New Proof Peace Dollar

Che_Grapes

gumby1234

I don't like the look of these. If they went back to how they used to get the dies frosted with nitric acid instead of the laser etching they would look 1000 times better.

AUandAG

Modern proof dollars are not on my radar. No detail, I suspect the Mint farmed them out to China.

bob

MrScience

I prefer the look of the prooflike Peace and Morgan overstrikes by @dcarr to these Mint products!

Che_Grapes

Geeze - rough crowd…

I like them better then the uncirculated versions. Also wish they would strike them same way as the originals. No real cartwheel and they don’t have same kind of luster.
But, it is a proof peace dollar and I’ve always wanted one … so there! 😜

Martin

I think the mint would sell more coins if they reverted back to 50
60s style of proof coinage. Some DC some
Cameo and most shiny. You get what you get no returns no refunds. There would not be 200,000 thousand coins all looking identical. Think of the grade and destination range you would have. There would be some big winners in every issue

Martin

brokecollector

In hand these are very attractive coins. Looking at a photograph of the coin, magnified 10x or more does not do the coin justice.

Twobitcollector

I like mine

BillJones

I bought one of these because I wanted a Peace Dollar in Proof. When the Roosevelt administration started to offer Proof coins to the general public in 1936, there would have been Proof Peace Dollar in the set if they had been issued for general circulation that year. The Peace Dollar series ended in 1935 so there wasn’t one. This kind of fills that “hole.”

bramn8r

bought 2, they're beautiful.

Che_Grapes

I didn’t intend to buy two, but I was sent two

MJD

Honestly, I was disappointed with mine. The Mint’s extreme cameo finish looks artificial compared to the natural cameos from the 50’s. I would rather have seen the Mint do a brilliant proof finish.

JBK

@MJD said:
Honestly, I was disappointed with mine. The Mint’s extreme cameo finish looks artificial compared to the natural cameos from the 50’s. I would rather have seen the Mint do a brilliant proof finish.

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It's apples and oranges, of course. But I'd also like a brilliant proof coin.

Che_Grapes

@MJD said:
Honestly, I was disappointed with mine.

I feel more so about the uncirculated versions - I wish they would use the same finish as the original coins, thick luster and cartwheels, etc

ChrisH821

I wish mine showed up looking nice. Had a big scuff in the left obverse field, along with other areas that look like it was touched by -something-. Very disappointed by this, I'd probably call it a PR65. I would have been better off just buying someone's PR69 outcast. I wasn't after perfection but a nice one would have been great.
I agree about the laser frost on moderns, it's so coarse that there are even visible lines from the laser traversal.
https://forums.collectors.com/discussion/1094430/hows-quality-been-on-the-proof-peace-dollars#latest

ProofCollection

Why did we start a new thread for this?

SilverPlatinum

@ProofCollection said:
Why did we start a new thread for this?

Because the Proof Peace Dollar is so beautiful . It deserves its own thread

Che_Grapes

@ProofCollection said:
Why did we start a new thread for this?

Apparently the first one wasn’t good enough - next question

steve76020

the one look for all coins gives the guy who can only afford to buy one or two the same chance at a perfect coin as the guy who buys 25 or 50 or the dealers who somehow get 10000 coins

Herb_T

I got 5 of them and love everyone!