GTG 1921 Peace

I'm in the 62 camp

 

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MS-63

 

I think I see a slight bit of wear on the high points, although it isn't much at all, I think it is enough to get a AU 58 grade,

 

I am also am seeing a little bit of wear, so I am at AU 58.

 

AU55

 

On the high relief coins, the center of the obverse design is higher than the low relief

 

The suspense being created by @longshot is killing me!

 

63

 

I'll get to it sometime today. I bought it raw and was a tad bit disappointed in the grade I got. I know the pics aren't great but it is very interesting to me to see the responses.

 

Here it is. I bought it raw from a dealer who sold it as a MS62, and I thought it was at least solidly that. The remarks about wear in the hair have me thinking, I can see from the pics where you are coming from, though it looks considerably less so in hand. Yet perhaps they felt it could be a slider, maybe? It's lustrous, the cheek is nice, there are some very faint lines in the toning in front of the face, and there is some black stuff at 5:00 on the reverse that acetone didn't touch. Annyyywayyy...I guess NGC made their call, and a few years ago ANACS gave it the same grade, so I guess no more worrying about the holder it's in for now. Thx for playing!

 

Boooo, hissss

 

I feel a little bad that I guessed so low so let me show what I was looking at.
I could have been led astray by a poor picture.

OP Photo

From PCGS Photograde
MS64



AU58



XF40

 

I love the XF40 pic. I have seen some graded MS65 with as much hair as a VF.

 

The weakness wasn't in question, it was the semi loss of luster, on the high point. Slight darkness on the cheek and hair.

 

My guess, before the reveal,was 62; thanks to Silvermike for the photo of the high points of the design. Grading from photos is very hard, as slight changes in lighting can make a coin look completely different.

 

No need to feel bad. I believe your picture is of the normal relief peace dollars of succeeding years. The higher relief 1921s basically always lack hair detail in the centers, the presses were unable to fully bring up the design. That is why the change to the lower relief design.

 

AU50

 

My favorite pick-up point for wear is the rock that the eagle is sitting on. There are shallow ridges on the rock which show wear very easily. It’s pretty easy with a loupe to pick up the loss of surface texture (be it frost, flow lines, or whatever) on the high points. What is NOT as easy is to figure out what the TPGs will do. With sliders, I’m of the opinion that they give the nicer ones low MS grades and the not-as-nice ones AU grades. Luster and eye appeal seem to swing the pendulum a bit.

If there’s easily visible rub on the cheek or chin it will always end up as an AU. The 58 posted shows this clearly on the cheek. I like the OP’s coin and it has the look of old, original skin. I was at AU55 with a possible AU58 grade, but I tend to be overly harsh with these.