I just found your content. I have been collecting hammered coins for 15+ years and just have started to collect Morgan’s and more modern coins. Your videos are a huge help to me and I greatly appreciate your work and helping me! Keep up the fantastic work!
Greeting from Walnut Creek, CA. My local bullion/precious metals guy told me about your vids and been loving them and couldnt resist the urge to grab a couple things from your website. Keep it up! (tina's husband)
Hope so! I just got into coins and bullion maybe 2 months ago so I’m still learning and likely wasting money on things I shouldn’t be… I need to focus in on what I’m really after.
I've seen very few of these in the wild. In fact I can only remember two in the couple of decades that I've been collecting. I'd love to own one, but I don't think that's going to happen today. Thanks for sharing that beauty with us!
I really enjoyed that video...beautiful coin just a bit outside my price range but if you run into a 64 proof around $1100.00 let me know ill pay immediately...lol. Thank you for teaching bout the rim difference.
Hey Ben, a truly beautiful coin - I was kind of wondering your thoughts on the idea of grading companies putting proof coins and possibly proof-like coins in black holders instead of the traditional white holders. Best Wishes
I have an 1896-P I think is a proof. It has 7- 8" clear mirror reflections no bologna It's definitely 6" I mean I'm no expert, my girlfriend could help. But I see clear mirror reflections from what has to be over 6". It has a purplish hue to it. Maybe it's just a 62 DMPL which would be $300 vs about $2,000+ for the PF.
I wonder how many counterfeit proofs are out there. Looking at the finish on the coin, etc, it almost seems like it would be easier for them to fake than a BU coin, and the payoff would be higher for them.
64 seems harsh on that proof. Possibly due to the etching/smudging on certain parts of the surface. Dipping would show the surface damage of the tarnish, where the mirror would be cloudy.
Ben below brought up something interesting. 735 minted 600 population report. Are there any coins where the population report is HIGHER than the mintage, meaning the number of coins submitted for grading more than once brings the total graded above the actual mintage?
Hey Ben! Can you please let me know the setup you use for filming (especially the kind of tripod+led ring you use)? I find it very pleasant to watch and would like to be able to replicate it if at all possible. Thanks in advance.
Looks like someone took a DMPL and harshly cleaned it from this side of the video. I can't see any clear reflections, though I'm guessing these were not made to reflect even though it is not a satin- or burnished like the early Peace dollar proofs.
735 minted, and almost 600 of them slabbed PF60 and higher. Only in the realm of US coins is this considered "rare." By comparison, there are fewer Swiss Thalers graded AU50 and higher, spanning 250+ years of coins. There are fewer Dutch Silver Riders graded AU50 and higher, spanning 140+ years of coins. This is why I don't put money into US coins.
It isn't just that it is a proof, it is a proof morgan dollar which makes it in a popular series. Something like a proof 3 cent piece wouldn't fetch as much. Also. that population report could be inflated. I'm sure quite a few coins were submitted more than once.
@@silvadelshaladin Agree about pop report, yup. But it's all we have to go by, and the fact a few have been graded multiple times is understood. As to this being a morgan, yeah, I get it, and that's kind of my point. We have morgan mania in the US, it's the biggest numismatic bubble out there, and there are quite a number out there. There are 7 million morgans slabbed, and prices are ridiculous. Demand is too high, it's insane.
Nice. After a high relief St. Gaudens $20 and a full Pan Pac set in the copper frame, it's on my wish list. If only my pocketbook would cooperate.
Love the blue tones. Gorgeous coin.
I just found your content. I have been collecting hammered coins for 15+ years and just have started to collect Morgan’s and more modern coins. Your videos are a huge help to me and I greatly appreciate your work and helping me! Keep up the fantastic work!
Never get tired of seeing proof Morgan’s. Still need to find one for the type set
I'm not a fan of toned coins, but that blue proof Morgan has me drooling!
Nice one, Ben. Definitely worthy of its own video. Not surprised it’s already sold. Gone but not forgotten.
That bluish toning on the surface is really beautiful.
Hi, Ben. I like the tone on that 1898 Proof Morgan. The square rim is a diagnostic of a proof. *TYU*
Ben: I would have said that was PR-65. Great video! Cheers.
Love me some proof Morgans. I own a 1904 PR CAC.
That's a really beautiful coin indeed. I'm jealous. 😮😲
That 98 is a keeper for sure
I like the toning on the 98, thx for sharing great video enjoyed it
Another detail on a proff Morgan is on the front in the Logo is the two dots. They are smaller than a business strike dots.
Awesome coin. I think toning adds character, even for the older proof coins.
