Hello Steemians!
So, as some of you may know, I have recently come down with a severe case of Stackitus. I believe I may have caught this hanging out on the SSG discord channel and from my sis @saffisara...
But the coin that started it all for me... is this lovely Morgan silver dollar. This is the first bit of silver I parted with some money for, as I simply couldn't resist. At the time, I didn't know anything about it... I just loved the feel of it.
As you can see it's a 1879 coin. I set out to do a bit of research on it. They were minted from 1878 to 1904 and also in the year 1921. I now feel the burning need to start by collecting a full date set.
The other thing I learned was that this coin was minted in Philadelphia. The way to tell this is the minting mark. On this one, there isn't one... and that means Phily. The place to look is in that second photo- at the bottom centre of the wreath there's a ribbon. Just below that you'd see the mark.
The different marks are;
S = San Francisco
O = New Orleans
D = Denver
No Mark = Philadelphia
CC = Carson City.
The Carson City ones are the rarest and therefore the most valuable.
Pretty cool huh?!
I'd like to know how much weight of silver one of these fellows holds- so if anyone knows please do leave me a comment!
So there you go... my starter coin for my new obsession... which makes me read things like this as a treat... :)
What got you into your collections?
Catch you soon,
Evie x