Peak Rarities: THANKS!

Mark

I want to thanks Peak Rarities for the Lafayette dollar below. They found the coin for me in an auction I would never have seen, checked it out for quality and then bought it for me. I had been looking for a Lafayette dollar I liked for at least 4 years and could not find one. Without their help, I expect I'd still be looking. So this is a shout out of thanks for their help!

Lafayette dollar, MS 66 with a CAC sticker

jfriedm56

@Mark, Outstanding!

pcgsregistrycollector

Beautiful coins!

lermish

Fantastic coin, congrats!

No surprise to hear about great service and success finding tough coins from my friend @PeakRarities

golden

Beautiful coin!

alefzero

Beautiful coin. It is the DuVall-3D die pair. That constitutes about 1/12 of the extant population. I catalogued 99 out of 1163 certified, with duplicates removed. Above yours are only two 3D ones, both in PCGS MS66+ (one has CAC too), MS66 CAC is as close as you get to that. The varieties are all easily distinguished by the position of the lowest leaf on the olive branch on the reverse. For the 3D, however, it is even obvious from the obverse. The dot between F and A is not centered, but is clearly closer to the A. If PCGS ever does the 5 varieties (1A, 1B, 2C, 3D, and 4E), your piece is well positioned for a registry set.

Here are those two:

and (the CAC one)

https://coins.ha.com/itm/commemorative-silver/1900-1-lafayette-dollar-ms66-pcgs-cac-duvall-3-d/a/1219-5494.s

DisneyFan

That is an exceptional Lafayette dollar!

Cladiator

@Mark & @PeakRarities ,

winesteven

I too have found @PeakRarities to be absolutely top-notch in so many ways - honesty, knowledge, integrity, very fair pricing for quality, etc. If they have a coin I need, it’s a no-brainer buying it!

Steve

FlyingAl

Davidk7

Glad you like it! It sure looks amazing in your set!

TwoSides2aCoin

Whoa. That is tops or quite near there in eye appeal , to me. I also took the liberty to check out the Lafayette dollar photos on coinfacts and you’ll agree.

Morgan13

@Mark you did well.
Looks like @PeakRarities has learned to play the game by the rules. That's awesome. I'm sure there's always room for another ethical dealer in numismatics.

WiscKau

That's one of the finest I've ever seen!

Much Congrat's.

Here is my lowly example

Boosibri

I viewed this at VCD Auctions. Fantastic coin!

Floridafacelifter

@winesteven said:
I too have found @PeakRarities to be absolutely top-notch in so many ways - honesty, knowledge, integrity, very fair pricing for quality, etc. If they have a coin I need, it’s a no-brainer buying it!

Steve

Agreed- I’m a member of the @PeakRarities Fan Club!

Coinbert

Beautiful coin and glad to hear all the positive comments about Peak Rarities. I agree entirely with all of the above.

oldabeintx

Well deserved kudos Dan and Mark. That’s an amazing coin. Not sure why but that’s a tough commem to find really nice.

duck620

Great looking coin(Beautiful)

coinkat

wow... just exceptional

MFeld

I like seeing well-deserved positive posts about good people.

RobertScotLover

Beautiful!

braddick

Nice!
As it should be.
I note that on this thread, "What Qualities Made a Good Coin Dealer?":
https://forums.collectors.com/discussion/comment/13914297#Comment_13914297

Cougar1978 gave my favorable comment an, 'LOL'

PeakRarities

It’s always a pleasure helping you hunt spectacular coins for your type set, Mark. I love it when my tastes overlap with our customer’s, things seem to work out the best when I can get as excited about the coin as you can. Like I mentioned, I had never considered adding a classic silver commem to my collection before, but If I did, it would be this one (edit for clarity - the OP's coin).

https://player.vimeo.com/video/1098928711

(Sadly, it appears that Vimeo links no longer embed into our post here, but theres a quick vid of the obverse. Finding luster like that on a Lafayette is no walk in the park!)

MFeld

@PeakRarities said:
It’s always a pleasure helping you hunt spectacular coins for your type set, Mark. I love it when my tastes overlap with our customer’s, things seem to work out the best when I can get as excited about the coin as you can. Like I mentioned, I had never considered adding a classic silver commem to my collection before, but If I did, it would be this one.

https://player.vimeo.com/video/1098912399

(Sadly, it appears that Vimeo links no longer embed into our post here, but theres a quick vid of the obverse. Finding luster like that on a Lafayette is no walk in the park!)

