A question about the characteristics of a 1928 Peace dollar

Scavenger · March 16, 2010 7:54AM

If you cant really tell under magnification, is there a way to determine if a 1928 Peace dollar is legitimate or if it has had the Mintmark (S)removed? Is there a certain characteristic that the 1928 Peace dollar has that the 1928 S doesnt?

Thank you for your response-

Lewy · March 16, 2010 10:11AM

I think I would try comparing your coin to the photos and descriptions of both the P & the S varieties posted on the vamworld site. I think that you should be be able to nail it down by the process of elimination.

Moldnut · March 16, 2010 10:45AM

Yes, Die 1 has a raised short die line extending from the B of liberty past the ray. Die 2 has a series of raised lines extending through the midsection of the E in liberty and into the field and Die 3 has a thick die line in the folds of Miss Liberty s hair. You need to see a picture to see where this one is. You can find it in the book from PCGS "Coin Grading and Counterfeit Detection".

Good luck!

frnklnlvr · March 16, 2010 6:05PM

Here's an article by Michael Fahey from Coin World some years back. This should be helpful to you.

ricko · March 16, 2010 8:30PM

Very informative. Always surprising how a thread with an innocuous title can turn out to be quite educational. Cheers, RickO

chucknra · March 16, 2010 10:01PM

Great info. Thanks.

A question about the characteristics of a 1928 Peace dollar

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