GTG: 1934s Peace Dollar

MS61 The coin is lifeless, but I really don't see much for wear.

 

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This coin is bewildering. It has MS surfaces in terms of wear. The strike is typical for the date—below average. If you find a well-struck 1934s, good luck on that—you just found a $5,000 coin. Luster is definitely somewhat dulled, obviously from overdipping. If I were grading it, I would have gone either AU 58 for muted luster, as there is no wear, or MS 61, as there is no wear. Here is what NGC decided, and I get their logc. The luster brings the grade down, but not enough to called it a details coin. I think they went a bit too low, as I said, I would probably have gone AU 58, due to sharply escalating prices in MS condition. I still like it a lot, as it is a decent example of a key date.

 

to conservative it has the luster of a high AU and the detail of a MS you must of gotten a good deal.

 

Yes, it was an under $500 coin.

 

58

 

I voted MS60, small issues but overall, very nice.

 

Well I said a 61 but Peace Dollars are difficult to grade and this date is harder than others. Weak strikes are common but I'm not seeing any wear, just a weak strike and a lack of luster. The luster can be accounted for by dipping but it can also be a sign of a poor strike, which is common on this date.

 

Most of the above are low. I think it's 64 or 64+

 

I'm at AU 55 or 58. To washed out to be unc.

 

MS-63

 

Doubt it, as he didn't offer it up as an option and don't think he'd do that.

 

AU50, on a good day

 

I went AU58 because of the muted luster.

 

I was thinking low mint state, dipped at some point but some light toning now, nice coin for the grade

 

Ya'll know that we are grading from static images right?.
The only way to properly catch the beauty of a coin , is to rotate it in your hands.

 

WRONG!

 

I went with AU58. I think the strike was a bit weak, especially on the reverse.

 

Strikes of ALL 1934s coins are weak. It was the last San Francisco issue of the series, and the dies were completely shot.

 

Good point. I didn't even notice

 

I agree that’s a good deal in AU55. It’s a very pretty one.