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Quite Possibly the Finest Toned Peace Dollar in Existence!

Purchased at Long Beach from a dealer who had just purchased it raw at the show in an old 2x2 envelope.

NGC MS66*

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  • Ladies and Gentlemen, I give you Brandon - the Ansel Adams of the forum.
  • TheRavenTheRaven Posts: 4,143 ✭✭✭✭
    Not bad.....

    Morgans tone much better
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  • SWEET!
  • bestclser1bestclser1 Posts: 5,566 ✭✭✭
    Brandon,One of the 3 nicest i have ever seen,but the highest graded one.Congratulations.image
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  • braddickbraddick Posts: 22,994 ✭✭✭✭✭
    Beautiful coin that could be a platform for discussion.

    peacockcoins

  • foodudefoodude Posts: 3,552 ✭✭✭
    wowimage
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  • This is Adrian. What's it worth?
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    Very peaceful!!
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  • image That is a great lookin Peace dollar.


  • << <i>Quite Possibly the Finest Toned Peace Dollar in Existence! >>

    Sorry, not even close to "the finest". Perhaps among the most beautiful, but not among the "finest", which should speak to quality/condition.image
  • dthigpendthigpen Posts: 3,932 ✭✭
    Dear Mr. Feld,

    Please quit pissing in their Cheerios.

    Sincerely,
  • Sorry, not even close to "the finest". Perhaps among the most beautiful, but not among the "finest", which should speak to quality/condition.

    The adjective "finest" was used to describe the toning, not the condition. image
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  • braddickbraddick Posts: 22,994 ✭✭✭✭✭


    << <i>Dear Mr. Feld, Please quit pissing in their Cheerios. Sincerely, >>

    Eoug, speaking of Cheerios- when are you going to cut loose on a couple of yours?!

    peacockcoins

  • dthigpendthigpen Posts: 3,932 ✭✭


    << <i>

    << <i>Dear Mr. Feld, Please quit pissing in their Cheerios. Sincerely, >>

    Eoug, speaking of Cheerios- when are you going to cut loose on a couple of yours?! >>



    I'm contemplating selling off one or two. They might go into my next batch of 'excess junk' (Well, stuff that doesn't fit into my collections exactly) liquidation. No worries, I'll honor my word.
  • keetskeets Posts: 25,351 ✭✭✭✭✭
    quite a striking coin, i was wrong on the date as the thread was opening, i guessed 1925!!! i be curious to know what the dealer paid for the raw coin.
  • Wow, bet that was the highlight of the NGC show grader's day!!
  • braddickbraddick Posts: 22,994 ✭✭✭✭✭
    Doug: image

    Brandon: How certain are you this Peace would cross with PCGS, at any grade? 80%? 90%? 100%?

    Either way, I stand by the statement, "it's a beautiful coin."

    peacockcoins

  • CalGoldCalGold Posts: 2,609 ✭✭


    << <i>Purchased at Long Beach from a dealer who had just purchased it raw at the show in an old 2x2 envelope. >>



    I wonder how much the first dealer paid? Discolored common date. Dealer grade MS63. 20% back of bid.

    CG
  • IrishMikeIrishMike Posts: 7,738 ✭✭✭
    I don't like cheerios anyway, quite honestly I don't care much for that kind of toning. Sorry just being honest.
  • BillJonesBillJones Posts: 33,427 ✭✭✭✭✭
    It all depends upon the price.

    From where I sit it looks like a $40 MS-64 with $$$$??? dollars worth of toning on it.

    The toning is covering up scraps and small marks.
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  • Brandon: How certain are you this Peace would cross with PCGS, at any grade? 80%? 90%? 100%?

    So you want me to tell you if it is AT? ED? It's only a matter of time before that issue is revisited in this thread anyway. I believe it is neither. You really have to see this one in-hand to appreciate it. I believe without a doubt it would cross to PCGS, although judging by their recent track record concerning crossovers and grading, I wouldn't attempt to cross even a white Peace dollar right now. It's not worth the headache, especially when a coin like this can sell itself.
    Brandon Kelley - ANA - 972.746.9193 - http://www.bestofyesterdaycollectibles.com
  • From where I sit it looks like a $40 MS-64 with $$$$??? dollars worth of toning on it.

