Gem doily Peace Dollar fetches over 1k on ebay!

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Peace_dollar88
Peace_dollar88 Posts: 1,256 ✭✭✭✭✭
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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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  • Coinstartled
    Coinstartled Posts: 10,135 ✭✭✭✭✭
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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.

  • Peace_dollar88
    Peace_dollar88 Posts: 1,256 ✭✭✭✭✭
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    @Coinstartled wow totally missed that! I guess that would make sense!

  • Coinstartled
    Coinstartled Posts: 10,135 ✭✭✭✭✭
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    @Peace_dollar88 said:
    @Coinstartled wow totally missed that! I guess that would make sense!

    Perhaps the high bidder will step forward and clear things up.

  • Weiss
    Weiss Posts: 9,942 ✭✭✭✭✭
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    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

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  • Lakesammman
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    Interesting.......

    Gone but not forgotten: IGWT, Speedy, Bear, BigE, HokieFore, John Burns, Russ, TahoeDale, Dahlonega, Astrorat, Stewart Blay, Oldhoopster, Ricko, Big Moose, Cardinal, CoinsAreFun.
  • ChrisH821
    ChrisH821 Posts: 7,147 ✭✭✭✭✭
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    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

  • NotSure
    NotSure Posts: 3,065 ✭✭✭
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    Looks like he listed it as 1925 S $1, instead of 1925 S$1. And not listed with 'doily' in the title.....

    I'll come up with something.
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  • jtlee321
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    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.

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  • jtlee321
    jtlee321 Posts: 2,367 ✭✭✭✭✭
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    Here's a current auction for a '43 Steel Cent he lists as a "One Cent Dime Lincoln".

    1943 Steel Cent PCGS MS-66

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  • jtlee321
    jtlee321 Posts: 2,367 ✭✭✭✭✭
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    @afford said:

    @jtlee321 said:
    Here's a current auction for a '43 Steel Cent he lists as a "One Cent Dime Lincoln".

    1943 Steel Cent PCGS MS-66

    And look at the shill bidding going on with this lot too.

    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..

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  • Timbuk3
    Timbuk3 Posts: 11,658 ✭✭✭✭✭
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    Geez !!! ;)

    Timbuk3
  • Treashunt
    Treashunt Posts: 6,748 ✭✭✭✭✭
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    candidate for a gold CAC?

    Frank

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  • ricko
    ricko Posts: 98,724 ✭✭✭✭✭
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    That is a ridiculous price IMO.... either a shill won it and it will be relisted or someone got suckered.... Cheers, RickO

  • roadrunner
    roadrunner Posts: 28,374 ✭✭✭✭✭
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    @afford said:
    Except for last bidder appears some interesting shill bidding to get the price up. Coin can be returned.

    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?

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  • BAJJERFAN
    BAJJERFAN Posts: 31,659 ✭✭✭✭✭
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    @Coinstartled said:
    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.

    How can one not tell that that's not a 1925-S?

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  • Coinstartled
    Coinstartled Posts: 10,135 ✭✭✭✭✭
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    I am double negative-lexic. Please rephrase.

  • KollectorKing
    KollectorKing Posts: 4,820 ✭✭✭✭✭
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    Another case of buying the plastic.

  • ChrisH821
    ChrisH821 Posts: 7,147 ✭✭✭✭✭
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    No way the bidders thought it was an S, it would have sold for about 20X the amount that it did.

    Collector, occasional seller

  • topstuf
    topstuf Posts: 14,803 ✭✭✭✭✭
    edited October 25, 2017 4:37PM
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    unrelated

  • WoodenJefferson
    WoodenJefferson Posts: 6,491 ✭✭✭✭
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    Dunno, I think I see a weak 'S' mint mark.

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  • Crypto
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    @WoodenJefferson said:
    Dunno, I think I see a weak 'S' mint mark.

    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

  • KollectorKing
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    @WoodenJefferson said:
    Dunno, I think I see a weak 'S' mint mark.

  • WoodenJefferson
    WoodenJefferson Posts: 6,491 ✭✭✭✭
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    Chat Board Lingo

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  • KollectorKing
    KollectorKing Posts: 4,820 ✭✭✭✭✭
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    @WoodenJefferson said:

    Sorry the tail does not tell.

  • KollectorKing
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  • BryceM
    BryceM Posts: 11,940 ✭✭✭✭✭
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    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).

  • PhilLynott
    PhilLynott Posts: 900 ✭✭✭✭✭
    edited October 25, 2017 6:22PM
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    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.

  • valente151
    valente151 Posts: 1,123 ✭✭✭
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    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.

    My Retired Toned Proof Mercury Dime Set
  • DollarAfterDollar
    DollarAfterDollar Posts: 3,217 ✭✭✭✭✭
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    It's worth maybe half that price?

    If you do what you always did, you get what you always got.
  • thebeav
    thebeav Posts: 4,115 ✭✭✭✭✭
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    I was wondering why it was listed as an 'S' also......
    I thought, at first, smoeone got a real rip......

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  • ktb919
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    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?

  • Inditonka
    Inditonka Posts: 440 ✭✭✭
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    Seller relisted the coin, this time without the "S" Mint mark in the title.

    1921 Peace Dollar Grading set -All coins thru MS65!

  • Wabbit2313
    Wabbit2313 Posts: 7,268 ✭✭✭✭✭
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    Coin is graded right to my eye. You folks are not kidding about the shilling going on with this fool.

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