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If your coins are authentic, the 8 in the date will look just like the 8 on the left. The image also shows one example of an altered 1923.  (source VAMWorld) |
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I would have concern that the coin has been altered because the area around the 8 looks cleaned to hide tool marks. The lower loop of the 8 took a hit that may be to hide the thick side of the three. The 8 appears to have connecting joints.
You may want to do the following: check for the die marks of the 1928, soak the coin in acetone if the alterations is glued on it will come off, send to ANACS for grading and authencation.
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I'd take Slider23's advice.
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Ahh, it is suspect tho. If you look closely at your coin, notice the raised "dots" on the upper and lower left curves, these may be residuals of the end tip serifs of a 1923P. One good point, it is a P, not with S removed! The only way to really determine if it is a high dollar coin or a damaged fake at melt value is to do as suggested. Soak it for a day in Acetone, won't hurt the coin. If it can be remained/edge lifted, then a know fake. If it passes, only real way is to verify through certification means (Third Party Grading TPG). Edited by Crazyb0
04/04/2018 12:45 pm
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I truly appreciate this thread. I am a non-US collector and would likely fallen prey to such a doctored coin.
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Thanks for the feedback everyone. I'll try the acetone thing soon. I need to buy some. I'll try to get some more pics later. I hope they're not fake. I was looking through my grandpas old coin handbook from 1990 and there's an ! next to the 1928 Peace dollar entry  . I don't know the exact motivation behind his collecting. I just know that he did it over a long period of time. a lot of the dates for the various types of coins are WWII years so I'm sure that prompted him to stash away the silver. |
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When you use the acetone do not wipe or rub the coin dry. If you want to dry the coin, pat dry with a soft cloth.
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Hi and . Sorry about your bad experience. Unfortunately, there's a lot of shenanigans in the rare coin hobby, and, it probably isn't getting much better. I'm not an expert on these things but the 8 on your coin does appear to be irregular on the right side of the lower loop. Yes, if it was altered it was an expert job.  I think your attitude of getting the coins to people that may appreciate them more than you could is very healthy. I wouldn't feel overly sentimental toward them. Afterall, it's money. My grandfather also left about two dozen Morgan/Peace dollars to my family which eventually came down to me. I kept them for awhile but then realized I had no real interest in raw, circulated dollars and I sold them at auction. I used the money to get something else. |
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When you use the acetone do not wipe or rub the coin dry. If you want to dry the coin, pat dry with a soft cloth. No need to dry the coin at all. Make a final rinse with fresh acetone and let it evaporate on its own. It will happen faster than you can pull your soft cloth from the cabinet.  |
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