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This beautiful Buffalo Nickel originally came to me in a MS66 Star holder. I submitted it shortly after into PCGS and it successfully crossed into a PCGS MS66 holder and then received a CAC sticker shortly after that. Then I believe it was 4 years ago PCGS asked me if they could use this piece for their news feeds and shortly after that this beautiful Trueview of it appeared in their advertisement for that years Long Beach Show crossover special. I was honored to say the least! The wonderful color and luster of this piece are off the charts and one of the finest toned Buffalo`s I have ever seen.....
This newly acquired Mercury Dime is tied for a top pop coin with 24 other 1939-D`s, With that said it is one of the few that are totally toned from rim to rim on both sides and only two others are CAC`d as this piece is. Many of the other 24 coins were stored in a cardboard card holder, type board with a cardboard strap across the coin on a diagonal which caused a blank area of color where the strap had gone across the coin. This piece could have been stored in an envelope but more likely was stored in an album for many years. Either way this beautiful little Gem is absolutely off the charts.....
Tied for top pop with 2 other Roosies, this Roosevelt Dime with it`s amazing bright color and luster has eye appeal off the charts! One of the best I have ever seen.....
This beautiful Standing Liberty Quarter with it`s fantastic strike is one of the finest toned SLQ`s I have ever seen. Obviously it has been in an album for many years to acquire this very beautiful two sided toning. The eye appeal is off the charts and is one of my favorite type coins in my collection.....
This Morgan Dollar is another coin acquired from the Northern Lights sales that Legend Rare Coin Auctions in conjunction with the PCGS`s Invitational and members only show. "Pizzazz" is a beautiful rim to rim toned Morgan with exceptional eye appeal and such a great character coin with the great vivid textile toning extending up Liberty`s neck and exceptionally clean cheek. Lustrous pristine surfaces with intense clear color make it an exceptional quality coin.....
This Morgan Dollar which we named "Tutti Fruitti" I acquired in the very last Northern Lights auction that Legend Rare Coin Auctions put on in Vegas in conjunction with PCGS`s Invitational members only show. This beautiful Morgan in my opinion was one of the very finest pieces in the entire sale of the five different auctions. The rim to rim, multi colors with the exceptional luster and eye appeal made this piece a true stand out coin.....
This Morgan Dollar we came up with the name at the very first glance "Mother Nature". Another coin from a private collector, the late Lloyd Cowle. At one time Lloyd had compiled an amazing group of Morgans. He had a great eye for the best of the best and this piece is definitely one of those. I was extremely happy to have acquired this piece when I did with all the very bright, beautiful, and rim to rim colors.....
Another former Bryan Sonnier Morgan Dollar that ended up in Tom Turissini`s personal collection... This amazing Morgan is about as beautiful as a Morgan Dollar comes. Not surprising of Tom to have amazing coins with his great eye for super quality. The superb crystal clear rich color is rim to rim with extraordinary dripping luster. One of my personal favorites we came up with the name that we believe fits it very well. "Oracle".....
This Morgan Dollar is from a very good friend of mine and a true Gentlemen by the name of Dale Larsen. He has worked in the coin industry for many years. I first met Dale officially back in 2012 and we became friends prior due to our mutual friendship with the late Mike DeFalco. Back in 2012 I had met with Dale at a Florida FUN show where he brought his box of around 25 Morgan Dollars for me to have a look at. Each coin were full blown toned Monsters and it was amazing to see his wonderful personal collection. At the time Dale wasn`t interested in letting his Morgan`s go but told me he would keep it in mind that I was interested in them, and if and when the time came that he would part with them. Well roughly three years ago the time came and we struck a deal. The piece pictured here, in my opinion was one of the best out of his set, considering a combination of overall look, grade and color. We named it "Crimson and Clover".....
Acquired from a good friend of mine, Tom Turissini a top collector of copper coins gave me an amazing opportunity and opened up his private collection of toned Morgan Dollars to me some years ago, simply because he knew I had a love for beautifully toned Morgan Dollars. This beautiful former Bryan Sonnier Morgan has everything I like. Rim to rim multi color with blazing luster the pristine surfaces just glow. The pure smooth and flowing color is why we have named this piece "Purity".....
Acquired from my good friend the late Mike DeFalco. This amazing Morgan is the finest toned Morgan I have ever seen. Taking into account the combination of pristine surfaces and the absolute stunning, lustrous, and totally clear, rim to rim color. This Morgan Dollar had been known for many years as "The Killer Tomato" and the color fits it to a tee. So with that said and it`s former history I decided to keep it the same name that so many people know it as......
