Give Peace a chance - not a political statement - the coin.

Mesquite

I've never been a big fan of Peace dollars - I'm not sure why. It is likely due to the fact that none of the 1920's achitecture, or art for that mater, appeals to me. Be that as it may, I have a friend whose dad (now deceased) was a collector/investor in the 50's, 70's and 80's. She has over the past few years sold off much of her portion of that collection. Two weeks ago she related a story about taking a set of Peace dollars to a local coin dealer and was disappointed that he did not want them. It is a nice set purchased in 1979 from Paramount in a Dansco album (listed on the invoice as a EF - MS set). She showed me the set and I flipped when I saw the 1924 P. The coin has a very nice original skin, I'm guessing that it would grade AU fifty-something. The obverse has two regions that have toned: the area around the date, and in between the spikes in Liberty's crown. The color is lime-green to yellow to red. It is the toning of the crown that facinates me. Well, I traded her that coin for an MS64 (raw) to fill the hole in the album. Here are some pics of the coin - these pictures really do a good job of capturing the look of the coin in hand. Comments?? (Regarding AT discussion - I don't see how that can be - I have a pretty good feel for the coin's history since 1979.)

DNADave

I'm on record here as someone who loves Peace Dollars. What did the 21, 28, and 34-S look like??

That one has pretty color on it. A couple of the pics make me suspect it may have been cleaned and then toned over time.

DUIGUY

<It is likely due to the fact that none of the 1920's achitecture, or art for that mater, appeals to me. >

I can agree with this statement . But this reverse design on this 1920 Wilson dollar I like . Wilson dollar

Mesquite

You may be correct Dave. They all had the tan skin as I recall. This one was unique in the bunch. I am wondering if the set got wet at some point in time and that gave them all the leathery tan skin?? Dont know the answer to that - although I did not see any evidence of water damage, water marks, etc. when I took this coin out of the album last Friday night. Don't misinterpret the last reverse shot - the "lavender" rim is actually silver. The tanish skin breaks at the reverse rim from 4:00 to 7:00 and again between 9:00 and 1:00 or 2:00. You may be correct about long ago cleaning - I have no clue as to what the history of the coins was prior to their purchase from Paramount.