Anyone Here Collect Coins?

Uncirculated 1879 CC silver dollar from the GSA hoard to start with. I inherited it from my father if that matters.

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I have a few Carson City Morgan dollars.

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From the GSA hoard? If so then look for an 1879.

I have one and so does my cousin. My sister might too, but she is too lazy to get off her arse and go through the safe deposit box our father stocked for her.

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No. I have an 1878, 1890 & 1891 CC Morgan.

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If you want to sell them then I would recommend contacting Scotsman Coin / Auction in St. Louis.

I shopped my coins to three different dealers and Scotsman Coin / Auction was by far the most honest and professional that I found.

I'd buy some coins from you, but I'd have to know what you have and how much you want. I am no coin grader. I look at the Redbook to get an idea of the grade. Coin grade affects price.
Are most of the coins uncirculated?

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Uncirculated 1879 CC silver dollar from the GSA hoard to start with

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Bro, keep that! CC Morgans are very hard to come by, especially uncirculated! Just out of curiosity, what are the offering to pay you?

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I inherited it from my father if that matters.

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Depends. That is the only reason I started collecting coins, to pass them down. Maybe he had the same thought, or maybe he just wanted to leave them for you to sell.

Do you really need the $200 they are offering to pay you? I am guessing that number is somewhere around there. Why not hang it to for a few more years.

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Just out of curiosity, what are the offering to pay you?

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Considerably more than the $4,450 it was listed at in my 2014 coin guide. Instead of selling it to them outright I am going to put it in their auction. Whatever it brings I will immediately convert to gold bullion.

I had a dozen silver dollars from 1900-1910. Gave them to my son 5 years ago. I encouraged him not to sell but to hand it down to grand son.

BTW, quarters minted in the 1960s are very valuable to professional golfers. On the PGA tour there is a superstition that you will shoot the year of your ball marker. So, if you mark your ball with a 1965 quarter you're gonna shoot a 65. If you use a brand new quarter you're gonna shoot a 114.

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Do you really need the $200 they are offering to pay you? I am guessing that number is somewhere around there.

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My well circulated 1978 CC Morgan sells for about that.

Any uncirculated CC Morgan attracts top dollar bids. Especially if the owner can prove it's been in the family for a long time and therefore not a recent counterfeit from China.

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Any uncirculated CC Morgan attracts top dollar bids. Especially if the owner can prove it's been in the family for a long time and therefore not a recent counterfeit from China.

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In 1972 the GSA sold off uncirculated CC Morgan silver dollars. I have several, including an 1879, which is rarest. The coins are all in plastic cases inside blue boxes with GSA provenance certificates. The owner of Scotsman Coin / Auction told me that because it is certifiably from the GSA hoard it adds a grand to the value.