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'21 Peace. Guess the grade redux

WeissWeiss Posts: 9,939 ✭✭✭✭✭
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Taking to heart what ya'll said yesterday I re-shot her. So...on a good day, with the stars aligned, might I *possibly* be able to pass this dog of a 62 off for a 64, or...fingers and toes crossed, a 64+? image

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  • Tdec1000Tdec1000 Posts: 3,851 ✭✭✭
    Does NGC have a grade guarantee? If they do you would be sure to get it. Looks 63 to me.

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  • WeissWeiss Posts: 9,939 ✭✭✭✭✭


    << <i>Does NGC have a grade guarantee? If they do you would be sure to get it. Looks 63 to me.

    Tom >>



    I'll check. Is it the hammered strike, the flawless fields and cheek, or the original surface that says "63" to you?
    We are like children who look at print and see a serpent in the last letter but one, and a sword in the last.
    --Severian the Lame
  • mumumumu Posts: 1,840
    I think people were being too hard on that coin. That is a great example and no way less than a 64 IMO and I am not shocked to see it in a 65. Its a 64 technically and the strike could easily carry it to 64+. I think the light toning is creating a little "marbled" look to the surfaces and people are mistaking it for chatter?
  • DNADaveDNADave Posts: 7,264 ✭✭✭✭✭
    Practically no one can grade 1921 Peace dollars.

    When I looked at the thread yesterday I studied the obverse and was deciding between 64 and 65. When I saw the reverse which has some uneven tone, I went with 64....but it IS a nicer coin than a 63 all day long, and pretty too.


    I'm not a stanger to 1921 Peace dollars and almost always, folks undergrade them and don't understand the strike.
  • WeissWeiss Posts: 9,939 ✭✭✭✭✭
    Thanks, guys. Chalk it up to bad photography skills. But the more I study her the more I love her image
    We are like children who look at print and see a serpent in the last letter but one, and a sword in the last.
    --Severian the Lame
  • scotty1419scotty1419 Posts: 928 ✭✭✭
    That high level of hair detail is unique to me. I'd say at least a 64+
  • drfishdrfish Posts: 940 ✭✭✭✭
    Weiss go to heritage and study a bunch of the 64/65 1921 Peace dollars in the archives-I think you"ll find that yours is a very nice example as you stated -with a great strike and a clean portrait of Liberty-I like yours and can't see how anyone thinks its a 62/63
  • WeissWeiss Posts: 9,939 ✭✭✭✭✭


    << <i>Weiss go to heritage and study a bunch of the 64/65 1921 Peace dollars in the archives-I think you"ll find that yours is a very nice example as you stated -with a great strike and a clean portrait of Liberty-I like yours and can't see how anyone thinks its a 62/63 >>



    I've been all over 'em (admittedly to see what recentl sales were bringing vs. what I paid image )

    There are stainless-steel & chrome examples that scream 65. "Performance enhanced" isn't the right term, but it's the first thing that comes to mind.
    We are like children who look at print and see a serpent in the last letter but one, and a sword in the last.
    --Severian the Lame

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