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NEWP! I think this is a pretty nice 1927 Peace Dollar
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I'm working on a small set off to the side, so while it pains me a bit as a type collector to go after a more expensive date, here we are. I've looked at a lot of 1927 Peace dollars, and at least in MS63 (where the value seems to be maximized relative to price), it's not an easy date to find nice. Many seem to have some combination of muted lustre, a couple big hits, or those giant white splotches Peace dollars are known for. I came across this PCGS MS63 a few weeks ago and happily grabbed it. Lustrous, pretty clean for the grade, and original surfaces with a tiny bit of color on the periphery. I think I got a keeper.
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You've just described about 90%+ of all MS Peace dollars..."muted lustre, a couple big hits, or those giant white splotches Peace dollars are known for".
Nice coin.
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I like that one. Looks like a nice original 63 as opposed to the dipped out messes that many 63 PDs are, and as you said especially in this date.
Great pickup.
My hunt for a nice, common-date in 66 requires me to say, touche. However, boy did I see some awful 1927 examples!
Sorry, but it doesn’t look like a 63 to me.
What’s holding it back from a 64 or higher!
Mark Feld* of Heritage Auctions*Unless otherwise noted, my posts here represent my personal opinions.
Nice selection. I have a Philly issue date set and found the ‘27 to be one of the most challenging to find nice. I’m already on my second one, and it may be my least favorite coin in the set.
Superb collections are built more by omission than by addition.
Apparently you not being in the grading room
I like it!
Nice strike 🙂
So maybe try for a gold sticker. Very nice looking coin. Is it in a older holder?
New prong holder. No plans to send it to CAC.
Why not? It’s a really nice coin!!!
There are 6,214 1927 Peace Dollars graded MS63 (3,781 by PCGS and 2,433 by NGC). Of those 6,214, only 97 have a CAC sticker! The PCGS Price Guide is at $325, the CAC Price Guide is at $450. The CAC submission fee for stickering coins valued at $3,000 and less is only $26. Assuming it stickers, when the time comes to sell it, whether by you or your heirs, with the sticker, it should sell easier and at a better price than without the sticker.
The most recent three sales on GC without a sticker were $298, $351 and $353. The most recent three sales of stickered 1927 MS63’s were $361, $494 and $546.
When JA’s contract is up, there’s also a realistic possibility that CAC will stop stickering new coins, and only provide their current re-stickering service for stickered coins that get reholdered (including those that get reholdered due to Reconsideration and they get a plus.) IF that were to happen, it’s quite possible due to demand and a stagnant supply, that the current pricing differential between stickered coins and their non-stickered counterparts will increase!
Steve
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Looks very nice. I imagine the chatter above the eagle might be the determining factor.
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Meanwhile, if it doesn't sticker, I spent $22.10 (plus shipping, plus the handling fee) to not change the value at all. If we go on your numbers, I spend $26 to achieve a $125 increase in value or $22.10 to have no change. All the while, the cost I incur is right now, whereas any potential return is at some unknown point in the future. I think the last time I sold a long-term member of my collection was 19 years ago. I'd rather use the money buying more coins to enjoy than possibly getting stickers placed on the slabs that house the coins I enjoy.
The stickering fee is only part of the cost. There's also shipping which will cost around $10 to get it there and $35 to get it back, along with a $5/$10 handling fee. So- about $80 all-in.
True, but I believe he has MANY lovely coins that are not stickered. So he can get 20 coins stickered for $26 each, and that extra $55 can cover all 20 coins. If many coins stickered, even at this three-figure value, you can’t convince an open-minded person it’s financially unwise to do it. There’s nothing wrong with maximizing the value of one’s collection (and I agree there’s nothing wrong with choosing not to maximize a collection’s value).
My collecting “Pride & Joy” is my PCGS Registry Dansco 7070 Set! Winner of the 2026 PCGS Registry Award for “The Best U.S. Type Set”!
https://www.pcgs.com/setregistry/type-sets/design-type-sets/complete-dansco-7070-modified-type-set-1796-date/publishedset/213996
I'm always on the lookout for clean cheeks on Peace and Morgan dollars.
That’s a clean 63 and a terrific example of a date with a mintage under 900,000.
I find Peace dollars frustratingly hard to grade especially at the 63-64 level including the plus grades. The AU58 grade can also be very deceiving when they develop that signature “skin” seen on many PDs.
Here’s my MS65 CAC that was very difficult to locate:
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Definitely a keeper. Great strike on both sides and a pretty clean cheek.
Looks like a 63 to me, too much chatter and dings for higher grade. Nice album coin. JMO
Jim
Edited to add: After viewing half dozen 27 Peace Dollars in MS64 on Coin
Facts, I must note that most of them have as much chatter as yours, so I'll submit that those selecting a 64 grade are more grader worthy than myself.
Jim
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A collection's value is only an estimate until it's sold. If that open-minded person isn't planning on selling anytime soon, there is a good argument against spending money on labels and stickers when it's not known those things are what will maximize value at the time of sale and instead, turn out to have been a waste of money.