This amazing Morgan Dollar is know as "The Moose". Chances are if you have been to any major coin shows you have seen posters of this very popular coin. I acquired it at the 2014 Sunnywood / Simpson Auction in Vegas that Legend Rare Coin Auctions put on. There were amazing Morgans in that sale as a complete date set that was put together over many years. I was ecstatic to be the new caretaker of such an amazing coin. PCGS featured "The Moose" with Legend Rare Coin Auctions sponsoring this piece as the November coin in the PCGS 2015 calendar. It has been a great honor for me.....
Another Morgan Dollar I acquired from my friend the late Mike DeFalco. This piece is such a stunner with pristine surfaces and such beautiful colors. The way that the colors make an arc coming down across Liberty`s forehead and continuing down, give it a perfect rainbow effect. Hence the name "Perfect Rainbow".....
Another Morgan Dollar I acquired from my friend the late Mike DeFalco. This was my very first mint state 68 Morgan. It was originally in a MS68 Star holder. There were no plus grades back then and some years later I sent it into PCGS for a crossover and it came back in PCGS MS68+ holder. It appears to have been positioned in the mint bag near the seam as the center band of color along with a textile pattern and within that area what appears to be the actual stitches, (blue, pink and gold) impression-ed in color in a central arc across the coin. That along with the pristine surfaces and rim to rim color, we gave it the name "Stitched Perfection". Mike once told me at that time, it was technically the finest toned Morgan Dollar he had ever handled.....
"Grease Lightning". What a great character coin! I acquired this Morgan Dollar from my friend and top of the line coin dealer Bonnie Sabel. Bonnie has handled many top pop and amazing toned coins with this piece being absolutely one of those. This Morgan appears to have been positioned in the original mint bag directly on the seam with the loose threads spiralling across the neck of Liberty and one strand curling up through the eye. This amazing type of toning associated with the threads is very rare and I have only seen it a few other times.....
This wonderful Morgan Dollar is another coin from my friend the late Mike DeFalco. It`s beautifully banded and lustrous Rainbow is very similar to The Moose in it`s appearance, except with a distinctive Purple color as seen in hand. The rim to rim multi colors flow together with very smooth and pleasing transitions. A great character coin we call it "The Purple Moose".....
This tied for top pop 1882-S Godzilla of a Morgan Dollar which the colors remind me of those little fish I used to have when I was a kid. Hence the name "Neon Tetra" which actually came to me in a lucky second chance. The first time I saw this coin was at a Legend Rare Coin Auction and was in the very first Northern Lights Sale. A series of toned Morgan Dollar auctions that were put on by Legend in Vegas in conjunction with the PCGS Invitational members only shows. I ended up being an under bidder. Go forward a couple of years and one day during the California Long Beach show that I was unable to attend that year, I get a phone call from a coin dealer friend of mine saying that he just saw an awesome toned 1882-S Morgan Dollar at a dealers table. So I asked if he could send me a picture and sure enough it`s the same Morgan and the rest is history! PCGS again with the sponsor Legend Rare Coins for the month of June 2017 featured this piece in their calendar. Another super honor it has been.....
Another fabulous Morgan Dollar from my friend the late Mike DeFalco. Mike had a knack for always coming up with amazing toned Morgans, and It wasn`t just luck. He knew where many great toned Morgans lived as he dealt with other dealers and collectors, he had placed many along the way. That plus his great eye for quality toning made a perfect combination for finding the best of the best. He could talk coins for hours on end and anyone who knew him always spoke kindly of him. He is very fondly missed! This piece is a well known coin among toned Morgan Dollar enthusiasts "Stars and Stripes Forever" it is the finest toned 1885-P I have ever seen. Rim to rim, very bright toning with an extremely vivid textile pattern that helps make the eye appeal off the charts.....
I picked this coin, a former Battle Creek hoard coin for my final Morgan Dollar in this group because it is my signature coin that we call "Aurora Borealis". Which in fact we also call my collection. This coin`s amazing and so pleasing eye appeal and beauty, it`s another Morgan I acquired from the late Mike DeFalco whom dealt with some of the finest Battle Creek Coins. In 2005 the no longer in business Superior Galleries had a series of auctions that had the finest Morgans from that hoard and Mike was one of the top dealers whom purchased many of those Morgan`s for his own inventory.....
I decided to include a few of my finest and most eye appealing type coins that I have also collected to show a bit of diversity in this competition group. This 1956 P Franklin Half Dollar has an amazing end of roll pattern that was speculated to have been stored in a plastic tube with tissue paper of some sort crumpled up in the ends of the tube to prevent the coins from shifting back and forth. It was that contact with the tissue paper that toned this Half Dollar. Again this is just speculation but given the beautiful, clear color, dripping luster, and no oxidation to cloudy up the color it seems very plausible. However it toned it`s an amazing toned coin....
