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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;sshafer11, post: 2017822, member: 67540&quot;]Well first of all, who doesn&#039;t love a peace dollar with all the details? It&#039;s a great coin design! Now it is tough to tell from these images alone, but it looks to me like the coin may have been lightly cleaned. Make sure when you examine a coin for luster you look to see if the bands of light make a cartwheel effect as you tilt the coin. Some coins that have been cleaned can look nice to the untrained eye (otherwise people wouldn&#039;t have done it I suppose) but they don&#039;t actually have true mint luster.</p><p><br /></p><p>Now to answer your second question, assuming the coin is truly uncirculated it would have to grade MS65 for you to want to spend the money to have it sent in. To be MS65 it needs to be basically free of any distracting marks. Based on your second image I can see a few minor marks but those alone could take it down to MS63-64 which means the $40-50 cost to certify it will be worth more than the coin. Overall though, judging by the second set of pictures I would say you have a very nice coin <img src="styles/default/xenforo/clear.png" class="mceSmilieSprite mceSmilie1" alt=":)" unselectable="on" unselectable="on" /> Probably best to enjoy it as a &quot;raw&quot; coin and if you feel inclined you can always sell it and put that towards a better grade.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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