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7 Years on. Battle Creek toned Morgan Dollars.

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SkyMan

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In 2005 - 2006 there were 4 main auctions and 1 subsidiary auction of Battle Creek (BC) toned Morgan dollars. I am not a Morgan kind of a guy, but I stumbled upon the BC coins while browsing through Superior's auction boxes in late July 2005 for the first (BC-1) auction. I was stunned by the vibrancy of the coins, and hooked. I ended up in one format or another buying about 25 of the BC coins over time.

 

The toned Morgan dollar specialists believed the BC coins were NT and bid accordingly. However, due to the vibrancy of the coins, and the secrecy of the original dealer/buyer, there were a lot of comments about the coins being AT'ed. For the most part these comments were made by people who did not specialize in toned Morgans. These comments calmed down over time as the original dealer/buyer came forward in 2008. Also, over time many of the coins migrated from NGC plastic to PCGS plastic (sometimes with the BC designation kept, sometimes with the BC designation left behind).

 

Generally I keep my BC coins in the SDB, but I recently took some out to show to people at the Santa Clara show. They are as vibrant today as when I first laid eyes on them, and give me a warm fuzzy feeling to look at them. I had a little extra time today and updated my NGC Custom Set of Battle Creek coins with a variety of pictures. Here's a link to the set. Click on the "Gallery" button to see images of the coins (and click on the thumbnails to "blow-up" the images. There are two pages of thumbnail pix). I hope you enjoy them. Also post your BC coins if you have some.

 

Battle Creek Collection

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PLM

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Skyman,

Your Battle Creek Collection and the Aurora Borealis Collection are two of my favorite places to spend time just enjoying the beauty of wonderfully toned Morgan Dollars. Thank you for sharing them.

PLM

 

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lehigh96

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Beautiful. Are these recent photos or ones taken around '05?

 

Why the "Battle Creek" designation? Was the original collector from Battle Creek?

 

One would have to assume that, here is the NGC press release about the coins.

 

NGC CERTIFIES THE BATTLE CREEK COLLECTION OF RAINBOW TONED MORGAN DOLLARS

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SkyMan

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Beautiful. Are these recent photos or ones taken around '05?

 

Why the "Battle Creek" designation? Was the original collector from Battle Creek?

 

The dual photos (obverse AND reverse) were taken in 2005 - 2006. The individual images, e.g. EITHER obverse or reverse, were taken anywhere from 2007 - 2012.

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