    I would have to disagree. It is much nicer than an MS64. While I feel that it is useless to try and grade a coin from an image, several board members have seen the coin in-hand and may be able to tell you what they think about it.
    Brandon Kelley - ANA - 972.746.9193 - http://www.bestofyesterdaycollectibles.com
  • Looks a bit like ToneCoin2004's work on eBay.
  • JJMJJM Posts: 7,973 ✭✭✭✭✭
    Oh my ! thats quite a Reverse !
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  • BochimanBochiman Posts: 25,284 ✭✭✭✭✭
    Saw it a few days ago.
    I would agree that I think it is natural....just stored really funky probably.

    Brandon is right....aside from a reg set, no reason to cross it. The grade won't sell it, the colors will.

    I've been told I tolerate fools poorly...that may explain things if I have a problem with you. Current ebay items - Nothing at the moment

  • BillJonesBillJones Posts: 33,427 ✭✭✭✭✭


    << <i>From where I sit it looks like a $40 MS-64 with $$$$??? dollars worth of toning on it.

    I would have to disagree. It is much nicer than an MS64. While I feel that it is useless to try and grade a coin from an image, several board members have seen the coin in-hand and may be able to tell you what they think about it. >>



    OK maybe it’s MS-65, but I see a definite reed mark under the eye and other marks on the neck. On the reverse I see the either a weak strike on the eagle’s wing or a the usual light scrape on the highest surfaces of the wings. The brown streaks at the bottom of the obverse may be slag in the metal (a downgrade for potentially high grade dollars) or brown toning streaks.

    When you grade something MS-66, you get a lot more critical. I’m looking at this as if it were a white coin. Toning should not raise the grade.
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  • stmanstman Posts: 11,352 ✭✭✭✭✭
    No slams on the coin or the company the poster represents. I'll just add my personal opinion here. If I were looking for a very natural toned Peace$....
    The coin posted here would not be a consideration whatsoever!!

    Edit to add, My opinion is based on the colors in the image that I see. I'm sure they are pretty accurate though.
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  • dorancoinsdorancoins Posts: 2,091 ✭✭✭


    << <i>Purchased at Long Beach from a dealer who had just purchased it raw at the show in an old 2x2 envelope. NGC MS66* image >>



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  • RegulatedRegulated Posts: 2,983 ✭✭✭✭✭
    Looks like a put-away coin to me.
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  • No slams on the coin or the company the poster represents. I'll just add my personal opinion here. If I were looking for a very natural toned Peace$....

    I would have to agree that the toning this Peace dollar exhibits is not typical of what one would find on a Peace dollar. That is simply a reason this coin is so special. However, if you are looking for a very naturally toned Peace dollar, you might just want to pick up a white one because even relatively nice toning in general is not common on Peace dollars. Your opinion of "very naturally toned" seems a bit biased on what you percieve to be "natural toning". I happen to know exactly where this coin came from and how it toned. I need no further evidence as the colors are what I would expect to find on a heavily enveloped toned Peace dollar.
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  • BlindedByEgoBlindedByEgo Posts: 10,754 ✭✭✭✭✭


    << <i>Brandon: How certain are you this Peace would cross with PCGS, at any grade? 80%? 90%? 100%?

    So you want me to tell you if it is AT? ED? It's only a matter of time before that issue is revisited in this thread anyway. I believe it is neither. You really have to see this one in-hand to appreciate it. I believe without a doubt it would cross to PCGS, although judging by their recent track record concerning crossovers and grading, I wouldn't attempt to cross even a white Peace dollar right now. It's not worth the headache, especially when a coin like this can sell itself. >>



    Seeing this coin at the show, dealers hype nonwithstanding image , it's an absolutely stunning coin. The colors aren't as "thick" in-hand, a much better look than is easily imaged. The fellow who "made" the coin (not made as in AT, you cynics image ) - his hand was almost shaking while giving it up... 2nd and 3rd thoughts, I'm sure. Whatever the cause of the toning, it sure is pretty, and looks natural.

    Hey Brandon, is that bet still on?

  • JoshLJoshL Posts: 656 ✭✭
    SWEET
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  • Great. I register on a new forum, and you're already here, posting more coin porn. I'm already broke, as if it mattered to numismatic seductionists like you guys.
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  • BarryBarry Posts: 10,100 ✭✭✭
    I'm sure a quick dip would remove all that distracting tarnish image
  • MikeInFLMikeInFL Posts: 10,188 ✭✭✭✭


    << <i> I happen to know exactly where this coin came from and how it toned. I need no further evidence as the colors are what I would expect to find on a heavily enveloped toned Peace dollar. >>




    Brandon/Adrian,

    Is it your opinion that this coin was envelope toned? That was my feeling.

