First year collecting the fabulous Carson City Morgan set very satisfying and frustrating at the same time!

Hey All-

Well, I am very proud of the progress made YTD on my Morgan CC collection. My goal was to crack the top 75 my first year of collecting my personal favorite coin of all!

Now, this wouldn't be a big thing if I were deep in the pockets, but nothing could be further from the truth! My wife and I have made decisions like "go away for the weekend or look at this coin" and others like give up going out for dinner or stay at home and watch a movie instead of going out..... These weren't just handed to us.

One thing we did that either was planned well or we got lucky is we picked up several GSA holdered Morgans and had them graded. Some we only made a couple bucks on, but some really helped to improve our set via trades.

Yesterday the addition of a MS63 1892 CC put us at the rank of 73!

Now the bittersweet process begins as we are going after the BIG GUNS of the set and my goal and dream of high MS quality is going to end on a couple! When I look at the prices of a couple year's issue and what it will cost for an XF example I get a bit depressed. On the positive note, there is no rush! I love that about coin collecting!

If you get a chance, take a peek at my set. It's def a work in progress, but I feel like I am archiving history and to me it's pretty exciting.

Have a great weekend!

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