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I feel your pain, stev18. I sort of see it the same way, that they're boring to a large degree, and even the best ones don't dazzle like a lot of Morgans can. I'll continue to stack them as higher grade bullion when the price is right. But enthusiastically seeking them out, I'm long past that.
Colligo ergo sum
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I totally get what you're saying. Had the same problem a few times. Especially when I first started collecting, had a few dealers sell me AU Peace dollars as MS and then now I have trust issues when buying borderline coins, even from reputable dealers. I too, gave up on putting a set together, I just have one Peace of each mint in MS and a couple circulated ones that I picked up on the cheap. |
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06/19/2014 01:04 am
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Canada
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That's very interesting Classic Coins..  |
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United States
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Cause I like'em.. :) notice the VAM 1F on this one..  |
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Now that's an exceptionally well struck and lustrous Peace dollar. It makes for an effective argument in their favor. Colligo ergo sum
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I collected them because it is a short set.
It didn't take particularly long to complete.
And for me this was a "fun set" meaning they didn't all have to be MS.
My set has a handful AU's; nice balance between quality and cost.
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Because I haven't found a 1921 that satisfies me yet. This is OK but took 20 years to find It's one of the best US coin designs IMO, but very poorly executed. For that reason I continue to buy the same common dates over and over if they're well-struck. MS66 does not guarantee this. Overpriced bad strikes are the norm for Peace slabs. I would pass on classiccoin's 1934 example but am in the market for srs77's 1923.  "Two minutes ago I would have sold my chances for a tired dime." Fred Astaire
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06/19/2014 10:55 am
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Sometimes I take coins to a family gathering and invariably, almost to a person, they are drawn to the Peace dollar. Beautiful obverse. Oregon coin geek.....*** GO BEAVS ! ! ! ***
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I just love Blast White Peace dollars it is one of my favorites to search for. Lately common date Peace dollars have come done some and even semi and key date and in my opinion are now 20% to 30% under valued. Below is my favorite look for a Peace dollar to have  I also, like some rim toned Peace dollars. What does everyone else like to look for in a Peace dollar. *** Edited by Staff - Please Review the rules that you agreed to when you registered. LAST WARNING *** |
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I love the looks of my 1921...  Oregon coin geek.....*** GO BEAVS ! ! ! ***
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Quote:Now that's an exceptionally well struck and lustrous Peace dollar. It makes for an effective argument in their favor. Yes sir... add to that a top 50 VAM and there ya go... Actually I think they're a neat coin to collect and tend to be quite affordable on the whole. Now saying that I own 18 of these beauties and 67 Morgans.. Finding what I call acceptable Peace dollars is a little more difficult than Morgans. But that's half the fun. It's in the journey of finding them. But that's just me  |
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Because they are a coin and I collect coins. Pretty simple. Lol, well put. |
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I collect Peace dollars because they circulated widely ... and I'm a huge fan of honestly circulated low-ball coins. My passion for low-ball coins easily extended to the Peace dollar series ... need 2 more to complete my set. I'm also building an MS set of them ... slowly acquiring nicely struck examples of the series. Agreed that many (most) MS examples are mushy and weak in detail ... IMHO that affords a great opportunity for the discriminating collector to cherry pick well struck examples with patience in the search. David Take a look at my other hobby ... http://www.jk-dk.art |
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Thanks for your responses everyone! Some real Nice coins shared ! It's nice to hear that at least my issue is not uncommon. I was recently reading a Coin World article on buying the key dates first. This is a set I would probably recommend doing that for. It was so easy to pick up 3 or 4 common dates and then I started getting really stumped on cost vs actual coin appeal on the grade |
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