Could be, or maybe not? I agree we don’t have a crystal ball. Over the last 17 years, if a collector passed away without having their coins valued at $300 and above graded by a major TPG and/or graded and submitted to CAC, some heirs may have known to do those things before selling, but my sense is many did not. That’s likely costly. Yes, future results may vary. Separately, as I noted above, there’s a realistic possibility CAC may stop stickering new coins down the road. Will the “ holdouts” try to get their coins stickered in the nick of time? Will it make a difference? While I believe it will make a difference, I agree there’s no guarantee I’m right. But it’s also quite possible the coins will end up selling for less than they could have.
Steve
My collecting “Pride & Joy” is my PCGS Registry Dansco 7070 Set! Winner of the 2026 PCGS Registry Award for “The Best U.S. Type Set”!
https://www.pcgs.com/setregistry/type-sets/design-type-sets/complete-dansco-7070-modified-type-set-1796-date/publishedset/213996
It looks like Ms. Peace has acne?
Pete
The 1927 Peace dollar is a better date and these are very popular in Unc..
Sounds like the OP isn't losing any sleep over that possibility.
Correct. I lose sleep because I'm stupid about when I go to bed, not because of I'm hoping to maximize my collection's value in a few decades.
Well yes and no. In a vacuum, you can make an argument that investing money to increase a collection's value beyond the investment cost is financially wise. But I'd argue that's the wrong control volume. I only have so much disposable income. Even if you ignore everything not related to coins, my choice may be between buying additional coins or paying for stickers, but not both. And then the crystal ball goes further, to whether more coins without stickers will gain more value than fewer coins with stickers. Both options could be seen by someone open-minded as financially wise, and then it comes down to the "financially wise" decision (in terms of a collection being worth more in the future) being to put money into the collection.
And of course, that also ignores how one assesses value. When I first started collecting (as a little kid) it was all about how many coins I could get and always wanting to get something. That led to buying less than ideal coins. Long ago I sold off a number of coins that weren't my favorites (to pay for flying lessons) and I got much more disciplined with regard to what I buy. I buy far fewer pieces, but those that I do acquire are by and large of much better quality and I enjoy them a lot. Knowing there are coins I'd like to own that are either out of range or perhaps would be a stretch for how much I'd be comfortable spending, the more I put to coin-adjacent expenditures, the less likely I'll be to acquire those coins... and I'd bet my long-term happiness would be greater with those coins than with the stickers. I plan on sticking around for a quite a while longer (sorry to anyone I annoy), and if my joy in collecting means my eventual heirs get a little less... well that won't be my problem.
Jeremy, is it possible that you’re stupid about when you get up, not when you go to bed? 🤔
Mark Feld* of Heritage Auctions*Unless otherwise noted, my posts here represent my personal opinions.
25 years ago, there was no such thing as a CAC sticker, which is being offered here as a way to maximize value. How does anyone today know what the best way to maximize value will be in 25 years?
Well sure, but if I get up juuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuust a little bit later, I get stuck in a bit more traffic, then the "close" parking lot that's only a 7 minute walk to my desk gets full and I have to park way further away, and then I'm grumpy all day, and then I leave work later because I arrived later, and then I might not leave in time to get to the Post Office before they close, and then I don't get that new coin I was waiting for until at least the next day. The real issue is that I haven't found a way to be fantastically wealthy while also having no need to work.
Lovely 1927 Peace Jeremy! Really looks like a solid example to these eyes. WTG!
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That's a really, really pretty example! In another life I'll try this set I'm working on with a larger budget, and then I'll be after a coin like that. But not this time around...
Nice album coin? Tough date to find as a solid 63.
Here’s my “album coin”. It took a long time to find:
Real nice coin.
That's a nice 27 for an MS63, a good compromise between strike, eye appeal, and price. I started a similar set several years ago, and agree that certain dates ae problematic, most notably (for me) the 23-D, 24-S, 25-S, 27-P, 27-S. I feel my '27 is better than most 63's, even with the dark area/fingerprint through the last half of LIBERTY.
Here is my example. It is a 64+ CAC. The 63 in the post above this one looks just as nice.
Superb collections are built more by omission than by addition.
I’m always get a bit jealous of folks with higher grade sets, but then I remember how hard it is to find good examples for my every man set, and I realize I don’t need more stress in my life. 😂
Here’s my example in AU58:
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Agree with most of those problematic dates. The S mintages after 1923 had low production #s and the 24-S, 25-S, and 27-S were the 3 fewest Peace dollars in the Redfield horde. Add to that the scratches on them from throwing the bags down a coal shoot and the use of Paramount's counting machines. But luckily Redfield had these dates or else we might all be out of luck getting an MS coin. The 27P had the 2nd lowest Peace $ production # and agree it is a rare coin to find a nice example with a good strike and luster. You have a great example for that date. Not sure about the 23-D as it had a high production # and better then average production.
It's interesting, I've been looking for a 23-D in AU58 in either a PCGS/CAC or CACG slab, and I've been coming up with bupkis. One in a CACG showed up on GC and I lost out on it as it went for more than three times CPG. I'm finding CPG to be pretty out of line with actual prices for at least the top circulated grades.
Currently, I only need three to complete my all CAC set, and they're all Denver mint coins (23-D, 26-D, and 27-D) that are eluding me. I might need to attempt to cross my PCGS examples, but with the exception of one, I'm not confident they'll cross to CACG.
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I got lucky years ago and snagged this 26D in an older PCGS holder.