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<p>[QUOTE="-jeffB, post: 2700559, member: 27832"]Just saw this on the 'bay:</p><p><br /></p><p><a href="http://www.ebay.com/itm/RARE-4-1928-P-PEACE-SILVER-DOLLARS-KEY-DATE-COINS-LOW-MINTAGE-360-649-/401302658882" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="http://www.ebay.com/itm/RARE-4-1928-P-PEACE-SILVER-DOLLARS-KEY-DATE-COINS-LOW-MINTAGE-360-649-/401302658882" rel="nofollow">RARE (4) 1928-P PEACE SILVER DOLLARS KEY DATE COINS - LOW MINTAGE 360,649</a></p><p><br /></p><p>[ATTACH=full]607756[/ATTACH] </p><p><br /></p><p>I've looked at a <i>lot</i> of Peace dollar auctions. I've seen a <i>lot</i> of 1923 dollars listed as 1928s. I've even bought one or two of them myself, back in the early days before I learned to distinguish the 8 from the deceptively-shaped 3.</p><p><br /></p><p>I'm ready to swear that the one on the upper right is 1923, and I have my doubts about the one on the lower left. But when I messaged the seller, he responded with "I beg to differ. It is a 1928."</p><p><br /></p><p>He does a fair amount of business in coins, and he's been at it for a number of years. At this point, I'm certainly not ready to accuse him of dishonesty -- but I <i>am</i> a little concerned about his eyesight, or my own.</p><p><br /></p><p>Thoughts?[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>
[QUOTE="-jeffB, post: 2700559, member: 27832"]Just saw this on the 'bay: [URL='http://www.ebay.com/itm/RARE-4-1928-P-PEACE-SILVER-DOLLARS-KEY-DATE-COINS-LOW-MINTAGE-360-649-/401302658882']RARE (4) 1928-P PEACE SILVER DOLLARS KEY DATE COINS - LOW MINTAGE 360,649[/URL] [ATTACH=full]607756[/ATTACH] I've looked at a [I]lot[/I] of Peace dollar auctions. I've seen a [I]lot[/I] of 1923 dollars listed as 1928s. I've even bought one or two of them myself, back in the early days before I learned to distinguish the 8 from the deceptively-shaped 3. I'm ready to swear that the one on the upper right is 1923, and I have my doubts about the one on the lower left. But when I messaged the seller, he responded with "I beg to differ. It is a 1928." He does a fair amount of business in coins, and he's been at it for a number of years. At this point, I'm certainly not ready to accuse him of dishonesty -- but I [I]am[/I] a little concerned about his eyesight, or my own. Thoughts?[/QUOTE]
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