Administrator Matt G Posted January 13, 2020 Administrator Share Posted January 13, 2020 The numismatic treasure trove boasts several beautifully toned Morgans. Read more Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
thebeav Posted January 14, 2020 Share Posted January 14, 2020 I was hoping to see dates like 1889 through 1897.....Quite a hoard however...... Matt G 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RWB Posted January 14, 2020 Share Posted January 14, 2020 The article says "Treasury bags" and not "New Orleans Mint bags," This implies the coins were re-bagged outside of the New Orleans Mint, probably sometime after 1904/10 when remaining New Orleans Mint dollar output was shipped to Washington. PS: "Original mint bags" of the earlier dates would probably have been in 7-lb cotton duck canvas bags. Later issues (1902, etc.) and Treasury re-bagged coins were put in 9-lb cotton duck. (No, they did not seal bags with "Duck Tape," or cushion with "Goose Feathers" or "Horse Feathers.") Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Revenant Posted January 14, 2020 Share Posted January 14, 2020 4 hours ago, RWB said: (No, they did not seal bags with "Duck Tape," or cushion with "Goose Feathers" or "Horse Feathers.") What a bunch of kill-joys those bums must have been. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RWB Posted January 15, 2020 Share Posted January 15, 2020 3 hours ago, Revenant said: What a bunch of kill-joys those bums must have been. Yep --- all they did was ship all the dollar bags to Duck, North Carolina, where they were sealed by migrating porpoises. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
LINCOLNMAN Posted January 15, 2020 Share Posted January 15, 2020 Hope they didn't transport Ms. Liberty across state lines for immortal porpoises. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Conder101 Posted January 15, 2020 Share Posted January 15, 2020 Well that would be better than immoral ones. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Member: Seasoned Veteran DWLange Posted January 15, 2020 Member: Seasoned Veteran Share Posted January 15, 2020 It was 1929 when the last silver dollars remaining at the New Orleans Mint were finally shipped to the Treasury Building in DC. When the formerly rare dates 1898-O, 1899-O and 1903-O surfaced in quantity in the fall of 1962 it was from this later source. 1903-O had been the most expensive MS coin in the Morgan series prior to that time, but values for all three dates plummeted. thebeav 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
