Peace $ rusted die...

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• sumdunce Posts: 1,247 ✭✭✭✭

  October 19, 2008 8:24AM

  Nice looking Peace dollar.
  
  Is that a clash image between her chin and neck?
  
  V/R
  
  
  
  Sumdunce
  
  

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• anablep Posts: 5,172 ✭✭✭✭✭

  October 19, 2008 8:26AM

  Looks like die polish marks on that thing as well.
  
  Very cool...

  Always looking for attractive rim toned Morgan and Peace dollars in PCGS or (older) ANA/ANACS holders!
  
  "Bongo hurtles along the rain soaked highway of life on underinflated bald retread tires."
  
  
  ~Wayne

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• Peaceman Posts: 5,098

  October 19, 2008 9:14AM

  Yep it is a clash, lots of polishing lines on this one as well. The area around the entire date has polish lines. Pretty cool...
  

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• sumdunce Posts: 1,247 ✭✭✭✭

  October 19, 2008 11:05AM

  I knew from the die striations that it was a refurbished die from a clash (location, location, location...).
  
  I was wondering how careful the refurbishing was. There appears to be left over images in the hair above "T", under the chin above "W" and the one mentioned above at the neck/jawline. There also appears to be a die crack on the base of the neck going toward the top fo the "T" in "TRVST".
  
  Very cool coin though.
  
  V/R
  
  
  
  Sumdunce

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• BIGJAYVEE Posts: 647 ✭

  October 19, 2008 6:50PM

  Yes Steve,A very cool Vam to look at,and not too many around that i've seen.Since I discovered this one,this is
  the only other example i've ever seen.

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• RWB Posts: 8,082 ✭

  October 20, 2008 1:35AM

  Looks like spalling from poor die steel preparation - not "rust."

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• Peaceman Posts: 5,098

  October 20, 2008 7:11AM

  BigJay, nice discovery... Like you, haven't run into it ever until now....

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• crypto79 Posts: 8,623 ✭

  October 20, 2008 8:40AM

  I have one pcgs 64, although I think they nicked it for the rusted die part as it 100%gem

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• RWB Posts: 8,082 ✭

  October 20, 2008 8:51AM

  The spalling shouldn't down grade the coin - that was the way it was struck from defective dies.

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• crypto79 Posts: 8,623 ✭

  October 21, 2008 10:29PM

  true but, the rusted fields do something funny with the luster which hurts the eye wow factor.

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• RWB Posts: 8,082 ✭

  October 22, 2008 4:38AM

  I agree that it affects luster and the coin has less eye appear. But, a satin proof has almost no luster, and most collectors don't like them when compared to a normal circulation strike. The grading shouldn’t change just because the coin, as –struck, looks different.

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