Very nice...informative too.
Superb. Wow factor. Absolutely love it
Greeting from Walnut Creek, CA. My local bullion/precious metals guy told me about your vids and been loving them and couldnt resist the urge to grab a couple things from your website. Keep it up! (tina's husband)
Hey Tina’s husband - Tim from Hercules here. Welcome aboard. Been enjoying Ben’s videos for years. He’s the best.
@@TiHerr74
Hercules! Hercules! Small world. Glad to see another Bay Area coastal elite in here (*wink wink)
@@tinasarvi5721 - elite, I wish. Nice to meet you virtually. Maybe we’ll bump into each other at the Concord or Walnut Creek coin shows.
Hope so! I just got into coins and bullion maybe 2 months ago so I’m still learning and likely wasting money on things I shouldn’t be… I need to focus in on what I’m really after.
I just saw there’s a coin show in WC in Oct so I will definitely plan on making that. My real name is James Caswell ;)
Really Nice! 👍
I've seen very few of these in the wild. In fact I can only remember two in the couple of decades that I've been collecting. I'd love to own one, but I don't think that's going to happen today. Thanks for sharing that beauty with us!
I really enjoyed that video...beautiful coin just a bit outside my price range but if you run into a 64 proof around $1100.00 let me know ill pay immediately...lol. Thank you for teaching bout the rim difference.
Hey Ben, a truly beautiful coin - I was kind of wondering your thoughts on the idea of grading companies putting proof coins and possibly proof-like coins in black holders instead of the traditional white holders. Best Wishes
Gorgeous coin with gun metal toning.
Oh that's quite the beaut!
Ever found a branch mint proof?
Beautiful coin!
Cheers
WOW!!!
Stunning
To my untrained eye it almost looks like a counterfeit. It is too good looking.
Nice Morgan proof! But I prefer not too much dark toned ones.
You don’t like that blue tone?
@@Kenlydford I do but this one might be a bit too dark color to me, in my opinion.
I have an 1896-P I think is a proof. It has 7- 8" clear mirror reflections no bologna It's definitely 6" I mean I'm no expert, my girlfriend could help. But I see clear mirror reflections from what has to be over 6". It has a purplish hue to it. Maybe it's just a 62 DMPL which would be $300 vs about $2,000+ for the PF.
I wonder how many counterfeit proofs are out there. Looking at the finish on the coin, etc, it almost seems like it would be easier for them to fake than a BU coin, and the payoff would be higher for them.
64 seems harsh on that proof. Possibly due to the etching/smudging on certain parts of the surface. Dipping would show the surface damage of the tarnish, where the mirror would be cloudy.
I was thinking exactly the same thing.
@@TiHerr74 Great minds
Ben below brought up something interesting. 735 minted 600 population report. Are there any coins where the population report is HIGHER than the mintage, meaning the number of coins submitted for grading more than once brings the total graded above the actual mintage?
Beauty
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Ben Rules!
Hey Ben! Can you please let me know the setup you use for filming (especially the kind of tripod+led ring you use)? I find it very pleasant to watch and would like to be able to replicate it if at all possible. Thanks in advance.
Looks like someone took a DMPL and harshly cleaned it from this side of the video. I can't see any clear reflections, though I'm guessing these were not made to reflect even though it is not a satin- or burnished like the early Peace dollar proofs.
My first impression was it like it was proof 58
735 minted, and almost 600 of them slabbed PF60 and higher. Only in the realm of US coins is this considered "rare." By comparison, there are fewer Swiss Thalers graded AU50 and higher, spanning 250+ years of coins. There are fewer Dutch Silver Riders graded AU50 and higher, spanning 140+ years of coins. This is why I don't put money into US coins.
It isn't just that it is a proof, it is a proof morgan dollar which makes it in a popular series. Something like a proof 3 cent piece wouldn't fetch as much. Also. that population report could be inflated. I'm sure quite a few coins were submitted more than once.
@@silvadelshaladin Agree about pop report, yup. But it's all we have to go by, and the fact a few have been graded multiple times is understood. As to this being a morgan, yeah, I get it, and that's kind of my point. We have morgan mania in the US, it's the biggest numismatic bubble out there, and there are quite a number out there. There are 7 million morgans slabbed, and prices are ridiculous. Demand is too high, it's insane.
Daaaaang
Me - "Wow, that's a really pretty coin, how much you want for it"
You - "I can't take less than 4000."
Me - "...(it's not that pretty....)...
i'm really late in seeing this video, but that coin is incredible, and i get extremly tired of seeing morgans.