Nope--lucked out on that. It was priced at $69.95, and I picked it up for $65. Slight premium, maybe 10% over book.
I think it's a very nice looking coin. IMHO, you don't often see Peace Dollars with attractive (natural) toning. Thanks for sharing it.
Agree completely--most of the key dates are blast white, oddly enough. Either they were stored so as to prevent oxidation, or were dipped at one time--not excessively cleaned. My 1921 and 1928 Peace Dollars are all blasters.
They were almost certainly dipped. The surface characteristics of the Peace Dollar do not encourage colorful or eye appealing toning most of the time (or at least what most people consider eye appealing). But, they do tone just like any other silver coin...they just tone "ugly." So, almost all of them have been dipped to remove it.
You are so right. Most silver coins tone, and I have seen many ugly Peace Dollars, with unattractive toning. Same goes for Morgans--so many of them were undoubtedly dipped, as the mint bags they were in were porous to moisture.