Dan, is the Lafayette in the video by chance, graded 67?

Barberian

I recognize the DuValle 3D by the recut "AT" in STATES.

PeakRarities

@MFeld said:

@PeakRarities said:
It’s always a pleasure helping you hunt spectacular coins for your type set, Mark. I love it when my tastes overlap with our customer’s, things seem to work out the best when I can get as excited about the coin as you can. Like I mentioned, I had never considered adding a classic silver commem to my collection before, but If I did, it would be this one.

https://player.vimeo.com/video/1098912399

(Sadly, it appears that Vimeo links no longer embed into our post here, but theres a quick vid of the obverse. Finding luster like that on a Lafayette is no walk in the park!)

Dan, is the Lafayette in the video by chance, graded 67?

It's graded 66 CAC Mark, it's the one in the OP. I edited my previous comment for clarity.

MFeld

@PeakRarities said:

@MFeld said:

@PeakRarities said:
It’s always a pleasure helping you hunt spectacular coins for your type set, Mark. I love it when my tastes overlap with our customer’s, things seem to work out the best when I can get as excited about the coin as you can. Like I mentioned, I had never considered adding a classic silver commem to my collection before, but If I did, it would be this one.

https://player.vimeo.com/video/1098912399

(Sadly, it appears that Vimeo links no longer embed into our post here, but theres a quick vid of the obverse. Finding luster like that on a Lafayette is no walk in the park!)

Dan, is the Lafayette in the video by chance, graded 67?

It's graded 66 CAC Mark, it's the one in the OP.

Thanks. The toning looks very different - less colorful and less intense - in the video.

PeakRarities

@MFeld said:

@PeakRarities said:

@MFeld said:

@PeakRarities said:
It’s always a pleasure helping you hunt spectacular coins for your type set, Mark. I love it when my tastes overlap with our customer’s, things seem to work out the best when I can get as excited about the coin as you can. Like I mentioned, I had never considered adding a classic silver commem to my collection before, but If I did, it would be this one.

https://player.vimeo.com/video/1098912399

(Sadly, it appears that Vimeo links no longer embed into our post here, but theres a quick vid of the obverse. Finding luster like that on a Lafayette is no walk in the park!)

Dan, is the Lafayette in the video by chance, graded 67?

It's graded 66 CAC Mark, it's the one in the OP.

Thanks. The toning looks very different - less colorful and less intense - in the video.

Try the link again, I was experimenting with different lighting and I think that one more accurately depicts the coin. Probably too much exposure in the previous video.

MFeld

@PeakRarities said:

@MFeld said:

@PeakRarities said:

@MFeld said:

@PeakRarities said:
It’s always a pleasure helping you hunt spectacular coins for your type set, Mark. I love it when my tastes overlap with our customer’s, things seem to work out the best when I can get as excited about the coin as you can. Like I mentioned, I had never considered adding a classic silver commem to my collection before, but If I did, it would be this one.

https://player.vimeo.com/video/1098912399

(Sadly, it appears that Vimeo links no longer embed into our post here, but theres a quick vid of the obverse. Finding luster like that on a Lafayette is no walk in the park!)

Dan, is the Lafayette in the video by chance, graded 67?

It's graded 66 CAC Mark, it's the one in the OP.

Thanks. The toning looks very different - less colorful and less intense - in the video.

Try the link again, I was experimenting with different lighting and I think that one more accurately depicts the coin. Probably too much exposure in the previous video.

Thanks.

Connecticoin

@PeakRarities said:
It’s always a pleasure helping you hunt spectacular coins for your type set, Mark. I love it when my tastes overlap with our customer’s, things seem to work out the best when I can get as excited about the coin as you can. Like I mentioned, I had never considered adding a classic silver commem to my collection before, but If I did, it would be this one (edit for clarity - the OP's coin).

https://player.vimeo.com/video/1098928711

(Sadly, it appears that Vimeo links no longer embed into our post here, but theres a quick vid of the obverse. Finding luster like that on a Lafayette is no walk in the park!)

Yes, that is a diamond in the rough. The vast majority of Lafayettes are downright ugly IMO, and they give Monroes competition on the ugly scale.