US Silver Dollars

[colliewalker1]

Hello everybody!

I'm a new member - and new to coin collecting.

My specific interest is US silver dollars, which to me are particularly interesting coins being satisfyingly large and attractive and having an intrinsic value as well as a historical connotation: at the same time examples can be bought at very reasonable prices!

I have started by buying two Morgan dollar coins via Ebay, one from Chris Perkins and am awaiting in eager aticipation receipt of both!

I would be interested to hear from anyone who has a similar interest, with suggestions as to a way of selecting these coins in an interesting way.

Thanks in anticipation -

Denis Boisclair

Cheshire.

[Sylvester]

Ah the Morgan dollars, they are indeed rather nice coins and very reasonably priced in the high grades when compared to our crowns.

The Morgan Dollar is an area that you could spend your life collecting (and collectors do), it offers the chance to collect either a small 'on the surface' collection (like a 20th century date set, 1901-4 and 1921), or a full indepth totally consuming minute level collection by VAM number of all die types and die varieties, not to mention all mintmark and date combinations from 1878-1921, from 8 tail feathers to 7 tail feathers. Although watch out for the CC mint ones and 1893-S those will challenge your bank balance!

[colliewalker1]

Hi Sylvester -

Many thanks for your quick - and interesting reply.

You have given a very good guide as to routes to follow, to avoid random collecting: it would otherwise be very easy to buy individual coins on an impulse and to duplicate coins already in the collection.

Interesting that you should mention Crowns - I have just 'discovered' them - these also look appealing and have something in common with Morgan Dollars - same(equivalent)face value,Victorian era,made with silver.I will explore postings on Crowns in the Forum

Regards -

Denis

Denis

[Chris Perkins]

Denis,

I'll get back to you after breakfast about the Crown email!

(I was thinking of putting you onto Crowns as an interesting parrallel at least, to foreign coins ;-) but you seem to have managed it yourself!)

[Coppers]

Denis...one other series you may want to take a look at are British Trade Dollars.

[Sylvester]

You have given a very good guide as to routes to follow, to avoid random collecting: it would otherwise be very easy to buy individual coins on an impulse and to duplicate coins already in the collection.

Ah funny you should mention this cos many Morgan Dollar collectors DO buy on impulse!

It's not unheard of for collectors to have something like 5 or 6 examples of one date (obviously VAM collectors would because they are collecting by minor die varieties and i should image they'd have something like 13 or 20 coins of just one date), but general collectors that aren't collecting on a minute scale are sometimes known just to keep buying them on eye appeal alone and for no other known reason.

I must admit i find myself attracted to the ones with bright mint bloom, but hey i'm collecting too much as it is already!