Seven Lucky Favorites
EVERYBODY HAS a lucky number, and seven seems to be one of the most common, perhaps because of all its gambling associations. When it comes to great coins, there surely have to be more than seven. But let’s look at seven favorites – seven pieces of big silver – and see just what possibilities are there, and where our collecting whims might take us.
1. A Mint State Morgan Dollar
Among collectors, Morgan dollars have had a prominent place right in the center of the brightest of spotlights for decades. Collectors love them. Investors eye them. Even the person without a bucket of money to spend on high grade coins can still get their hands on them. Issued from 1878 to 1904, and then again in one heroic splurge in 1921, the Morgan dollar design is as
