Vote in the poll: Grade the peace dollar!
Baley
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what do you think this coin grades?
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die polish (probably) or cleaning
you should have put in a couple more options
bodybagged - cleaned
AU 58
Stuart
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most of the lines you see are die polish, however maybe a few of them are hairlines?
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Joe
Registry 1909-1958 Proof Lincolns
MS65
Always hard to tell with a photo..
The reverse, there's the rim tic above D and lots of little pecks on his wing, the pic doesn't show it well but the rock is nice and frosty, which I like
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Obverse: Don't know if its the plastic or not but right in front of the nose on the feild is some weird marks. Above the R and B in Liberty is some rim marks and Below the 9 in the date.
Reverse: Several marks : biggest being under the E in E-pluribus , some marks in the wings, one under the LL of Dollar, The U by the head of the bird has some marks on it. The one thing that caught my eye was the weakness of Peace on the bottom. Looks really worn. Is that a Weak strike or just the pic? The contrast of the leaves by the feet and word PEACE is really distracting.
Thats what I see.
PURPLE!
i graded the picture at MS65, though i'll admit it took me about three seconds longer than the requisite seven for the staffs at NGC/PCGS. unlike some of the previous replies, i find absolutely nothing on the obverse to be critical about----my eyes are drawn easily back to the beautiful rendition of Liberty. the few scattered contacts on the reverse are easily forgotten by what appears as a nice strike and wonderful luster.
al h.
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Cameron Kiefer
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it seems you buy coins the same way i do. i always look and look and look before i buy, rarely making a spur of the moment purchase. i would much rather have a coin holdered at MS62-----of which i have several-----which has smashing eye appeal than an MS65 which can have doubt cast upon it's insert. there really is no downside in that fashion.
al h.
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PURPLE!
P.S. can anyone explain to me with Frankies what is a great strike compared to a weak strike?
Cameron Kiefer
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Purple, nice job, sounds like you have a good eye for these details! I hear the services are Hiring!
Cameron, yep, it's out of it's holder now, in the Library of Coins album, where the coin thinks of itself as a VERY PQ MS63!
Mojo, neither can I! Gotta say, I'm liking NGC's recent grading! that is, as the buyer after the fact, not as the submitter!
Last batch i sent to them, each coin was undergraded by a point and 2 came back in bodybags they didn't deserve!
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it's the old argument of "friction" vs. "wear". your excellent digi-pic clearly shows friction, which plastic co's try to differentiate from "wear". that coin's a slider all day every day.
that said, there's no real difference in price from 58 - 62, so that's probably why it got the benefit of the doubt. but plastic co's have established a terrible criteria for allowing mint-state grades, & this coin is a perfect example of a slider gone ms
no, not bashing plastic, but by golly, people need to learn what they're buying.
K S
As always, please sell me your "slider" peace dollars that look just like this one. I NEED your AU58s in a 1924-S, 1927-S, 1928, 1934-S, and several other dates, and will pay you AU58 money for them.
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<< <i>As always, please sell me your "slider" peace dollars that look just like this one. I NEED your AU58s in a 1924-S, 1927-S, 1928, 1934-S, and several other dates, and will pay you AU58 money for them. >>
baley, that's exactly my point. THOSE dates would NOT be graded the same as your 1935
i stand by my previous comments.
K S
please explain. are better dates graded differently?
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in the meantime, here's a recent addition to the album, formerly a "pcgs" coin and now a "baley's album" coin, are you telling me that they grade this date to different standards than a more common date, or not?
can anyone else comment on this issue? I am familiar with the idea that different dates/mms "come with" different strike and surface characteristics but not this "different standards for rare dates" thing
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