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Pillar of the Community
United States
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A couple years ago, my parents bought me exactly what I wanted for Christmas:). A set of 1921 Morgan and Peace dollars. I was so excited and couldnt believe how good they looked in real life. Now I have regained interest in these coins lately, and am wondering if they are worth getting graded. I want to know what y'all would grade em first though. Also, have they been cleaned? They are very shiny.   So what do you think? |
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Pillar of the Community
United States
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We really need pictures for everything we need to see to come across. We can help, but we need some decent pictures.
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Pillar of the Community
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609 Posts |
Do you need higher quality ones?
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Pillar of the Community
United States
1547 Posts |
Well, the better the quality, the more accurate we can be. I wouldn't go out and hire a professional. Just something around the sizes of those scans, at the bare minimum, so we can judge the looks of those surfaces better. If you can go over those sizes without sacrificing the crispness of the pics, that'd be even better. Sometimes that's hard, though, as there's a 100K size-limit on the pics in these threads. Just do the best you can, understanding it's important that we be able to see those surfaces and get an idea of how they reflect.
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Pillar of the Community
United States
609 Posts |
Alright, is it okay to share a link to the uncompressed versions on my google docs?
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Pillar of the Community
United States
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Pillar of the Community
United States
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Hambone, those are still scans. We need pics with a camera, I'm saying. Otherwise we really can't be of much help on your questions.
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Pillar of the Community
United States
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 Sorry... lol. Long day one second.. |
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Pillar of the Community
United States
4989 Posts |
From the scans, these look to be AU-55 territory. The 1921 Morgan dollar is fairly common and worth just a bit over melt value. Definitely not worth having graded. The 1921 Peace dollars, however, are scarce and if this is a problem free example - tough to tell from scans - could be worth $130 or more. |
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Pillar of the Community
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Pillar of the Community
United States
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Peace dollar is showing quite a bit of luster on the picture. I think it could be MS-62 to MS-63 with weak strike on the obverse hair. Good traces of luster on the Morgan too but I think I'll stick with AU-55 for it looking forward to seeing some other folks opinions
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Bedrock of the Community
United States
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The pics are much better than the scans! As noted above, the '21 Morgan is a common date and is fine in the 2x2. It looks uncirculated and maybe MS64 or so. The '21 Peace is a key date. The details are the Peace dollar look close to MS but it is likely AU55 or AU58. If problem-free, it is worth the cost of certification. Both of your coins might have been polished at some point. The surfaces don't look quite right in the images. |
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Pillar of the Community
United States
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Surfaces on the Peace dollar look OK to me Morgan looks like it might have over-dipped I think it's one of those borderline AU/MS pieces one sees in dealer cases could go either way I'm going AU on it just to be safe |
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Pillar of the Community
United States
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Nice Peace dollar, most suffer from weak strikes, and I bet it hits MS-62, possibly 63... And it is definately worth getting slabbed... |
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Pillar of the Community
United States
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Thanks guys, I'm not so good at grading yet.
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Valued Member
United States
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I suspect both coins would come back as cleaned, but it might be worth a shot on the Peace dollar. Nice coin either way. |
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Posted 04/18/2011 9:18 pm
