Is this a bad dip or PVC?

MorganMan94 · August 25, 2016 10:09AM

Hello everyone,

So I bought this 1922 Peace dollar on auction and when I looked at it I immediately noticed this. I didn't view it before the auction as I didn't plan on buying it. It is really noticeable when you start adjusting it at different angles. I am wondering if anyone knows if this is PVC or just a bad dip? I haven't owned anything like this before.

I can't get photos to load so here is the link:

https://collectivecoin.com/MMi...8/Kbm6KViq6FSPruy1aAE8

logger7 · August 25, 2016 10:39AM

One good reason to always dip coins in acetone before sending in.

lkeigwin · August 25, 2016 10:46AM

Here are your photos.

Lance.

BryceM · August 25, 2016 10:49AM

Could be entirely natural. Peace dollars can look pretty strange at times, especially with thin-layer toning viewed at an angle. It's hard (for me) to be sure without looking in-hand. Whatever it is, it probably isn't helping in the eye-appeal department.

BryceM · August 25, 2016 10:50AM

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dpoole · August 25, 2016 10:54AM

It doesn't look like PVC to me. Not pretty, though.

MorganMan94 · August 25, 2016 11:03AM

Thanks for uploading the photos for me Ikeigwin!

MorganMan94 · August 25, 2016 11:08AM

I am certain that is not natural, no way.

I originally thought it was dipped and then submitted and maybe happened over time, but my friend thinks it is PVC.

I think it is dipped due to the reverse having some odd red coloring as well as some black spots on the Eagle, which it looks like it took most of it off.

HandH · August 25, 2016 11:56AM

OMG! It's alive. Shoot it!

mannie gray · August 25, 2016 12:35PM

Looks like improper rinse residue to me, but it's um, well, it's...."aesthetically challenged"

asheland · August 26, 2016 12:41AM

Maybe I stand alone, but I say that's indeed PVC.

Wabbit2313 · August 26, 2016 12:55AM

A: Why would anyone send that ugly thing in?

B:, Worse yet, why would anyone buy it?

TwoSides2aCoin · August 26, 2016 12:55AM

I stand alone. I actually feel sorry for coins.

MorganMan94 · August 26, 2016 12:56AM

Originally posted by: Wabbit2313

A: Why would anyone send that ugly thing in?

B:, Worse yet, why would anyone buy it?

I didn't intend on buying it at the auction so I bought it sight unseen and just took a chance. Not my best purchase I will admit..

TwoSides2aCoin · August 26, 2016 1:07AM

Sight unseen isn't all bad, but obviously there's enough of it to go around to remember our Latin. Caveat Emptor.

ricko · August 26, 2016 1:08AM

Send it in to PCGS for conservation....Cheers, RickO

braddick · August 26, 2016 1:10AM

Nuts, I know- I like to collect the ugliest (PCGS) Peace dollars out there. It is shocking how this series offers up a world of truly beastly looking coins.
My only caveat is the coin must be gradable and not in a genuine only slab.

Yours certainly qualifies!

Wabbit2313 · August 26, 2016 1:24AM

Originally posted by: MorganMan94

Originally posted by: Wabbit2313

A: Why would anyone send that ugly thing in?

B:, Worse yet, why would anyone buy it?

I didn't intend on buying it at the auction so I bought it sight unseen and just took a chance. Not my best purchase I will admit..

Whoever sold that to you, without saying something about the look, should be slapped hard!

lkeigwin · August 26, 2016 1:33AM

It's not a pricey coin. What, $50? Certainly not worth having professionally conserved.

If it were mine I'd crack it and give it an acetone bath. If that didn't do the job I'd dip it with eZest.

Not much to lose. Maybe you can rescue it.

And FWIW, I too think it's PVC.

Lance.

MICHAELDIXON · August 26, 2016 1:40AM

I have to ask one question: Doe the reverse picture in green or yellow actually reflect the color of the coin?

morgandollar1878 · August 26, 2016 1:58AM

Originally posted by: Wabbit2313

Originally posted by: MorganMan94

Originally posted by: Wabbit2313

A: Why would anyone send that ugly thing in?

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Whoever sold that to you, without saying something about the look, should be slapped hard!

B:, Worse yet, why would anyone buy it?

It was from an auction the op attended, and 99% of auctioneers don't say anything about issues that may be on the coin being sold. They leave it up to the bidder to know what they are looking at.

I didn't intend on buying it at the auction so I bought it sight unseen and just took a chance. Not my best purchase I will admi

MorganMan94 · August 26, 2016 7:17AM

It looks white with some green showing straight on from a distance, but when holding at an angle all the green is definitely noticeable.

I took it to a dealer today and they think it is PVC as well. He offered to buy it as a training piece for novice collectors to show people to buy the coin and not the holder, but I decided I came home with it for some odd reason..

lcoopie · August 26, 2016 8:22AM

if you smell it, perhaps you can detect the odor of wet slip covers=PVC

then try acetone, then dip.

asheland · August 29, 2016 1:55AM

Originally posted by: Wabbit2313
A: Why would anyone send that ugly thing in?

B:, Worse yet, why would anyone buy it?

Is this a bad dip or PVC?

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