Message:

<p>[QUOTE=&quot;timewaster1700, post: 3364476, member: 101305&quot;]Let me preface this by saying I just recently got into collecting peace dollars. Let me also say this peace dollar I purchased can be returned within 14 days. I don&#039;t have it in hand yet and want to see it in person before I decide if I&#039;ll keep it or not but I want to get the opinion of more experienced collectors.</p><p><br /></p><p>I have looked at hundreds of 1921 and 1928 peace dollars. Hundreds. In addition I&#039;ve used &quot;A Guide to Peace Dollars&quot; by Burdette and suggestions for forum members to arrive at this purchase decision and I&#039;m curious to see how I&#039;ve done.</p><p><br /></p><p>As you all know the 1921 is infamous for its poor strike quality. I&#039;d say the vast majority of 1921 peace dollars for sale and that have sold on auction (ebay and ha.com) in the past 6 months have been poor to average strike. I&#039;ve only seen a couple of truly excellent struck ones available but they were in the ms 65/66 level which is above what I was willing to pay.</p><p><br /></p><p>With all that said, here&#039;s the one I ordered. Its an MS-64. It has some toning and due to the pattern of the toning I&#039;d venture to guess its been dipped. The bottom near the date has a little bit of uneven toning which I think further points to this. To me it is well struck, evidenced by the quality of Liberty&#039;s hair, the lettering, the Eagle&#039;s feathers, and even maybe a slight apple cheak to Liberty. I also don&#039;t notice a lot of distracting marks. There are some small marks on Liberty&#039;s cheaks and a cut in her hair, but considering this year and grade it looks to be much less distracting than most of them I&#039;ve found out there that have a better than average strike quality. It seems you generally have to choose between a nice completely clean and white coin and poor strike or an above average strike and lots of toning/spotting or dirt in the ms-64 level. To me this coin seemed to strike a nice balance with the main emphasis being strike quality and clear fields.</p><p><br /></p><p>So my question for you is how did I do? Did I choose wisely or poorly? Again returning will be as simple as paying return shipping. But I&#039;ve noticed its very very hard to get a well struck 1921 in ms-64 and even many 65&#039;s are still poorly struck.</p><p><br /></p><p>[ATTACH=full]892350[/ATTACH] [ATTACH=full]892351[/ATTACH] [ATTACH=full]892352[/ATTACH] [ATTACH=full]892353[/ATTACH] [ATTACH=full]892354[/ATTACH] [ATTACH=full]892355[/ATTACH] [ATTACH=full]892356[/ATTACH] [ATTACH=full]892357[/ATTACH][/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

Your name or email address:

Do you already have an account?

• No, create an account now.
• Yes, my password is:
• Forgot your password?

Stay logged in