[early Die Or Special Strike] 1921 Peace Dollar Rare Find?

Wow. Those hairlines in the first picture make me wonder. They do not look like characteristic die polishing lines.

It may have been lightly enough wiped that it skipped the details designation, or chalked up to cabinet wear or collector handling.

I would have thought 100% for sure it would be in a details holder based on the first picture. Second two pictures are much better.

As AlphaOmega noted, they are usually struck weakly centrally. He's pretty good at grading 1921's, which is a difficult year to learn to grade properly.

Dear @paralyse,

Those are die polish lines, I double checked the coin those are not hairlines.

I would never, ever remove THAT coin from THAT holder if I ever had intentions of reselling the coin.

No, I do not like the coin as it's eye appeal comes up short on my scale.

A typical 1921 weak strike circulation coin, and it looks polished. If it were the proof-like VAM 1-H strike http://www.vamworld.com/1921-P+Peace+VAM-1H it would have been noted on the slab. The proof-like strike I have looks like this (sorry for the fuzzy photo of the slab), and shows full hair detail in the center of the coin. On the reverse, the wing is full where it meets the eagle's leg.

Thanks @westernsky!

I won't take it out of the holder :)

The raised die polish lines on the 1H are in very specific places and cannot be seen without magnification. Your coin has nice cartwheel luster but that's not what distinguishes the proof dies (1H satin, and 1F and 1G matte) .

On the coin I have, the die polish lines are most visible in the protected areas, between E and Liberty's neck, and next to the eagle's talons on the reverse. Unfortunately the reverse has been lightly wiped. This was enough to remove the die polish lines that would have been visible in the fields.

edit: vamworld has added a lot of new pictures since I last reviewed it. The polishing lines on the satin proof die ( VAM 1H) are shown in several new places, along with other characteristic marks. In examining my coin again under a 10x hand magnifier I was able to find several of these, along with the diagnostic hub marks on the reverse. Even with magnification I needed a strong light, and had to rotate the coin to catch the right lighting angle to see the lines.

This Heritage 1H has good photography. Note the two dagger-like hub marks at the base of the eagle's inside tail feather.

http://coins.ha.com/itm/peace-dolla...ption-071515

The 1H is relatively rare. Heritage has sold 10 since 1H was identified in 2005, all uncirculated. By comparison they have sold 674 regular strike 1921 Peace just in MS65.

The one I have is in an ICG holder marked proof dies. MS62, but dubious because of the reverse wipe. It probably predates the 1H designation by at least 10 years, but ICG knew what it was.

The proof dies don't command crazy premiums below MS66. I bought mine because it was well struck and affordable. Around $300 if I remember right.