Grade the '21 Peace dollar, 'cause I really stink at grading these

lordmarcovan

Scan makes luster look rather flat, and intensifies the scuffmarks, but it should give a general idea.

Maybe it's cleaned, and maybe it ain't. Looks original to me, but I've been fooled before. What sort of "details" grade would you give it?

lordmarcovan

Hmm. Maybe I don't stink so badly, after all. So far, I've voted with the majority.

Whoops- now it's tied.

Stuart

XG-45 -- Looks like it's probably been cleaned...

lordmarcovan

"XG" = Extra Good?

Cleaned? Well, yeah, maybe. There were some in the set that looked like they might have been. None so bad that they bothered me, though.

Stuart

XG-45 really means XF-45 and it's getting late and time for

stman

Looks like it is indeed probably cleaned. Probably has hairlines we can't see in the scan. It's a no grade in my book.

BurritoGrande

I agree that it may be cleaned, but it is difficult to tell from the picture. I wish there were a grade between XF45 and AU50; that's what I would grade it.

lordmarcovan

<< <i>Looks like it is indeed probably cleaned. Probably has hairlines we can't see in the scan. >>



Not really. It definitely wasn't whizzed, if that's what you're aimin' at. Dipped? Maybe.

Maybe it would be a no-grade for cleaning, but I never really had any intention of submitting it.

stman

No I wasn't aiming at whizzed, just a regular cleaning. So it doesn't have hairlines from cleaning? I didn't figure you were submitting it.

lordmarcovan

No hairlines I can see from anything besides circulation, and/or slide marks. No, probably not even slide marks, 'cause none seem to be straight lines, and most run up and down rather than side to side. It ain't a bad lookin' coin, though it does have some marks. I plan on sellin' it raw. This thread will help me grade it. (My vote in the poll, prior to anyone else's input, was AU50).

Looking at the set that it came with, in an old Library of Coins album, I see the '28 does appear to have been cleaned, and the '34-S was whizzed. Oh well. I still think I can do OK on the set as a whole, when I break it up.

zenny

tie broken, for now.....

MadMarty

Hey Lord M,
Drill a hole in that sucker and stick it on the vest! That's the best thing you can do with it!!!

Aethelred

I went with EF-40, but sometimes a scan can make a coin look worse than it really is. I'd guess cleaned from that picture, but again you can't be sure from a photo.

BigGreek

Based on the detail I would say AU-50. These are always
weakly struck with flat hair and foot detail. It would net
XF-45 due to cleaning if the luster is gone. I would sell it
as XF with AU detail if I had to quote a grade.

Trooper

I went with 45 also. Which is apperntly the consesus right now. I'm going to start collecting this series also, bit by bit.

Tom

BigGreek

It's a great series for the impatient (or new) collector. There's
tons of great specimens of certain dates but others are impossible
to find. There's also the challenge of putting together a set
which matches on color as well as grade. A new collector can
put together an affordable set and patiently upgrade over
time.

Steve27

Here's what my AU53 looks like:

joecool