1922 Peace dollar: trash or treasure

jonesor · January 18, 2005 1:44PM

I'm attaching some pics (i tihnk) of a 1922.... is it garbage or a find?

braddick · January 18, 2005 1:45PM

It's polished, but you know, I think any older coin like this Peace dollar is a treasure.

It's just some treasure is more of a treasure than other treasure.

nesvt · January 18, 2005 1:52PM

On the reverse side, to the right of the E in E PLURIBUS.. is that a scratch into the coin or is it a raised line from a gouge or clash?

Myqqy · January 18, 2005 1:57PM

I'm not going to call it garbage, but it looks very cleaned- and since there is so many 22 peace dollars, you can afford to be picky and find a truly nice speciman for a reasonable price....

jonesor · January 19, 2005 12:13AM

it was almost completely black, i dropped it in some olive oil for 48 hours and washed the oil off with some gentle soap (liquid)

did I devalue it?

dthigpen · January 19, 2005 12:14AM

It's worth its weight in Silver, at least...

kieferscoins · January 19, 2005 12:18AM

<< <i>did I devalue it? >>

If it was a higher grade you might have, but based upon the condition you described no. It is worth silver melt and thats about it.

Cameron Kiefer

Prethen · January 19, 2005 12:20AM

What's the dead give away, given those pictures, that the coin has been polished/heavily cleaned? Unfortunately, I still find myself learning the hard way with this stuff.

kieferscoins · January 19, 2005 12:27AM

unantural shine. Not natural luster for that condition. Scratches. Compare it to any Peace dollar and it will look wrong.

Cameron Kiefer

BigGreek · January 19, 2005 1:03AM

It looks like a nice AU-53ish coin to me.

There's a huge supply of these common date AU coins so it doesn't
have any collector demand. But, it's still a nice big old American silver
coin that is fun to own and look at.

jonesor · January 19, 2005 1:10AM

I picked up a roll of 21 and 22 peace dollars and i agree, they are pretty coins.

when they're not black.

kieferscoins · January 19, 2005 1:13AM

You got a roll of 1921 Peace dollars?

Cameron Kiefer

jonesor · January 19, 2005 4:28AM

it's not a roll from a 'mint'.... it's twenty 21 & 22 Peace dollars. Total, not each.

bearcave · January 19, 2005 5:07AM

Show us the 21 Peace $$$$'s!

jonesor · January 19, 2005 5:23AM

seriously?

if you're serious, i can take some pics tonight (after Lost is over)

kieferscoins · January 19, 2005 5:24AM

1921 High reliefs are cool, even in circulated condition. I'd love to see them when you get a chance.

Cameron Kiefer

jonesor · January 19, 2005 5:27AM

my mouth is agape after seeing this page (for the first time)

http://www.pcgs.com/prices/frame.chtml?type=date&filename=peace_dollar

I had no idea what I have...... I'll take some pics and display them in a different thread.

as I recall, the 22 I dropped in the oil and cleaned up (and displayed above) was the worst looking of the lot....
the 21's were all fairly nice looking

Steve27 · January 19, 2005 5:28AM

Are you sure it was a roll of 21s & 22s and not 22s and 23s?

jonesor · January 19, 2005 5:32AM

I have no 23's....

the roll was mainly 21's..... twelve to fifteen of them.

Hedger · January 19, 2005 5:43AM

Now hopefully they aren't 1921 Morgans and hopefully they are not cleaned. The 1921 Peace is sought after and original pieces get a premium. The 22's are very common and you can find nice MS examples at reasonable prices. Peace dollars are hard to come by that aren't cleaned. The scarce dates are 1921, 1927 D, 1928 P, and 34 s in higher grade. I gave up the series due to the lack of finding good examples.

jonesor · January 19, 2005 5:46AM

they're peace dollars. i may be blonde but i'm not blind!

kieferscoins · January 19, 2005 5:48AM

Hopefully they are not cleaned which would really detract from the value on this date.

Cameron Kiefer

1922 Peace dollar: trash or treasure

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