1965 Peace Dollar?

Dan Carr's latest fantasy overstrike creation:

http://www.dc-coin.com/fantasyover-struckusacoins.aspx

Many of his fantasy overstrikes perform very well in the secondary market. Any buyers?

 

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Nope. I'd rather take my $125 and buy a real Peace Dollar.

 

I like many, many of his original creations, but just changing the date on a Peace Dollar? Nope.

 

Yep! And they will sell out fast, too. DC's 1964 Peace fantasy over-strikes went quick and have stayed tucked away in collections, as does most all of his work. He's really racking up a nice series of strikes that never were. It will be hard to put together a complete set of all these fantasy coins and he only mints a select few pieces. They may only appeal to a niche collector audience but they are out there. In fact, the 'bulk handled' variety is already sold out.

 

I want a rainbow toned example. Is it wrong to artificially tone a fantasy coin?

 

Go for it... You can do it with a fantasy piece or with an authentic coin. If you own it, it's yours to manipulate, or not, as you please.

 

Uh, I don't know how, need someone else to do it for me.

Is there a doctor in the house? A coin doctor?

 

Gosh... I'm sorry I can't offer any medical advice either.

 

You have such discriminating tastes when it comes to your toned nickels - would you even like an AT coin, albeit a fantasy piece?

 

I am pretty sure that some of my Jefferson Nickels are AT. I don't want bad AT, I want good AT, from a skilled coin doctor.

 

your definition of bad at and good at may not be the same as others. Therefor you should look into doing this yourself and find what pleases you.

 

Really? Is that your expert opinion? Do yourself a favor dude, don't offer me advice on any subject. You are not qualified, and I'm not interested.

 

You can naturally tone coins by putting them in the old colored coin envelopes, pink, green, blue, white, and yellow. Let them sit on the window sill with direct sun light for a several months. For the best results change the color of the envelope every few weeks. I personally have not done this. A coin dealer who bought an 1883 Hawaiian dime from me that was untoned and lifeless did this to it and the patina it got from this process was very nice. It made a bland uncleaned coin very desirable.

 

Your attitude will only allow you to burn bridges Lehigh. The eye appeal is just a matter of preference. You may see a rainbow toned coin and you may say "that coin looks ugly, it looks like someone vomited all over it." I might look at that same coin and say "wow that is a nice looking coin. I'll take it."

Not everyone agrees on whether a toned coin is appealing or not. You should know this and it seems apparent that you do not as you have not stated this in your post about wanting a rainbow toned example.

 

My responses in this thread were "tongue in cheek." Anyone who was here to read my first 8,000 posts on this forum would understand that. Furthermore, when I stated that you are not qualified to give me advice and that I am not interested, that included the following topics: toning, eye appeal, and personal relationships on internet forums.

 

The coloring aspects of the old ( 30 + years) paper manila or kraft envelopes has changed sue to environmental and health hazards. The Yellow for instance use to be commonly lead compounds and the reds cadmium compounds. The main reason for any action is the sulfur based acids and organic acids from the reacting lignins of the wood pulp ( that is why now, wood cases are suspect.

The envelope could have toned the dime, but it was the paper rather than the color sequence. Those envelopes also were some what abrasive. I have used paper as an abrasive to clean circuit board connections.

 

Whoa. That escalated quickly. Did you lose an expensive coin today hoss?

 

Supposedly they struck all sorts of 1964 Peace Dollars and melted them all. I think they will come up with one or two in a few years and we'll have them verify their existence. I'll stick with my common date Peace Dollars, because they are much more likely to be the real thing.

 

LOL, says the guy who told me my mother and sister gave him....well, you remember what you said, don't you hoss?

 

If I had some extra dollars I would probably buy one of the $80 ones but some of his coins aren't performing as well as they used to. Besides, there was actually talk about a 1964 Peace Dollar being minted by the US Mint and the idea was squashed and smelted. That's why his 1964's sold so well. Time will tell on the 1965 Peace Dollars.