Hello I am new to coin collecting. Anyway this is my first post here and I am not sure if this post is even in the right section ( if not feel free to move or delete it). I recently purchased a 1923 peace dollar because 1. I am collecting the Peace Dollar series and 2. It really caught my attention. I am aware that the Philadelphia mint did not strike any proof/matte peace dollars in 1923 (Are not suppose to), but this one looks different. There is no mint luster and the whole surface is really bland looking. I am certain that it is a genuine peace dollar because I have weighed it and compared it to another peace dollar. Could someone please help me because I could not find any info online.
Almost looks like it was dipped in Tarn-X or some similar silver cleaning product at sometime in the past. My mother sterling silverware looked like that a few years after being cleaned with a silver cleaner. I could be wrong, but it looks dipped to me.
I agree with Rick as well. Something odd about the upper edge of the coin. I does look a bit like casting marks.
If a loop or device was soldered on the coin, to remove it , it would require heat and jewelers use an acidic "pickling solution" to remove flux and remnants from the action. Some jewelers doing this to a coin, before solder suckers, might just pickle the whole thing to 'look' better.
The coin has been roughly handled but more importantly, to my eye, it has been harshly cleaned. It's just an ordinary 1923 Peace dollar.
