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I recently upgraded my 1927 Peace dollar from NGC MS64 to PCGS MS65. The NGC coin is in a 1997-2000 holder, and looking at the two coins side by side, I can see that the 64 has slightly less contact … (View Post)

Thanks for your comments. Most of my San Francisco peace dollars are attractive 64’s, hard to justify the price jump to get a 65 that (to my eyes) often doesn’t look that much better. I have a few th… (View Post)

The 1925 is one of the most well-struck Peace dollars, here’s my MS65. If a 69 was to turn up it would probably be this year. (View Post)

The well made handle looks like silver, I don’t want to remove any patina with a silver test. While a coin was ruined, for the maker it was altering common coin. Adjusted for inflation that dime is $… (View Post)

Found this in a small bag of miniature spoons at an estate sale, 1857-O seated dime. These are called salt spoons or snuff spoons. There are a few “dime spoons” on eBay but none this old. (View Post)