the mints went through many pairs of dies each year they struck these dollars.

[Triggersmob]

I do have one with a lot of wear too.
I have this listed as VG. What do you think?

[gweidion]

The earlier ones are lovely even with the flattened hair. This one I'd be carrying around in my pocket as a good luck charm. I do that with a 1996 Kookaburra that cost about the silver value because of an awful blemish on the coin. It just feels good to carry silver in your pocket.

[Triggersmob]

Good idea. I could make that into a pocket piece.

[Tanecoins]

That coin looks fine, but you are right, the eagle is flat. Liberty is visible on "Good coins". That dollar has been cleaned too.
Because I bought my Morgies in 2 lots, there were a couple of lesser coins.

This 1904 Philapdelphia is probably in the Fine category, just a bit nicer than yours Trig (Has a hairline but little else)

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However 1904 was also the last classic year (The 1921's were very much a one off).

My nastiest is this 1900O though - they really dropped the standards down in the Big easy!

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Probably a high VG, but original and its got a nice little circulation cameo. Who knows - Satchmo could have held that coin!

[Triggersmob]

I just checked PCGS phot grading and I would say VG08 is a close match to my coin.
https://www.pcgs.com/photograde#/Morgan/Grades

Maybe Satchmo did hold that coin. It would be a wonderful world to think so at least.