Mike_W

I've been collecting since I was a kid in the 70s and for as long as I can remember all of the coin publications usually have one or more advertisers each in issue offering "40 different Morgan Dollars housed in two Dansco albums." Has anyone ever purchased one of these sets and were any of the dollars even MS60? When I started collecting Morgans a few years ago my first goal was to first get all 40 uncirculated dollars from the list BUT buy them NGC or PCGS certified. I even up getting the first 40 mostly MS65 or better and most of them CAC. I've bought many more but still have a ways to go with that set. I've got all of the slabs in Lighthouse albums but there's something about having the raw coins in a Dansco or Whitman album - guess it takes me back to when I was a kid. So my question is - as a second set is it worth buying one of these uncertified 40 coin sets or have many of you had bad experiences in the past (whizzed or cleaned coins that were advertised as BU)? Thanks!

Thank you to all for the great replies - this dollar may indeed been used in Las Vegas. As the story goes it was given to my mother before I was born around 1960-61 by a friend who had recently returned from a trip "out West." I wanted to be sure it wasn't a 94-P or 95-P (which was highly unlikely!) before I but a drop or two of a silver "date restorer" to try to etch the date. I've got a 1918-D Buffalo around somewhere that I used to "restore" the date years ago with nickel date restorer. I will post pictures of the dollar if any date "appears" This is a great and knowledgeable forum - thanks again! Mike W

Hello All: I've been a collector for almost 50 years and have collected Morgan Dollars over the past several years. I have a dateless Morgan dollar that was given to me several years ago as a pocket piece (the date has been scratched away). Just for fun, is it possible to date the coin? For starters it was made in Philadelphia, has stanted arrow feathers, and appears to be pre-1921 (at least in my opinion). From the pictures, are there any varieties that might help identify date the coin was minted? Thanks! Mike_W