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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;rrholdout, post: 2888800, member: 89654&quot;]I agree, leave the coin as is. Looks natural to me. I believe I read somewhere that the planchet they used for the peace dollar was chemically treated or something which made it very resistant to toning, unlike Morgans. So you have a choice between an incredibly boring often dull silver with wear, or a nice gold tone, which with enough luster is quite beautiful. It&#039;s a little odd I guess that the gold tone she&#039;s developing is in the field towards the center and not on the rim but not unheard of - I think I&#039;ve seen several in this intermediate phase before.</p><p><br /></p><p>I went through a time of collecting peace dollars due to the low mintages of the later years. I gave up due to the difficultly of grading through an online photo, the widespread mishandling [and often hellacious bag marks], overall poor relief/strike of the coin, thin rim, weak design, it&#039;s reluctance to tone [I love toning], and I&#039;m not sure it will ever come out of the shadows of the Morgan. It&#039;s the only coin I&#039;ve often been disappointed in purchasing when in hand. My favorites are a lot I bought from a jeweler [for some reason my jeweler purchases have always been great - I guess they have an eye for quality], that truly grade AU or better, have all that luster a peace should have at that level, and a beautiful natural gold tone throughout. They are very nice. I&#039;ve come to the conclusion if I&#039;m in the market for peace dollars, outside of a few obvious prominent details, go by the luster - it should be nearly blowing her head off in the high grades. But competition for these, esp. in semi-key or key dates, is often fierce.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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