Gem doily Peace Dollar fetches over 1k on ebay!
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Look at this on eBay
https://rover.ebay.com/rover/0/0/0?mpre=https://www.ebay.com/ulk/itm/362134370532
Never have seen a gem Peace Dollar in a doily buy holy smokes!
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Perhaps the mystery can be unraveled. S mintmark was listed in the title which did not appear on the holder and I could not find on the washed out reverse image.
@Coinstartled wow totally missed that! I guess that would make sense!
Perhaps the high bidder will step forward and clear things up.
Cert # 6249134 =
PCGS # 7365
Date, mintmark 1925
Denomination $1
Country The United States of America
Grade MS65
Mintage 10,198,000
Holder Type Standard
Population 8,110
Pop Higher 2,386
PCGS Price GuideSM Value: $135
https://www.pcgs.com/cert/06249134
--Severian the Lame
Interesting.......
I was watching that and was going to post this as well. I would have been a player at the $200 level but not way out there.
Collector, occasional seller
Looks like he listed it as 1925 S $1, instead of 1925 S$1. And not listed with 'doily' in the title.....
I recognize the seller, he sells mostly sports cards and is more than likely unfamiliar with coins. He saw the S next to the $1 and just typed it out. I would not be surprised to see this relisted in a week or two.
Here's a current auction for a '43 Steel Cent he lists as a "One Cent Dime Lincoln".
1943 Steel Cent PCGS MS-66
WOW!!! I didn't dig that deep. That's absurd... 90% of that users bids have been on that sellers stuff with over 1300 bids total..
Geez !!!
candidate for a gold CAC?
BHNC #203
That is a ridiculous price IMO.... either a shill won it and it will be relisted or someone got suckered.... Cheers, RickO
The last bidder started bidding early at $156. That's not the usual method of operation for a cherry picker/sniper. They usually lay back and wait. This guy put in a number of bids along the way....in effect bidding themselves up to the $400 mark. I'd lean towards the "winner" being a shill as well. Round bids of $300 and $400 too. Who ever does that except a newb/shill?
How can one not tell that that's not a 1925-S?
I am double negative-lexic. Please rephrase.
Another case of buying the plastic.
No way the bidders thought it was an S, it would have sold for about 20X the amount that it did.
Collector, occasional seller
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Dunno, I think I see a weak 'S' mint mark.
"Keep your malarkey filter in good operating order" -Walter Breen
That is a 20k with an S mint and maybe the finest know as they don’t come with that strike and luster. That is 100% a P mint coin
11.5$ Southern Dollars, The little “Big Easy” set
"Keep your malarkey filter in good operating order" -Walter Breen
Sorry the tail does not tell.
The 1925-P is one of the two or three most common coins in gem condition while the 1925-S is perhaps the least common (with the 28-S) at MS-65 with none finer at either service. 1925-S coins are generally poorly made with dismal strikes and even the nicest ones aren't all that pretty. I'd wager there are no extant 25-S coins that would have the frosty, flashy look of the featured coin.
The OP's coin is enormously frosty, and would possibly grade MS66 today. The photo technique used over-emphasizes slight luster breaks, making them look like scuffs and hits. In all, it's a darn nice Peace dollar to be found in a doily. I'm not so sure it wasn't purchased by a slab collector at an actual auction price. I wouldn't pay over regular MS66 money for it (currently around $300-$500).
This seller listed a high grade Morgan dollar one time with awful pictures that made it look hideous when it had a TrueView that revealed an absolutely gorgeous coin (that he didn't include in listing just two awful pictures). Coin was a little out of my budget at that time but I had to try for it if the bad pictures resulted in a steal and ended up the underbidder.
All that to say, he definitely doesn't know a ton about coins but somehow gets nice consignments still.
Thats quite the coin even ignoring the plastic.
As to the seller, bought a real nice toned proof merc from him, for a good auction win, no signs of sniping. Bad photograph of a pretty coin.
It's worth maybe half that price?
I was wondering why it was listed as an 'S' also......
I thought, at first, smoeone got a real rip......
We were watching that auction spiral out of control. No idea what those bidders thought they were getting! Maybe we'll see it relisted again?
Seller relisted the coin, this time without the "S" Mint mark in the title.
Coin is graded right to my eye. You folks are not kidding about the shilling going on with this fool.