What Grade Would You Give This 1921 Peace Dollar

A whole bunch of his coins looks polished.

 

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I need to start looking at the other coins sold by the sellers.

 

That is an excellent and very underrated technique for "repairing" cleaned coins. :thumb:

 

Everyone (that I looked at) of his coins have been polished.
Not dipped, polished.

and he has 100% positive feedback!

 

What is dipping? How does that differ from polishing?

 

Polishing generally refers to a mechanical process. It is sometimes used interchangeably with words like buffing.

Dipping is placing a coin into a caustic solution. The top few layers of molecules (metallic oxides, or toning) are removed, but so are a few layers of the metal of the coin. This is why coins get shiny when dipped, but also they get a "flat" appearance due to a loss of luster. The waves in the top layers of the coin that created the luster have just been washed away.

 

That;s a polished coin indeed you could tell when the elements stick out like that you could tell it is definetly polished> I have a 1922 that;s polished the surface has a mirror look to it ,and i don;t mean proof like either a different appearance all together and it does's drop the grade down significantly.


Jazzcoins joe Alein ZEC

 

tell me more lets say i have a $500 polished coin in unc now if i were to carry a pocket piece will it eventually become an XF coin gradable by TPG what else is out there

 

Absolutely. The coin would wear normally, all of the abnormal top layers go bye-bye, and it would be difficult, if not impossible, to tell that the coin was ever cleaned.

 

I think you're correct.

It's all about numbers [and what you want to achieve]. If an XF or even VF coin is more valuable than a polished AU or former MS, a few months or couple of years in the pocket might work. Coins were designed for this sort of treatment, and the contact with other coins in your pocket will gradually remove a tiny bit of the damaged surface. It's something to think about. I don't know of anything better for a heavily cleaned or polished coin.