1960's Morgan Silver Dollar Hoard Article 0

[GoldFinger1969]

From the CDN Monthly Greysheet, thought this would be of interest to some of you.  It's from December 2018:

https://www.greysheet.com/news/story/a-lighter-shade-of-grey-1960s-silver-dollar-hoard-holds-bagfuls-of-memories

[rrantique]

 

Edited January 5, 2023 by rrantique

[GoldFinger1969]

Wow.....Frank Reynolds...and the 3-headed ABC World News Tonight.....interesting, up to 1981 apparently half the demand had to be met by recycling old silver.....and that 65 million ounces for photography is probably down to 5 million today. 

[GoldFinger1969]

Does anybody know if the Paquet Reverse Morgan Dollars are limited to 2 or if there were many produced ?

I know there must only be 2 specimens for 1861 (or maybe those are proofs ?), were there others produced for other years ?  Here's what I read that confused me:

"....Paquet Reverse double eagles have been avidly collected since they first appeared on the numismatic auction scene in 1865, just four years after the coins were struck."

I don't see how something could be "avidly collected" if there were only 1 or 2 at the time, right ?

Edited January 23, 2023 by GoldFinger1969

[RWB]

On 1/23/2023 at 11:16 AM, GoldFinger1969 said:

"avidly collected"

= I'll sell my Granny just to hold one !

Edited January 23, 2023 by RWB

[GoldFinger1969]

On 1/23/2023 at 12:23 PM, RWB said:

= I'll sell my Granny just to hold one !

So there's only 2....for just the 1861 year....I just mis-read that sentence ? 

That's what I thought but the paragraph was confusing.

Edited January 23, 2023 by GoldFinger1969