LM, a voice spaketh to me in the night and said "Collect circluation strikes only" If I we

mdwoods

I would listen. Voices in the night can be very persuasive. mdwoods

Pinnacle has superb PCGS MS67 1925 Peace dollar in the same price range you are looking at. I would be glad to hold it in my collection for you.

RLinn

Don't fall for that voice in the night thing. I kept hearing " Sell all of your coins and sell them now." Woke up to answer nature's call only to discover my wife still talking in her sleep but adding "...and buy me that BMW I want."

mdwoods

wife still talking in her sleep but adding "...and buy me that BMW I want."

LOL RLinn. It amazes me that anyone would spend good coin buying money on a luxury car! mdwoods

keithdagen

Mark,

I've heard that voice before as well. Excepting it added that circulation strikes should be colorfully toned.

mdwoods

Keith, I showed a couple of my nice rainbow toned silver coins to some friends. Actually I let them look at my type set which has 3 or 4 nice colorful coins in it. Both asked me why I had coins that were discolored in my collection. I just chuckled and said that sometimes that happens. I have a unc seated half that was body bagged for being cleaned. It did have a bit of an artificial look to it. I put it in a small manila envelope and set it on top of my water heater. I am not going to look for 5 years. It will be interesting to see what happens. mdwoods

keithdagen

My roommate is the opposite. I can show him a untoned silver piece like a Morgan, and he'll look at it, then examine the slab and view the date and grade. I might get a wow if it's older or high grade. I throw him a wildly toned piece like the Morgan on my website, and I'll get a "cool colors" as soon as he sees it.

lordmarcovan

Bah. A Peace dollar. I couldn't tell a slider from a 67 in one of those, unless it was a 1921 HR and even then judging the difference between rub and squishy strike would drive me mad. Can't tell slider from MS in the Pratt Indian gold, either. (Which is not to suggest that I dislike Peace dollars or Indian gold).

Somebody else told me to buy an MS67 FH 1930 SLQ. I just sold an MS65 FH 1930. Why would I want another that was only 2 points higher, at heaven knows how many multiples of the price? (Granted, that was a monster- and lustrous, too. Lovely.)

Sorry- I want 19th century stuff. I've focused on the 20th century for a little over a year now, and had some truly lovely coins, but it's time to go back to my earlier passion- the classic older stuff. And I want flashy and/or colorful proofs- the sort of coins that would stop even a noncollector in his tracks.

Scott Schechter at Pinnacle was telling me (in regards to my newfound interest in proof 2c pieces) that while he thinks 2c pieces as a series are underappreciated, he thinks MS coins would be a better value. I hope I didn't misquote him. Nevertheless, I gotta have proofs this time around. Business strikes can be lovely, but look so dull next to proofs.

I will walk the road less traveled. It has served me well to do so in the past.