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It?s moments like these?

?that keep me coming back for more. Dear Journal: I?ve been looking to upgrade my 1885-O Morgan Silver Dollar in the GSA holder to MS66 from MS65 for some time. Although this is the most common non-Carson City dollar in the GSA holder, with 137 coins graded as of this writing, finding one graded higher than MS65 is nearly impossible. 31 had been graded MS65, but only 2 were certified as MS66, and none were graded higher. For registry players, this is the Holy Grail they search for. I fi
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I Need A Vacation!!

Hawaii Here I Come!! There is nothing like a vacation in the tropical paradise of Hawaii. My family and I have gone there the past two years for a vacation, to get away from the hustle and bustle of our daily lives and relax in this beautiful oasis. Nice hotels, spectacular swimming pools, gorgeous beaches, great weather. No cooking, no cleaning, no work, no phone calls, no email, no computer. Wait a minute?no email?no computer?that means no coin shopping online, no checking the watch list
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I Would Like to Thank the Academy

An Award to Remember Did you watch the Oscar Awards last week? I watched bits and pieces of it. Did you see the woman who won an award and thanked her WIFE!!?? Did you see our former Vice President win an award for his re-election campaign movie?ah?I mean global warming movie. Did you see the guy win the supporting actor award for his movie part as a foul-mouthed dirty old man? Isn?t Hollywood great!!?? No wonder I don?t go to the movies any more. Even if you watched the whole thing, it
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Musings from Long Beach, California

February 2007 Coin Show I went to the February 2007 Long Beach Coin Show. What was I looking for? GSA Morgan Silver Dollars, of course. But more than that, I enjoy going to this major coin show, seeing old friends and meeting new ones, talking about coins, and maybe buying a few to add to my collection. At these shows, one can see, touch, and closely examine coins that are financially out of reach, but beautiful to behold. I don?t often buy coins at the show, but occasionally I will find
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It Was Fun While It Lasted?

Number One No More!! For much of the year, I had the honor and pleasure of having the number one registry set for Non-Carson City Morgan Silver Dollars in GSA Holders. Granted, it is kind of an obscure category and not many people collect these coins. Many don?t even consider this category to be a legitimate subset of Morgans. I often wonder myself whether it deserves to be a separate category. Morgan silver dollars are very plentiful in general, and the only thing that separates the coins
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Coin Hogs Unite!!

SUUUUU-WEEEEET!!!! We know who we are. We have money, but we need more. We postpone purchases of non-necessities. We let our houses fall into disrepair to save cash. We eat at inexpensive restaurants when we could afford better. We drive older cars when we could have newer ones. We don?t care. We stay up late at night hunched over our computers staring at the screen for hours. Our eyes get blurry. We get little exercise. Our necks and backs ache, but we continue our ways. Who are w
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The Sun, Moon and Stars Line Up

The Ugly Duckling is really a Swan In my search to find the last coin needed to complete my registry set for Carson City Morgan Silver Dollars in the Original GSA Holders, the sun, the moon and the stars seemed to all line up for me at the recent October 2006 Dallas Heritage Auction. I wasn?t in Dallas, but was participating via the internet. I am more comfortable with internet auctions now, as long as the seller is reputable, the coin is professionally graded and the pictures of the coin ar
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Is Coin Collecting Sexy?

You will have to read this to find out. I went to the Long Beach Coin Show in September 2006, and while I was outside waiting for the doors to open, I noticed something different about the mix of people standing around. There were numerous very attractive women also milling about waiting to get in. I thought to myself, what?s going on? Is coin collecting becoming a sexy hobby, where appealing women want to hang around the professional dealers and amateur collectors? Where the superstar dea
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Buy The Holder, Part 2

Now I'm Getting Scared!! It happened again, and I am really getting scared. Here is the latest headline: Ungraded 1904-O Morgan Silver Dollar in a GSA Holder sells for $11,335 on Ebay today. It was item number 110035415732. I checked the PCGS price guide. It is listed at a retail value of $70 in MS64, $220 in MS65, $485 in MS66, and $4500 in MS67. It was a nice coin to be sure. My guess is that it was at least MS64, maybe MS65. It has an outside shot at MS66. It sold for 51 times the
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Buy the Holder, Not the Coin

1878-S Morgan in GSA Holder Sells for $6,800 on Ebay Over the years, I have always been told by dealers - Buy the coin, not the holder...buy the coin, not the holder. Could they have been wrong all these years? Maybe...A recent sale on ebay makes me rethink the situation. An 1878-S Morgan silver dollar in the GSA hard pack holder recently sold for $6,800. Don't believe me.. check it out as item number 140021869861. The coin was no better than ms63, and is worth less than $100 based on the
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