Big Sister is Coming Home!

First, thank you for the emails, looks and prods from my last post on something special coming my way.

I am a bit of an anomoly when it comes to collectors. I am not a rich man. Quite the opposite. I started my Morgan Carson City GSA Holder set later in life than I should have because now instead of just cracking open the checkbook I have to move things here and there and it isn't always easy as many of my fellow collectors will agree, but sometimes when things present themselves you have to make a move.....so I did!

I have been given the good fortune to be able to add this beautiful 1879 to my set and with its addition I finally feel like I am a part of the elite group of GSA collectors. I have no delusions of ever cracking the top 10 in this category, but just to be in the same "general location" of some of the most stellar sets in the world makes it tough to get the smile off my face.

What a journey this is! I love Morgans and to me there is no better way to collect them than in the GSA holders. What provenance! What history!

Two more coins remain out there somewhere waiting to be a part of this set. Eventually they will all meet and my happy family will be complete.

Although they are mine for now, I am but the lucky steward of this coin as it makes a stop on it's journey. Someday people will read a journal from an excited collector adding this coin to their collection. That's how this goes and for now it is my responsibility to keep this part of history safe and enjoy it every day along the way.

Happy President's Day and Happy Collecting!

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