Collection Highlights -
Over New years I was able to spend a large amount of time finally categorizing and storing the entire collection I bought for my grandparents. I am going to guess it took well over 40 to 50 hours of time to organize the coins, put them in 2x2s, and the label them all. More than once I had to completely empty a page to move one coin over one slot to allow for them to run sequentially. Now I just need to create my family tree and story that needs to stay with the coin collection so that if my kids get it in 20 years or more they can follow along with where they came from and what the descriptions on the coins mean as far as where they came from in our family.
I decided to start going through and share some of the coins that I have. I decided to stick with the page that I had already started to share in my coin book and not go to the ones I've been most recently working on. This is another coin from The collection that I inherited from my mother's side. These were a mixture of coins that I got from my grandfather or great-grandfather.
This one is a great looking 1921 D Morgan silver dollar. It is probably one of the higher grades of coin that I own especially in this denomination.
When when taking a look at this on the photo grade app, I think that the averse falls somewhere into the AU grades. I don't really see anywhere in the details but there is that Mark on her cheek, and the vertical streak that I'm unsure is damage or toning. Clearly if it's a scratch then it's going to devastate this coin but otherwise I don't think this one saw very much time in people's pockets.
The reverse is in very similar if not maybe better condition. Other than the rest of the eagle I see almost no wear marks, other than potentially some of the lines on the leaves around the bottom. Either way I think it's a great coin for 100 plus years old.
Unlike the cap bust half that I shared the other day this one is listed at 90% silver that were so used to, and the Denver Mint produced 20 million $345,000 of these. Probably why so many in such good condition have survived.
PCGS Coin Facts
PCGS photograde Morgan
Obverse
The adverse provides a great image of a beautiful woman wearing the headband that I love so much and has the word Liberty stamped on it. I wish all of her money stamped the principles from our constitution into them to remind people what it is that made this nation great. Having Liberty and freedom to do what you wanted and to make your own way.
Mine does have a bit of toning on the upper half, but overall the details really pop out in my opinion and I think this looks pretty good. I have not spent any time trying to look up the different vam and die crack identifications, it's just not something I'm currently into.
Reverse
While some of the eagles on the silver trade units have been good, something about this one is truly majestic and fearsome. The toning on the reverse is quite even in my opinion and it has nice eye appeal even for being a little darker. Again I think this grades in the lower a u number scale but I think it's a great example the last year that they minted Morgan silver dollars
I will continue to work my way through the collection that I bought/inherited from both sides of my family, and sprinkle in the new stuff I'm still buying. The collections I bought were quite large, but did have a lot of more common lower denomination non-precious metal coins.