Question about 1923 Peace with Very High Relief Strike

I was wondering if any of the Peace Dollar experts have come across a 1923 Peace
with a High Relief Strike like this one?
Belongs to a friend of mine and when I saw it the relief on it was very surprising.

Terry

 

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Just looks like a well-struck specimen to me.

 

Thanks guys I appreciate it
I have just not run across any well struck Peace Dollars
especially the reverse on the ones I have seen
United States Of America and E Pluribus Unum
is always very mushy
Except the 1921

Terry

 

Right on. That Peace looks very well struck.

 

I think on a number of coins it is harder to get good strikes on the reverse and I tend to look at the reverse first to check the strike. To me the strike is the most important part of the coin's value. If it is minted poorly it will always be an unattractive coin, regardless of the grade.

Ruben

 

FYI:
There were high relief 1922's struck, but they are extremely scarce...
dare I say rare.

 

agreed, but as we both know, the word 'rare' is the most overused and mis-used word in coins.


right after eBay descriptions of 'Gem'.

 

I guess my definition of rare comes from Sheldon.

Very Scarce R4-.............- 161-200 Known
Very Scarce R4..............- 116-160 Known
Very Scarce R4+............- 76-115 Known
Rare R5-.......................- 61-75 Known
Rare R5........................- 46-60 Known
Rare R5+......................- 31-45 Known
Very Rare R6-................- 25-30 Known
Very Rare R6.................- 19-24 Known
Very Rare R6+...............- 13-18 Known
Extremely Rare R7-.........- 10-12 Known
Extremely Rare R7..........- 7-9 Known
Extremely Rare R7+........- 4-6 Known
Three Known..................- 3 Known
Semi Unique..................- 2 Known
Unique..........................- 1 Known

 

MArshall:
Thanks for posting, interesting.

but, how long could it have taken Sheldon for these:

Three Known..................- 3 Known
Semi Unique..................- 2 Known
Unique..........................- 1 Known


He could have used a little thought process and come up with something interesting, like:


Mine, His & Yours Known..................- 3 Known
Mine and Yours ..................- 2 Known
I Want It! ..........................- 1 Known

 

Pulled the 23 Peace back out and shot some close-ups of some of the normally
more mushy parts of the Peace Dollars.

P.S. My German Shepard came over to the desk wanting a little attention
while shooting this. Did not notice the hair on the UNITED Shot
until after I uploaded it. LOL

Terry

 

have you visited the french mint website recently?

 

This is a related thread from a few months past.
http://www.cointalk.com/t49198/

Some diagnostics on high relief obv. and rev. , of 1922 , not 1923. I agree it is a nicely struck 1923 Peace.

Jim

 

To be totally honest, some of these were modifications of his original scale which was:

R8 Non-collectible <4
R7 Extremely Rare 4-12
R6 Very Rare 13-30
R5 Rare 31-75
R4 Very Scarce 76-200
R3 Scarce
R2 Not So Scarce
R1 Common

 

Your tough.

 

It should be you're. Just FYI.

 

Desertgem,

Thanks for the link, The diagnostics discussed really put it clear
in my head on what to look for when looking for a 1922 High relief
I have heard about them for years. But never quite knew
the differences in the die characteristics between High and low relief

Thanks Again

Terry

 

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