    In general, I am skeptical when I see envelope toning like this -- I've heard that envelope toning can be accelerated.

    That's not to say this coin is not attractive or completely naturally toned -- I'm just too worried to buy a coin like this for fear it has been artifically accelerated...Mike
    Collector of Large Cents, US Type, and modern pocket change.
  • stmanstman Posts: 11,352 ✭✭✭✭✭


    << <i>No slams on the coin or the company the poster represents. I'll just add my personal opinion here. If I were looking for a very natural toned Peace$....

    I would have to agree that the toning this Peace dollar exhibits is not typical of what one would find on a Peace dollar. That is simply a reason this coin is so special. However, if you are looking for a very naturally toned Peace dollar, you might just want to pick up a white one because even relatively nice toning in general is not common on Peace dollars. Your opinion of "very naturally toned" seems a bit biased on what you percieve to be "natural toning". I happen to know exactly where this coin came from and how it toned. I need no further evidence as the colors are what I would expect to find on a heavily enveloped toned Peace dollar. >>



    I only gave my opinion and wasn't looking for a debate. I am very familiar how Peace$ tone and collected them for quite some time, looked at tons at shows etc. So I'm not just taking a shot in the dark. I tried to be as nice as possible, and no I am not biased on what I "perceive" to be natural toning.
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  • I only gave my opinion and wasn't looking for a debate. I am very familiar how Peace$ tone and collected them for quite some time, looked at tons at shows etc. So I'm not just taking a shot in the dark. I tried to be as nice as possible, and no I am not biased on what I "perceive" to be natural toning.

    Neither was I. You are a great guy and I certainly don't want to think I took offense at your post. In the same regard, I hope you didn't take my reply to be mean-spirited. My apologies.
    Brandon Kelley - ANA - 972.746.9193 - http://www.bestofyesterdaycollectibles.com
  • stmanstman Posts: 11,352 ✭✭✭✭✭
    No problem Brandon. Hey, You just knew somebody would go in this direction!image
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  • lavalava Posts: 3,286 ✭✭✭


    << <i>

    << <i>Purchased at Long Beach from a dealer who had just purchased it raw at the show in an old 2x2 envelope. >>



    I wonder how much the first dealer paid? Discolored common date. Dealer grade MS63. 20% back of bid.

    CG >>



    That same thought crossed my mind. The original owner is probably going to feel like Dick Cheney's hunting partner when he sees the price tag marked on the newly slabbed coin, for which he was probably paid a pittance.
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  • DD Posts: 1,997 ✭✭✭
    Looks beautiful, but hardly the same toning from run of the mill 2x2 holders. <--DingDingDing

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  • mrearlygoldmrearlygold Posts: 17,858 ✭✭✭


    << <i>It all depends upon the price.




    Ouch I find myself giving Mr Jones an image
  • mrearlygoldmrearlygold Posts: 17,858 ✭✭✭
    But I'd be willing to pay a lot for itimage
  • kiyotekiyote Posts: 5,568 ✭✭✭✭✭
    *ugnnnnn*... makes me feel funny!

    SO Pretty!
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  • mrearlygoldmrearlygold Posts: 17,858 ✭✭✭
    Put it up for bids right here, right now!
  • ShamikaShamika Posts: 18,759 ✭✭✭✭
    I'd love to see that thing in person.
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  • sinin1sinin1 Posts: 7,500
    You should try selling it in your eBay store for $50,000


    list it for 30 days, if it doesn't sell, relist it for 90% for previous month until it sells
    ($50,000 $45,000 $40500 ,,,,)


    at least the people on eBay will be able to see it for awhile


  • << <i>You should try selling it in your eBay store for $50,000


    list it for 30 days, if it doesn't sell, relist it for 90% for previous month until it sells
    ($50,000 $45,000 $40500 ,,,,)


    at least the people on eBay will be able to see it for awhile >>




    image
  • You should try selling it in your eBay store for $50,000


    list it for 30 days, if it doesn't sell, relist it for 90% for previous month until it sells
    ($50,000 $45,000 $40500 ,,,,)


    at least the people on eBay will be able to see it for awhile >>

    Drop it 5k a month and it should sell about 2008.

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