*Toneddollars Morgans*

Set Description

I started out collecting coins in my early youth by checking out the change I received from my paper route. It was a great time to be a coin collector. You could find many better date coins in circulation in the late fifties and early sixties. Collecting silver dollars was way out of my budget at that time. My wife actually rekindled my collecting spirit in the nineties. She purchased two Morgans from a local dealer for my birthday. One of these was "tarnished" as she called it. Thus began my love affair with toned coins, particularly Morgans.

I built several toned collections which I sold to fund my obsession with GSA dollars, in particular, nicely toned GSA dollars. Finding these toned gems was a goal I found to be quite difficult. I found that most of the Monster type were broken out of their original holders over the years. The majority of my GSA’s were bought raw. Whenever I would find a white untoned GSA that I felt was high grade, I would make offers on those also.

I hope you enjoy these examples from my collection as much as I do. I really have not worked with any one dealer in particular building my collection. I would however like to acknowledge Bryan Sonnier for his guidance and friendship in my early return to collecting. He was an avid GSA collector and helped fuel my love of these historic coins. Bryan recently passed from this world and is missed by all in the collecting community.Also I would like to thank Bryan’s wife for the opportunity to purchase some select gems from Bryan’s collection.Last but not least, thank you to my wife for her unwavering support of my trips to shows and encouragement of building the best collection we could afford. Thanks ElKel.

TD