After Seeing Hadleydog's Toned Peace Dollar

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is what raised my concern. Frankly I was surprised by a couple of the remarks as the coin I posted here was posted months ago when I found it in the box at my Mother in Laws house. Still have no plans on slabbing it or selling it as I stated more sentimental value to me than anything else.

The magenta/purple color looks different to me, and there isn't a natural-looking progression from this to the bluish color. It's an abrupt change that is so common to AT coins. However, I believe you. If it has been in an attic for that many decades then it has endured many natural heat treatments over this time period, assuming, of course, that the attic isn't climate controlled. I would LOVE to see a TrueView of this coin.

I have Morgan dollars from my Dad, who kept his coin collection in our attic for several years, but not decades. Our attic was not climate controlled, so these Morgans endured at least 15 years of sweltering hot TN summers. Here are some examples (all were originally housed in stapled 2X2s):





This 1881-O "attic" Morgan has similar dual-color toning as your Peace dollar, except mine is burnt orange and blue, located exclusively along the periphery. See that toning spot between "God" and "we"? There was a tear in the cellophane at that spot.






Yep. I bought an Ike dollar a few years ago that passed through PCGS. I later learned that there was a guy who was deliberately exposing large lots of brown Ikes to sulfur gas in a garage or shed. Some were sent to the TPGs and some were sold still in OGP. I can just see this guy picking out those which he thought would grade straight. The one I bought apparently did:


However, this coin looks AMAZING in hand, so if I'm gonna have an AT Ike, then I'm glad it's this one.

Srs77, that's a cool looking Peace dollar. As others have mentioned though, difficult to place a value on. Although you know it's history, potential buyers will rely on TPG and cac to establish authenticity. As Darth Morgan pointed out, the fairly abrupt color transition combined with purple are red flags for questionable color, but I have seen others similar to yours before and believe that at some point your coin will probably end up in a holder.
It's value then? Honestly, with almost nothing to compare it to, is almost impossible to establish. It will be much higher than at present though if it slabs, and best determined through sale at a major auction house.
For the time being, enjoy your cool and very unique Peace dollar, and thank you for sharing her and your story with us.

Darth, as stated above the coin has sat in an attic for more than 60 years, this is fact, so, no I have no way of knowing whether it was lightly cleaned as that would have happened before I was born, I'm 57.... I can say, without any doubt, the coin came out of the box as you see it. It was placed in a Coin World slab since it came out of the box and won't be removed from that holder. This is how I store my coins. My mother in law doesn't know anything of toning or natural vs. Unnatural toning. She's 93 now and in assisted living. I can say the coins were lose in an old cardboard box laying on top of one another. That's the truthful story.

That's why I mentioned the possibility of a very old cleaning. If the coin was placed in the attic sometime in the 50s, it could have been cleaned sometime in the 1940s or even early 50s right before it was tucked away. Back then, cleaning coins was acceptable because it was considered "caring" for them. Could you put it under the loup to check for light hairlines? I can't see any hairlines in the photo you posted, but perhaps you could double check? That could prove or disprove the theory. How does the luster present? I really want this to be NT, can't ya tell?

You could just send it me me.

I will give it back. Eventually.

I kid, of course, but it looks sweet in the photo and can only look better in hand.

Darth I absolutely can tell..... :) No cleaning (meaning no hairlines under a loupe) at least that I can tell.