Grading Peace dollars- help.

eyoung429

I have seen so many graded peace dollars that look like they have soft strikes. Is this a case with the whole series? I have several that I think look high for the grade, have excellent luster and very few marks. Here are a couple of '23 P's that I have.....are these slab candidates or just leave them in the 2x2?

*note....the dark area on the 2nd one is toning that has started.

BigGreek

It's hard to tell from the compressed images what the surfaces
look like but I don't think these will grade beyond MS63. An MS63
1923 PCGS slabbed Peace $ is very common and sells for about $35
on ebay. The grading fee is $18 plus shipping both ways. After
doing the math, I think these will stay raw.

TonedPeaceNut

I say the 1st is MS62, too many marks on the cheek and the second is MS63 and much cleaner.

Are the colors showing in your image from the coin or the mylar plastic? If from the coin, then I would get them slabbed.


TPN

CarlWohlforth

They look like they have good luster. They are nice looking coins. Judging from the photos I'd agree they might grade around 63. Even MS 64s Sheet for $50 so it doesn't seem worth it to slab them.

eyoung429

Thanks for the replys all. I like the satin finish that these seem to have but haven't really seen many that are clean..most of them are quite "mushy"..I will stick to Morgans but I am on my way with a set of the peace just for the heck of it....

ttown

My brother inheirted 30 orginial rolls from his wife's dad that was a banker. I'd keep it raw, these will grade 62/63 all the 23p's we had had great luster but we never could get one to grade more than an MS64. I still think they are MS65 coins but the 23 P's are everywhere and aren't worth the grading fee IMO. We ended up selling them for 300 bucks a roll, I have one unsearched roll left.

CoinResource

These really look MS61 or 62 to me. Too many ticks. Yes Peace dollars have weak strikes often across years...