1926 Peace Dollar - cleaned or not?

I found a 1926 Peace dollar searching through some old storage boxes. It was purchased in 1992 from a place called "Wall Street Rare Coins Inc", and they graded it "GEM BU MS 65". It's encapsulated in some sort of plastic holder, much larger than the coin, and nothing like any recent slab looks like.

I don't know what I'm looking for yet with telling if a coin has been cleaned or not, so let me know if this is an original, or if it's been doctored up to make it look nice for sale.

This is my first attempt at taking a coin photo and uploading it here, so my apologies if it's bad. I can take as many other pics as needed.

 

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Might have had an acetone dip at one point, which wouldn't strip the luster. That's a nice coin, I don't see any indication of a harsh cleaning, ie: hairlines, polishing.

 

Probably dipped, but doesn't look too bad, IMO.

-Brian

 

looks pretty original to me.:thumb:

 

Well, seeing as dipping did not kill the luster, that is not a problem. However, some people do prefer to have un-dipped coins.

 

I think the lighting is muting the luster and not allowing it to show because on some parts of the coin the luster seems to be ok but im no expert and most of these guys know far more than me. Just a thought shoot it with some better light so we can see luster?

 

Ok, so far this gives me hope...

Any opinions on what it might grade at? I'm not hopeful about the original MS65 given to it, but if it looks decent, I'd be willing to send it in and find out.

Either way, it's a keeper, it is a nice looking coin.

 

Will try to do that... it's a little difficult because of the plastic holder it's in as well. I might try opening it and getting a good shot in a well lit room,

 

If the plastic holder is the kind you can open then taking the pic of the coin raw would net the best results, just remember to hold the coin by the rims and be mindful not to bang or scratch it up. With a better pic you will get better opinions either good or bad, just remember when asking for a grade opinion we only have the pic and not the coin in hand. As for grading i am going to leave that for the members who have more experience with peace dollars, on that front im useless.

 

Like me And most other collectors who want their coins to be original.

-Brian

 

I am a stickler for original surfaces, even if it has toning good or bad.

 

Yes, holder is closed tight (which is good), but can be opened, it's not completely sealed. Will try that in a little bit, especially when the kids are not around. They see shiny coin, they try to grab, not good. Will do my best to hold by edges and take the pic, and thanks for the tips.

 

I would be happy with the coin, looks nice although over dipping would have ruined it, it still presents itself as a desirable Peace dollar for me.

EDIT: Oh, and looking at the larger images, it looks original to me. I think that booger on the nose is probably on the holder.

 

Well, I like em toned too, but as far as I know, a dip, if done properly, has no negative impact on the coin.

 

Correct... And if you read my first reply to this thread carefully, you'll see how I mentioned the dip wasn't "too bad", implying that it was done properly.

-Brian

 

No one ever said dipping was bad, if done properly it is market acceptable and many high graded specimens have been previously dipped. Im only saying if you laid out two graded coins with the same grade one of which has been dipped and one of which has original surfaces im going to buy the one with original surfaces even if its not as eye appealing, but that is just me.

 

Yes, but the OP may not have understood that the dip did not hurt it. saying that(too bad) could, potentialy, imply some small form of damage. Anyway, the message has been conveyed to the OP that his coin is market acceptable. All is well.

 

What more do you want? There are a few light hairlines on her but big deal. What are you, a detective? She's every bit a technical gem. Enjoy her and take good care of her.

 

Me too! :thumb:

 

I'd like a little civility with people's opinions.

I'm new at this, and quite frankly, I don't really know what I need to know. I want to know if the coin has been possibly cleaned, and thus damaged, as I do not know what the signals of a cleaned/damaged coin are.

Personally, it looks like a very good coin to me, and I am indeed quite happy with it. I am simply trying to learn how to look at and judge coins, so that I can know whether something like this is damaged or not, and what the tell-tale signs may be.