1922 Peace dollar: trash or treasure

jonesor

I'm attaching some pics (i tihnk) of a 1922.... is it garbage or a find?

braddick

It's polished, but you know, I think any older coin like this Peace dollar is a treasure.

It's just some treasure is more of a treasure than other treasure.

nesvt

On the reverse side, to the right of the E in E PLURIBUS.. is that a scratch into the coin or is it a raised line from a gouge or clash?

Myqqy

I'm not going to call it garbage, but it looks very cleaned- and since there is so many 22 peace dollars, you can afford to be picky and find a truly nice speciman for a reasonable price....

jonesor

it was almost completely black, i dropped it in some olive oil for 48 hours and washed the oil off with some gentle soap (liquid)

did I devalue it?

dthigpen

It's worth its weight in Silver, at least...

kieferscoins

<< <i>did I devalue it? >>



If it was a higher grade you might have, but based upon the condition you described no. It is worth silver melt and thats about it.

Cameron Kiefer

Prethen

What's the dead give away, given those pictures, that the coin has been polished/heavily cleaned? Unfortunately, I still find myself learning the hard way with this stuff.

kieferscoins

unantural shine. Not natural luster for that condition. Scratches. Compare it to any Peace dollar and it will look wrong.

Cameron Kiefer

BigGreek

It looks like a nice AU-53ish coin to me.

There's a huge supply of these common date AU coins so it doesn't
have any collector demand. But, it's still a nice big old American silver
coin that is fun to own and look at.

jonesor

I picked up a roll of 21 and 22 peace dollars and i agree, they are pretty coins.

when they're not black.

kieferscoins

You got a roll of 1921 Peace dollars?

Cameron Kiefer

jonesor

it's not a roll from a 'mint'.... it's twenty 21 & 22 Peace dollars. Total, not each.

bearcave

Show us the 21 Peace $$$$'s!

jonesor

seriously?

if you're serious, i can take some pics tonight (after Lost is over)

kieferscoins

1921 High reliefs are cool, even in circulated condition. I'd love to see them when you get a chance.

Cameron Kiefer

jonesor

my mouth is agape after seeing this page (for the first time)

http://www.pcgs.com/prices/frame.chtml?type=date&filename=peace_dollar


I had no idea what I have...... I'll take some pics and display them in a different thread.

as I recall, the 22 I dropped in the oil and cleaned up (and displayed above) was the worst looking of the lot....
the 21's were all fairly nice looking

Steve27

Are you sure it was a roll of 21s & 22s and not 22s and 23s?

jonesor

I have no 23's....

the roll was mainly 21's..... twelve to fifteen of them.

Hedger

Now hopefully they aren't 1921 Morgans and hopefully they are not cleaned. The 1921 Peace is sought after and original pieces get a premium. The 22's are very common and you can find nice MS examples at reasonable prices. Peace dollars are hard to come by that aren't cleaned. The scarce dates are 1921, 1927 D, 1928 P, and 34 s in higher grade. I gave up the series due to the lack of finding good examples.

jonesor

they're peace dollars. i may be blonde but i'm not blind!

kieferscoins

Hopefully they are not cleaned which would really detract from the value on this date.

Cameron Kiefer